The /btg/ is dead, long live the /btg/!
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>/btg/ does a TRO.
http://builtforwar.blog(not spam) spot.com/
>What's Happening In the Future
http://bg.battletech.com/news/news-and-announcements/drop-pod-sequence-initiatedthree-two-one/
http://bg.battletech.com/books/upcoming-releases/
>How do I do this Against the Bot thing?
http://pastebin.com/pE2f7TR5 (embed)
>Can I get an overview of the major factions?
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houses/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clans/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powers/
>How do I find out what BattleMechs a faction has?
http://masterunitlist.info/
>Map of /btg/ players (WIP):
https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=1116217&add=1
>BattleTech Introductory Info and PDFs
http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400
>Rookie guides
http://pastebin.com/HZvGKuGx (embed)
>Sarna.net - BattleTech Wiki
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page
>Megamek - computer version of BattleTech. Play with AI or other players
http://megamek.info/
>SSW Mech Designer
http://www.solarisskunkwerks.com/
>BattleTech IRC
#battletech on irc.rizon.net
>PDF Folders
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9q792hobnbpw3/Battletech
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sdckg6j645z4j/Battletech
Haha superior Taurian Butte Hold!
Reposting my request for feedback about the balance between these lances.
>Lance 1:
AS7-D Atlas (4/5) – 1897
ZEU-6T Zeus (4/5) – 1436
HCT-3F Hatchetman (4/5) – 854
COM-2D Commando (4/5) – 541
Total: 4728
>Lance 2:
BLR-1G Battlemaster (4/5) – 1519
GHR-5H Grasshopper (4/5) – 1427
TBT-5S Trebuchet (4/5) – 996
HER-2S Hermes II (4/5) – 784
Total: 4726
>Lance 3:
AWS-8Q Awesome (4/5) – 1605
CPLT-C1 Catapult (4/4) – 1609
VND-1R Vindicator (4/5) – 1024
SDR-5V Spider (4/5) – 622
Total: 4860
>Lance 4:
BNC-3S Banshee (4/5) – 1751
JM6-S JagerMech (4/5) – 901
WTH-1 Whitworth (4/5) – 982
DV-6M Dervish (4/5) – 1146
Total: 4780
I did play a test game between Lance 1 and Lance 3 in MegaMek, but it wasn't a very good sample since I was using Forced Withdrawal and the Awesome got two engine crits from a lucky SRM on turn 2.
>>44543478
Lance 2 has a serious overdependence on Medium Lasers and SRMs. Lance 3, meanwhile, has too much ranged firepower and too little point-blank. I dunno how a fight between the two would turn out, but it'd certainly be a mess.
Lance 4 has the problem that all SW lances with the Banshee-S has: the Banshee carries the entire lance. Without it, the remaining lance is junk and gets eaten up by any of the other lances minus their assault. Unsure how I'd fix it, but I definitely wouldn't want that lance.
>>44543459
Curses! You beat me to it.
>>44543895
>Lance 2 has a serious overdependence on Medium Lasers and SRMs. Lance 3, meanwhile, has too much ranged firepower and too little point-blank. I dunno how a fight between the two would turn out, but it'd certainly be a mess.
Maybe I could swap the Grasshopper and the Catapult between them? Or the Treb and the Vindi?
>Lance 4 has the problem that all SW lances with the Banshee-S has: the Banshee carries the entire lance. Without it, the remaining lance is junk and gets eaten up by any of the other lances minus their assault. Unsure how I'd fix it, but I definitely wouldn't want that lance.
My problem here is that my Assault 'mechs in Lyran colours are the Atlas, a Zeus and a pair of Banshees.
So, I'm not sure how to change it either, except by swapping down to a Banshee-E and just giving it better other 'mechs instead.
The other Lyran 'mechs still in the arsenal are a Rifleman, Dragon, Enforcer, Assassin, Clint and Panther.
>>44543431
>>44471394
>>44472123
>>44540410
>Since the Blood Spirits are one of the Clans that seem rather humane it is a good place for them to be instead of being just DEAD.
yeah. I kinda picked them for the "y'all can go to hell and we'll go to texas" clan partially because I liked them and partially because I figured they out off all the clans had the highest chance at becoming actual human beings when removed from the clan environment
>>44544036
have you considered the Banshee-3MC variant? it pulls some HS to swap the AC/5 for a /10. it's a canon variant, but it would work just as well as a lyran "custom" model.
it's better than the -3E but not nearly as stronk as the -3S
>>44544285
>Banshee-3MC
Ah, that one might be an option.
In that case, I might also toss the Enforcer back in instead of the Worthless, or maybe a Rifleman instead of the Jagermech.
>>44544036
>Maybe I could swap the Grasshopper and the Catapult between them? Or the Treb and the Vindi?
How about:
>AWS-8Q Awesome
>CPLT-C1 Catapult
>TBT-5S Trebuchet
>HER-2S Hermes II
Total: 4784
>BLR-1G BattleMaster
>GHR-5H Grasshopper
>VND-1R Vindicator
>SDR-5V Spider
Total: 4592 (adjust piloting/gunnery as needed)
That way the armor gets evened out a bit; otherwise, Lance 2 has way too much armor compared to Lance 3.
As for Lance 4...hmm...what about:
>BNC-3M Banshee
>RFL-3N Rifleman
>ENF-4R Enforcer
>DV-6M Dervish
Total: 4812
Not ideal but I don't really know what else to do here.
>>44544346
Those swaps seem decent.
Maybe run the BNC-3MC instead of the BNC-3M?
>>44545175
Yeah, that sounds good. Chose the -3M before I saw >>44544285 post, and to be honest I'd completely forgotten about the -3MC.
