Yeah...

That wasnt an encouraging remark, but it wasnt an outright decline of participation either.

It might have been an apology for past absence, not future participation.  hard to say so i havent presumed him gone yet.  Would hate to lose him.

Can open the campaign up for recruitment with a want ad, see what happens with that.

We only have (6) of a maximum of (15) mechwarriors so obviously room to grow, just wanted to avoid that at the start if possible.  Shake the rules down (particularly the bid modifier which looks low to me), and get the first mission done for a feel on the process.

weapons added, so you have an idea what's avaialable.

No honor values yet.  I need to work that out.

I also have to add equipment like heat sinks, EW, and Target computers.

Will add that later, i have some chores to attend.

Its friday, so... I'm going to put a players wanted ad out and see what comes back.

Just posted a want AD.

Really all i need is one player to start, so if i get any sort of response, we should be good to go shortly.

I'm still going to be focused on Getting campaign stuff ready (equipment honor... character sheet stuff... mission stuff), so i will be pointing new players here with their questions.

You all remember how it was when you were new, so now it's your turn to help the new players out with questions so i can finish campaign crafting.

Either I am not seeing it, or a link somewhere is broken, but where is the listing for how much Honor each mech (or omni mech) is worth?

Some of the second line mechs have honor listings, and maybe (i forget) some of the earlier omni.

Will have to wait till later though, i need to go do some shopping now.
This message was last edited by the GM at 15:15, Fri 01 July 2016.

I'm working on a new guy right now! Just keeps getting interrupted by work.

We have a visitor, Cassiadora.

They're a fan of giant robots and anime, but they arent familiar with the game system.

ie.  They dont know how to play.

I'm not sure if this campaign is a good fit for a player not familiar with the rules, but i'm not one to discourage people from trying new things either.


I've joined her to the game, so she has a voice, and can talk to some of the other players on their thoughts of a rookie player joining the campaign.

Welcome to the game Cassiadora, if you have any questions about anything just pipe up and we can try to help :)

Thank you very much guys!   A little bit about me... I've been RP for ages!!  I love roleplaying and I really do enjoy different settings.   Spotting this game reminded me of how much I'd enjoyed playing Battle Tech games 'way back when' (Put it this way, I played the first ever Battle Tech PC game - when it was still new!)

So yes, I'd love to join if you guys will have me and hopefully I can both learn a little and be useful!

xCassy

Just decided to reformat the campaign so lil distracted Cass.

Take a look at the rules, and as questions.


For the rest of you, the much awaited Honor Values have been added to the Unit listings, so you can actually mull over your bids.

We have a Bid cap of 64, so unless you have a really obnoxious modifier, you should be able to put together some nice stuff for the mission.

Player count at the moment is low, so i dont imagine it would take much effort to draw a winning bid to participate.

Kitten, do we have a TRO for the Omni (Light) mechs?

Its like you have a Mist Lynx (light) listed at 15 tons, but the TRO http://wiki.rpol.net/?id=56363/%20ClanOmni
shows a full 25 ton Mist Lynx it seems. (Which would also be great to have available, I'd spend a noble request on that)

That's cause the 25 ton Mist Lynx does exist.  We just dont have one in the unit.

The only non-light Omni that we have is the Uller.

IF you scroll all the way to the bottom of that page, you'll see the Light omnimechs.

Just to help the process along, here is a sample bid process.

Mariana had a Bid Modifier of +15%

She decides to take 50 Honor worth of equipment into the mission so she should be bidding, 58 Honor  (50 x 1.15 = 57.5, rounds up to 58)


She decides to use the Storm Crow, which uses up 36 honor of her bid, that leaves her 14 honor for weapons.

The Stormcrow has 17 heat sinks and can accomodate up to 11.5 tons.

(4) ER ML use up 1 ton and 2 Honor each, leaving her with 6 honor.

(6) ER SL uses up 1/2 ton each and 1 Honor each for the bid.


She has only used up 7 of her allowed 11.5 tons, but putting more weapons on the mech would put her over.  At this point she would have to accept this, increase her bid to get more weapons, or consider a smaller mech.

In reply to Kitten (msg # 621):

My bad, thanks for clearing that up. Feel like I'm missing a lot of little bits lately :/

New campaign, so making a lot of stuff up as i go.

I think i have enough up for the first mission now though.

remember if you dont see a mech you want, you can request it from me, and i'll see what i can get done.

I know Eileen is looking for a 20 ton Omni, so i'm looking at the Adder (light) of Fenris (light).

A few questions about the various charts come to mind, why is the Kit Fox with an XL engine and more pod space a lower Honor cost than the Stormcrow (light)?

Why is the Timber Wolf (Light) missing 5 tons of podspace?

Can we buy extra tonnage of armor for the difference in cost, or do we need to repurchase it at 20% of the new tonnage?

What is the honor cost to add jump jets?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:23, Sat 02 July 2016.

I used a formula to calculate the Honor cost of mechs, my math might be off will check it.

Forumla is...
Mech Weight - Pod space + 1 for Ferro + 10% of weight for Endo + 2 for each DS/HS.

Did a lot of math, law of averages, say i probably got something wrong.

I'm not sure if it is, will look over my math when i get back regarding timber wolf.  Might be a copy paste error.

No extra armor on mechs at this time.  Not a hard decision, but not one i want to think about at this time.  I want to get the rest of the stuff settled before i look at more complicated cost on honor.

I know omni are allowed JJs but i would have to give it some thought.  For the first mission presume you can't.  (The JJ"s got misrouted and arent available for use first mission.)

The XL engine should have an honor cost since it does make the mech more efficient.  50% of the Engine weight, fractions rounded up sounds about right.  This adds four honor to use the Uller.

The reason it still looks low is due to the pod space differential.  It has more room for equipment, so if both mechs are armed to the teeth, the Uller will probably bid out to a higher honor to use.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:35, Sat 02 July 2016.

Wouldn't that be offset by your constant commentary that you believe that XL engines are death sentences?

Inner sphere XL engines are a death sentence of sorts, particularly to light mechs, but clan XL engines are only 2 critical slots so it is quite possible to survive their partial destruction for long enough to turn a close battle into a victory.

Personal belief has never dissuaded player action, you're living proof of that (grins).

The Uller is there, if someone wants to play with something akin to a real omni, it's there with the adjusted rules for how i use DS/HS, it's pretty close to what an uller is suppose to look like and perform.

Four honor doesnt seem terrible to me, I charing you a honor for each two tons it saves.

Compared to Endo Steel, which i charge you a 2 honor for each point saved.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:39, Sat 02 July 2016.

*laughs*

Just cause it hasn't dissuaded me doesn't mean that I'm any more right either :P

Dunno.

Math error?  Hard to say.  It's been corrected.  The correction actually reduces the cost of the Timber wolf by five honor making it a more attractive ride.

Gave this some thought and no.  It really adds to the bookkeeping, and i'm trying to keep this light bookkeeping.

If you want to make your mech more durable, add a few green elementals and hang them off your torso to act as ablative armor.