Scrombles The Mechwarrior: A Battletech Story [Episode 4]
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"Vindicators aren't made of Iron, they are made of lies... Just like the Capellan people." Oof! Genocide by words.
Capellan's arent real. Thats just a Comstar conspiracy.
THE UNIVERS IS FLAT!
"While the secret police turned neighbor on neighbor, made your loved ones disappear, conscripted your children." In the Inner Sphere we call such atrocities "Tuesday"
It's comments like this that give people Clan sympathies, you realize.
(Not that the Clans aren't guilty of their share of that shit, mind - but that's the Battletech universe, I suppose.)
@@vdate
When the inner sphere does it, they try to pretend it didn't happen or give token condemnation.
When the clans do it, they pretend it's honorable to do so.
I read that in "Raul Julia as Bison," voice.
Tex, we all feel that way sometimes, but man, you're literally the largest draw to this channel. Not the games, clips or anything else, it's your commentary and the way you word things, you cover everything required in a manner that makes it engaging and entertaining. At other times, we get some nice deep explanations of game mechanics and such, again, in a format that's easy to understand but still humorous and entertaining.
Thank you for saying so
@@theblackpantslegion Normally I don't get too into tracking youtubers and such, but it's a hell of a channel, you're the one driving, and it's a goooood drive. You deserve to be reminded of that if you're feeling otherwise.
Plus a reply from you really gave me a laugh, as you're the voice of my CEO in Roguetech, which I was playing when I saw this.
And don't worry, I made a personal rule for this playthough, no Clanner trash for the CEO.
@@theblackpantslegion A buddy of mine stumbled onto your channel a few weeks ago. You got me back into battletech. It was my first table top game and it had gone by the wayside because I lack folks to play it with. I love watching the lore videos. Those are amazing.
A thousand times this. Came to learn lore (Tex Talks) stayed for Tex and general f***ery that makes me laugh till I cry. "Don't worry about it. It's fine."
"It's hard to watch other fandoms like Warhammer get to make fan projects while we're shut down."
Well, I have good news and bad news....
Totally agree about the 2nd lance. Some missions just feel unnecessarily hard because you end fighting a force like 3-4 times your size.
My first run of the game I got a bad drop and was overwhelmed by a boatload of mediums and pretty much lost my whole lance. I rage quit for a while >.>
Have you watched The Edmon? The guy has some crazy videos, tackling 3,4 and 5 skulls missions with Light Mechs
It really helped me correct many flaws in my tactics, and some ideas about builds
I've seen people say its designed to force people to withdraw upon occasion
They probably will offer you a Battletech novel someday. When it happens,you should go for it. You have talent, knowledge and passion.
I doubt it highly.
@@theblackpantslegion Ya never can tell.
Do it, but for a pleasurable amount of dosh
@@theblackpantslegion You never know Tex, they might like you.
@@theblackpantslegion But, it would be nice if they did.
I would like to see a Battletech Total Warfare videogame using Wargame: Red Dragon as a basis. I think a scalable, real-time strategy game where you could play anywhere from mech vs. mech up to regimental or more, then cover multiple eras and expand on faction-specific things like infantry, spec. ops, etc. would be an incredible experience. Heck, could even include Aerospace and Warship warfare during the first few Succession Wars.
That would be a goddamn gorgeous game
Sadly, that whole "Mechs vs Coffee" bit sounds pretty accurate. When most of the economy is geared towards surviving whatever conflict that rolls in, luxuries like coffee can easily dry up. Especially things like specialty crops, which are a hard sell to grow when food production is only just enough to feed a planet. Battlemech factories, on the other hand, can be build just about anywhere as long as they are kept supplied with materials and power, and have a way to deliver their goods.
Not really. In the lore battlemech factories during the succession wars are so expensive that basically no new ones get built.
So Texs point was that it is weird that coffee is less common than the battlemechs.
@@boomboomf2268 Eh, considering how broke they were i could see them prioritizing their money makers over unnecessary things like go-go juice and medical supplies.
@@McFrager I guess it would heavily depend on what planet the company was on. Yah like an colony on an asteroid might not have any, but on say any of the naturally habitable worlds that have at least a reasonable tier of industry (so they can produce enough combines and stuff to be above the substance line) would have stuff like coffee for a reasonable price I imagine.