>>44544346
>>44545258
So, here's what I've ended up with now:
>Lance 1:
AS7-D Atlas (4/5) – 1897
ZEU-6T Zeus (4/4) – 1651
HCT-3F Hatchetman (4/5) – 854
COM-2D Commando (4/5) – 541
Total: 4943
>Lance 2:
BLR-1G Battlemaster (3/5) – 1822
GHR-5H Grasshopper (4/5) – 1427
VND-1R Vindicator (4/5) – 1024
SDR-5V Spider (4/4) – 715
Total: 4988
>Lance 3:
AWS-8Q Awesome (4/5) – 1605
CPLT-C1 Catapult (4/4) – 1609
TBT-5S Trebuchet (4/5) – 996
HER-2S Hermes II (4/5) – 784
Total: 4994
>Lance 4:
BNC-3MC Banshee (4/4) – 1710
RFL-3N Rifleman (4/5) – 1039
ENF-4R Enforcer (4/5) – 1032
DV-6M Dervish (4/5) – 1146
Total: 4927
I might try a few test games with them on MegaMek tomorrow.
>>44546218
Looks pretty good. If you want to spread out piloting/gunnery upgrades across the board, though, I think I'd replace the Zeus' piloting upgrade with a piloting upgrade for the Hatchetman and a gunnery upgrade for the Commando.
Reposting TP: Epislon Eridani
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jdcd0y1bv32na9x/E-CAT35TP019+Battletech+Turning+Points+Epsilon+Eridani.pdf
credits to BlazingSky
>>44544138
Can someone please explain to me where this meme comes from?
>>44546933
crab cycle is a thing, anon
>>44546933
The Krebs Cycle, which is a series of chemical reactions through which aerobic organisms produce energy.
>>44547036
>>44547158
So how did that lead to this meme?
Did somebody horribly mangle their description of one or both of those things?
So, tell me more about this Crab LAM.
>>44547242
Because when you're heavily-accented biology professor says "Krebs Cycle" it gets muffled and sounds like "crab cycle." The Krebs Cycle has many steps to it. The Crab Cycle, however, has only one.Guess what it is.
>>44547314
Is krebs plural (in german) while crab is singular (in english)?
>>44547253
>So, tell me more about this Crab LAM.
yes.
>>44547473
>yes.
Well...go on then.
>>44547314
>>44546933
>meme
joke
it is a joke
>>44547730
>There had been positive points to the day. He and Omi had managed to share part of a run down the mountain on one of the easier slopes. Though she and her family were staying at one of the chalet's guest houses, Victor had seen very little of her, so the run was welcome time spent together. Strictly a beginner, Omi took to skiing with enthusiasm and a lot of good humor.
>Victor recalled her going down in thick powder snow, then coming up with her face covered in white. She brushed the snow away with a laugh, and Victor couldn't think when he'd ever seen her look more beautiful.
>At another point, when he waited on line for the chair lift, a reporter asked a barbed question about Omi and his relationship with her. Even before Victor had a chance to consider an answer, a man stabbed his skis and poles into the snow, and stalked out toward the reporter.
>"Have you no shame?" he asked angrily. "Have you no decency? This man has the toughest job in all of the Inner Sphere and you're asking after his love life? Don't you realize that what he does on his own time is of absolutely no interest to anyone with enough neurons to form a synapse? The measure of a man is not in who he dates or what he says, but what he does. He kicked the Falcons off Coventry and rescued Lady Omi's brother from the Clans at Teniente. The latter's enough to make them friends, and the former means you should have more respect for him."
>The man's spirited defense prompted applause and catcalls from the others in line, bringing a smile to Victor's face. He tried to thank the man, offering to pay for his skiing, offering him dinner, but the man refused. "Look, Highness, if not for you and your father and your mother, we'd all be Clanners now. I appreciate the offer of a free dinner, but the fact is you've made certain I can be free to have dinner. Defending you here was the least I could do for you."
tfw you will never white knight your feudal lord in front of his waifu
Bravo Stackpole
>>44547851
>The man's spirited defense prompted applause and catcalls from the others in line, bringing a smile to Victor's face. He tried to thank the man, offering to pay for his skiing, offering him dinner, but the man refused.
>And then Katherine Steiner-Davion gave the man 100 credits and a blowjob.
That "man" is such a self-insert for Stackpole's fantasies it's embarrassing.
>>44547851
>I appreciate the offer of a free dinner, but the fact is you've made certain I can be free to have dinner
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
>>44547473
"Krebs" is a family name in this context and the german plural of crab is "Krebse".
>>44548047
I see it now. A mercenary unit called Krebs' Crabs composed of only Crabs and King Crabs.
>>44548167
This could be quite cool.
>>44547851
Was being a statist bootlicker chic in the 90s?
>>44547936
Who would self-insert as a peasant defending his master?
>>44547936
>>And then Katherine Steiner-Davion gave the man 100 credits and a blowjob.
I think you mean gave *victor* 100 credits and a blowjob
>>44547936
>Katherine
*Katrina
>>44547851
False flag. The guy was obviously a MIIO plant.
>>44547560
I mean I'm waiting too.
>>44548167
>I see it now. A mercenary unit called Krebs' Crabs composed of only Crabs and King Crabs.
Well, I've got 4 Crabs and a King Crab already..
>>44549665
Is that console straight outta TNG?
>>44549665
Slogan: "Can you feel it?"
Design challenge: Make a heavy "crab" and a light "Crab" type mech.
Why do people like crab mechs?
>>44550278
It's the only way a BattleTech player can say he's 'got Crabs' in the locker room.
Hohohohohoho....
>>44550278
Simple designs that don't suck, distinctive appearance, and a catchy name.
>>44550278
>Why do people like crab mechs?
because they are all lasers. if you've got power, you've got ammo.
>>44550592
The Crab, yeah.
King Crab is definitely incredibly ammunition-dependent.
>>44550652
Not if you give it HPPCs+caps
>>44550753
>If you take out a design's ammo weapons and replace them with energy weapons, it doesn't use ammunition anymore
Oh wow, really.
>>44550082
>Make a heavy "crab"
Flashman
>and a light "Crab"
Mercury
>>44549869
It cribs heavily from LCARS, yeah. It was pretty common in anime in the era - if you look up the opening cutscene of Xenogears the Captain they stole from Macross actually uses the correct arming sequence for an LCARS slef-destruct, complete with sound effects (though no voice authorization, oddly).
