Scrombles The Mechwarrior: A Battletech Story [Episode 14]
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In my current career campaign I had basically a Medium Lance, things like an Enforcer and a Centurion, out on a mission, and a freakin' Highlander just randomly showed up to stomp my shit.
I took a couple potshots at it as I concentrated on the Locusts and stuff... and one of the potshots got lucky and just clean blew its head off. So now I've been stomping around in a 90 ton Assault 'Mech with jump jets and a Gauss rifle accompanying a bunch of Mediums. I even found a few leg mods that reduce DFA damage by -50 points, so I've been doing Highlander Burials left and right. Even got a special glowy achievement for it.
Congrats! The Highlander is Awesome, slathered in Awesome Sauce, liberally coated with Awesome Sprinkles
Similar story here, though in my case I bullied the Highlander into repeatedly falling over with a Centurion running a lostech Ultra AC.
Amazing. I got the one DLC one skull mission which had 2 fully armed Orions, when we still had 3 mediums and 1 light mech. We were getting our asses handed to us until my best pilot (who's callsign is Ping Pong BTW) managed to get a luck kneecap to knock one down and as the other pilot overheated to death. We got a full Orion, plus 2 parts had enough cash to finish the other mech at the next store. A few missions later, we got super lucky with a mission where the capellans and free worlds league were duking it out with 2 assault Mechs. The cyclops died real quick to an ammunition explosion and ping pong pulled through again to pull basically the same thing you did with a headshot on same mech: a highlander. This was between when we freed the Argo and when we actually got to use it. For the next few days, I was completely crushing missions. I love it when games produce awesome moments like that.
There needs to be a charity for the families of the mechwarriors hired by Scrombles.
“The headbutts for bad stuff scrombels no like foundation”
Or the “flowers for algernon” foundation .
since scrombles would need a major IQ boost to come up with the idea.
poor Hitman. she was such a character. rip.
but then again, every time Tex gets cocky in combat, someone dies.
Scrombles has lost a lot of head stuffing. It's not his fault. He tries, bless his brain-damaged heart.
@@IAm18PercentCarbon i guess Scrombles will never realize that he is sitting on top of the nuclesr fisson reactor. :)
Declaring a "Milkrun or two" will ALWAYS killing off someone.
1:19:55 - Jeebers, they made you pay pretty dearly for that victory. RIP Dekker, they'd been with you since basically the beginning.
... And RIP Hitman. Woof, rough episode. Quality action though, I was on the edge of my seat!
There is a reason save scumming is a thing. :) No casualties in my company :))).
17:28. What always makes me sad in this games is when your mech is 5 times larger than another one is that you can't punt him into the next postal code.
I think ComStar doesn't care that much about the ship They probably already had an agent in the pirates who assessed it wasn't a serious danger to the balance of power. Though they're also not foolproof. Comstar didn't manage to murder the Grey Death Legion or Duke Ricol and they found an even better SLDF cache with actual data cores, yang blew up the cache in game so only 4 royal mechs survived tops. Comstar probably would give him a medal.
Though they'd flip the FUCK out about the virus. Like, holy shit if they knew about that virus they'd be panicking on all cylinders. Given it's HEAVILY implied to be the code Kerensky used to get past the guardships at Terra.
It's an older code but it checks out.
Its not like its a warship. Its an unusual ship for sure but it doesn't really change anything. Doesnt upset balance of power or advance technology level. I'm not sure why comstar would care
I think they'd want it just for any data storage that could be possibly left behind.
I can see the argument that Comstar might be after the ship's computers if they knew about them, but as a ship it's not jump capable, not armed and not even really intended for atmospheric flight - it's not even a proper dropship. So, I can also see the justification that someone at Comstar might have made in order to leave it alone.
Presumably the ship was evaluated when it was a pirate base too? If Comstar have access to nearly all interstellar communications (and pirates aren't necessarily the best at operational security... Or keeping their mouths shut), they may have already reviewed and ignored the ship?
