Um. sorry.  I'll run my primary load.  Nothing special.

In reply to Cprl. Cade Murphy (msg # 10):

Will presume primary configurations unless i'm told otherwise.  Will presume standard ammo, unless told otherwise.

Primary config with standard ammo is great.

So noted.

I should be showing my primary load with the LRR and SPLs. Also, my Melee +1 is not reflected on the summary.

In reply to MW Svend Nemerson (msg # 14):

I still have to update character sheets with this information so be patient.

It's sad that we're currently so bad that a cadet is better than us!

Only in one mission.

And several of us just plain suck with out the minuses.

This has the to be the first time I can remember playing battleech an a unit having 4-6 for Gunnery and 5-7 for piloting.

my normal is 5-5 will be 5-4 soon™

but with -2 to both G and P it's rough.

still it makes sense, lots too.

Think of it a nice change of pace.

The buildings are there to be 'easy' stable targets.  So a little thought will have to be given to offense and defense, regarding how you go about it theres flexibility for total defense... total offense, or something in between.

You can totally ignore the buildings but i believe that would put you at a notable disadvatage.

Devlin and Thantos (85tons of mechs) are both at gunnery 4, so at least half your unit has normal gunnery skills.

Cowboy, Rabbit, and Ghost (85 tons of mechs) will have gunnery 4 (after weapon spec adjustments) as well, so it's a fair split of talent.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:54, Thu 19 July 2012.

I've noticed a pattern where tonnage has been equated to effectiveness.  (Note that I'm in no way accusing Devlin or Thanos of not pulling their weight <pun intended>.)  But we just saw from our last round of mechs that tonnage isn't everything!

It's a guide to effectiveness.

It's my personal belief, that there really isnt a soft mech among the innersphere selection.  not much mobility or speed, but they all have max armor, and a reasonable spread of weapons, so that if one is destroyed theyre not crippled, and except for Johan's fire fly there wont be any ammo explosions.

It's my personaly belief, that the Power loaders are at least as good as the mechs piloted by your force.  The weapons are... i believe balanced.  Gunnery and piloting skils are comparable.  The only place we have a clear edge is leadership.  Where you have a Leadership of 5, and Camille has a leadership of 2.  That's matched up against a pair of Leadership 5s.

This can be a handicap... almost, except buildings dont move and they always stand there regardless of leadership so you should always have targets to work on targeting even if you lose intiative.

If Tonnage isnt everything we'll leave off the 5 ton wheeled tank i was going to loan you to balance the sides then :P
This message was last edited by the player at 04:03, Fri 20 July 2012.

Not that it matters, since we flip maps sides for the second fight but have you figured out if you want the north side or south side first?

Set up is double blind (we dont know where each other is setting up), but mechs must be set up within 3 hexes of a 'friendly' building.

ie.  After you tell us which edge you want to use, I will talk to the others and post their locations on a thread no one has access to (but me)

After you post your locations, i will make the thread available and the date on the thread will be post dated showing our locations were picked out before yours.

Then... mission starts.

Millicent is commanding the first mission, and Adam is commanding the second.  If you eliminate Millie, Adams leadership is used.

Will you be leading with Johan's leadership or using Camillies for the first mission.  (Who ever is not used, leads the second mission.)  Yes we all know Camille has the inferior Leadership, but in real life they never get better if they dont have the chance to command, and a harmless drill like this is the perfect place for her to practice.

If Johan leads, the Omni force will need NORMAL (no space rust there) pilot rolls +2 to win intiative.  If Camille leads, their roll improves to pilot rolls -1 to win intiative.

We'll be starting from the north end of the map, and Johan will be the leader for the first battle.

You will excuse my distrust in your assessment of fairness.  The X-3's are turning out to be considerably better for a mission where you well know the parameters.  The selection of customized weapons alone give your group an edge.  Plus half of your team has effective gunnery of 4, 2 at 5 and one at 6.  In comparison, my side has 2 4's, a 5 and a 6.  Finally, even though we have the same leadership, an initiative roll at +2 means that a standard physical score of 3 would win initiative a majority (21 out of 36) of the time.

But them's the breaks!  Let's get this game on the road and move forward.

hopefully, the opforce role will be switched aorund for the second mission as well, evening that part out Johan.

Convient truths that are forgotten.

Because on the second mission.  All of Johan's pilots improve by one step.  While only 2/3 of Millies unit improves.

Yes.  The X-3s could twink out and load nothing but SRMs to go building killing, and it was mentioned quietly in private to do that, but i thought it was a good thing that pilots go with their 'primary' loads to get use to what they're going to play with in the future.

Primary loads were picked well before this mission hit the map.  In a way all of Johan's unit is using a primary load, because with the exception of Devlin's SRM, they're all certainly making the best use of the weapon spec.

Four players vs Five players.  Players twink as players twink,some more than others, some different than others.  If this is a seriously 'bad' scenario as proposed, save me the hassle of put it on the map and going through the work of conducting a BM mission with them, and i'll roleplay through it, and start with live combat missions first, i simply thought it was a nice change of pace, to not have to fight an NPC op force.

I for one like the scenario and Cade is itching to prove his worth after 2 botched outings.  Also, I am sure some of use might be enjoying the chance to light up Johan. :P

Im good with scraping it and letting Johan design and new one to BM.

I think we shoul play this one.  No fight is ever gonna be perfect.  And this one lets us test the X-3s in a non-lethal combat before we take them to the field.  The X-3 pilots will get a chance to see what load outs they like.  And I have a suspicion that if we have them, soemone else might have them also.

I swear you guys always make me out to be meaner and nastier than i really am >.<

What? No....

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ckBl...he+Kitten+Attack.jpg

http://www.roflzoo.com/pics/04...nt-kitten-attack.jpg

http://blog.earnmydegree.com/w...k_animals_kitten.jpg

http://i217.photobucket.com/al.../MachineGunKitty.gif

Canine propoganda.

They envy our cute furry superior-ness to their cold nose slobbering tongue dumbness.

Slander i tell you.

In reply to Kitten (msg # 31):

I am good with this mission. It ALSO helps us iron out some leadership/style kinks that the entire unit seems to have. Those that have played the board game an Megamech are used to being in control of our entire side and can use our style throughout. Its hard to work with somebody else's style and/or give directions that are not so micromanaged that the rest of the team doesn't really do anything but roll dice.

I honestly dont care one way or another.

If Johan thinks its unfair i'm good with scrapping it missions and letting him write ones that he thinks are fair.  Saves me the time and hassle to work out the numbers.

but those kittens are so cute!!!

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I think the mission is a good idea.
I just think the role of opfor, should be switched for the second run :)