>>44550082
>Design challenge: Make a heavy "crab" and a light "Crab" type mech.
Honestly, the Lancelot feels very "crabby", and that one triple-laser GGF Blakie Locust or the Malak with the arm-guns is what I'd do for the light. It's really just cosmetic mods unless you want some kind of dual-capped LPPC 35-tonner.
>>44550278
>Why do people like crab mechs?
Because they're fun to use, have a nice symmetry to the design, and complement each other (and most other 'Mechs) well.
>>44551566
>Flashman
I think the Black Knight qualifies more.
>>44550652
>King Crab is definitely incredibly ammunition-dependent.
very true.
Do Crabs and King Crabs support eachother well?
Both seem to have trouble with snipers.
>>44551938
>Do Crabs and King Crabs support eachother well?
Not until you get to the ComStar/WoB refits.
Then the clawing really begins.
>>44550082
MWO gave us a "heavy Crab" already
>>44551987
Seriously. I really enjoy playing the CRB-45.
Are there any decent 3050 refits of the stalker?
>>44552242
Well, there are only two of them. One of them is an XL'd, single heat sink'd, trainwreck of an upgrade. The other is the -5M, which is a rather simplistic upgrade but isn't all that bad. It works well with alternate munitions, although the lack of CASE and the questionable NARC hamper it a bit.
You have to wait until the '60s before the solid Stalker variants are available.
>>44547730
>>44547748
These are really cool, got any more?
>>44551987
>ComStar/WoB refits.
why?
>>44552869
Twin gauss King Crab. It's a Clankiller for a reason.
>>44547851
>The man's spirited defense prompted applause and catcalls from the others in line, bringing a smile to Victor's face. He tried to thank the man, offering to pay for his skiing, offering him dinner, but the man refused. "Look, Highness, if not for you and your father and your mother, we'd all be Clanners now. I appreciate the offer of a free dinner, but the fact is you've made certain I can be free to have dinner. Defending you here was the least I could do for you."
who fucking talks like this?
Have a Andurien command refit of older STK-6Ms.
>>44553200
>comm equipment
u wot
>>44553225
Uhh...yeah? Two tons of communications equipment to bring the total up to three. Or is that your way of asking how comm equipment works?
>>44553102
That's the way everybody talked back in the 90's, before the internet ruined people's ability to actually communicate. If it were written today it would probably just be some incomprehensible meme expression like "u wot highness?"
Thoughts on my merc company circa Operatio Bulldog?
>Command Lance
Summoner (prime)
ALB-4U Albatross
P1C Perseus
ANV-3M Anvil
>Security Lance
ZEU-9S Zeus
ENF-5D Enforcer
CTF-3L Cataphract
PHX-3M Phoenix Hawk
>Artillery Lance
4 CPLT-C3 Catapults
>>44553240
Rather than spending 2 tons of gear on something functionally worthless, since you already have Angel, why not add BAP?
>>44553573
That is pretty funny.
>>44553573
> "Look, yo flyness, if not for you and your pops, we'd all be Clanners now. I crave the offer of an eXtreme dinner, but the fact is you've made certain I can be eXtreme to have dinner. Yo homes to bel air!
>>44552582
Nope, the artist did only those two. I can post tomorrow some weapons lineart, but they don't look as pretty as the renders
>>44552242
here are three of mine, all meant to be mercenary/general field refits
>>44553634
where did they get an albatross from?
>>44554204
Would appreciate if you did, anon, thanks.
>>44553704
You have no clue what 3 tons of comm equipment does, do you.
>>44554403
Found it.
>>44554504
Half ECM, Ghost Targets and a +1 to initiative. Oh man, so worth it.
>>44553240
I'm asking why you'd do that over, say, compacting the gyro.
>>44554688
If added to something with proper ECM maybe.
>>44554688
>>44554718
Because having a +1 to initiative is invaluable in a game like battletech?
>>44554823
Or, I could mount a Cockpit Command Console, and get a +2, and spot for targets for more easily.
>>44554889
Yeah, that's true. And yeah, you can certainly drop an ER Medium to mount one. In fact, if you want to mount one instead, go right ahead. I won't stop one.
But I'm not arguing against a command console. I'm saying that a +1 to initiative isn't "functionally worthless" and is more valuable in my eyes than a BAP or a compact gyro.
Christ first time I've ever had to work so hard to justify spending two tons on something.
>>44555142
Active Probes in general are wasted tonnage unless using Hideen Units rules and nobody has Stealth capabilities (rare) or you're using Double-Blind rules (extremely rare unless players are using MegaMek to speed this up).
They're nice for fluff and all, but in 99.99% of cases you're better not having one and adding MLs instead.
>>44555142
>Christ first time I've ever had to work so hard to justify spending two tons on something.
If you don't want to talk about your design, why even post it?
>>44552022
Needs pincers.
>>44553866
You funny.
>>44547851
>BattleTech novel
>Journalists are portrayed as absolute scum
>>44556288
>>Journalists are portrayed as absolute scum
Just shows there's always a bit of truth in fiction
>>44554403
>where did they get an albatross from?
FWL was selling pretty much anything that wasn't nailed down, other than Apollos (for some reason).
>>44555322
>Active Probes in general are wasted tonnage unless using Hideen Units rules and nobody has Stealth capabilities (rare) or you're using Double-Blind rules
There is that bonus for firing into cover, although I don't remember if that's TW or TO any more. Will go look it up later.
>>44556725
He is literally sleeping with a member of the ruling dynasty of one of their most militant and belligerent neighbors.
>>44556926
Centuries of war don't trump cockblocking, anon.
>>44556815
Albatross is basically a Knights of the Inner Sphere exclusive though. I think in FM: FWL (maybe we should shorten this to FML?) there is a grand total of one other unit that has the Albatross and that was as a gift from the Knights.
>There is that bonus for firing into cover, although I don't remember if that's TW or TO any more.
TacOps.
The Active Probe is basically useless at the Total Warfare level.
