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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Disregard previous post.

    Okay, for real this time...
    FINALIZED CHARACTER CREATION:
    Link to Skills & Abilities Guide
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    After brushing up on updates with Roll20, I can now confirm we will be using it EXCLUSIVELY to track all stats for the campaign. It is simply WAY easier to navigate and use for casual players and will take less work for me to manage. Units you own will now be tracked through Megamek and stored using the .mul import system.
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    It will be less intricate this way, but let's be honest, "intricacy" has never been an issue for Battletech. :awesome:
     
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    P.S. For anyone still working on your character, be sure to check back at the Lancer Sign Up thread for any updates posted.

    I've included a link to join the Roll20 campaign page there as well.

    Roll20 signup shortcut here.
     
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    ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL PLAYERS

    When you register to the campaign in Roll20, please be sure that your "display name" there is the same as that listed in the forums here. I need to be able to easily identify you to assign your character.
     
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    ROLL 20 UPDATE!

    I have changed the character sheets in various ways to be either more informative or more functional (added macro commands for skills & abilities).

    Please log into roll20 and compare your characters to OGRE TEAM (or the Template Team) and make appropriate changes as needed. I will go through and try to help you get your ability macros set up as well.

    Thank you for your patience.
     
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    SKILL COST UPDATE

    Skill levels are now handled differently when leveling. The old skill EXACT VALUES chart has been removed. All skill leveling will now be handled through roll 20 on your character sheets.

    Here is an example:
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    Each skill has an associated multiplier that is used to calculate the skills next level cost. Here is the formula:

    For example: Currently, Gunnery is at Lvl 4. If I wanted to raise it to 5, it would cost 20 XP (skill level 5 x multiplier of 4).

    Ability costs remain unchanged.
     
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    ALL CHARACTER SHEETS HAVE BEEN FULLY UPDATED WITH MOST RECENT RULE SET.

    Check Roll 20 for details. See "IMPORTANT LINKS" (formerly "DOWNLOAD LINKS") thread for link to roll 20.

    Please continue to work on them when you have the time. The sooner people are ready, the soon we can start. At the minimum, I would like to have 4 people ready before the first mission is set.

    If you have any questions or trouble, please don't hesitate to ask.
     
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    Having no luck getting anyone to connect to a server. Not sure what the issue is. Probably port-forwarding issues, but I don't have a router right now (because of recent move) so who knows?
     
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    Since players could not access their skills and abilities before on roll20, I have given them back full access to their character sheets. This does mean you will be able to change your character stats at a whim, but the "honor code" is absolutely in effect on this. If you change anything regarding your character sheet, you must notify a a GM/Admin (just me for now).

    As extra insurance, I have made a copy of all your finished characters that I will be personally referencing. If numbers don't match up, I will know. It's not that I don't trust you guys, but... ;)
     
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    Been swamped with exams and I've had no time to resolve the server connection issues. Can't give a definitive time this will be resolved, but as soon as I can, I will.
     
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    Need to get through Tuesday; I have two major exams at the beginning of next week. We will see where we are after that.
     
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    Roll 20 player tokens have been added to the map. Will be using these to track player movement.

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    Private character folders have been assigned. If you have not received yours, please PM me with a message containing your email.

    This folder is "for your eyes only" unless you choose to specifically share its contents with someone. This folder will track all of your owned unit data.
     
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    Here is the current market distribution of all corporations on Antallos at the beginning of the campaign:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nMVUIS702oaPfYQwD-zFTkH2doZhEhVp8C69xMrqDjY/edit?usp=sharing

    As corporations gain more victories, their dominance on the market will lower the cost of their wares. However, this will also inversely reduce the amount they are willing to pay you for your efforts. In other words, the more powerful they become, the less they feel the need to pay you at a premium price, however, they will be more willing to sell you things at greater discounts.

    For example, a player who works for a corporation like AAA might be more liberal with deploying drones as it will be far cheaper to replace losses as opposed to another working for Hive Tech.

    Keep in mind, these bonuses and penalties are only a few of many modifiers that will affect total unit discount and mission pay.

    For example, Luthien Exports currently has a 10% inport tariff being applied to its units (this could possibly be removed if certain conditions are met). Also, players may trigger events that either substantially raise or lower costs and rewards.
     
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    Some slight balancing changes:

    Apparently Superchargers were kind of OP compared to MASC (you can thank Dihm for bringing it to my attention). ;)

    Following changes made to balance them out:
    • MASC is now easier to unlock; previously 120, now reduced to 100 and (for you speed freaks out there) can now be unlocked immediately if you take a sponsor.
    • Superchargers moved to Advanced Equipment (same as MASC) and now requires ~175 Rep to unlock (yes, it really is that good).
    • Superchargers are still generally better than MASC, but at least now you actually have to work to get one.
    • AAA now has a very short list of Advanced Equipment available to it (including MASC and Supercharger), but requires slightly more rep to unlock than the other factions (Adv. Equipment is not their specialty)
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    The Watchdog CEWS is now available on the Alliance tree (unlocking at 140 Reputation).

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    ALL melee equipment Reputations costs has been reduced by 60 points.

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    Tweaked costs of all Advanced Equipment for each faction to have a more gradual increase in cost as you progress.

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    Removed Clan Artemis V from IW and LE tech tree (only Alliance and HiveTech have it now). It still only requires 50 Reputation to unlock but you do have to be more mindful of who supplies it if you want to use it.
     
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    more Tech Tree balances for melee weapons to make different factions more distinct:
    • Added Chain Whip (40) for AAA (exclusive to them); can be used to grapple targets to the ground for easier capture.
    • Decreased Rep costs for ALL Alliance melee weapons (now on par with IS factions).
    • Decreased Rep cost for Retractable Blade (80) and Hatchet (160).
    • Increased Rep cost for Lance (200) and Mace (240).
    • To make up for losing Artemis V, IW and LE now both have access to Medium Shields (makes them second only to AAA in melee selection).
    • To counter being the only IS faction with Artemis V, HiveTech lost access to Maces & Medium Shields.
    • Updated stats on Tech Tree for easier viewing.
    Tech Tree link:
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16Apm9KqMX6VTVKOUGkSoqNLvYohn_VmmQfky6TbU9ZY/edit?usp=sharing
     
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