Befriend the pirates and get access to the black market- with a discount. Oh the toys you'll be able to buy.
*laughs in ERPPCs, UACs and Royal mechs*
Oh, the toys indeed!
I noticed Tex NEVER uses his Marauders Called Shot Overpowered Special Ability. Legionnaires should tell him this.
I call shot on every shot with every pilot. Works great.
@@stonewall286 yeah but the marauder gets a bonus to called shots cause a chassis quirk. So thus using a marauder and a max level pilot headshots are essentially a 1/3 chance instead of 1/6 like with every other mech
@@undercover7923 always love a good headshot or 5
@@undercover7923 Yep, I've got Glitch at 10/10/10/10 in a MAD-3R with a LBX-5 and she's usually in the mid thirty percent range per turn with a called shot to the head; she's my little headhunter, tends to halve an opposing lance all by her lonesome.
As someone who's VERY recently gotten into Classic Battletech (partially because of Tex), and favoring Marik after reading the setting, it gives me some warm feels and validation for Tex to call me "cool" by association.
I always appreciated that the FWL might be dysfunctional, but at least it's not full-out warmongering, hypocrisy, or a police state. But what really made me a fan was Thomas Marik, a student of history and philosophy who constantly keeps the other House lords off-balance simply by being direct and sincere.
I just love the idea of a character who looks naive and idealistic, but nobody can outwit him because they don't realize he's rejected their game and playing a different one entirely.
Scrombles Not dead? Scrombles LIVES! Now, Scrombles PUNCH!!!
Donation complete. St. Jude’s is a wonderful cause. Try to donate every year. Glad to do it via the Legion for 2020!
TFW when those Medium Lasers are gonna outperform the PPCs.
That thunderbolt shows why I love that mechline… solid as a fucking rock
F For hittman and decker. You live by the meck you die by the meck explosion.
If I had a time machine, I'd tell scrombles in the past that to get 3/3 salvage on a mech in vanilla Battletech, you need to leave its side torsos and CT intact, each piece (RT/LT/CT) that is destroyed is one less piece of salvage (up to 3/3) you lose.
Max out your Gunnery and Tactics; Tactics gives you the Called Shot bonus. Then you can just build up your inspiration, and spend it on Precision Shots. I regularly just leg anything I want to keep, with 79% hit chances. My Marauder blows legs off every turn with two PPC hits.
It is glorious.
@@AaronLitz 90% Head shot builds are where it's at for salvage and threat mitigation. Makes the game too easy.
Not really, you can absolutely blow the side torsoes. CT destruction is 1 salvage, both legs gets 2, headshots or a pilot kill w/ at least one leg and the CT intact is 3.
@@AncientSlugThrower Good Grief, 90% headshots? I thought I was hot shit with my leg shots, feeling like Morgan Kell or something, but 90% headshots outdoes Kai Allard-Laio.
@@AaronLitz It's obscene how good called shots are in base game especially with the Marauder. There's a reason many mods nerf them. Seriously a called shot that not only increases the chance to hit the targeted component but increases the chance to hit IN GENERAL when almost every game makes it a tradeoff of general accuracy to get specific accuracy? I understand the concept of "Aim small, miss small," but There's a reason games increase the chance to miss the target entirely if you try to focus fire on any one spot.
"That went to the moon"
SABOT with HEAT indexed lol
My favorite thing to do with the Stalker is a 6 Large Laser build, and put my best tactics pilot in it. Basically becomes a headshotting machine at long range with called shots, and can also core up to heavy mechs in a single salvo with a called shot on center torso.
An Orion is just an Atlas that's been shrunk in the wash.
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach." Looking forward to the next lecture Professor Tex. (Please don't poison my hot dogs sir)
You do good things Tex. We appreciate you.
It isn't a Battletech Let's Play until Deker is taken out :).