>>44548402
It's chic now.
>>44557158
From 3055u:
"the first Albatrosses became the signature
’Mech of the Knights of the Inner Sphere. Subsequently, Operation Guerrero and the counterassault against the Clans led to more widespread deployment. It remains largely limited to prestige FWLM units, but a few have also been exported to the League’s close allies."
So more widespread than the FM indicates, at least by the early 3060s.
>>44557158
>TacOps.
Yeah, figured. I've been playing with that buff so long I genuinely couldn't remember.
>>44557523
I had completely forgotten about that rule.
Thank you! :)
is there anylewdbattletech fanfic about? I kind of need it
>>44558410
Yeah, but it's really bad for the most part. We're talking Babara Hambly-tier Tetsuhara/Wolf and shit, or aspies writing porn with the same skill level and emotional understanding that defines most BT combat fanfiction. Albeit with less manmade lightning.
>>44558471
you misunderstand.
I don't need it for sexual purposes.
I enjoy reading terrible fanfic and reviewing it for the enjoyment of fans of the thing being fanfic'd
what you're describing is EXACTLY what I want
>>44558471
There we go. /btg/ doesn't get much in the way of writefags, maybe lewd would encourage them. What say our namefags (and anyone who wants to adopt a name strictly for this purpose) have a writing challenge? Strawpoll to determine "best story" winner? Say, make the deadline next Sunday evening, and they all get compiled via pastebin so we have something to look forward to on Monday morning.
Munnin? Best writer in the challenge gets a "notable pilot" writeup in the TRO?
>>44559140
I...might actually adopt a name for that. The thing is there'd have to be two categories, one for funnylewd, and one for regularlewd. Otherwise, like all fanfiction, it'll just devolve into a contest about who can sexualize the most memes.
I'd actually want to see who can legitimately write GOOD erotic fiction in the Battletech universe, as well as critting out my side torsos from "Crusader-chan, my hip actuators are moving on their own!" tier writing.
>>44559140
I haven't done no lewd writing before, but I'll go in on this one.
victor/kathrine, serious
will post under name "hellbound"
pg9 bamp
>>44559140
...oh what the hell. Why not?
>>44558471
>>44559140
I already wrote a short lewd story between Phelan and Tyra Miraborg many years ago.
But is this really a road we want /btg/ to travel?
>linking waifus
>liking lewd fanfic
You are officially worse than the official forums, /btg/
>>44561731
The only, ONLY, reason there is not lewd fanfic on the OF is because the mods will delete and permaban the offender. Don't act like they don't want it. They just can't have it there.
Also,
>btg = liking waifus
>implying that the anime pedos on the OF don't qualify as "liking waifus"
>>44561715
>But is this really a road we want /btg/ to travel?
I'd just like some writing practice, and for whatever reason, this actually intrigued me. Making sex flow naturally from characters in BattleTech actually seems pretty hard (phrasing!) given how little emotional detail is given. I figure the challenge is in writing a short story that *feels* like an official BattleTech work, but still includes lewdness.
Which is just off-the-wall enough to have inspired 2 chapters and a hair over 3000 words so far this morning.
>>44561855
I wrote it in Stackpolean flair.
>Victor: Come, Omi, let us engage in intercourse.
>Omi: Yes Victor, my love. It something socially acceptable for consenting adults such as we. Even though our parents were enemies in the War of '39.
>Bystander: You've earned sex with Lady Omi, Highness. We support you.
>>44561715
>But is this really a road we want /btg/ to travel?
Clearly we're just building towards creating Succession Wars Rance. CONQUER AND FUCK EVERYTHING
Or perhaps a better name in this instance might be Inner Sphere in Heat?
>>44547851
>"Look, Highness, if not for you and your father and your mother, we'd all be Clanners now. I appreciate the offer of a free dinner, but the fact is you've made certain I can be free to have dinner. Defending you here was the least I could do for you."
This is the most American thing I've ever read in BattleTech.
>free to have dinner
So the Clans were just Nicholas Kerensky's fiendish plot to eliminate the meal of dinner?
>>44563640
Dinner destroyed the Star League.
Clanners only havesupper, and it weighs less and takes fewer critical slots in your stomach
>>44563663
>Clanners only havesupper...... I've no idea why they stopped calling it Dinner IIc
>>44565964
Why wouldn't you?
>>44563640
>>44563663
>>44564695
Clanner eat a prescribed daily diet of eight small servings of nutrient rich protein paste.administered manually by the trueborn in charge of your work unit.
>>44563408
>This is the most American thing I've ever read in BattleTech.
Go read Blaine Lee Pardoe's FedCom Civil War novels.
Because some civil war fought by an ass-backwards nascent state over whether or not people (with certain skin colour) were property or not trumps every other war before or since in tactical and strategic import, and everyone in a nation of Space Germans studies the shit out of it. Instead of WW I, WW II, or even Kerensky.
>>44564695
Victoria Ward's standardisation protocols. Duh.
>>44566056
>Because some civil war fought by an ass-backwards nascent state over whether or not people (with certain skin colour) were property or not trumps every other war before or since in tactical and strategic import, and everyone in a nation of Space Germans studies the shit out of it. Instead of WW I, WW II, or even Kerensky.
lol take a chill pill and stop jumping to moronic conclusions
>Space Germans
Terran Core
>>44566120
The funny thing is the Star League named units and warships after things from the American Civil War, so obviously it was still a part of their military culture & history to some degree. Therefore it makes sense that if the SL remembered it, worlds in the Terran Hegemony were aware of it at least superficially, as were other member-states.
But britcucks gonna britcuck about the ACW. Can't into States' Rights, you know?
>>44562156
>Clearly we're just building towards creating Succession Wars Rance. CONQUER AND FUCK EVERYTHING
This is literally Victor's character description.
>>44561920
I laughed until I peed a little. You bastard.
>>44566120
>lol take a chill pill and stop jumping to moronic conclusions
>it literally happens in the novels
>therefore an anon is jumping to moronic conclusions
>>44566369
>>it literally happens in the novels
No it doesn't.
