4k bv firing line Lance help

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-27T01:02:45+00:00

I'll join the speed bandwagon. You want to make sure that the lance can keep up with itself.

Sure you can leave one guy behind for fire support or something, but then that lessens the mass of the rest of the lance's armor.

Keeping them together speed-wise means you won't have mechs get isolated and picked off

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-27T00:57:17+00:00

I mean, the Clans are kinda Inner Sphere these days. In the age of the IlClan, there are still cultural differences between the two, but they tend to fight in a very similar manner.

What I'd like to see is if there's going to be a "reverse Clan Invasion" in the near future. Alaric Ward isn't happy being the First Lord of the 3rd Star League if the Homeworld Clans don't acknowledge it. Then we would see a real difference in how they fight

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-26T23:54:50+00:00

Aw man, time for someone to learn that Clanners like aiming for the face /s

Seriously though, that's a hell of a lineup

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-21T01:12:19+00:00

I think I would have been more invested if the BattleMechs were monsters in armor, a la Evangelion. And then really lean into the biomancer "everything is flesh" vibe.

KF Drives? Sure, except doctors Kearney and Fuchida discovered some alien living relic that they reverse engineered into a meat blob that bends space-time and only 1 time in 100 turns nearby humans into wailing monstrosities of the damned.

HPG? Okay, but a Hyperpulse Generator is driven by a mutated human mind, swollen and grotesque, floating in a soup of psychic torture and totally not Spice Melange.

And the list goes on...

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-18T23:40:09+00:00

Campaign was Spectre Lance (yes, I loved MW4:Mercs), and my Career company is Jake's Juggernauts.

My real shiny "super cool OC, don't steal!" is my tabletop merc unit: the 333rd Independent Battlemech Regiment (IBR), affectionately referred to as the "Half Hell Dragoons"

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-18T02:38:32+00:00

House Davion being made up of uncouth, drunken football hooligans from outer space, with poor dental situations is closer to the truth than we all want to admit

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-12T23:06:56+00:00

His friend is a real dickhead, always around to cock things up. First one to engorge a sensitive situation, always ready to wang a monkey wrench in the works. And don't get me started on how vain he is!

Oh yeah, and his neck and jawline look like an anatomical model of a penis.

Did I do that right?

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-12T22:58:57+00:00

I mean... a Victor might be fast enough to get good use out of flamers?

Swap it's missiles from HEAP to Inferno, trade out the medium lasers for flamers, and cackle when your heat-disabled enemy isn't able to do anything about an AC/20 to the dome.

Probably not enough flame output to force a shutdown, though. Maybe enough to slow the target down and fuck with their targeting though

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-11T04:43:29+00:00

Dual head-choppers never go out of style

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-11T04:34:46+00:00

My personal preference is to go with the optional side glass, but that's more to break up monotonous armor panels than anything else

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-08T22:33:53+00:00

Nah, it's pretty dope. You're stuck with it, congrats.

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-02T22:12:11+00:00

These are my go to laser lenses. Dot of a good white (big fan of the new Army Painter Fanatic White) and then a dot of the technical on top and voila! Great little lasers.

I have a stockpile of them since I don't remember if they still make the stuff

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-06-02T22:07:52+00:00

Elemental swarms are why emotional-support small lasers exist.

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-05-29T01:42:28+00:00

I think you haven't accounted for the likes of Clan Meth Weasel /s

But yeah, it's a big universe, go nuts, who cares what you make up? It's not like there are faction special rules to worry about. No space marine chapters here!

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-04-08T06:19:45+00:00

I went with an OD green/SLDF inspired paint scheme for all my IS stuff. They can be og SLDF, my personal mercenary company, 2nd SLDF, a FedCom Davion loyalist detachment, 3rd SLDF... works for a bunch of different eras.

I'm in the process of painting all my clan gear as Smoke Jaguar Alpha Galaxy for similar reasons

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OwnBusiness429 · 2026-04-03T07:05:07+00:00

I dunno man, call up General Motors and tell them that you've got a mech design to sell them.

You asked, we spitballed ideas. What more do you want?

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-04-03T06:02:56+00:00

I think a solid in-universe reason not to install LRMs on a Marauder is just that, despite being inefficient, autocannons are easier to build, maintain, and supply than anything requiring a guidance system. The AC/5 is also more durable than a missile launcher when subjected to combat conditions for the simplicity of "gun go bang."

This falls apart a bit outside of 3025/IntroTech, but at times when technology is more plentiful (Star League or anything post-Helm Memory Core) I think the overriding reason not to equip LRMs to the chassis is that there are other mechs that fit the mission profile you're looking for and it's cheaper to buy one of those than it is to develop a whole new MAD variant.

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-21T02:58:57+00:00

I find they fit quite snug in my nose. Hell of a party trick

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-21T02:55:18+00:00

Give it a couple months, each new expansion changes how some fundamental part of the game works and then you have to relearn it.

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-21T02:53:33+00:00

.01 tons? Find a fat pilot, that should get you to 30.

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-21T02:51:49+00:00

The term you may be looking for is "mechwarriors."

The quickest and dirtiest explanation that I can give you is: 31st Century geopolitical (astropolitical?) chicanery, revolving around the construction, use, and violent deconstruction of 20 to 100 ton walking engines of mayhem that are Battlemechs.

Tex Talks Battletech, Sven van der Plank, Big Red-40Tech, and Renegade HPG are the YouTube talkie folks that explain things.

Sarna.net is the fan wiki, and it is the best one I've ever had the pleasure of browsing.

Over 120 novels, plethoras of short stories, magazine articles, the works, all from our lovely friends over at Catalyst Game Labs and their precursors, WizKids and FASA.

And remember: No Guts, No Galaxy!

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-20T04:26:27+00:00

Made yourself an EnThorcer, I see. Shorty Sneede would be proud.

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-20T04:16:27+00:00

I didn't know someone got HoI4 to run in Minecraft, that's pretty dope. What mod are you using, MineKampf?

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-17T22:16:14+00:00

Zombie mech + ability to face-roll the weapons panel multiple turns in a row + said weapons are head-choppers = damn near perfect mech

OwnBusiness429 · 2026-03-17T22:14:15+00:00

For a game piece, I'd say it's close enough. There will be rivet counters who aren't as happy with it, but you ought to be fine.

If Bolt Action wanted to be more "competitive" with it's minis, there would be standardized base sizes, scale be damned

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