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Bloody Pom posted:Hell yes, classic Battletech is back! And right as everything is about to go to hell in the Sphere to boot ^^^^ Tossing off a pm, this is an era I never played in and I can't wait to see what terrible things happen to us
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Hoplite posting in, given that I'm slow as hell I'm going to head forward aggressively, up the left side I think. Planning on moving to 518 then facing north and holding down the throttle on the following turns. I have excellent gunnery so I should be able to start lighting up when's with the lbx10 quickly. Gwaihir fucked around with this message at 01:04 on Jul 3, 2023 |
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Jul 3, 2023 00:57
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I think I'm going to run straight forward 6 hexes, that keeps me at long range from the srms on the mech in the forest. I think shooting at the panther is my best shot on 8s for this turn?
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Jul 4, 2023 16:57
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Man this machine would be a WHOLE LOT better if it traded the two completely superfluous heatsinks for 4 jumpjets!
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Jul 5, 2023 17:27
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It's ok I can just plan on taking two engine hits and still running heat neutral, truly reliable mech design. e: To be clear a nice workhorse toting an LBX10 is still a very nice mech imo. Were I navel gazing on mech design for this particular unit, I'd aim for swapping to endo-steel, 5/8/5 movement profile, and dropping the sinks to 10 so you'd need to make a choice between staying heat neutral or jumping + alpha striking. Endosteel is a very small cost difference compared to something like an XL engine, so you still get a pretty affordable 5.1m cbill tanky medium mech. Gwaihir fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Jul 5, 2023 |
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Jul 5, 2023 18:36
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Oh my God lmao, death by ammo TAC from a SINGLE SRM2 What a perfectly battletech way to kick off a new thread.
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Jul 5, 2023 23:04
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I think I'm going to back up to 313 and blast the Galleon before running up ahead, I'd rather not something that quick be able to run around behind us, and I still can hit it on 7s despite it's high defensive mods. If my blackjack buddy wants to join me in 211, we should finish it off handily.
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Jul 5, 2023 23:13
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Nick Buntline posted:one of the shelters opens up to reveal a second Wolverine that was definitely there the whole time Turns out the remaining Mechs with srms have tandem charge ammo!!
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Jul 5, 2023 23:20
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CHARRRGE! I'm going to move straight up to 0509 and keep firing on the Panther. It's still got almost no defensive mods, so it's an easy target.
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Jul 10, 2023 00:20
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Swapping to cluster ammo to take advantage of these hungry hungry dice we have going on against the Panther.
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Jul 10, 2023 20:33
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I haven't seen an SRM2 do this much work, literally, ever, lmao. In going to continue running straight on in pretty much. Even if this guy jumps in to my rear arc, I literally have more firepower available in back because I think this mech has Flippy arms.
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Jul 13, 2023 03:53
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I'm taking a leisurely walk up to 0707 and shooting at unknown #2 with everything, orders in.
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Jul 14, 2023 00:00
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PoptartsNinja posted:Into the Unknown 1-6 Hehehehehe, good one
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Jul 15, 2023 03:08
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I think I'm going to head to 0705 and shoot the mech wherever he goes.
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Jul 16, 2023 00:56
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Bloody Pom posted:drat, he zigged when I zagged. You can get to 0603 with a full run up and around without touching the water I think. Water is INCREDIBLY punishing to move through, avoid it if at all possible imo. I love ole grampa Theo, the SLDF vibe is fun after all long and so so many games set in the 3025-> era.
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Jul 18, 2023 05:26
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Well now, that was absolutely sick as hell. I figured there was a chance I'd eat a suicide charge, but, hey, worth while for Gramps to grouse about a headache for a few days to take that shot. I'm going to continue to stand in place and sandblast the back of the retreating Javelin, maybe crit that leg off for good.
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Jul 21, 2023 03:28
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I'm just standing and cluster blasting the running Javelin. Easy choice. PTN, I might have labeled my orders turn 9 instead of 8 btw.
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Jul 26, 2023 00:14
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All right Obligation lance! I think the best activity to take for now is extra rest and healing, just to make sure we're not carrying any lingering injuries in to a future mission. We don't really have enough XP built up to make it worth spending a downtime on, and I think Mech assignments are pretty much fine. Grandpa is the powerhouse pilot, and leaving him with an LBX10 to reach out and touch someone with is probably our best bet.