>>44566363
Steiner lesbians best lesbians.
>>44566056
>Space Germans
They're more Space Britain.
>>44566318
>But britcucks gonna britcuck
Not even British, Ameretard.
>Can't into States' Rights, you know?
>The South then: We are fighting this war specifically about slavery. It says so in our declarations of why we're breaking away and we wrote it into our new Constitution.
>The South now: It wasn't about slavery, that would make our ancestors look bad, and would make us look bad too for trying to rehabilitate their image! It was totally about State's Rights! The South totally would have won if the North had been as gentlemanly and noble in the war as we were! MUH BURNING OF ATLANTA REEEEE
Kek.
>>44566484
Not even American, britcuck
>colour
tl;dr the rest of your memetext tears. Just give me a (You) so I know you got my pic.
>>44566451
>Space Britan
That's supposed to be the FedSuns. They're meant to be Anglo/French, but are portrayed as deeply American.
The Lyrans get a very Germanic vibe in the novels and SBs.
>>44566318
>The funny thing is the Star League named units and warships after things from the American Civil War,
The Star League was supposed to be Space America. It still doesn't make much sense that in 1, 000 years of war they couldn't find new names from an IC perspective. From an OOC perspective, the explanation is that the game was primarily written by Americans, for Americans.
>>44566391
He literally copies Stonewall Jackson in at least one novel (Call of Duty) and it's referenced in Measure of a Hero, CoD, and Operation: Audacity.
>>44566574
>That's supposed to be the FedSuns
No, they're Western European. Lyrans are more Britannic and the German thing is something that only comes across in deliberate mentions rather than a cultural feeling in their writing.
>>44566574
The ACW being referenced =/= what that anon sperged about it somehow "trumping" every other war in tactical and strategic import.
>>44566574
>The Lyrans get a very Germanic vibe in the novels and SBs.
LYRAN SCIENCE IST ZE BEST IN ZE VERLD!
>>44566599
Good point.
>speak Gaelic and English
>military patterned after Britain's
>mechs named after British cultural things
>like to engineer big things like the British did (Titanic, anyone?)
>massively industrialised (Britain launched the industrial revolution)
>Social General thing more resembles the British army of the 19th and early 20th century than Germany's military
>Britain was famously known as a mercantile empire
Lyrans really work more as an analogue for the British Isles. Protectorate of Donegal and Isle of Skye don't sound German to me. How about Coventry? Even the Tamars were English-speaking Pakistanis.
test
>>44566574
>The Star League was supposed to be Space America.
Space USSR. BattleTech history *loves* having the USSR implode as many times as possible.
>>44566574
>>44566937
Space Ottoman Empire actually.
>>44566650
They do have a massive boner for germanic names.
>>44566959
The ottomans were just the beta for the USSR. So you have USSR 0.5 imploding, then USSR 1.1 imploding, then USSR 2.3 imploding...
>>44566363
>Clearly we're just building towards creating Succession Wars Rance. CONQUER AND FUCK EVERYTHING
>This is literally Victor's character description.
Well, aside from the fact that the women actually *want* to sleep with victor
>>44559188
>>44559250
>>44561262
I'm actually really looking forward to reading all this. Not just because of the lewd, mind. I just want to see what our writers can produce.
>>44561920
>Omi's loins trembled under the impact of a man-made earthquake, eyes swimming as electrical feedback coursed through her brain
>>44568029
It'll make stackpole's worst look like a masterpiece, but it'll still be great
Somebody needs to write nasty K getting nasty with jamie wolf
>>44568354
>Natasha Kerensky popping Jamie'shuge sebaceous cyst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YFLkRlZzXw
>>44568354
>Jaime
She was banging Joshua.
>>44568354
>>44569498
why not both?
>>44569559
>Natasha Kerensky: Tales of the Double AdapterBut if serious, in canon she never got over the death of Joshua in Duncan's grab at the Captain-General post. Jaimie was married and faithful to his wife at that point, and he never got over their deaths either. They were just friends.
>>44569802
Anton's grab. Duncan was 15 years later.
>>44568029
I'm going to write a Hanse Davion gangbang featuring tsundere ComStar acolytes posing as Capellans.
Why is it so fun to make new lances?
>>44571036
DESU, all the PURPLE BURD slapfights kind of merge into one for me.
>>44572417
There's only the two between the Star League era Marik Civil War and the Jihad though. It's really more of a meme.
>>44572692
My story is actually centering on the 3030-3040 Andurien succession mini-war, though. So there's a third one on top of that.
>Lewd fics get in the TRO
What the actual fuck /btg/. It's like you're trying to cause flashbacks for me.
>Review short stories submitted to local science fiction mag
>Publish a Star Trek fan fic about a Klingon scientist
>Get buried under shitty fanfic and lewds, then get hammered and review them all as shit.
>>44573274
What?
>>44573355
Thankfully, they're not asking for a whole lewdfic in the TRO... Just one "notable pilot" entry for the winner. I'd say it doesn't even necessarily have to be a reference to the fic itself, just a pilot name and some accomplishment blurbs (but it probably will be some character from the winning fic because that's just how it goes).
And there's nothing shameful in reviewing shit. It builds character. (also alcohol tolerance).
>>44573594
NEA's talking about when the Duchy of Andurian signed an alliance with the MOC and broke away from the FWL in the 3030s. The FWL let them sit around for a few years, then moved troops back in and reclaimed the duchy.
It does technically qualify as a purple burd slapfight. IIRC it fucked up the Andurian Defender formation (5-6 regiments) pretty badly.
>>44573355
>then get hammered and review them all as shit.
>Implying that's not half the fun of doing this
>>44573689
>>44573689
The Andurien crisis is one affair. Duncan's scheming arose due to it and was part of it. No one said it didn't count.
With regards to the time involved, that was part of a deliberate strategy to let the duchy bleed itself without overextending FWLM resources in the face of the FedCom alliance.