Hey. I have the achievement, "I thought you were dead."
Ah ha! I've been trying to categorize the Argo. At about 11 minutes, Tex explains that the Argo is a drop ship... eventhough it can't "drop" onto a planet. Thanks for clearing that up. It was low level bugging me.
@john smith i can see it used as an anti insurgency base. Park it above an annoying planet, rapid deploy multiple mech lances across said planet to put down rebels. As long as you already have aerospace superiority it's a cheap mobile base for a star system. Can also be for pirate defense. Rapid deploy across multiple planets in a solar system.
Wow thanks for posting mate but make sure you are putting your feet up and enjoying the holiday
I'm still amused by the knockdown animations. *Stagger, stagger... OK, time for me to slam the beck of my head on the ground, HARD.*
0:25:53 Maybe you're so deep in the Periphery with a civilian ship that doesn't have any wargear, that they don't really consider it worth the trouble. Also, someone else mentioned your tropue has blown up one to several Star League Caches, which Comstar probably sees as a plus (see comments below).
Plus the tech in it seems rather... conventional. Not even particularly Lost Tech.
Sure it's nice, I'm sure they'd love to acquire it if the opportunity ever came up, but it doesn't really seem like something they'd go out of their way for.
It'd probably just be easier for them to make a standing offer to buy it for a load of C-Bills, probably figuring that a mercenary company would be down on it's luck sooner or later and looking to make some fast cash. Much less of a bother than actually sending agents out to grab it.
... thinking about it, would it even have "Star League override codes"? I thought it was a civilian ship.
Tex, you have been a beacon of fun in a pretty rough year. You got me into Battletech, just by being honest about it. The memes and references have been beautiful. The magnetism you have is from a good soul. And all of those around you, those that either polish your work or make it shine or contribute astounding efforts to punctuate your points. They are amazing people as well! From the editors that help make every video a treat, regardless of content or context. To the damn fine artists that obviously pour their heart and soul into their work. Making content that is worthy of its own display and reception. To the patrons and private researchers/lore wizards. Who undoubtedly with their donations; through physical books, monetary support, random gifts to Tex. Both sped up at least one step of pre production significantly, and allow for Tex to increase the quality of the work by compensating the good folks helping him.
TL;DR
The BPL, Tex, the editors, the artists, the patrons, the lore wizards, and all that have donated during Tex's realization that we can all do some good. I love you all like a sibling. Stay crazy with golden hearts.
Drunk posting so apologies for my shit grammar being even worse.
Naval energy weapons are all fine and good, but for me there is little that quite outpaces the fun of a Long Tom.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas!! Greatly enjoy what you do.
I never dreamed that Tex would hire little ol' me, even as cannon fodder. Can't wait to see how my namesake dies.
Wow those demolishers are scary as fuck, i dont think ill be underestimating LBX autocannons any time soon.
Three Scrombles videos in 24 hours, Merry Christmas Tex!
55:40
Q: poor Marauder, what did he ever do?
A: oh yeah,war crimes
Good luck getting your Stalker operational. I once saw a newbie player blow himself up by firing every weapon he had on a old school Stalker.
Was looking forward to this episode. I'd like to try RogueTech but I need to get around to actually getting through the game's main campaign at least.
Roguetech is great
@@lucity9333 It is but it's rather daunting for a new player / new to the setting. I found some of the more "reserved" mods to be a lot more apealling to me. The "Extended commander edition" mod for example, adds plenty of stuff but i can still follow wth is going on. And it works within the story campaign which is a bonus :). Except for the AI who for some reason turns the enemy mechs into headless chickens, more often than not, unless they fixed that particular issue in the latest versions.
@@gusty9053 I agree that it can be daunting, was for me when i first started, but it was right up my alley with the online map that each faction can fight over.
Thanks for reminding me that I've never seen Robot Jox. I need to correct that oversight.
