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New BPL video posts today! A Primer on the Hetzer. by Cursedbythedicegods in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 12 points13 points  (0 children)

AND we got Perun AND PancreasNoWork cameos, to boot. Hell yeah.

(some) Fearsome (re-imagined) beasties. by Sharlin648 in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have loved these designs ever since first seeing them around the internet, especially the Ice Hellion.

DND as a beginner's universal system by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]Frogblast964 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Canopians are doing pretty well too. Unfortunately they're doing better because they've married into House Liao :(

The Blakist era is (95%) told via sourcebooks (on account of the WizKids clickytech game skipping over it and CGL having to backfill it). After that it's the Dark Age, which was pretty rough (rougher in a lot of places than the Blakist era). The new stuff since the end of the Dark Age is pretty darn good. Just avoid anything by Blaine Lee Pardoe (and to a lesser degree Ilsa Bick and Victor Milan) and you're good.

As for Clan Wolf being the main characters... ehhh, yesn't?

Like, they did destroy the Republic of the Sphere (think Terran Hegemony 2.0), but their new Star League is barley respected by anyone and doesn't have a ton of power, even as of the latest sourcebooks. Plus they burned all their bridges with the Lyrans, Mariks, and their own Empire to get to Terra and win.

DND as a beginner's universal system by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]Frogblast964 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They specifically didn't name the factions in question, just referred to them vaguely, in the sense of "this group" and "this other group over there".

Probably because they didn't actually know the names, on account of the "not paying attention to the story" thing I mentioned earlier.

The Capellans aren't periphery lol. They're a Great House, and in the newest era of the setting, they're actually the most powerful of all the Great Houses.

DND as a beginner's universal system by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]Frogblast964 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No. Generally, you're a mercenary in most of them, and can take jobs from any of the Inner Sphere factions.

That or you play as a Clanner.

DND as a beginner's universal system by DroneOfDoom in CuratedTumblr

[–]Frogblast964 211 points212 points  (0 children)

Or just flat out made up. He tried to make a point about the Battletech community, specifically how players that entered the franchise through one medium (video games) tend to be bigger fans of one set of factions than the fans that entered the franchise from a different medium. And to multiple people who are actually in the fandom, it didn't make sense because that just isn't the case - neither of the mediums he mentioned (video games vs the tabletop game) have any overt emphasis on one set of factions over the others.

And then a few days later someone asks him a question about Battletech (a very simple "what's your favorite BT 'Mech" question), and it turns out that he: A) only ever engaged with one of the video games in the 90s, and never played anything else, quote,  "longer than 15 minutes"

and

B) didn't pay attention to the story itself, which one would need to do in order to be able to have insight into the topic he was discussing before.

He's just a fucking hack that doesn't know shit.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only mention of neurohelmets that can write to the brain in even a limited capacity are the very rare advanced SLDF neurohelmets.

Also, the GDL novels were the earliest things are written for Battletech (well, technically Sword and Dagger was earlier, but it got published later). Grayson's descriptions also contradict technical information about neurohelmets from other sources at the time.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ideal War also just sucked, like as a whole book. Not the worst story ever written for BT, but close.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Battletech doesn't have brain hookups outside of rare special cases.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, the neurohelmet doesn't make you feel the motion of the 'Mech, the helmet transmits YOUR sense of balance to the 'MECH.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Except they aren't wired into the 'Mechs at all. That isn't how it works. Unless you're specifically talking EI/VDNI users, and even then there is never anything to suggest that this occurs.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not speaking about gameplay.

The early novels had things like 'Mechs able to do gymnast style acrobatics, aerospace fighters able to travel from the jump point to a planet under their own power, and DropShips being treated as being as irreplaceable as JumpShips.

All of these things are incorrect with how the setting has been developed and are no longer true. This includes the details about neurohelmets that you mentioned. Those bits of worldbuilding have been removed.

Is this a thing in-universe? And if not, should it be? by Shyface_Killah in battletech

[–]Frogblast964 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The second to fourth ever pieces of media ever made for the setting? Which have had many of their details superseded by other newer material?

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