>>44573701
You try getting accosted by people about the fact that their "totally romantic" slashfic (that was distressingly reminiscent of some of these Stackpole passages in terms of purple prose) got noted as "Being the purest example of why being gay and pretty is not the answer." It was like I turned into KJA for these people
>>44573766
Why do you think I volunteered to write before somebody got the bright idea to ask people to judge?
>>44573812
brb, writing NEA/Kit de Summersville slashfic where CA is watching from the sidelines and scoring
>>44573689
I meant what is NEA's story?
>>44573905
Don't forget to have AK banning anyone who claims his sexual equipment/performance is subpar by explaining that it's better than Chyna's.
>>44574006
Nah. AK can show up in the final act and accuse CA of bias and not understanding how it works which is why he's scoring them so low, then proclaim he can do it better by himself before Demerzel shows up and wrecks his shit with hyper-entropic combo sex.
>>44574121
I don't get it. Where's the satire in this?
>>44573985
Original content. Do not steal.
>I don't want to use canon characters
So RE lasers... Yes or no?
>>44574223
It's not satire. It's just weird obsession.
This is why these people get banned from the OF and then come here and spend all their time talking about it.
They are literally fucked in the head.
They are fucking framing out Battletech Official Forum Gay Fanfiction.
These are the people who you shitheads fucking whip your cocks out over whenever you get into an OF circlerjerk.
>>44573905
>>44574006
>>44574121
>>44574223
>>44574378
What's all this then? CA? AK?
>>44574537
California and Alaska.
>>44574314
Inefficient for what they're supposed to do and incredibly heavy. Amusingly, the Small is the hottest Small Laser. If they had a -1 to hit and did +1 damage to specialty armors (along with slimming down the Large and Small by a ton and a half ton respectively) and lost some overall heat costs, they might be a less useful alternative, but an alternative nonetheless. As it stands now they're borderline useless except for the Large and even that's iffy.
>>44574580
You're a cheeky one, m8, but I see right through you.
>>44574590
I mean, they're better for aerospace, but even in that situation they ain't too good
>>44574590
But the RE-Laser does do better than the standard laser. On a ton-for-ton basis with total damage assigned to a single location it does not. Of course, the PPC and ER PPC also lose to the standard large laser in that analysis, don't they?
RE-lasers are developments of IS pulse lasers and should be viewed as improvements on those weapons. They are not the best weapons out there, they may never have improvements in technology, but they are not worthless.
>>44574974
Hi AK. I have a question for you: How have you avoided becoming an hero for so long?
>>44574974
They're X-Pulse lasers with less heat on the Large, but more heat on the Small and Medium.
The small does more damage than the regular but that's not that great with its 1/2/3 range.
In exchange for "upgrading" from pulse lasers, RE lasers lose accuracy bonus, take more weight, take more slots, generally add more heat, and have no reach higher than the X-Pulse for what?
No lowered damage against Ferro-Lamellor (which IIRC is rarely seen by I.S.), Hardened armour (making it efficient to those chasses but they are also not common), and reflective (I struggle to remember a chassis with the stuff).
The "bonuses" are by far outweighed by the weaknesses and LOST features of Pulse (or even X-Pulse) lasers.
I find them to be useless, but that might just be how I'm looking at it.
>>44575295
Reflec is very popular on ASFs, though you're right, I can't think of any mech with it
>>44575362
http://battletech.rpg.hu/mechfactory_frame.php?call=showwepuse&isclan=IS&weaponname=Armor%20Laser-Reflective%20%28IS%29
It turns out (at least at time of the page being made)...
May as well just use a regular laser of the same variety, or regular (or X-)Pulse lasers. All are blatantly better.
Hell I'd even take VSPs over RE lasers.
>>44574974
you can fuck back off to the OF
>but i was only pretending to be AK!
fuck off anyways
>>44575362
Specialty armours in general are pretty rare. Off the top of my head all I can think of that will be vulnerable to R-E Lasers is the Rokurokurokurokuwhatever, Shiro, Grand Turtle, Mad Cat IV/Savage Wolf, Mad Dog IV/Vulture IV, and since it's just been released the custom Dragoon variant from TP: EE. There's a lot more 'Mechs with R-E Lasers than there are units with armour they're meant to be used against.
Plus the obvious answer to opponents using Reflective armour is to use Ballistic and Missile weapons against them. 'Mechs with Hardened armour generally pay so much for it that you can kite them or ignore them (what can the Grand Turtle or Rokurokuroku do to you really?).
ASFs kind of get a pass on this since the downsides of Reflec mostly don't apply to them and R-E Lasers will produce Thresholds fairly often. However, you may as well use a mix of ammo-dependant weapon types, especially the LGR since that thing is fuckballs amazing in Aero games, instead of R-E Lasers. The BA argument is fucked from the beginning, if you're worried about Reflec-armoured BA what you bring is AoE weapons (purely to damage the whole unit, I know they don't double their damage), Plasma weapons, or Infernoes.
TL; DR: R-E Lasers are already outperformed in their own niche by existing weapons. They're completely shit at their supposed job, and even worse at everything else.
If they had a -1 to-hit modifier they'd at least be sort of OK at what they were intended to do but still shit outside of that. And that's before you consider the relative rarity of designs with specialty armour types.
What's your favorite:
>Capellan light
>FWL medium
>Lyran heavy
>Drac assault
>FedSuns battle armor
You have 10 minutes.
>>44577641
>Capellan light
Stealth Raven
>FWL medium
Wraith
>Lyran heavy
Falconer
>Drac assault
Tenshi
>FedSuns battle armor
Tie between Infiltrator II and Grenadier II
>>44577641
>Capellan light
this anorexic Vindicator that I designed
>FWL medium
Wolverine-7M
>Lyran heavy
Thunderbolt-9S
>Drac assault
Sunder
>FedSuns battle armor
Inner Sphere standard, baby
>>44577641
>You have 10 minutes.
NO!
>Capellan light
Firebee!
>FWL medium
*shrugs*
>Lyran heavy
A Thunderbolt of some variety?
>Drac assault
Akuma, because the Hatamoto-Chi is too obvious.
