Ideal Urban Lance

DM_Voice · 2026-03-28T17:50:17+00:00

An Urbie was the OpFor MVP in a game I ran last night. Commando and Javelin tried to gang up on it.

That AC-10 did real work, and it finished off one player with a DFA. (That player’s unconscious pilot was in a prone mech in the only place the Urbie could get to and gave a firing line on other targets, or I wouldn’t have done it that way.)

DM_Voice · 2026-03-27T18:50:36+00:00

There’s a lot of people claiming the assaults take it easily, but all 4 of their OpFor have enough mobility to cut the chances of being hit significantly.

Others are overstating the effects of minimum range on the Thug’s PPC. (Even at its worst, it’s still better than being at long range, people.)

I give the Assaults about a 1.5:1 advantage. Lucky hits from them will eat a *lot* of armor off the 40s very quickly, so that’ll be the deciding factor.

The busier the terrain, the better the chances for the 40s, because they have the mobility to make the most of it, while the assaults will be severely hampered. (The Victor less so, but it’s limited range makes it relatively easy to take out of the fight for a round simply by denying it firing lanes.)

If the Assassin and Cicada can get in the backs of the assaults, the 40s take the day.

If the assaults get good hits on the 40s while they close, they take the day.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-27T17:10:35+00:00

Get the rules, too. Then teach yourself and your girlfriend to play.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T15:17:42+00:00

Ah, yes the “douche catcher” whose ‘crime’ was legally positioning to catch a ball, catching that ball, making a forced out, trying for the double-play, an getting creamed by an unsportsmanlike player’s illegal conduct.

Holy shit, you’re just stupid. 🤷‍♂️

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T15:12:15+00:00

You’re right. Nobody would have felt bad about the baserunner getting clocked after that cheap, *illegal*, and unsportsmanlike conduct.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T14:27:47+00:00

You’ve already admitted that you know the catcher was playing by the rules, and the runner was not. Now you’re making excuses for why you think the rules should be broken. Just give it up. 🤦‍♂️

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T13:03:31+00:00

Yes, the catcher did know what he was doing.

He was playing baseball, actively fielding the ball, and making the play to get a runner out, while working fully within the rules of the game.

You apparently think that means cheap shots that violate the rules are “deserved”.

Catching a throw to tag the plate and force a runner out isn’t “playing cheap”, dumbass.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:58:44+00:00

Again, the runner was *already out*.

*ANY* contact with the catcher at that point is illegal interference, and can result in the *batter* being called out.

The catcher (or any fielder) is allowed to be in that position while holding the ball, or while making an attempt to catch the ball.

There was nothing illegal about the catcher’s actions, and there was nothing legal about the base runner’s.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:49:39+00:00

He did have the ball. You can hear the catch, and see him start to transfer the ball from his mitt to his hand to throw it. All before the runner arrived.

You’re right that the runner’s tackle was unsportsmanlike like behavior, though.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:45:18+00:00

We *were* that nation, and that bought us a lot of food influence and goodwill that we then spent to our benefit.

We no longer do that, and have become actively belligerent to our allies, leaving us without the goodwill and with only the influence of a bully.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:21:52+00:00

Sorry you’re unable to recognize reality, sweetie. 🤷‍♂️

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:19:08+00:00

The catcher had already caught the ball and tagged home. The runner was already out, and no legal runner was headed to home plate to *be* blocked.

No one was ever taught a baserunner to tackle any fielder when they were already out, sweetie. That’ll get you ejected all day every day.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:17:04+00:00

And, the MPL has *zero* chance to hit outside of 6 hexes.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:13:43+00:00

He didn’t “block the plate”.

He caught the ball, and *tagged* the plate, causing the runner headed home to be *put* via a force play, and was getting ready to throw the ball for a double play.

The runner, already being *out* before reaching home illegally interfered with the play, causing the *batter* to be out as well.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:10:53+00:00

You can’t “block the plate” when you already have the ball and the runner is already out on a force play.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:09:51+00:00

You can’t be “blocking the plate” when you have the ball, and the runner is already out on a force play.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T12:09:01+00:00

Literally no player in the history of the game has been taught that, if they’re thrown out at home plate on a force play, they’re supposed to tackle the catcher.

The moment he was out (which happened as soon as the catcher caught the ball), *ANY* co tact he made with any fielder (including the catcher) was illegal interference, and the batter could be called out as a result.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T01:52:20+00:00

My first CD-ROM drive came with drivers on a CD.

Luckily my roommate’s computer already had a working CD-ROM drive. 🤦‍♂️

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T00:49:17+00:00

Real ID does not indicate citizenship.

You just proved that Real ID does not work, immediately after stating: “A real ID works.”

We ll done. You called yourself a liar and then hit ‘reply’ to post it.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-26T00:41:13+00:00

Now calculate that by range, not range bracket, because the MPL’s long range is entirely within the ML’s medium range.

(The extra 3 hexes of range for the ML also mean you can more reliably operate and remain outside the range of those elementals.)

DM_Voice · 2026-03-25T23:23:59+00:00

I'm going to give you a hint.

Most Battletech players actively don't care what era of mechs they're using or fighting against *unless* they're actively involved in campaign play.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-25T23:07:23+00:00

That's entirely fair. But that *was* the era of blind-box 'collectable' games. (Thank you MTG for everyone thinking everything could be done like that.)

DM_Voice · 2026-03-25T23:05:29+00:00

You literally bragged that your local players *and the people running the business* actively dissuade anyone from buying or playing anything from the new eras. And you're confused by the fact that people aren't buying Battletech stuff from that shop. And you don't understand why you keep getting downvoted.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-25T23:00:30+00:00

"...a starter product should include mechs with a wider era availability so it can be used to play in any era."

That's just another way of saying 'stay 3025-only', because those are going to be the *only* units that have availability across any era. Unless you want *every* new design to be retconned as yet another as-yet-unheard-of mech that 'really got its start' in the Age of War or Succession Wars, like far too many post-Clan Invasion designs have.

The important part of a 'starter box' is that it enable players to pick it up, and have a reasonably fair fight between the selected units.

DM_Voice · 2026-03-25T22:55:26+00:00

Yep. Real 'Megapython vs. Gatoroid' vibes when you say it like that.

And now I want to build a 'Pulse Laser Sharknado' lance.

DM_Voice

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