And worlds at that level (say 20th-21st century tech) are not to uncommon, even in the periphery according to the lore.
@@boomboomf2268 ah.
I think a good analogy is the 3 Musketeers bar. It used to come in Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate in a single package. But due to sugar shortages and restrictions during WW2 they started selling just chocolate and have never brought back the other flavors. You wouldn't think it (the war) would impact things like that, but it did.
I still call them Hellguns and Stormtroopers in my Guard.
Bless you
I spent godsonlyknow how much building my Praetorian Guard platoon. Worth it.
"Scrombles pawnch Scorpon" killed me for like 10 minutes.
12:50
You knew a Capellan army player that made things unpleasant for everyone else?
...Oh, so he was role-playing as a Capellan as well?
Tex, this stuff has been allowing me to laugh through hard times. I like to put these on while driving back and forth between family and college - even if I can’t see what’s going on a lot of it just makes me laugh.
You're most welcome. Hang in there.
Always good to grab marauder pieces wherever you can, it has an insane headshot bonus in base game. Focus mostly on the standard 3R, it's actually arguably better than the Marik Marauder or in some ways even the Royal marauder because you can go triple UAC 2 headcapper with it.
Hurray, the prisoners are liberated! And Raju's been alive this whole time! Well, until maybe a week ago, when he finally died after two years of abuse and torture while the rest of us were farting around dealing with bank loans and Canopian palace intrigue. The BattleTech universe!
I love the Warden's leadership strategy around 23:05. Imagine what General Custer's reputation would be today if he only had the sense to order his troops to stop sucking and dying at Little Bighorn.
I read that in Ross Scott's voice
"Scrombles run cuz Scrombles hates n Scrombles must kill" Someone, somewhere, some time, probably.......... Praise z0rg!
Codex Creep - aka Clan Invasion pay-to-win.
Never forgave FASA for that. Screwed up the whole setting so power gamers would throw money at them.
Just a tip, but you can adjust which tasks you want done first so if you have a mech that takes 1 day to repair and one that takes 30 you can have the one that takes one day go first so you don't have to wait 31 days for the 1 day mech to repair.
I did not know that. Then again I am dense when it comes to games.
Selling for scrap instead of selling through the store. :(
You were right, that was the first point that I yelled at my screen. haha
Me too, lol
And when he left priority of repairing the Vindy over the Hawk, when the Hawk would've been fixed sooner otherwise.
Listening to Tex talk about 40k models and nodding along. Although as an Ork player, I was used to losing more than winning for years and learned to just have fun with my boyz.
These and the KSP videos are solid fucking gold, Tex. Really appreciate your work!
Thanks!
"Turns out ejection systems work" looks at the bucket they scraped up Glitch in.
Ah Esiner the man who saved Disney and then lost his mind over seeing fights he didn't need to commit to.
41:35 NO TEX DON'T SCRAP! SELL!
You get far less money from scrapping. You have infinite room in your storage. Just sell in the markets.
Alas, per his comments earlier in the video, there were recorded in the summer, so there's little chance of the message getting through in time to influence the rest of the series.
Probably a fair note for general use, mind.
Scrombles the Mechwarrior is a checklist of all the Don'ts in HBS Battletech
The bad part about these HBS Battletech videos is that I get about half way through each video and then have to launch Battletech for myself. It's gonna take forever to get through these.
you say the prison has design failures, but you have to realize. most prisons are built to keep people in. not out. in fact in every prison ive ever worked at you have multiple power generators outside the secure perimeter to stop internal sabotage. its really hard to build a thing to stop insurrection from within AND attack from without. from a prison design system... this is a pretty damn good prison i think. from a fortress design.. it sucks.
Ah, a traditional "on no! that's expensive!"
I got a lot of use out of a Firestarter, once I stripped out the flamers and replaced them with small lasers, and filled out with mediums then uparmoured it to a walking brick of rave lasers... I call that variant the Ravestarter, very effective, especially if you sacrifice a little firepower or armour for some jumpjets to do a 'Nothing Personal Kid' and unload into the back armour of an enemy.
