BATTLETECH: EPISODE 2 - Stompy robots are a way of life

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @THINKMACHINE
    @THINKMACHINE 5 лет назад +135

    Your tactical and strategic incompetence is so masterfully played to stay constantly on the brink of failure, but only just never crossing it... Incredible.

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  5 лет назад +53

      *bows, humbly*

    • @stephenj.mst3kfan836
      @stephenj.mst3kfan836 4 года назад +6

      Is a Firestarter mech an Atlas mod? Forgive me, I'm a noob to this.

    • @davidshea6272
      @davidshea6272 4 года назад +27

      @@stephenj.mst3kfan836 The firestarter is a 35 ton genocide machine designed around warcrime delivery, its loaded down with flamers and machine guns for killing infantry. The Atlas is a 100 ton doombot designed to mulch other mechs and heavy armour.

    • @kbdekker
      @kbdekker 4 года назад +13

      @@davidshea6272 until you load up a Firestarter with max jumpjets and 6x SLs and you jump around behind other mechs and core them in one shot.

    • @temp3608
      @temp3608 Год назад +2

      tex is defenitely a steiner

  • @kolbadar6086
    @kolbadar6086 5 лет назад +23

    I was watching these again and God damn. He really uh... really had a unique way to start his game. Just ignored cover, evasion, facing, efficient mech building... lost a pilot and a mech... God damn son. Making my starts in roguetech look easy lol

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  5 лет назад +18

      By the end I'm competent. It's like watching a child develop reason.

    • @kolbadar6086
      @kolbadar6086 5 лет назад +7

      @@theblackpantslegion it's certainly entertaining! Watching a game that your good at while the person playing it is learning is hilariously fun. Just watching you figure things out, slowly learning what to do and being so nonchalant about possible bankruptcy.. so unlike me when I played. I wish I had the the easy going demeanor you have while playing this lol

  • @KaiHarper89
    @KaiHarper89 4 года назад +18

    "Hunchbacks are fairly soft. They're an all-or-nothing mech, driven by people who, shall we say, have nothing to lose." had me saying 'Hey! Fuck you, Tex! Leave my Hunchies alone!' ...til the "...Which is why I should have one.", which made me laugh.

  • @aapocalypseArisen
    @aapocalypseArisen 6 лет назад +51

    HBS had its lawsuit dismissed, we may see the MAD part of the MADCAT, as in the Marauder. Such a pretty mech

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  6 лет назад +28

      FUCK TO THE YES

    • @Shadow-Kalbo1
      @Shadow-Kalbo1 5 лет назад +6

      @@theblackpantslegion the warhammer and marauder are going to be included in the game after the next DLC urban warfare

    • @roylandis6237
      @roylandis6237 5 лет назад +2

      I want my Marauder back

    • @MarsStarcruiser
      @MarsStarcruiser 4 года назад +2

      Nulled Envoid From the future, it released and Marauder is indeed one of the best mech’s in the game. Even going full steiner might not compare to marauder’s greatness.

    • @Masterbaade
      @Masterbaade 4 года назад +4

      The marauder is a beast. Got one pretty early in my current play through and after getting called shot master I skull fucked three heavy mechs in one mission.

  • @WCX
    @WCX 5 лет назад +11

    By far the most enjoyable parts of these videos are listening to the interactions between Tex and The Kid.

  • @bluenova123
    @bluenova123 6 лет назад +12

    The firestarter is my favorite light mech in this.
    Just give it like 4 MG, a few tons of ammo, 2 SL, 5 jump jets, and almost full armor. It is a good little ninja skirmisher, keep it out of danger using sensor locks to help murder enemy lights until an opening presents itself, and then jump in and do silly amounts of damage. It also has a nasty melee attack, but only do it if you are sure it will kill as your rear armor even maxed is only good enough to take a few lrms before going boom.
    Basically what I do is I hide it away using sensor locks so my LRM boat can nail stuff from range until I get something weakened or isolated, and then I jump jet in after reserving to end of round and melt face, bonus points if you have ace pilot so you can melt face again and jump jet out.
    Edit:I think head hits are 1 in 50, so keep that in mind.

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  6 лет назад +9

      firestarter is underused, and wonderful.

    • @stevepirie8130
      @stevepirie8130 5 лет назад

      Not used with mgs yet but small lasers and melee works nice too.

    • @ShadrachVS1
      @ShadrachVS1 5 лет назад +1

      I remember someone on MW2 Mercs online that would run for missile boats in a light mech; 4 Flamers, 1 NARC Beacon. Run up, flame a target till it started to OH then slap a beacon on it and run like heck.