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Aug 2, 2023 23:42
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Melee specialist is good, but that blackjack is just not a good melee mech imo. I think investing in Moon's gunnery or the sniper spa is a better move for us now. Gunnery increases are just so insanely good, and a very accurate super fast Mongoose is a nice unit. Also voting captains take because mystery box plus potentially fun scene to read.
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Aug 10, 2023 12:50
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Breadmaster posted:Return of Ikuta Glacier That map owned. So many excellent pratfalls.
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3383329&pagenumber=1793&perpage=40&userid=0#post467080288
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Aug 17, 2023 12:42
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Love a mission objective being "Score more kills than the glacier" and that being questionably achievable after the events of the first couple turns.
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Aug 17, 2023 14:23
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I think the kicker with water is you can't use running mp if you're entering a water hex on your turn. Water sucks.
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Aug 24, 2023 04:58
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Hot drat, what a turn of good shooting. The power of the side table on display there shredding those legs!
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Aug 31, 2023 02:05
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That's a bold move in a Mongoose!
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Sep 3, 2023 20:06
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Hell yeah, me an Gramps are back in action. I'm just going to go forward 4 hexes to 1306 and plug the mech in 2311. e: Oh dear, gunnery 3 Hunchback is no bueno. I'll probably post up on one of the berms for a while, with my lovely movement profile, just sitting still in partial cover is almost certainly better than maneuvering around too much. Gwaihir fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Oct 12, 2023 |
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Oct 12, 2023 03:08
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I'm going to shoot for getting up on the berm at 1711 by turn 3 I think. With my range that should give me plenty of area denial threat.
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Oct 12, 2023 03:25
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Hoplite I'm heading to 1410 to prep for hopping up on the berm firing position the following turn. I can lob a max range shot at the battlemaster, but that's about it. E: crap I can only make it to 1409, and I have neither range nor los. Ah well. Gwaihir fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Oct 14, 2023 |
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Oct 14, 2023 02:08
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Just to confirm, we're not using any optional tacops stuff like reckless movement right? I'm really feeling the pinch of this 4/6 profile on all these hills, so if I can roll dice to potentially fall in hilarious fashion, I'd be very happy.
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Oct 14, 2023 02:15
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Yeah I don't mind just charging out as fast as I can. I can shoot the Talos at 7 I believe.
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Oct 14, 2023 03:28
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Yeah that's a loving royal 1Gb. Fakes shouldn't have those, right? I'm considering staying still to do as much damage as I can to the Talos. Range 7 puts me at medium range for it's AC/long for the srm, which is a better defense than running forward considering my crappy movement profile.
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Oct 15, 2023 03:45
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Yeah we need to get these AC10s off the board. I'm going to ping it with cluster ammo to try and crit that gun off now that the armor is gone.
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Oct 15, 2023 04:10
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I think we continue to just take pieces of the board, I normally never turret up this hard, but I'm thinking to just sit and blast this light in front of me. I hit on 5s, he needs 6es, my right arm is a little thin but against a medium and 2 small lasers I think that's a fine set of dice to roll.
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Oct 20, 2023 03:02
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I think we should try and finish off the light in front of us first before going down south. If we leave him running around it's going to be a pain in the butt forever. You can get to 2309 by walking and blasting away, with decent shots.
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Oct 20, 2023 14:04
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Hoplite Orders in, blasting the light in front of me. Hopefully I crit his gun arm off at the minimum.
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Oct 21, 2023 02:05
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I can just head to 1607 and continue pummeling the light out of existence. I think the rest of north side crew should start focusing the southern targets, I can clean up this light now and you guys can go help the sentinel out quicker than I can.TheParadigm posted:remind me: its 3 wood hexes to block line of sight, right? Yeah, 3 light woods or 1 light + 1 heavy.
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Oct 23, 2023 00:06
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Oh yeah backing in to 1708 would be better than turning and running for worse shots.
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Oct 23, 2023 02:54
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drat unfortunate about my LBX missing, but nothing for it but to keep chasing down this light. Going to continue moving in behind it and blasting.
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Oct 27, 2023 13:10
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So I think if I post up on 1612, I should be shooting from a high enough position to pass over the trees in 1717/18? Unless the enemy battlemaster is actually hiding out in the trees themselves?
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Yeah I'm not going to be able to hit anything this turn regardless so I'm just going to start climbing up this hill to get a good firing position for next turn. Dear god I wish we could tear out 2 of the heatsinks on this bucket and add 4 jumpjets instead. A pokey 4/6 is just absolute murder to get around with when there's so much elevation to deal with in the terrain.
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