Got to say TEX you're the reason I think most of us come to this channel to enjoy your thoughts and experience. I know as a new fan to battletech and just learning and discovery, which your channel has helped a whole hell of a ton to learn more of the lore and helped build my character for the TT RPG and now we are doing a series on youtube cuz of it and always make me want to look forward to the next session and video you make. So please feel encouraged by that you have fans of your work that truly do look forward to your content every time it comes out. 100% every time I see you post i get excited to have a better day!!
i just love the "please explode's" that's been my thoughts each time when i played this, just desperately hoping what i send down range would be enough lol. this game really needs the ability to drop in multiple lances.
Astra militarum is not a recognizable name for me, it’s Imperial Guard!
You mean "THE WALL OF GUNS!"
Astra mili- what? You're in the *Imperial Guard* son!
I remember playing this mission the first time and losing a pilot and barely obtaining victory.
Playing it my second time I came in with medium mechs and it didn't even feel desperate. Really felt like I learned a lot.
Tex, you gotta play Megamek at least for a bit. It's free to download and it does the entire tabletop game for you, rolls and all. It can even look pretty depending on what map you pick. It's pretty simple on the hardware side (its all 2D from the top down with sprites) and since we're all here mostly for your voice-over I don't think the crowd would mind.
Yeah, "If you had a a game that actually replicated the fullness of Battletech's advanced rules..." Absolutely, MegaMek.
Hardware side though, it has the standard Java memory issues.
Fun news on the fusion engine - a prototype fision reactor has been constructed in the UK, and it works! Almost. There are a couple of issues with it, one being that it uses more energy than it puts out, and another being that the exhaust sydtem has a habit of melting. But it is a step in the right direction! :D
@They Live! Again. Well, they are going to have to consider it, you aint running renewables in space, and even on planet they have their downsides. Hell, Germany found this out the hard way, despite having the most extensive Renewable Energy infrastructure in the world their CO2 emissions actually increased when they shut down their Nuclear plants because they have to run their fossil fuel plants far more at peak times. The only European country that looks like it may actually make its targets on time is France, because it relies so heavily on Nuclear....
Scrombles scrambled some scrumptious scrimmages!
GW's codex creep has improved of late, in my opinion. And you're right they aren't the sole offender. Privateer Press has made that a company motto and Battlefront has managed to do it with WW2. And just like every other hobby. The folks you play with make all the difference.
Urgh, tell me about it. When Warmachine Mk3 came out, my classic Fist of Halaak and Titan based Skorne lists were rendered utterly unplayable; similar fates befell my Swan and Menoth playing friends, where we'd need to essentially rebuy our entire armies to make them remotely functional.
Dear Tex... I really have to stop watching your videos so late at night. 2 am is not the time to have the urge to play Battletech, Space Station 13 or KSP. Thank you for your outstanding dedication to produce these videos and help the rest of us (as well as yourself) maintain a fraction of sanity in these times.
When the Shadowhawk unloaded LRMs on that Centurion I thought you were playing a Macross game for a minute there.
Somewhere, Ichiro Itano was nodding in approbation.
Wait till you see what a Stalker can be turned into! That'd make Itano happy.
Archer is Itano Circus the mech.
I admit that's kind of one of those things I loved about playing BattleTech. Since I mostly played RPG campaigns and not one off tabletop battles there was a lot of that moment of: "Well I'd LIKE a PPC but there isn't one available here so maybe I'll replace my damaged PPC with a Large Laser" or "I might have to replace that Medium Laser with a machine gun because something is better than nothing".
I think it's just one of those neat things that happens over a campaign. Sure you started out in a stock Panther with a SRM-6 and a PPC. But well... the frontlines aren't as well stocked with mech parts as you'd like. You take damage. You come out of that theater with a Large Laser instead. Or your Jump Jets got trashed during a DFA and instead you end up with extra SRM ammo for the tonnage, etc.
It's what makes it so that I'm really piloting "Kamikaze Rose" and not "A Panther". Gives that bit of character I find.
Tex, I friggin love listening to you in these youtube vids! Your style and manner inspire interest and you just seem like a badass dude in general. I go through feeling down sometimes too - just remember there's a good number of folks online who think you're a damned cool and interesting guy.
I'd fight for your merc company at substantially less outrageously overblown pay rates!