>FedSuns battle armor
Hauberk!
>>44578762
>the Hatamoto-Chi is too obvious.
>too obvious.
>obvious.
That's a hell of a way to spell "shit," anon.
>>44578762
I must agree with this other person, the Hatamoto-Chi looks cool enough but is absolute shit in combat.
Also, why the Marik hate?
>>44579385
>Also, why the Marik hate?
You're confusing "hate" with "disinterest".
>>44579169
>That's a hell of a way to spell "shit," anon.
He didn't say "best". He said favourite. If he'd asked for "best" all of my answers - even the Battle Armour one - would have been "Ryoken".
>>44577641
>Light
Yingy thingy
>Medium
There's literally only one good FWL medium, and it's the Wraith. So that.
>Heavy
The real question is what Lyran heavy isn't good.
>Assault
Elevenshi
>BA
>Playing Fedsuns
>>44547730
>>44547748
Like the Ad tags! Wonder what Clan SpaceJew's Ad will say?
>>44568029
Bonus points if you work a legitimate reference to "azure, the color of a PPC bolt" into it.
>>44577641
>TSM Locust
>Wraith
>Thud, with an honorable mention to the Falconer
>Beemer
>God help me, but the Waddle is just too damned funny not to pick.
>>44543431
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9q792hobnbpw3/Battletech
>For Catalyst Game Labs employees and moderators
I haven't checked this in forever, this is great.
>>44579997
>There's literally only one good FWL medium, and it's the Wraith.
Nigga wat.
Quasimodo, Wolverine-Ms, Cronus, Griffin,Albatross... the FWL has plenty. The Wraith does spring to mind but they have a decent array of mediums beside just that.
>>44580645
MF anon here
I'm glad someone noticed my joke:)
>>44577641
>Capellan light
Gun. Its just so cute!
>FWL medium
Apollo, because I love dual LRM 15s
>Lyran heavy
The Caesar with the heavy Gauss rifle
>Drac assault
Hatamoto chi. I just like the Samurai mech,
>FedSuns battle armor
The Cavalier. Its the fed suns elemental and I dont really know eneough about Battle armour to use anything else well
>>44581001
But the Albatross isa solid heavy.
Battlebump
Anyone have or know a chart converting speeds to hexes?
>>44583538
# hexes * 10.8 km/h
>>44577641
Raven
Trebuchet
Penetrator
Naginata
Infiltrator Mk II
I'm new to using C3, and I'm trying to build a company using the original version. Does it work to build a company commander with a C3 master and have the lance leaders use the C3 slaves?
>>44584773
For company level c3 you need a double master vehicle at the top of the pyramid, coordinating three other masters(one master) and it's own lance (second master)
Then, each of your lances needs a Master.
>>44584869
Gotcha. Not really tenable for light mechs then? With the weight of C3 masters and all.
b-b-battlebump?
Working on a skirmishing/recon battalion, 6/9 or faster. Previously worked with the Combine and Explorer Corps, now employed by WoB in the Chaos March.
Thoughts? Ideas on reorganization?
>Command Lance
TR1 Wraith
PHX-3M Phoenix Hawk
HER-5ME Hermes II
CN9-D Centurion
>>Jig Company
>Ace Lance
RJN101-A Raijin
WFT-1 Wolf Trap
RVN-3L Raven
JVN-11A Javelin
>Beer Lance
OW-1 Owens
LCT-3M Locust
HER-3S Hermes
SDR-7M Spider
>Don Lance
NXS-1A Nexus
ZPH-1A Tarantula
HER-3S Hermes
HA-JK-1532 Jackal
>>King Company
>Gee Lance
FS9-O Firestarter
HER-5S Hermes II
WLF-2 Wolfhound
RVN-3L Raven
>Harry Lance
OW-1 Owens
LCT-3M Locust
HER-3S Hermes
SDR-7M Spider
>Ink Lance
SR1-O Strider
RTX1-O Raptor
NXS-1A Nexus
RJN101-A Raijin
>>Love Company
>Nuts Lance
TR1 Wraith
WLF-2 Wolfhound
RVN-3L Raven
JVN-10P Javelin
>Oranges Lance
SDR-7M Spider
LCT-3M Locust
HER-3S Hermes
SDR-7M Spider
>Pip Lance
OW-1 Owens
SDR-7M Spider
NXS-1A Nexus
HA-JK-1532 Jackal
>>44584988
Correct. Did a quick and easy work up for you. This can get pretty silly real quick by moving the masters to the arms, and plugging in an xxl for more speed or what have you. But sticking huge computer mass into the extremities just feels wrong.
>>44585806
Actually the xxl would fit no problem, I had more space than I realized. Thanks lack of coffee for making me look dumb.
Testing some of those 4-mech lances I asked for your help about in MegaMek.
It immediately reminded me why I love BT, with a Banshee being headshotted by a Commando in the first game and an Awesome getting its head kicked in by a Battlemaster in the second.
The lances do seem pretty decently balanced, based on the handful of games I've played so far.
>>44584773
Anon, no. I will spare you the pain and heartache you will otherwise suffer.
C3 is not worth the BV you pay for it. For the same BV of a 4/5 Company you can improve everyone's skills to 3/5 or better and give zero fucks about how many ECM suites the enemy bought or whether they've killed a Lance/Company Command 'Mech, all the while getting similar to-hit numbers.
By all means field 'Mechs with C3. Just don't make the mistake of networking them.
>>44552582
>>44554438
shit, anon
I forgout about you
here it is
>>44587703
>>44587747
>>44587799
>>44587821
>>44587799
A hatchet?
>>44587852
>>44587875
A *battlemech* hatchet, anon
>>44575551
You fuck off
Hammerhands VS Marauder-D
Who wins?
>>44585781
Honestly who does bother using a light that's slower than 6/9 in this day and age?
>>44589019
Marauder-D without even really trying.
Hammerhands vs Warhammer-6R is a lot closer than people think too.
>>44587092
This implies that he's playing with BV. Not everyone gives a shit about BV. I know I don't...
