Battletech (PC Strategy Game)

Solis answered the first part, and the second part, yeah I agree, it should be significantly more difficult to topple something with 80+ tons of mass than it is to topple something with less than 30. There should also be a difference between direct fire and indirect fire missiles, as the impact against the torso would be more downward directed in the former, and straight on in the latter, so indirect LRM fire shouldn't have as much chance of knocking down a mech, which might also go a long way towards balancing LRM's.

 

I wonder if they will add "eras" at some point. Like campaigns will happen for certain times what it is now(3015?), 3025 (or whenever the lostech starts coming ing in but still preclan), clan invasion. Skirmish could be a tech/year limit or free for all. Obviously if they did this it wouldn't be for awhile.

 

I just had a scary thought. What if they put the hammerhands in the game? With AC10s as they are now?

 

With no (official) mechwarrior game havign ever included the Hammerhands, and PGI certainly never having modeled it, I'd say the odds are extraordinarily low.

The odds of the AC/10 (and likely all autocannons ) not getting nerfed soon are also fairly low, IMO.

 

As regards knockdown, TT rulesets never discriminated on a basis of anything besides damage taken in a round.

It's worth noting that from the game files, piloting skill seems more likely to be the deciding factor here than mech tonnage... which ultimately seems more appropriate. Even a big unit can get off-balance. And it seems like HBS isn't trying to stack more advantages on assault mechs than the ones they already have by virtue of heavy armor/structure and weapons loadouts.

 

maybe rather than making it a straight 'reach the end of the bar and mech goes down' there should be a piloting roll to maintain balance? Might encourage people to choose a slightly less desirable pilot if they have a good piloting skill.

 

I think part of that was because harmoney gold would probably pull their bullshit with the warhammer on the hammerhands. It does look alot like the warhammer (it should since it heavily influenced the warhammer. Along with the battleaxe). But since PGI did make the warhammer for MWO (which i assume will end up in battletech) i say there is a small possibility except for the "it's a warhammer with ac10s".

But yeah ac10s at least will be nerfed. I actually think the other 3 are fine. Whenever i have a mech with an ac20 on it almost always miss unless i have a 100% chance to hit. Even when its an 85% it seems to miss more often than hit even with a pilot with a high gunnery skill.

 

Can we...for once....as a Battletech Collective (This means YOU, Jordan!) forget the Clans ever happened? Can we just have Battletech as it was intended? Bitter house rivalries fighting with ancient, rare and battle-scarred robots?

 

Did jordan weisman even create the clans? I know he did the original classic and apparently he is the one who created the dark age stuff (post jihad).

I wouldn't mind clans being in if you could set limits of what to use like only up to 3020 tech so clan stuff would not be allowed in.

Though i would actually prefer if this game goes to the war of 3039 (where lostech starts coming back) and stops. Before the clans ever come.

 

Looked a little bit and it seems like jordan did create the clans and regrets the direction he took them (how they are so technologically superior). So if they end coming in at aome point it is a chance for him to rewrite that part of the clans. Because the clans trch superiority screws up the balance of pretty much every game.

Though if he wants to keep this lance on lance the clans will probably never come. YAY.

 

I did. Well, it was '90's. We had a Monthly standing BT game at friends house. Went on for about 3-4 years. Best gaming of my life (short of Jr. High DnD sessions) and when the clans came we all crapped ourselves with how cool they were! We stopped playing BT completely about 6 months after release. Caused too many arguments.

 

I think if clan weapons were same damage and range as IS (but keeping all clan stuff lighter and less crit slots) would have been more reasonable.

 

The clans could easily work in the game if people are actually forced to play how a clanner should. This means bidding the lowest amount of resources for the highest amount of honor for engagements while using clan rules of engagement. This would mean instead of cbills for doing good it would be honor. Honor is gained instead for acting like a clanner should. Which would then be the currency used to purchase or acquire what ever.

Clanner don't fight for money.. So what is going to be the disposable income for them.

 

though, under the right circumstances, and with the appropriate milking of the ego, this could be done well, but it would -have- to be built in such a way that your ability to progress was hampered by choosing not to take risks, I could see it most effectively in a story driven circumstance like the old MW games where you could use honor instead of C-bills and you receive more honor by bidding with less tonnage to the mission, you could then provide a minimum through NPC's bidding against the player which would prevent them from just playing it safe with minimal reward. It'd have to be designed along the same scale as games like Dark Souls and Ninja Gaiden. Difficult and unforgiving, but you feel great when you succeed because of it.

 

over bidding resources by a lot a few times for easy wins could be seen as dezgra.

Since they would technically be wasting resources which would be disgraceful.

 

Yes, there absolutely should.

 

So far there's no clan mechs in the files. It looks this game is occurring before the Clan invasion, and on the far (rimward) side of the inner sphere. Over in that corner near the Federated Suns, Capellan Confederation, Taurian Concordat, and Tortuga Dominions.

I'd expect Clans for a sequel a few years down the road.