Thank you for the offer
All the talk of Battletech table top while playing this game is making me really nostalgic for the table top game. I played it all through Jr High and High school. I still have my mechs (beat up and horribly painted as they are), but I dont have any books (my friends had those). It would be fun to break it out again sometime. Lots of good memories.
Edit: "The first thing this game needed was 2 lances" - I heartily agree. First time I got a bad intel drop and was swarmed by mediums and lights while still having a light/light medium lance I felt like I should have more mechs on the field. I was reminicing earlier about MechCommander 1 and 2 and the tonnage limit mechanic so you could bring however much you could fit in to the mission.
What i find annoying in the game is that the latest heavy DLC mechs are much easier to find and buy than medium mech's like the Hunchback and Centurion etc.
*cries in Hatchetman*
Like seriously, can't find this mech.
@@macrux152__8 You need to do the medium level difficulty hot spot missions.
@@AdurianJ
*does medium level missions with all medium and small mechs*
*sees the Crab(smol) more than even just a sliver of the hatchetman*
*cries in hatchetman*
making me want to get back into Battletech... my friends and i used to "buy in" battletech. You paid real money per tonne of the mech , so a 100 tonne mech cost $1, 20 tonne was 20 cents. Clan mech's cost you double ($2 for a Daishi for example). If you killed someone's mech , you got the cash.... made for some thrilling matches. I'd also bring out my custom mech, 100 tonnes with twin ac20's a hatchet and jump jets... 3/5/3 :)
I don't know why, but "Grandpa Tex" reminded me of the three old codgers in half the episodes of Cowboy Bebop.
Tex if Shiro Kurita had a scented candle it would smell you had Copenhagen jammed up your nose.
Anyone trying to get quick stats on the Bulldog from sarna, keep in mind that Sarna is spanish for "Scabies" a mite related skin condition so googling "Bulldog Sarna" will bring up poor little bulldogs with scabies. Poor pups.
I was missing your B-tech videos, glad to see you're pumping more out!
I would love to know in Battletech future. If there is a guy running around finding old star league combat rations out of mechs and doing taste test's on them? Nice Hiss or you want the rations out of an Atlas those are the good ones, oh never a Locust. Oh yay Dude you do you and I will keep watching
I have to agree with the many people out there Tex, your voice is the main attraction I have to your videos, besides loving Battletech since the 80's.... sooo many good memories in the 90's of playing MechWarrior 1 & 2 on DOS.
Honestly Tex, if there were a mech to despise with malice aforethought, the Jagearmech would be right down there. I remember looking at the thing when in came out in the 3025 Tech Readout, and wondering what the hell the designers were thinking. It was a 5 ton heavier Rifleman, with the only redeeming factor being low heat.
It gets a lot less funny with good spotting. And a lot more expensive, if you can't drop it quickly.
@@EgorKaskader with Jagers you need a direct line of sight. If I'm going to spend that kind of money, Im buying a Catapult or a T-bolt. Both of which have more armor and more utility.
@@trynnallen Which usually isn't hard, plus there is the 6A. Catapult is good for LRM spam, but that tends to distribute all over the mech, sandblasting armor off several modules rather than hitting the one I want. ACs also don't do heat, and you can strip out the AC-2s for an extra AC-5. Plus, if you keep it back, you can skimp on armor for even more dakka. Don't underestimate a Jaeger.
I love watching Tex videos for YOU, Tex! You're smart and funny and tell fantastic stories. Never stop being yourself!!!
The reason why Scrombles was in the Gulag: Scrombles punch Scorpin
You've got a kindred spirit here, keep your chin up. Guns battle tech coffee and bacon, what finer tastes can a man have. You do great work my man.
Whoever pointed out nobody would watch if Tex was muted, well said! Tex is very interesting to listen to (and funny)
Oh Tex, just you wait until you get a Marauder. That Lance Command module id BROKEN. Put in a maxed out tactician and enjoy your 35% chance of headshots. I tooled up a pack of Marauders with plussed out heavy lasers and a gauss rifle each and some jumpjets. Jump in, alpha strike their head off, jrinse, repeat.
Realistic Classic BattleTech rules in a game would be great especially for fiddley rules like AeroSpace and conventional infantry. The only potential issue I could see people having is the through armor criticals that knocks out your gyro or blows your ammo but that’s part of the charm
Which is fine for a beer and pretzels game, but for a campaign focused one? Going to cause a LOT of save-scumming.