>>44589397
Not him but utilizing C3 does seem a lot more trouble than it's worth unless you're WoB/Com* using C3i
>>44589397
>This implies that he's playing with BV.
I wonder why anyone would assume people are using the balancing system the basic rule book tells players to use.
>>44589690
C3i and to an extent BC3 are better. At least with C3i you don't need to worry that much about having a C3i node destroyed, and the BC3 invulnerability to basic ECM is nice... but again heavily overcosted under BV to the point of being even less effective than normal C3.
>>44589207
Dracs. Viva la Panther.
>>44589850
>I wonder why anyone would assume people are using the balancing system the basic rule book tells players to use.
BV has always been a suggestion - a way of approximating balance if someone wanted to give it a try. And BTech has never been balanced. The Clans existing is a good example of that.
It's certainly not a typical wargaming 'points' system. It's a bolt on system because people demanded something.
>>44589850
I know players that use tonnage instead of BV. They seem to like the chaos it can generate.
>>44590213
What about power to weight ratio?
>>44590101
>BV has always been a suggestion - a way of approximating balance if someone wanted to give it a try.
You might believe that, but it's not what CGL or the rules say about it.
>The Clans existing is a good example of that.
Oh, right. You're the butthurt whiner who still hasn't recovered from that one game in 1994.
Bitch on. Your tears are delicious to me.
>>44590756
>Oh, right. You're the butthurt whiner who still hasn't recovered from that one game in 1994.
>Bitch on. Your tears are delicious to me.
Umm... no. I really like the Clans. My introduction to BattleTech was Mechwarrior 2 and the Jade Falcons have been my force ever since. I own hundreds of Clan 'Mechs.
I just don't see BV as necessary.
>>44591157
>MechWarrior 2 is his introduction
>goes green pigeon instead of Wolf Master Race
Did you even watch the gloriously rendered intro videos?
>>44591235
I watched the one where the Kodiak destroys the Jaggie Mad Dog.
I wonder if that's where Rome got his start...
>>44577641
Light - Anubis
Medium - Buccaneer
Heavy - Thunderbolt
Assault- ever since MW3, the Sunder
>>44587703
>>44587747
>>44587799
>>44587821
>>44587852
>>44587882
Thanks anon, those are awesome.
>>44590118
The Crab People.
>>44591257
Rome? Sorry, I don't keep up on the authors and that jazz.
>>44591807
Ben "Ghost Bear" Rome.
>>44591257
Speaking of the Jags, I wish we'd gotten a MW or MechCommander game that had a campaign from their POV. Would have been fun to play as the underdogs.
If anyone here ever played the Close Combat series, Germans were my favorite in that. Trying to hold back XXX Corps in Market Garden is a blast.
>>44591879
MW2 was before his time, wasn't it?
What is Clan food like?
>>44592426
Lighter and takes up less space but somehow just as effective.
>>44592426
Literally nothing but MREs
CERMREs, nonetheless
>>44589850
I've found that a single S&M pair to be pretty damn effective.
Which is exactly the situation C3i is best for, but whatever.
>>44556926
Yes and?
>>44587092
C3 suffers by default because most of the c3 slave mechs don't mount an ECM suite for ECCM duties... plus the BV markup. But building a c3 company with at least one ECM mech per lance (preferably two before Angel suites) makes it pretty robust, but now more expensive BV wise.
>>44589850
>C3i and to an extent BC3 are better. At least with C3i you don't need to worry that much about having a C3i node destroyed, and the BC3 invulnerability to basic ECM is nice... but again heavily overcosted under BV to the point of being even less effective than normal C3.
BC3 slaves are painfully heavy and take up an uncomfortable amount of space. Same with Masters, crit wise anyway. 6 crits is painful.
>>44593813
>C3 suffers by default because most of the c3 slave mechs don't mount an ECM suite for ECCM duties... plus the BV markup. But building a c3 company with at least one ECM mech per lance (preferably two before Angel suites) makes it pretty robust, but now more expensive BV wise.
My solution is to toss in a pair of cheap ECM hovercraft (harassers usually) or VTOLs so I don't have to take mechs that don't do what I need them to do for that lance.
>>44591157
this is smug anime girl levels of stupidity
>>44595134
I agree.
>>44592426
> www.soylent.com
Seems like the closest equivalent you'll find to Clan food.
It's not completely foul, it's efficient and effective. On paper it seems like really great stuff.
But when balanced by cost, it's just mediocre.
battlebump.
everybody post a custom mech and review another anon's
>>44597061
This late in the thread? No.
Try again once a new thread is up.
>>44597977
there's 66 posts left. that's plenty
>>44591932
I would have taken just more Mechcommander games (like the first one, not the second one).
>>44595134
That's kinda rich coming from Cr "shitty anime reaction images" ix
>>44598098
I really like using AES to cheese missile weapons.
But in this case, especially when you don't have LA and hands to make punching scary, I'd really, really go with Apollo.
>>44598175
Better?
>>44595134
No, it's not stupid at all. Of course the CLAN PLAYER from the Mechwarrior 2 days doesn't want to balance by BV. He's perfectly happy to keep going by tonnage.
>>44600946
I never said that I 'balance' by tonnage, or that I was a 'Clan player'. I play a bit of everything - Feds, Dracs, Cappies, Falcons, Ghost Bears (2nd Line) and even a bit of ComStar.
Jesus... you must have jump jets with all the conclusions you're launching yourself towards.
Can anyone tell me if the Cestus is any good?
I just spent 15-20 minutes putting one of the damned things together (who the fuck designed that thing?) and ignoring the mold slippage it was a bitch of a thing.
It better be worth it.
Is there a missile using equal to the nova? Bunch of srm's or streaks on a mobile mech.
>>44601063
CST-6Y: 65t, 4/6/0 (XLFE), 12 DHS. Mounts a Gauss Rifle in the RT, large and medium lasers in each arm. It's an alpha-baby with a Gauss Rifle and full armour for its tonnage - you can do far worse.