Also, good on you for pronouncing "coup de grace" correctly. The "stroke of fat" isn't something sophisticated warriors would indulge in, after all. (Though if we are talking about Scrombles...)
Good Bad Flicks did a great review.
I love loading firestarters up with small lasers and machine guns along with the two mediums... Then just run around and core mechs from behind.
I tend to do lrm50 stalkers.. 2 LRM15s in the torsos and 2 LRM10s in the arms. Far more heat management (think near zero heat) for more DPS vs Alpha. Usually have a pair of medium lasers or the like for secondary weapons. (and yeah a bit late)
That sounds solid
18:25 ROADHOUSE!
all jokes aside impressive movement from a mech albeit fictional still cool to see what's feasible with them
NO Tex No!!! Never put ammo in the Center Torso!! A crit there and your mech goes BOOOM!!
Damn, Dekker was doing so well, too. I'd hoped he was going to make it all the way.
Dekker and Hitman within two missions of each other...just...ouch.
Does Tex know how to use ANY of the morale abilties?
I think it's funny that Tex thinks Comstar would treat a ship made in the shape of a cylinder as lostech that they need to destroy since it would change the balance of power in the Inner Sphere.
Nah,Comstar couldn't care less for a relic of a novelty dropship that has no firepower. It's not a Union or Overlord .
"We have Top Rate medical insurance." Technically correct, but it is the name of a fly-by-night company operating out of a run-down strip mall. If you read the volumes of legal text you'll find it will take 6-8 weeks for them to pay for a box of Band-Aids and that's about the best you can hope for.
Aetna
I loved robot jocks! Great reference!
Of course, you know why the merc company is unnamed in the new lore is because ComStar DID shoot their faces off.
If you are feeling extremely generous, they were given a join us or else choice, but I doubt it.
Howdy Tex, merry Christmas. Wanted to ask you to pass along a large thank you to well yourself and everybody involved in producing your videos. They have kept myself as well as untold numbers going through this crazy time. I just recently got over fighting the virus. Your run through of battle tech was one of my highlights while being stomped on by this stupid bug. Thanks again
Dale
Happy holidays! And congrats on fightin the good fight.
You'll be glad to know my mechwarrior is called Buttons. He'll never win any medals but he has buttons on his uniform.
Hah! Mine in my last playthrough was "Magnet" - and he lived up to it, too.
The clubber became the clubbed.
Marauders have bonus to aimed shots. +17%
35% on the head
Kimi. To past Tex. Kimi damn it
Love the Robot Jox reference. I just watched it on Tubi
Tex, you know someone just BS-ed Kamea that "Look, we have a warship" and she rolled 1 on spot bullshit. Plus you know, it sound nicer than saying "We got a trashcan with some guns stapled to it. No, we didn't put an Urbie in orbit and pretend it's a dropship ...warship."
Ever since I was little those Saturn rocket blocks have reminded me of lrm racks
To paraphrase The Old Man:
It’s a “Fir-estarter!”
Must be Italian!
A new Scrombles episode... that’s that good stuff
I was dying this episode Tex 😂
30:14 Wow. They really hate that Marauder pilot.
If zefrank1 played / narrated Battletech, he would be Tex. Cause that's what mechs do!
Another great Ep. Auto text wanted me to say Snotter. So. Snotter.
LBX guns notwithstanding, that was one of the more accurate beefy periphery OpFors I've seen in this game, pre-reinforcements. Huh.
...I mean, that's a low bar. But it was interesting to see someone get STUNG without the scenario being Oops: All Assault 'Mechs.
Demolisher LB-X, a super shotgun on a fucking tank especially with how it took out that archer.
The last time the Germans tried to save the Princess it was calld World War 2
TEX TEX TEX THE Science guy
What a meatgrinder, paying the butcher's bill.
German Mario killed me. Bahahahahahahahaha.
35:18 Is it just me or does the Javelin have a kind of creepy Slenderman vibe to it? I think it has disproportionately long arms.
