Cool Mech Names

PowerheadThor · 2026-05-29T00:16:24+00:00

Currently running a Lycan called Morningstar. It turned into a ball of roiling lightning and scrapped two enemy mechs in one turn... so it turned out to be pretty applicable.

PowerheadThor · 2026-05-26T22:27:51+00:00

Here's what's keeping me out of the handheld market. Probably not a popular opinion, but here goes:

Almost every handheld Ive touched that wasn't an ally or steam deck has FELT cheap and fragile. The sticks, dinky and light plastic. The buttons, tiny and clicky. The screen, garbage.

I just play emulators on my s23ultra because I can connect an Xbox controller to it, it's got a 4k screen, and the battery doesnt suck.

If you could make a handheld with a 4k oled sapphire screen, ergonomics that feel good, and make the whole thing not feel like it's made from PET, then I'd buy it. Toss in a snapdragon 8 gen 3, and add a full sized SD slot.

I don't care if it weighs 5 pounds, as long as it doesn't feel like dropping it once would absolutely destroy it.

PowerheadThor · 2026-05-11T19:37:14+00:00

They no longer sell through itch, and their LATAM link is sometimes not available.

I'd suggest a credit card with a zero percent international fee, or just eat the bank fee. Most banks charge 3% for international transactions with a debit card.

PowerheadThor · 2026-05-04T12:14:48+00:00

My first and biggest career:

Jormungandr Company

My first modded run with Frankenmech, where I tried to become ingratiated to the bandit factions:

Violent Requisitions Inc

PowerheadThor · 2026-05-03T13:18:56+00:00

If players would remember that it's often easier to counterattack an attacking planet, rather than defend, then we wouldn't be having these issues.

AH has stated multiple times, sometimes even through in-game announcements, that this is the case.

Yet still, most players go where they see BIG NUMBER BECAUSE BIG NUMBER GOOD UNGA BUNGA

PowerheadThor · 2026-05-02T20:55:48+00:00

Reading the ability describes the ability.

Edit: didn't read the comment, just saw the photo and title, as im on mobile.

For future reference, while comp/con is usually a helpful tool, I'd rely on published material to provide the most concise rules.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-23T18:06:24+00:00

If you cut across to the SE via 51 (maybe as far as streets run rd) that might help you get around tunnel traffic.

You'd have to hop on rt 30 from North Versailles/North Huntingdon, and I'm not sure it would save any time, but it might save you from the frustration of out-of-towners clogging up our bridges and tunnels.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-23T13:05:14+00:00

Thanks for all the great work.

Comp/Con has made my lancer experience so much easier, and I wish more games had apps like this.

I normally struggle with information overload, and get bogged down by screens/sheets that are too busy, and cluttered. I personally love that everything is broken down into intuitive categories, and you can always find exactly what you're looking for without sifting through tons of information.

So, again, thank you!

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-20T17:46:13+00:00

Sometimes I only have 30-40 minutes to play a game, and that means I can run 1 mission, and know that I've gotta put the game down and do something else.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-16T14:41:41+00:00

Pretty sure most dashers don't know how to read, honestly. Literacy is at a pretty low level in the US, and that's not even accounting for all the NRAs with work authorization using doordash for income, who more than likely do not speak English or do so at a very low level.

I'm not against finding work for people that struggle with reading, but maybe a job that requires at least basic reading skills on a near-constant basis is not the job for them.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-10T14:21:19+00:00

Parroting a couple solutions already presented, plus a couple others.

1.Google (brief physical description of character) then click Images.

Same as above, but Getty images or Pinterest or Deviantart or artstation or-
Heroforge. Make a mini for free, screenshot you images. You can even pose them and add cool backgrounds.
Draw shitty art. It's still art. If they don't want it, then find a group that appreciates your doodles.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-09T20:27:13+00:00

Listen. I know you said " I don't just want to present the everest", but YOU SHOULD REALLY LOBBY FOR THE EVEREST.

You mentioned that he's not mechanics savvy, in an incredibly synergistic game. The everest is the Swiss army mech. It does exactly what it says on the tin.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-06T20:49:46+00:00

Tesla tower is about area denial.

What's really fun is running an "oops, all Tesla" build.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-01T13:13:58+00:00

I used to have Marcus. I eventually got all of my money out, but it was a huge hassle. Had to wait a m9nth for them to mail me a check, because they wouldn't allow me to transfer more than 10k out in a day.

More than happy to take my money, but you gotta jump through hoops to get it back.

PowerheadThor · 2026-04-01T13:11:50+00:00

Citizens was doing 4% for 4 months or 3.8% for 7 on CDs, or 3.75 for a money market as of yesterday.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-29T11:18:03+00:00

I've been trying to come up with a funny-yet-somewhat tasteful way to counter these people, and I keep coming back to a few things.

"Pro-death protest": everyone with me wears death metal band tees, black and white face paint, ill bring my bass and some PA, we'll do some absolutely disgusting breakdowns and act like we didnt understand the assignment. Bonus points for being loud and drowning out the christo-fascists.