    • @maxrander0101
      @maxrander0101 4 года назад

      @@ShadrachVS1 sounds like a guy on my old lance loved that tactic as i was always in the midfield with missiles and ac5-clan version

  • @LiaokenAkaras1
    @LiaokenAkaras1 5 лет назад +20

    Gotta keep those evasion pips up! You don't have to pay for damage you never take.

    • @Xalerdane
      @Xalerdane 5 лет назад +6

      LiaokenAkaras1 And that’s why I was screaming inside the entire time I was watching this.

    • @achtsekundenfurz7876
      @achtsekundenfurz7876 3 года назад

      I get the feeling that 4 mechs are just too few. Even if no enemy ever shoots your 4th mech, it'll add to your return fire, wearing the enemy down sooner and saving you from part of _their_ fire that way. It's 10 "free" heatsinks, too. A "spare" pilot can't hurt too much either; sometimes the headshot fairy gives you more than you paid for, and waiting for all pilots to heal up can be expensive.
      And try fighting from the high ground. If the enemy is fighting you from the high ground, you have a 1/6 risk of suffering headshots. The other way around, it's 1/36 or less (exact figures depend on how faithful the game plays to the tabletop rules, tho). Another ground to avoid is rubble. It seems to mess both with your aim and your ability to take hits without falling over. In the tabletop game, it could cause you to fall over even by walking there (piloting roll).
      Then, salvage agreements. The "maximum cash" deal doesn't look good to me; you're never gonna keep 4 mechs (and ideally a spare) on top of the difficulty curve without paying cash for them; at _one_ priority salvage, you'd at least get to pick _some_ items (like the mechs you want, and items which are the hardest / most expensive to buy). It looks like the game is meant to play in a "scavenger" style, where you get most of your equipment via "finding-in-force."
      Even if it's just a Spider, it'll be of at least _some_ help. A _Jenner_ - just as hard to hit as a Locust and properly armed - could be a great addition with its 4 lasers and SRM 4. Short range, but with the legs to put the hurt on the enemy in no more than one turn. Maybe drop half the jets for another two heatsinks (or armor if the game allows for that).
      Up-gunning the Blackjack to AC-5s isn't buying much, if at all. If the game runs on duel sub-turns, an AC-5 isn't much stronger than an AC-2, and not any faster firing than the M-Laser. Even if it does _not_ , the AC-5 isn't any better than the ML except for range and heat management, and actually _worse_ for heat than the ML plus the heatsinks you could fit by dropping the AC and its ammo. The gun you're looking for is either an AC-10 (almost as good as two AC-5s (duh) and much lighter), or _one_ AC (2 or 5), a _heavy_ laser, and some heatsinks.

  • @ShionWinkler
    @ShionWinkler 3 года назад +6

    27:28 "Alright, Bring it" More mechs show up "No, don't bring it, that's to many" lol

  • @scottjuhnke6825
    @scottjuhnke6825 Год назад +1

    Tex: "You know...I'm the...Guy."
    (Insert snappy 70s Jazz Television Theme)
    Announcer: "The Guy."
    (One bar of theme.)
    Announcer: "A Jerome Blake production."
    "Starring Tex."
    "Also starring Jack Palance."
    (Insert two bars of the theme.)
    Announcer: "Tonight's episode: Canopian Fuckery."

  • @dashiellgillingham4579
    @dashiellgillingham4579 5 лет назад +10

    Tex sounds so much like a grizzled mercenary it’s awsome.

  • @Jaeger_Bishop
    @Jaeger_Bishop 5 лет назад +5

    This level of strategic and technical fail...it is highly entertaining and rage inducing at the same time. Truly masterful at your craft...

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 года назад +1

      That is how I feel watching some old Mechwarrior 3 playthroughs...

  • @kmcd6140
    @kmcd6140 5 лет назад +4

    That Hunchback was hiding around the corner to Stabilize. Just hide out of the way and Brace. That removes all of the Stability Damage. If it was smart, it would have initiated the "run away" protocol at the 1st sight of your lance bearing down. I haven't had 1 get away yet, but there have been a couple of close ones. A target in a Grasshopper comes to mind....

  • @souldry
    @souldry 5 лет назад +2

    This is awesome. I know nothing of this universe, but I now wish to know everything.

  • @Nordicscholar
    @Nordicscholar 5 лет назад +13

    The 'Medusa dies" meme lives on.