Firestarter's are fun! IF you change out the flame throwers for MG"s :)
Oh yes Centurions are great. I love them. Even when my lance was going into heavy/assault mechs, I still bring my Centurion, packing an AC20 or AC5/LRMs on harder missions so I can still provide some competent fire support.
yeah i know the vid is old and such, but Firestarters, imo, is one if not the best light mech in battletech. it is reasonably fast, has good protection (if maxed) and with a pure support setup(as you can fit 6 or 8 support weapons in it), it is also a hell of a melee brawler
I'd like to see how the grasshopper plays in this game. It always stuck with me as I had overlooked it so often before I found out how useful it was.
Grasshopper is pretty amazing for a heavy, honestly. It's got a great mix of mobility, firepower and armor, especially if it's one of the first heavies you get.
I'd never heard of the grasshopper before this game, but I love it now. Load it with lasers and machine guns, jump into rear armor arc and watch your enemy crumple. It runs hot though. Great mech if you can get one.
Favorite mech. Mobile with a massive punch
Bulldog's not necessarily more dangerous at long range in this game, they rejigged the stats so AC5s are more damaging than Large Lasers, so once you're out of SRM range the Scorpion's more dangerous than the Bulldog.
I'm happy to just listen to your melodic voice while I play Mass Effect 1&2
Tex, you might say to take your opinions with grain of salt, but frankly you are 100% correct. Tabletop Battletech is awesome (so-called classic Battletech that is) and once you learn the rules, they dont constantly change. As a fellow used-to-be-Imperial-Guard-player (not a fan of bad latin either) I couldnt agree more.
If you gave it an AC20, you could say Urbie - fully loaded 😁.
I pilot a Black Knight that runs an AC20 and 2srm6 with my crew on twitch in megamek/mekHQ. Custom builds are fun.
I never got into warhammer, after watching someone spend 100's (likely over 1k) to build.. paint.. etc Only to have changes made that rendered it cannon fodder at best.. They still played by the old rules, but never spent another dime on the game.
For me it was more about having my own piece of the setting.
The models and rule cycling are definitely too much for me to get in. At most I might consider getting a few models that I like in lore and appearance, but mainly I read articles and observe. The books also sound way too numerous and pricy.
Hmm... Tex, I notice that your mechs take a lot of hits they probably don't need to. You should always try to max your evasion when moving your mechs to preserve their armour.
20:25 - I know, but I feel the need to say it regardless.
24:30 - Err... Tex, Precision Strike doesn't change the *overall* chance of hitting the enemy mech, well actually I think it increases that too (I'll have to check as it's been a while), it increases the chance of your shots hitting a *specific part* of the enemy mech. Great for shooting off limbs or going for straight CT kills.
PS: Again, I know these are prerecorded. I still feel the need to comment. :)
Fell asleep with headphones! Only outtro woke me up.. have to rewatch un front of Boss lol
I wish we could field tanks in this game. Those milk run missions would get a lot more worthy of doing then lol
Nice!!! Right on time Tex.
Tex's commentary is Great!(cussing aside) A golden voice for radio IMHO
Part of the codex creep problem, and why it doesn't happen in battletech is the transparency of the unit design rules.
In Battletech's case, since the focus is on doing in-game what in 40k the Imperium does in-universe, that is strip the weapons off a frame and put on whatever, the "balance" mechanics are transparent. By this I mean not only does every unit have to follow strict tonnage and criticals rules, but while seemingly random at times, the C-bill cost of things is the same regardless of if that PPC and 4 jump jets is on a Panther or Black Knight. More importantly, for those who don't care about c-bills and just want strict values, the BV system is not only consistently applied across everything from a Mackie to a Masakari to a McKenna, the rules for how to calculate said BVs are in the book.
The closest 40k came to this was in 3rd/4th edition Apocalypse where a chapter approved book had "build your own jank" rules and WAAAAAYYY back in 1st ed Rogue Trader where they showed how to calculate points for heroes. Problem is, neither rule set had ways of calculating special rules that were more than just a master crafted re-roll. Also If you tried to jank-build existing vehicles your calculations would come up at least 10% more expensive than the codex unit. Neither rules have seen the light of day in over a decade, since slapping a new turret on a leman russ is Gw-I mean the Mechanicus' job.