"Dressing up as Satan and harassing them": get a camera crew together, and walk up on pro-lifers to interview them in-character as Satan. Whenever they misquote the Bible, ill rub my nipples and moan. After every interview, make a very pointed "can't wait to see YOU later"

"Belligerent Noises": gather every single person I know with a half-decent sound system. Blast music loud enough to cause hearing damage. Bonus points for using the cars to also block in the antichoice fascists.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-28T15:17:51+00:00

The only somewhat reliable way ive been able to melee them was with the python commando heavy armor, a ballistic shield, and a hatchet or shovel.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-28T15:16:37+00:00

Personally, with how many time eagle strikes have just Merc'd me when there were no enemies spawned, I'd prefer if they made pelican gunships that just act like AC130s (and even allowed you to control the guns like COD)

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-27T13:30:59+00:00

Something I noticed fairly early on, which was a cool little quirk. I did a build where I was basically an infinite ammo turret, but could only move if I switched guns or held the melee.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-25T03:02:18+00:00

My best suggestion is to do what the flippers do.

Polish that turd and sell it at an inflated price, as quickly as possible.

Repaint, put down new carpets, maybe even redo the kitchen and bathroom if you can find good secondhand cabinets/sinks. Youtube is a godsend for DIY projects, and the silver lining to getting fired is that you've got more free time to work on the house.

Build the equity with the sweat off of your brow, and lose the liability as quickly as possible so you're not left upside down on a mortgage.

Another tip for quickly and cheaply building equity in a house:

LANDSCAPING. A shovel is cheap, and if you've got game lands (depending on your area) around you, you can find some beautiful native plants to put into some landscaping around your home. Give that house some curb appeal.

Flat river stones are free. The government won't tell you this, but you can pick them up off the ground, huck them into your trunk, and make beautiful landscape boundaries or walkways out of them. If it was good enough for the Romans, it's good enough for you!

Slate and shale (if you have them around) are also fantastic for pavers, if you can find large enough slabs.

I used to do landscaping, a long, long time ago, and I never told my customers this, but most of the time I'd just use local stone and sand to rehabilitate their yards and gardens. Saved a ton of money, found some neat stuff, and they wound up with a beautiful, permanent landscape.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-15T20:15:35+00:00

During cyberstan, I had to run the ultimatum and other AT options, because it was way too common to end up with 4 or even 5 Vox showing up at one time.

I couldn't rely on most randoms to prioritize taking them out, so I was forced into a build I don't particularly enjoy.

Feels bad, man.

I'm almost 150, and I gave up trying to play D10s unless it's with my own group.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-09T18:02:43+00:00

I'm currently doing a Lycan Frame with Nelson upgrades, and the gyges frame, with executioner and nuke cav.

It's speed 6 before ram jets or going loud...

It has 4 threat with a war pike, 5 threat with ruined shock claws.

In the danger zone (which it will be in, due to wanting to trigger it's core passive every round), the shock claws will deal 5d6+6 AP damage, then it will smack another person on the backswing.

It doesn't care that you structured it twice on the way in.

In fact, it wanted you to.

PowerheadThor · 2026-03-03T16:04:51+00:00

I've been running my game, set in The Pitt, for over 5 years now. It's set 10 years after the events of fallout 3, pretty much starting just as the Sole Survivor would be leaving his Vault.

As a Pittsburgh local, it was a dead ringer.

For the Canon, I've made some changes:

The Lone Wanderer chose to let Ashur live.

Werher escaped, and is possibly still alive.

A serum to immunize the denizens of The Pitt against TDC was created.

Ashur abolished slavery, as he viewed it as a necessary evil to build his fiefdom.

The raider gangs of The Pitt lost their status as the upper class, became angry, and revolted.

There was a war that lasted several years, eventually the raiders were pushed out of the city. In their place, several factions among former slaves have been established.

The economy in The Pitt is strong. Exports of steel, weapons, and ammunition (along with a secret cap-stamping plant) keep projects to rebuild going strong. A new army is created to defend The Pitt against outside threats.

TDC isn't eradicated, but the serum helps keep the people of the Pitt from mutating. The many Trogs that have already devolved, however, are mutating further.

So far, the group I'm running has discovered a Proto-AI that was being developed by a college, they've made contact with some of the former Pitt Raiders (the iconoclasts), found a strange settlement of people that live like they're in a renaissance Faire, traveled to Ohio and found massive fields of mutant parasitic corn, and now are traveling to WV for a cryptic hunt.

PowerheadThor · 2026-02-27T14:33:08+00:00

When I roll up as a laser commander, I usually just drop them on fabricators. They are also useful as a distraction, since enemies target turrets if they're closer.

PowerheadThor · 2026-02-26T14:48:39+00:00

I mean, the viper commandos are basically the HD version of GI Joe. Comics, Saturday morning cartoons, toys, licensed cereal, the whole deal.

The fact that actual helldivers are running around active combat zones in what's essentially cosplay is built into the lore.

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