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 года назад +8

      Never heard that one, everything I hear is about Dekker dying. I have no trouble keeping Dekker alive in my games, but he does pretty much live in the infirmary along with my player character.

  • @lordvanazir1007
    @lordvanazir1007 5 лет назад +12

    9:20 i'm a bit late to the party but... did he just use a locust to melee?????

    • @achtsekundenfurz7876
      @achtsekundenfurz7876 3 года назад

      yup, totally unnecessary at that point ;) I can remember ONE good Locust melee myself.
      LCT and Commando were facing an enemy Valkyrie, which had DFA'd the COM for some shoulder damage (more or less stripped but no crit). My LCT was really far off, 9 hexes IIRC, and had top initiative (it went last in that turn). So I charged in and rammed the Valk, taking its leg clean off.
      Locust is pretty brutal at ramming (for a 20-ton mech) and SUCKS at all other kinds of melee.
      IDK what happened to HIS LCT tho... the torso armor should have stopped the single M-Laser of a Firestarter (flamers only do thermal damage and start fires in flamable terrain, which do more thermal damage). In fact, the whole shot across what should amount to three tree hexes looked dubious.

  • @firefox5926
    @firefox5926 4 года назад +1

    i keep watching the mini inter turn cut scenes and thinking of you strung them together at the end they would make a cool little mini movie lol

  • @therakshasan8547
    @therakshasan8547 4 года назад +1

    The Jump Drives look to run on Tachyon energy . Faster than Light travel [yes Tachyons move much faster than light .]
    After watching your tactics , if they are descriptive of your Table Top Play , then your company must have been the "Quick Death Legion ".

    • @rakshithanand8262
      @rakshithanand8262 4 года назад +1

      no they don't- Tachyons do not and cannot exist. If you want proof look up the 'Tachyonic antitelephone problem'. In the lore, jump drives work by moving the user through Hyperspace rather than 'real' space. This of course has its own problems, but it is still much more viable than relying on a(n even more) hypothetical piece of mathematics (at least the presence of hyperspace is strongly supported by quantum mechanics)

  • @johannaldbrecht1594
    @johannaldbrecht1594 6 лет назад +5

    When you get to the first campaign mission, be sure to snatch up all the Jaegermeister parts.

  • @jasondolph2785
    @jasondolph2785 4 года назад +6

    Given how broke the company is, maybe they had to strip and sell the naval scale weapons off it for C-bills?

  • @jinyoung1900
    @jinyoung1900 6 лет назад +7

    I didn't like when others played it, but man, I love it when you play it. I like your fast playstyle and not too loud comment like some youtubers. Feels relaxing, y'know?

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  6 лет назад +5

      Thanks. Im probably not loud and excitable/hyper because by most youtuber standards I'm an old guy

    • @jinyoung1900
      @jinyoung1900 6 лет назад

      still. Also, you're playful and it really feels like you're enjoying the game you're playing, whether it be MGSV, Station 13, battletech, whatever. Also, the outro is always awesome. Thanks for making these videos.

  • @alyssinwilliams4570
    @alyssinwilliams4570 4 года назад +4

    Hate to say it Tex but.. you're thinking the Hunchback IIc. The IS Hunchbacks carry 10 tons of armor and are tough buggers.

  • @Kaiju-Driver
    @Kaiju-Driver Год назад

    I'm playing thou the vanilla Battletech also, very enjoyable commentary.

  • @scandinerdian1961
    @scandinerdian1961 3 года назад +3

    It´s fun trying to imagine the shit condition those poor crippled mechwarriors are in, as you bolt their wheelchairs down to the cockpit. "Gotta earn daddy some c-bills honey. Can we have some gaffer in here!!"

  • @blacklistedpirate4169
    @blacklistedpirate4169 2 года назад

    "it still wont die" that spider was secretly part of the black watch

  • @tony2007fl
    @tony2007fl 4 года назад +1

    it was fun watching a knowitall trying to play the game and failing thanks

  • @the4ambiance
    @the4ambiance 5 лет назад +6

    Tex... in another life I'd follow you into hell with RAC5s roaring!! In this life, I'll settle happily for your channel.

  • @dragoon347
    @dragoon347 6 лет назад +3

    damn, i lost someone my first mission too, someone got a random crit headshot and it was lights out

  • @cammando2363
    @cammando2363 3 года назад

    “What can I do for ya?”
    “Not miss maybe?”

