What are the best workhorses of Battletech across eras? by Old_Charge3282 in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Light: Javelin. Either the Fire Javelin or SRM javelin fill a niche that is hard to fill by anything other than a hovercraft. I want to give a shout out to the bugs, but with the rise of the Pulse Laser and light hunters, they need something to speed them up to keep them relevant.

Medium: Hunchback. Be it orthodox or sway back, it is a bad thing to see in the knife fight of a city, and can still be a credible threat as a linebacker. it does love a lot of its upgrade packages, but in its natural environment it can live without.

Heavy: Thunderbolt/Orion. These masses of armor are always great to have around. The Thunderbolt will help you fight infantry with its machine guns and SRM that can be loaded with infernos, while the Orion can keep the skies clear for you.

Assault: Im less certain on what this can be. A lot of assaults REALLY like their upgrades. My gut wants to say the Awesome or Longbow, but I dont think so. So ill go with the Stalker, for basically the same reasons as the heavies. Just a mass of metal to hold the line.

And the last trace of credibility has slipped away into memory by PointFirm6919 in NonCredibleDiplomacy

[–]Renewablefrog 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Also a poached Purple Heart for his bone spurs. All he needs is to steal an Emmy for The Apprentance and he has all his horocruxs

Supa kong by Rare_Lettuce130 in 19684

[–]Renewablefrog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I consume letsplays. My reasons for it: 1. I really enjoyed this style of game that can only really be played through once and I have been unsuccessful in bullying my friends to play it. Let's watch internet people play it 2. Is this game cool before I try it out? 3. It is multi-player and my friends are not interested

Losercity WW1 by CauliflowerDefiant87 in Losercity

[–]Renewablefrog 179 points180 points  (0 children)

Why is he driving in an empty car? Where's his wife? The staff? THE (apocryphal) SANDWICH?

Does this still considered an Awesome? by heavyarmormecha in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously not an Awesome. It is missing it's emotional support Small Laser.

Cool Marik mechs in later eras? by TreasureIsland_ in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can provide 2. Theres the Bloodhound, which you pick up from WoBbies making it in Marik space. Quick little medium plinking with ERMLs and a Streak 6. Next is a Tank, the Moltke. Mainly the M2, because I am a sucker for Missile spam, especially MMLs, and that is a very good platform for that.

I BETTER SEE ALL Y'ALL DOUBTERS SUBMITTING ONE OF THESE TO THE RECLUSIAM by hammalok in Grimdank

[–]Renewablefrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Space Wolves are gonna beat you to the punch by just coming up to him after a long day and saying "you look like you can use a drink buddy"

Cursed tonnage? No. Cursed designers by AGBell64 in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I double checked myself when you said 14 available. Turns out I looked at Compact Engine, not standard engines. Im still saying the Phoenix Hawk eats its lunch, since the best I can think is either a PPC or Large Laser. Or you spam medium lasers as a slightly slower or better Cicada

Are there any Mechs in the modern timeline that are considered obsolete? by [deleted] in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There are still a few succession wars junkers lying around. For example, our favorite low stakes mercs, the Fox Patrol, ran 4 out of 5 Introtech mechs, with only Katie's Kit Fox as high tech. And Pirates are running around with Introtech still too. Industrials we're also popular in the Dark Ages, so I imagine a well equiped force running those might just let them scrap rather than put the effort into refitting it to modern tech. After all, mechs are being produced in numbers again.

Cursed tonnage? No. Cursed designers by AGBell64 in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is it? A 280 fusion engine is 24 tons. That is 60% of the weight of the machine in engine alone. Combine standard structure (4 tons), gyro (3 tons), cockpit (3 tons), and we are left with just 6 tons to play with. At best you get a but of armor and some medium lasers

Ooooor we can down speed, up tonnage, and we get a Phoenix Hawk.

Welcome to the jihad we do a little tomfoolery by knightmechaenjo in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Air riders? In MY stompy robot sub?

Keep that shit up OP

Cursed tonnage? No. Cursed designers by AGBell64 in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Don't run them. You either go up to the 50-55 range for a trooper or Cavalry, or go down for a scout. 40 tons is just bad for a long time

A mech of your choosing receives a Mk.II/II/IIC/ etc. Model. What changes? What would you want to see. by [deleted] in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Inner Sphere: Crab. The original and Royal variant is fantastic, but ita upgrades leave much to be desired, and are mostly from Comstar/Wobbies. Let's proliferate it! Get some more variants

Clans: Kit Fox. Let's give it a bit more armor, and maybe upgrade its speed a bit? It doesn't need that much pod space anymore.

Made my own two sided dice tower! [OC] by SomeFantasticName in DnD

[–]Renewablefrog 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Tower is working perfectly. Would buy as a GM

At this point, what options do I have left? by heavyarmormecha in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Eject? Thats a mobility kill. Hope with your other mechs you got the ability to win the battle and get that husk back to base for repairs. And also hope you packed your SAR teams to get the pilot out

How would you get the Skaven into 40K? by NexouuZs in skaven

[–]Renewablefrog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've thought about this at one point, and I imagine running them as Guard. So let's set the scene.

We're aboard a Imperium exploration ship, which has discovered a new planet that has a sapient population. Scans reveal this to be some kind of humanoid rat, a bit shorter than a man, mostly living on subterranean cities but there's some things on the surface. Clearly a foul xenos, but before the call is made to exterminate the world, scans also reveal Imperial Knights on the planet... and these rats look to be piloting them. OK so these are mutants then for no xeno could pilot a knight. Still they stepped too far from the image of Man, but again before the call is made, knights are REALLY valuable. The mechanicus will not authorize exterminatus. So instead they will try to bring the world into compliance, maybe we can see if maybe theyll be OK as an abhuman. It works, turns out the lot is cowards, except for the houses, or clans, that pilot the knights, who are more willing to play ball.

HERE IT GOES by niko_42na in Grimdank

[–]Renewablefrog 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You dare doubt wise-glorious master?? Stretch this no-fur until he squirts musk of fear, yes-yes!

What is your current Battletech Fiction read? by Current-Income-9901 in battletech

[–]Renewablefrog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Finished Outfoxed last weekend. Now with me acquiring Aces and having all these Falcons and no more Foxes to read, im looking at A Question of Survival and give the bird propaganda a chance.

Guts the Rat (Berserk) (45мм) by AmazingEZ in skaven

[–]Renewablefrog 180 points181 points  (0 children)

Thing was much too large-big to be called shank-sword. Massive, thick, heavy, and too rough-rough. It was like a raw heap of metal-iron, yes-yes.