Battletech - Also known as Trannytech

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Has anyone ever fielded those Solaris arena mechs that are just melee weapons or whatever weird stuff is going on with them? I see them in IWM’s catalog but I’ve never seen anyone using them.
 
Abella said:
Has anyone ever fielded those Solaris arena mechs that are just melee weapons or whatever weird stuff is going on with them? I see them in IWM’s catalog but I’ve never seen anyone using them.
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I've got some of those dumb spikey dudes in my collection but I haven't actually gotten a chance to put them on the table yet. The Flashfire seems like a ton of fun if you use alternative payloads to run around putting oil-slicks on the map.
 
MMO_Faggot said:
I've got some of those dumb spikey dudes in my collection but I haven't actually gotten a chance to put them on the table yet. The Flashfire seems like a ton of fun if you use alternative payloads to run around putting oil-slicks on the map.
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I dare you to challenge someone to fight that on an Urban map. Let me know how many turns it takes for them to die of basement.
 
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Behold! Immortality.
 
Snekposter said:
I dare you to challenge someone to fight that on an Urban map. Let me know how many turns it takes for them to die of basement.
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Corn Flakes said:
I'd be surprised if they make it through deployment without being eaten by a grue basement.
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Glory To Arztotska said:
DROP THE BASS(ment)
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What's this about basements? I'm probably forgetting it and it's obvious but I haven't touched anything BT related in a while.
Snekposter said:
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Behold! Immortality.
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I NEED IT
 
Tri-Tachyon'sClown said:
What's this about basements? I'm probably forgetting it and it's obvious but I haven't touched anything BT related in a while.
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In Urban maps, if you walk through buildings there's a chance you'll suffer an immediate one height fall into the basement, with all of the consequences you'd expect. Its also not uncommon for pilots to fail their various PSR's to get up and walk out so badly and so many times they kill themselves from concussion.

And if you're a combat vehicle or something that doesn't have legs... GG, no re.
 
Snekposter said:
In Urban maps, if you walk through buildings there's a chance you'll suffer an immediate one height fall into the basement, with all of the consequences you'd expect. Its also not uncommon for pilots to fail their various PSR's to get up and walk out so badly and so many times they kill themselves from concussion.

And if you're a combat vehicle or something that doesn't have legs... GG, no re.
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There used to be a guy that’d come to play on Saturday nights who loved urban maps because he’d just set up a bunch of artillery, fighters and battle armors. I like mechs like the piranha and the cadaver, but I couldn’t imagine how miserable it’d be if you just wanted to deploy a lance/star/level of mechs and they get nuked immediately by a long Tom or some team with LRMs.
 
Snekposter said:
And if you're a combat vehicle or something that doesn't have legs... GG, no re.
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That's what makes playing pinball with Savannah Masters and other hovercraft in urban maps so much fun. One missed turn, one 1-hex skid into a building, and you can hear the Mexican soccer announcer yelling out GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL.
 
Snekposter said:
In Urban maps, if you walk through buildings there's a chance you'll suffer an immediate one height fall into the basement, with all of the consequences you'd expect. Its also not uncommon for pilots to fail their various PSR's to get up and walk out so badly and so many times they kill themselves from concussion.

And if you're a combat vehicle or something that doesn't have legs... GG, no re.
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Welp, time to make a map with nothing but buildings with basements called Necktech.
 
Abella said:
There used to be a guy that’d come to play on Saturday nights who loved urban maps because he’d just set up a bunch of artillery, fighters and battle armors. I like mechs like the piranha and the cadaver, but I couldn’t imagine how miserable it’d be if you just wanted to deploy a lance/star/level of mechs and they get nuked immediately by a long Tom or some team with LRMs.
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what a complete gigachad.
 
Abella said:
There used to be a guy that’d come to play on Saturday nights who loved urban maps because he’d just set up a bunch of artillery, fighters and battle armors. I like mechs like the piranha and the cadaver, but I couldn’t imagine how miserable it’d be if you just wanted to deploy a lance/star/level of mechs and they get nuked immediately by a long Tom or some team with LRMs.
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Man would thrive in the setting as a Planetary Guard. I like this man, this man is an inspiration. They brought Mechs (and whatever else they brought) to a nuke fight, gonna learn 'em.
Snekposter said:
"How it feels to refuse their batchall knowing you've already got the booby traps installed and artillery pre-zeroed."
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Average Cl*nner response.
 
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Tri-Tachyon'sClown said:
Man would thrive in the setting as a Planetary Guard. I like this man, this man is an inspiration. They brought Mechs (and whatever else they brought) to a nuke fight, gonna learn 'em.
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Don't forget the Yellow Jackets and Hawk Moths. Why yes, the Yellow Jacket comes in both Arrow IV and RAC-5 format, why do you ask?
 
JJLiautaud said:
what a complete gigachad.
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Like if you don’t care about adhering to the lore then there’s all kinds of cool stuff in the TRO archives. The more you delve into experimental and advanced rulesets the more fun can be had.
Tri-Tachyon'sClown said:
Man would thrive in the setting as a Planetary Guard. I like this man, this man is an inspiration. They brought Mechs (and whatever else they brought) to a nuke fight, gonna learn 'em.

Average Cl*nner response.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=L3NCcOD5q3w
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the virgin assault mech vs the chad multiple squadrons of anti-mech weapons.
 
Abella said:
Like if you don’t care about adhering to the lore then there’s all kinds of cool stuff in the TRO archives. The more you delve into experimental and advanced rulesets the more fun can be had.
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I care about adhering to lore but sometimes it's just hilarious to build semirealistically and use combined arms
 
Snekposter said:
In Urban maps, if you walk through buildings there's a chance you'll suffer an immediate one height fall into the basement, with all of the consequences you'd expect. Its also not uncommon for pilots to fail their various PSR's to get up and walk out so badly and so many times they kill themselves from concussion.

And if you're a combat vehicle or something that doesn't have legs... GG, no re.
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I bet in the periphery Killdozer isn't just a legend but a common occurrence, fall into a basement included.
 
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