  • @Berathan-dnd
    @Berathan-dnd 11 месяцев назад

    Man that Firestarter sure did his best trying to hold off that invading band of mercs. Who let the Black Knight drive a mech?

  • @thedoctorisin5141
    @thedoctorisin5141 4 года назад +1

    >120 tons, fairly light. I hope they didn’t bring... *sigh* I hope they didn’t bring people.
    Brilliant.
    Edit: Actually finished the video. God damn, that kid better be going places.

  • @bigt4331
    @bigt4331 4 года назад +1

    Stompy robots = life!

  • @nickwalker4936
    @nickwalker4936 4 года назад

    Woohoo, Tex in the Dougram- I MEAN, the Shadow Hawk!

  • @Tekdruid
    @Tekdruid 2 года назад

    The Panther and the Jenner are kind of glass cannons tho. They can dish it out but can't take it.

  • @shadowmaster-avrix9253
    @shadowmaster-avrix9253 4 года назад

    Tex:Please hit him....
    Behemoth:*Cores The Panther* Target down!
    Tex:........

  • @dud1m0us
    @dud1m0us 5 лет назад +3

    Yo Tex, Pro Tip: melee costs no heat; let's you bleed hear

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 года назад +4

      I figured out how to make that not the case: melee with a Banshee packing 5-6 small lasers!

  • @notsure6071
    @notsure6071 6 лет назад +1

    Loved it 👍🏻

  • @Disastromatic
    @Disastromatic 4 года назад +1

    Referring to Glitch as "The Kid" is weird to me because from the moment I met her she was Battletech Cheryl Tunt to me.

  • @markusmeyer6171
    @markusmeyer6171 4 года назад +2

    (i dont think tex knows he can move and then fire....)

  • @toddjolly8543
    @toddjolly8543 5 лет назад +1

    Hunchback AI would go into the corner to cooldown.

  • @VultureXV
    @VultureXV Год назад

    I field lots of light mechs and aim for backs more than Capellans on a bender.

  • @paulhuston9991
    @paulhuston9991 4 года назад

    Speed kills tex! Move! Jump, run and dodge a little lol. You will have less rebuild time lol. And thank you for your service to the bt community mr ledoux

  • @NewTypeDilemma01
    @NewTypeDilemma01 5 лет назад +1

    **Tex scraps Spider, leaving him with an incomplete lance**
    Me: ruclips.net/video/NQrbxYup5cE/видео.html

  • @apathymanthemundane4165
    @apathymanthemundane4165 6 лет назад +6

    Is it bad of me that I always preferred the tanks of battletech over the mechs? It might be the mix of underdog-ness i get as a squat wheeled/tracked/hovering thing with the fact that I never have to worry about heat...

    • @KMDN-bi9dj
      @KMDN-bi9dj 6 лет назад +2

      Jimmy De'Souza The weight class of a mech isn't its actual cumulative weight. It's the total tonnage of equipment (armor, weapons, ammunition) the chassis can carry.

    • @josephdedrick9337
      @josephdedrick9337 4 года назад

      @@KMDN-bi9dj ehhh, mechs when fully stripped of armor+equipment still are around half the total weight of the tonnage, so its an even weirder tonnage issue.

  • @jyggalag169
    @jyggalag169 6 лет назад +7

    I get that you like dakka, but are 4 racks of Incredibly explosive AC5 ammo really needed?

  • @steventessitore3246
    @steventessitore3246 6 лет назад +5

    Why are the next three videos private? I don’t think I’ve seen you do that before. Will they become public at some point?

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  6 лет назад +16

      Well good sir, that's because they're on a schedule. I space stuff out and put it up on a schedule so people get regular content. It's like if I have a really, really, really busy week or two, there wont be a lack of content because I thought ahead. You have stumbled upon the hidden content. Now you must be sworn to secrecy.

  • @billtrent6520
    @billtrent6520 5 лет назад +1

    it funny the spider give to commander due to fact they can't die I give him a lot guts and piloting so able be very tough bastard to kill so well everyone focussing fire on the sider my lance is able get behind the eanmys and line up rear shots.

  • @nullpexception
    @nullpexception 4 года назад

    47:50 Be careful he doesn't bite your legs off. :)

  • @temp3608
    @temp3608 Год назад

    no one
    tex : guns arent working? **kicks firestarter**

  • @cynicalcitizen8315
    @cynicalcitizen8315 4 года назад +1

    You need the super urbie

  • @jacpas2012
    @jacpas2012 6 лет назад +3

    are you able to grind contracts forever on any plant?