It has gotten worse now since they removed all but the most basic keywords from the core book. Simple things like Feel No Pain, Fearless, Infiltrate and Deep Strike, while still doing roughly the same things are printed in the codexes under new flowery language like "Teleport Strike" "Underground Assault" and "Phase In" for "deep strike". I have no problem with cool names, but all they had to do is the following [a proposed re-write for the Tyranid version]
UNDERGROUND ASSAULT
{Using tunneling adaptations of various vanguard bioforms, the forces of the great devourer strike from below appearing anywhere on the battlefield}
Tyranid units with this keyword may be set up in Strategic Reserve, entering the battlefield using the DEEP STRIKE deployment mode in the core rulebook. This deep strike cannot be affected by Wargear (reprinted in the appendix of this codex for reference)
This way, if sad sausages figure out a way to break Strategic Reserve or Deep Strike they don't have to issue errata for every publication that had a variant of pseudo-deep strike, instead just fixing the rule in the core book. My cheeky addition of "fuk yo wargear" is to show that, yes, this is diggerent from Terminators deep striking and thus things like Teleport Beacons or scramblers do nothing to 60' meth snakes diggin through your lawn!
I can tune into probably dozens if not hundreds of other channels to watch someone play BattleTech, but I choose Tex of the Black Pants Legion because it is easily one of the most entertaining and interesting channels to watch on all of RUclips (and that's not to disparage the other channels, they provide fine content, I just prefer this one). I like the way you add interesting commentary to your videos that doesn't always pertain to the game you're playing that gives us a glimpse into your other interests and your thought processes on how you make things go on this channel. In particular I loved hearing your take on the Codex Creep you mentioned in this video. I agree with you wholeheartedly on why Games Workshop made such a mess of 40K. I love Warhammer 40K and used to play Salamanders Space Marines and Tyranids back in the day, but Codex Creep completely ruined it for me, both by making my army builds harder to use and just being too expensive to keep up with. If they would just get their act together and settle on a finalized set of rules and stabilize the way armies are built I could get back into it, but until then I just don't have the time or money anymore. Anyways, as always thanks for the awesome video and stay safe out there!
Thanks for saying so
a lot of your videos i don't actually watch i enjoy listening to your stories and opinions mostly ... especially fire team whiskey thats a blast to listen to
Just the thing. Thanks Tex!
Hey Tex, been watching these episodes while I paint my mountain of minis from the kickstarter. Got my mercenaries done for now and nearly done with my Snow Ravens contingent. You're not wrong by the way about tanks. One of the people I play with reps for the Magistery of Canopus and every time we play he brings a bunch of tanks. We'll set a BV and he shows up with like two light mechs and six tanks. Meanwhile I've got four mechs and can barely fend off his shear numbers.
Tanks are no joke
@@theblackpantslegion no they're not, but hopefully all these fucking Elementals I got out of this'll help deal with the tank issues. Tanks can't swarm your mechs if they're being peeled open like a tuna can!
Hey. I like Chucks Cheese. It’s like if my stuffed animals came to life after I ate 37 hits of acid.
Well, that went up quick.
The creative freedom of the Star Wars Fandom has been mined for stolen designs recently. It's a hurtful thing to see, especially for a franchise that currently has access to the vast resources of Disney, a company that is known for its zealous pursuit of copyright. Comics stealing fan designs and art is bad enough for a bungled tie-in comic for a smaller IP like RWBY that spits in the face of the show's canon, but Star Wars comics stealing from fan is more painful because it is even less necessary.
Just to mention, you can buy full mechs later off the black market. They're very expensive especially if your rep with pirates is really low. Imagine the rollercoaster of emotions of seeing a god damn AS7-D for sale, and them wanting 20 million C-Bills for it.
It's funny by the time I did the prison I had some insane stuff, like a Gauss on my Centurion, and another gauss in a flipping Highlander. There's a planet somewhere south of Capellan space and northeast of the Aurigan Reach that has a mini-comstar tech cult and SLDF remnant stuff. Highlander though i just got lucky with an Attack of the Titans. All that and I STILL managed to get Dekker killed the first time around.
