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#7081 Bishop Steiner

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 10:42 AM

View PostOdanan, on 10 February 2014 - 10:37 AM, said:

Bishop, if you are playing GBL, don't forget to always run a mech with jump. You will need it in a later mission (one of the missions in space).

i got to get dosbox to work first, then find a copy of GBL to load. For whatever reason, my old system always had issues with Dosbox, and I haven't tried on my new one. Though I did find my windows 8 Laptop runs MW4 (discs not mektek) like a top!

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 03:41 PM

Figured I'd make a list of available weaponry:

Inner Sphere
Ballistics
Machine Guns
Auto-cannon 2
Auto-cannon 5
Ultra Auto-cannon 5
Auto-cannon 10
LBX Auto-cannon 10
Auto-cannon 20
Gauss Rifle

Energy
Small Laser
Medium Laser
Large Laser
Small Pulse Laser
Medium Pulse Laser
Large Pulse Laser
Particle Projector Cannon
Extended Range Large Laser
Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon
Flamer

Missile
Arrow IV Artillery
Long Range Missile 5
Long Range Missile 10
Long Range Missile 15
Long Range Missile 20
Short Range Missile 2
Short Range Missile 4
Short Range Missile 6
Streak Short Range Missile 2
NARC Missile Beacon

Utility/Equipment
Target Acquisition gear (TAG)
Anti-Missile System (AMS)
Artemis IV Fire Control System
Triple Strength Myomer
Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC)
Ferro-Fibrous
Endo Steel
Standard Engines
Extra Light Engines
Single Heat Sinks
Double Heat Sinks
Jump Jets
C3 Communications Network
Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment (CASE)

Clans
Ballistics
Machine Guns
Ultra Auto-Cannon 2
Ultra Auto-Cannon 5
Ultra Auto-Cannon 10
Ultra Auto-Cannon 20
LBX Auto-Cannon 2
LBX Auto-Cannon 5
LBX Auto-Cannon 10
LBX Auto-Cannon 20
Gauss Rifle

Energy
Small Pulse Laser
Medium Pulse Laser
Large Pulse Laser
Extended Range Small Laser
Extended Range Medium Laser
Extended Range Large Laser
Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon
Flamer

Missile
Arrow IV Artillery
Long Range Missile 5
Long Range Missile 10
Long Range Missile 15
Long Range Missile 20
Short Range Missile 2
Short Range Missile 4
Short Range Missile 6
Streak Short Range Missile 2
Streak Short Range Missile 4
Streak Short Range Missile 6
NARC Missile beacon

Utility/Equipment
Target Acquisition Gear (TAG)
Anti-Missile System (AMS)
Laser Anti-Missile System (LAMS)
Artemis IV Fire Control System
Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC)
Ferro-Fibrous
Endo Steel
Standard Engines
Extra Light Engines
Single Heat Sinks
Double Heat Sinks
Jump Jets
Targeting Computer
Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment (CASE)

#7083 Odanan

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 04:18 PM

We still need TSM, MASC and C3 to the game... :P

Oh, and Arrow IV.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 04:20 PM

View PostOdanan, on 10 February 2014 - 04:18 PM, said:

We still need TSM, MASC and C3 to the game... :P

Oh, and Arrow IV.


Also today I learned that Clans don't use regular Lasers and Auto-Cannons anymore.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 04:47 PM

View PostButane9000, on 10 February 2014 - 04:20 PM, said:


Also today I learned that Clans don't use regular Lasers and Auto-Cannons anymore.

And they don't use regular PPCs.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 05:34 PM

View PostButane9000, on 10 February 2014 - 03:41 PM, said:

Figured I'd make a list of available weaponry:
~Tons of work and a good reference!~

What we also need is an explanation of why we don't have fancier weapons, ie LORE and LOSTECH.....

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Lostech

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 06:05 PM

View Postcdlord, on 10 February 2014 - 05:34 PM, said:

What we also need is an explanation of why we don't have fancier weapons, ie LORE and LOSTECH.....

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Lostech


Thanks. That's just about everything I could find. Sadly there isn't a great big database for this stuff. Wish someone would either add it to the Master Unit List or make something like the MUL.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 06:27 PM

View Postcdlord, on 10 February 2014 - 05:34 PM, said:

What we also need is an explanation of why we don't have fancier weapons, ie LORE and LOSTECH.....

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Lostech


We are using LosTech

Pulse Lasers
Streaks
Tag
Narc
ECM
Beagle
UAC-5
LBX-10
Endo Steal
Ferro Fibrous
Double Heat Sinks
XL Engines
...

Edited by Belorion, 10 February 2014 - 06:29 PM.


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 06:33 PM

There is some LosTech that is really lost (and will be rediscovered only much later), like the Snub-Nose PPC.
The PPC in the Orion "Protector" was this weapon, instead of a regular PPC.

