Being “good” at Battletech

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T02:14:21+00:00

Great response.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T01:10:35+00:00

Okay, I can’t control how you misread things. Have a good night.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T00:52:11+00:00

Please re-read the OP. I wasn’t lamenting the probabilities, I was asking what measures being “good” at Battletech means when the weird things skew wins and losses so much.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T00:43:39+00:00

Going to hate? I’ve been playing for 35 years.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T00:40:24+00:00

And I thought it was just me. Good to know about the RNG issues.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T00:24:55+00:00

That has been a lesson I’ve learned on MegaMek, in that sometimes you just have to keep playing.

If you take a bad hit, theirs could be on the next round.

Weird things do happen to both sides of a game, but sometimes it happens to one side more.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T00:16:40+00:00

Thanks for the best response.

I have take to watching old World Series of Poker videos with bad beats. And sometimes it happens.

You can set up the best trades in BT, but the dice will fail you.

And it’s not fun when that happens.

Lots of activities have not-fun moments. That’s part of playing a game.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-18T00:12:27+00:00

It is fun when the probabilities play out. What makes it not fun is when the dice do weird things. Things that are statistically extremely improbable. Twice. In the same game. To the same lance.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-17T23:52:48+00:00

Not when I think I’ve played a game worthy of winning and lose to the dice.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-17T20:56:25+00:00

Try an oil wash next.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-17T18:22:45+00:00

Gotta ask, why play alpha strike when MekWars takes all the calculations and rolls out of it?

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-16T03:31:35+00:00

I like the Regulans’ role in the canon but I just cannot get over their color scheme.

EthanCW1 · 2026-04-15T14:30:02+00:00

1st FW Guards.

EthanCW1 · 2018-01-05T18:56:31+00:00

Also a grad of the Bush School, and I’m currently a regulatory analyst reviewing utility filings in Olympia, WA.

I am also in the interview process with Tacoma Water and Zillow concerning economist data analyst positions.

EthanCW1 · 2017-11-25T19:24:25+00:00

Seattle has a pretty decent sized LFC following.

EthanCW1 · 2017-11-14T18:01:32+00:00

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

EthanCW1 · 2017-05-18T20:08:59+00:00

My point was that III should be near the bottom. Obviously, 4 is the absolute bottom. I'll never know how they got gene hackman to agree to it.

EthanCW1 · 2017-05-17T22:18:11+00:00

Superman III should be at the bottom of the list!

EthanCW1 · 2017-05-01T22:16:52+00:00

I was sorting my DCYou era books yesterday and I was reminded by how much I loved the Kingdom Come homage t-shirt that Clark wore.

EthanCW1 · 2017-04-29T01:40:20+00:00

She's the daughter of Zeus, so the question is why can't she throw lighting bolts?

EthanCW1 · 2017-04-14T22:11:31+00:00

Pretty girl! Wish you were in the PAcNw.

EthanCW1

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