If MWO approaches you for voice packs, please please please consider it my friend.
We'd all pay out the bum-bum for a Tex and/or Grampy Tex voice pack 💜
Bitchin' Tex? Aw *FUCK* yeah!
I highly, HIGHLY doubt they acknowledge I exist.
In operation excalibur they spent like 8 days at 5Gs just to burn to the jump point. Walter Dupre didn't get his actual drugs for sustaining the gees and was hopelessly ill by the time they reached the recharge station. Good book. Took months for Carlyle to make the trip from Glengarry to Tharkaad.
Funny thing, I was actually rewatching the older episodes earlier today.
You can run out of coffee if it gets contaminated by some fuckup in food storage during a gravity transition.
I havent been able to play tabletop wargames for about 8 years. I used to play 40k as well as battletech. I got to play a couple months ago for the first time but was looking and if I were to play a game of 40k I would need to drop cash for a rule book, a codex for my army, and the supplemental rule book for my forge world models. Instead I played battletech, and grabbed my total warfate and tac ops books, blew off the dust, and the pirate legion once again was ready for war cri......err battle!!!!
Thats honestly whats so great. Yes new tech has released and the jihad ended then dark age started but we chose 3070 as our time and went at it. It wasnt the latest but it was a date we were all familiar with so thats what it was to be.
P.S. An Atlas with hardened armor, a tower shield, battle axe w/ TSM, null signature, and acting as a C3 node is a complete monstrosity and no I dont feel guilty in the slightest lol.
Firestarters are low-key the best 'mechs in the game. With +60 melee boosters in the arms and 5xSLs, they can one-shot assault mechs. With a +3 Hit Defense gyro in the center torso... they're also just invulnerable. People will shoot Looney Toons outlines around them.
practice of the ALSS Battlefield Doctrine. Armatures study tactics, Professionals study Logistics! HUA?
I think if you enabled Paper Dolls or whatever it's called that brings up your own assets over view as well as your targets it would help you a lot. I enabled it and it really helped me because I could easily see at a glance where my own units armor was getting thing and twist to present the better armored side of my mech and it also helped me a lot to know which side of my enemies to focus on. That may help you in a future play through as I know this ones prerecorded. Really enjoying the play through, thanks for doing it Tex...
Love me some battletech.
Ah yeah gimme another hit of the good stuff.
12:50 Oof! That always hurts a bit.
Needs more mechbay spin. That and the new mechbay cam was probably the best of the farewell updates.
Vindicators and Centurions are such good starting mechs. Put two weapons on the Vindicator,and max armor and you got a damn near low end heavy fighter.
Codex creep is actually built into Battletech. They tell you that some units suck. That some units are OP, on purpose. An up to date Clanner army will usually trounce an up to date (sorta) Inner Sphere army, and that's how it's supposed to go. Units are good or bad depending on era, or even faction. It makes avoiding creep easy when you can legitimately claim it's part of the process by design.
The counter is people play the clan units as inner sphere units rather than by clan engagement rules
@@Mortvent Other people's bad manners are not the game designer's fault.
@@Mortvent Or as a IS unit with lots of Clan salvage.
I will admit, I can't ethically argue against any of your tactics there Tex. For the simple fact that I am a prime example of Save Scum, I apologize.
I'll eventually deal with that, probably by playing Roguetech, really dive headfirst into that empty pool.
Hey Tex if you hit up the Black Market they have full mechs and Lostech for sale. Just have to make sure not to be completely hated by the Pirates
Kinda hard to accomplish that if you aren’t as much on speaking terms as shooting terms
Yeah I just made sure to do the odd couple of missions for them. Especially if it was just against some periphery independent planet. But that was on Career not sure how much harder it would be is a Story play through
Behemoth always reminds me of Ashley Johnson. It is the look and sound, not sure if that is just me haha. Ashley would be from Critical Role, Blindspot, and Last of Us fame.
Ahh ya it is 2 years ago for me, so totally wrong time for next time suggestions lol. Right now as I watch I am on day three of feeling like dog shit. I am however really enjoying watching this play through so tanks.
Nice jab at Hideo Kojima.
Glitch is my favorite pilot :/ r.i.p