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  6 лет назад +1

      unknown, probably

    • @kmcd6140
      @kmcd6140 5 лет назад +3

      Nope. You run out eventually. Typically, there are 2-4 contracts on any given planet/system. Often there will be travel contracts available, but not necessarily. Too many times I've wanted to hop to find lighter or heavier work (the skulls denote expected tonnage, not actual difficulty) only to get into a system with no contracts at all. A few systems will always have travel contracts to neighboring systems. Detroit and Bellerophon, for example.
      Bottom line is, use what you have locally, and travel on travel contracts when you can. Also, if you want money, go for the salvage. The default settings (like this version of the game) gives whole, fully equipped mechs. Meaning you have weapons, sinks, jumps, etc you can sell off.

  • @687grayfox
    @687grayfox 5 лет назад +3

    I hear you about Wasteland 2... it should have been good. I should have liked it. But I didn't.

  • @derubersoldatx
    @derubersoldatx 5 лет назад

    Let 's do some "Mech F*cckery" Shall we?

  • @HotaruZoku
    @HotaruZoku 4 года назад +1

    Can anyone explain why lances are 4 mechs? That's such an odd number. Not 3, not 5.....4. And even the bizarre "augmented" Lances are still "4", even with wildly variant gear, like...2 mechs and 2 tanks, or 1 mech and 3 aerospace fighters.
    Is there even a reason, or is it purely arbitrary?

    • @MrPikaGammer
      @MrPikaGammer 4 года назад +2

      Because four is even and Clanners bring five

    • @emanueliratliff4263
      @emanueliratliff4263 2 года назад +2

      Well, the math reason is for easy multiples of 2, but the lore and background to the lore is also the general feudalistic tone of the Mechwarriors in general. Medieval condetierri (Military Contractors in the modern parlance) operated in lances of four men. One knight, one squire, two pages, or a page and a herald, or archers.
      Sir John Hawkwood would have fit right in with a merc lance of Marauders.

  • @Tekdruid
    @Tekdruid 2 года назад

    15:35 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

  • @ninjabreadman911
    @ninjabreadman911 6 лет назад +1

    last time i used a shovel it didnt even hit the nail in good. why do they even bother making shovels? shovels like, locusts or spiders i mean.

  • @brianhenry152
    @brianhenry152 5 лет назад

    15:34. Phrasing!!

  • @cynicalcitizen8315
    @cynicalcitizen8315 4 года назад

    So, what are the theoretical calibers for the AC class weapons? I'm genuinely concerned
    Edit: spelling

    • @willbbwluvr
      @willbbwluvr 4 года назад

      Big, I think the ac10 is 80mm?

    • @Betrix5060
      @Betrix5060 Год назад

      Between 25 and 203 millimeters. Lots of variation though.

  • @brianhead4720
    @brianhead4720 2 года назад

    I'm late to the party!

  • @dudeistpriestman
    @dudeistpriestman 4 года назад +3

    "I remember when i played a lot of tabletop" yeahno. Judging by this gameplay this is the first you've ever heard of the battletech universe.

  • @hitomisalazar4073
    @hitomisalazar4073 2 года назад +1

    Man. "Oh it's a firestarter, this should be easy" is something I heard so many times from my opponents in the tabletop... about 30 minutes of play before all their mechs were shut down by overheating and their ammo storage was cooking off. Wish it got to really show its stripes in this game, but alas.
    I do love light mechs, and feel they really do have a powerful niche in BattleTech, particularly when people are playing in he sense of campaigns and with continuity instead of isolated scrimmages. But the games just never highlight it well. Since pretty much all missions in most every BattleTech game I've played is... more or less "Fair battles" where size matters in relatively closed off arenas.
    Where I can't go and bring like 20 Panthers to swarm over the Merc Company that thought 2 Warhammers and an Axeman was all they needed.
    Also I have to admit that I"m usually amused by how in the video games Dropships are all unarmed tubs that like 2 Battlemechs can easily trash in a few minutes.

  • @Booozy3050
    @Booozy3050 5 лет назад

    So this game worth a buy then? Tempted to do whatever takes to get mechcommander 1-2 back up and running again.

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  5 лет назад +1

      I think it is.

    • @Shadow-Kalbo1
      @Shadow-Kalbo1 5 лет назад +1

      Mech commander 1 has been modded to run on modern systems
      www.moddb.com/mods/mechcommander-gold-hi-res/downloads/mcg-darkest-hours-fullversion