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Posted 10 February 2014 - 06:45 PM

View PostOdanan, on 10 February 2014 - 06:33 PM, said:

There is some LosTech that is really lost (and will be rediscovered only much later), like the Snub-Nose PPC.
The PPC in the Orion "Protector" was this weapon, instead of a regular PPC.

Not to mention that while factories can turn out these products, for many, the knowledge behind the factory is lost. If the factory is destroyed, it cannot be rebuilt. It took Davion a long time and countless billions of c-bills to restore the Kathil Shipyards and even then, it was just restored to functionality. Davion couldn't just build it anew......

Edited by cdlord, 10 February 2014 - 06:46 PM.


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Posted 10 February 2014 - 07:02 PM

Also I was wrong on something.

Wolverine WVR-7D - Major upgrade to the chassis. XL Engine, Ferro-Fibrous and MASC. Upgrades the AC5 and Medium laser to a UAC5 and Medium Pulse Laser. Retains it's Jump jets and SRM6.

We most likely won't see this because for the most part it can be built using the 6R. However the one thing this unit does have is MASC. So if PGI changes the hard points a bit we might see it.

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 01:50 AM

View Postcdlord, on 10 February 2014 - 06:45 PM, said:

Not to mention that while factories can turn out these products, for many, the knowledge behind the factory is lost. If the factory is destroyed, it cannot be rebuilt. It took Davion a long time and countless billions of c-bills to restore the Kathil Shipyards and even then, it was just restored to functionality. Davion couldn't just build it anew......

Which book is the destruction of that shipyard in? : l

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 03:40 AM

View PostScrawny Cowboy, on 11 February 2014 - 01:50 AM, said:

Which book is the destruction of that shipyard in? : l

I'm committed to read all the BT books (finished the first 4 in the last month), but I'm not in the Jihad yet. TBO, I don't think I will like the Jihad... :)

Edited by Odanan, 11 February 2014 - 03:41 AM.


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Posted 11 February 2014 - 05:33 AM

View PostScrawny Cowboy, on 11 February 2014 - 01:50 AM, said:

Which book is the destruction of that shipyard in? : l

Warrior: Coupe, chapter 39 specifically by Michael A. Stackpole. Read the whole book to catch the desperation of the situation and the all three of the Warrior trilogy for the 4th Succession War as a whole.

Edited by cdlord, 11 February 2014 - 05:35 AM.


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Posted 11 February 2014 - 09:24 AM

View PostZaptruder, on 31 December 2012 - 12:41 AM, said:

Just sighted this pic of a Battlemaster on No Guts No Galaxy:
Posted Image

Probably the best interpretation I've seen of the BM to date... even better than the original, while still retaining many of its most important qualities. I'd be chuffed to bits to see this in MWO... as unlikely as that may be!



Its a good deal better than what we have now, it's not only a ball park away, but an entire universe, than the sad offering we have in game (yes this is a subject I will bang on about until even the pope gets down on his knees and begs me to stop), but its still not as good as 'That' picture which if it was in Lyran Comonwealth colours instead of Draconis, then it would be the god of mechs.

Though your above example would stop me bitching about it until people ears bleed

Edited by Cathy, 11 February 2014 - 09:25 AM.


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Posted 11 February 2014 - 09:37 AM

View PostCathy, on 11 February 2014 - 09:24 AM, said:



Its a good deal better than what we have now, it's not only a ball park away, but an entire universe, than the sad offering we have in game (yes this is a subject I will bang on about until even the pope gets down on his knees and begs me to stop), but its still not as good as 'That' picture which if it was in Lyran Comonwealth colours instead of Draconis, then it would be the god of mechs.

Though your above example would stop me bitching about it until people ears bleed

well it is certainly more Gundamy

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 09:58 AM

View PostBishop Steiner, on 11 February 2014 - 09:37 AM, said:

well it is certainly more Gundamy



What is the point of releasing Re-seen if the only resemblance is the name.

Its like being told your going to get a Rolls Royce, and what arrives is a Massey Ferguson Tractor with a RR badge on it

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 10:05 AM

Butane you forgot the Binary Laser Cannon in your list. For era 'Mechs that mounted it see MAD-4X.

View PostCathy, on 11 February 2014 - 09:58 AM, said:



What is the point of releasing Re-seen if the only resemblance is the name.

Its like being told your going to get a Rolls Royce, and what arrives is a Massey Ferguson Tractor with a RR badge on it

I think we will have to agree to disagree here. I like the MWO version better. I find it more... imposing.

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 10:06 AM

View PostCathy, on 11 February 2014 - 09:58 AM, said:



What is the point of releasing Re-seen if the only resemblance is the name.

Its like being told your going to get a Rolls Royce, and what arrives is a Massey Ferguson Tractor with a RR badge on it

I think I'd rather have the tractor. At least don't have to worry about getting mud on it.....

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Posted 11 February 2014 - 10:12 AM

View Postcdlord, on 11 February 2014 - 10:06 AM, said:

I think I'd rather have the tractor. At least don't have to worry about getting mud on it.....

Or to get sued.





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