NOT THE POOR MARAUDER!!!
I would love. Tex would hate. Fan based builds that he would run on the videos. Maybe a separate video series. I could hear tex now. "so this is what the nerds drive?" "NERDS!"
21:20 what, the Restoration has Ion Cannons now?
that volume difference between the actual video and the end credits was extremely jarring over speakers
When watching that fight [1hr in] with the heavy lance on the high ground, it struck me that the enemy lance never once fired its weapons. I had seen this once or twice in my own playthrough. It was the like the AI never figured out how to get off the high ground and was burning up extra actions moving along the ledge. I suspect the AI was thinking straight off the edge was the quickest way to engage Scromble and his battered mechs, not realising that there was a slope just to the right. If they had or if they had jump jets, that fight might have ended differently. The series has put me in the mood to start a new playthrough, possibly in career mode this time round.
Rewatching these in retrospect is funny just to watch game improve, drastically, at points. Like feel like, this episode she's sweet. Mechs actually falling down when hits them not that weird after the fact for one thing.
SCROMBLES FACE SMASH!!!
2 episodes in the past few hours, nice!
I can hear AC/DC blaring out of the Marauder's PA. 80s.
RIP hitman
great job with the mario impression
Like a train wreck but more entertaining(I've actually watched a train wreck). Painful but I'll keep going.
Thanks Tex! Please get some rest.
SCROMBLES AND THE FUNNELS OF DOOM
I took a break after last episode's DISASTER. . . but finding a belated return worth it.
cant wait for the tex talks battletech on the Archer
nooo DEkker!
Each playthrough when I am finally able to get a Stalker, I always turn it into the 3H version. Its my favorite version.
I ran a double PPC and quad SRM build on a stalker. It tends to work well, but a lot of it's tonnage gets eaten up by heat sinks.
Damnit Dekker LOL
So, this is what they mean by dulcet tones.
Merry Christmas Tex
and BPL too ofc
watching this back with my knowledge of how precision shot ups accuracy is making me seethe with how little tex is using it XD
1 hour 20 in, That was great! Guess it's time for the rebuilding orders and credits... wait HOW long left??!
Tex i know you record these way in advance but i just have to get this off my chest.
Why not keep enough mechs in your mechbay and enough pilots so that you can run a second lance. In case of defeats like this you can run the second lance of mechs and pilots while your primary lance heals/repairs.
While the maintenance might be higher, the extra potential for profit must ofset this.
Go Griffin go! Merry christmas everyone.
I always find that I can never comfortably fit in more than 1 PPC on any mech build in this game, which is sad, because some of my favourite mechs from this Era like marauder and awesome are iconic for multi ppc builds.
I just find they are too heat and weight inefficient, and lack versatility because they can't be used at point blank. I'm told no one uses them in tabletop, but I'm really liking the snub ppcs from the dlc, which are great at brawling distance, and the saved weight allows for extra heat sinks/banks/exchangers. Plus come on, who doesn't want an energy shotgun?
The Warhammer is great, true. But I swear mine are cursed. No less than 3 ace pilots have been killed in them by headshots. It's like the head hitbox is huge or has some really low to hit number for me.
Hey Tex, have you considered swapping a few of the LRM reloads on the Archers for more heat sinks? Should allow you to fire a few more complete volleys before maxing your heat?
Why I'm keep watchin'? Oh yea, Brandy from France lol And Tex logic-stream and stompy.
Spoilers.... No.... Spoilers...... Died!!! Spoilers... so battletech ending of that mission
So in this game or at least this mod is their clanmex or just inner sphere Mechs
Base game is pre clan invasion but almost all the popular mods bring the game to post invasion so clan stuff shows up. Small issue regarding the mods is they're significantly harder (funner) but definitely worth playing modded.
Rougetech being more or less the biggest even has a "pvp" online campaign, this mostly means that when you do contracts on planets you can end up flipping them to you faction's control.