Discussion: Mech Chassis

Discussion in 'Campaign - 33XX: The Corporate Century' started by MagnusEffect, Mar 3, 2014.

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  1. Dihm

    Dihm Speaker of the Word Staff Member Gothi SC Thane

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    While the stupid bots are stupid :glee:
     
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    Dihm Speaker of the Word Staff Member Gothi SC Thane

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    I officially claim that the Wraith will be my personal mech.
    [​IMG]
     
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    You and your wings. Why don't you just get a fighter?
     
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    Dihm Speaker of the Word Staff Member Gothi SC Thane

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    Because a flying tick is more fun
     
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    I can't speak for Dihm, but after dabbling around with aerospace, i'll stick with 'mechs.
    :unamused:

    Also, +1 flying tick
     
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    Dihm Speaker of the Word Staff Member Gothi SC Thane

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    55 tons, 7/11/8 brah. With narrow profile.
     
    Dihm, Mar 11, 2014
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    I've been seesawing a lot for the past week on how I want to do NPC mechs/drones. Going by BV alone, energy weapons far outweigh most ballistic weapons and nearly all missile weapons. I don't want one faction to have a clear BV advantage over another so this is what I've come up with:
    • Missile-based HiveTech will be the standard by which all other factions are set. They will mostly rely on missiles as their primary weapons, but will have a decent selection of energy weapons as backup. HiveTech drones will also likely be the heaviest and slowest. However, they will still have the best drone buffs of any faction.
    • Ballistic-based Independence will feature mostly ballistic weapons but may also use a mix of missiles and/or energy weapons. Their drones will also probably fairly slow and heavy but might be a bit faster than Hive-Tech's drones.
    • Energy-based Luthien Exports will rely entirely upon energy based weapons. They will also probably have the fastest Inner Sphere drones.
    • Alliance drones will use a micture of different weapons. They will be a bit of a wildcard... and field the fastest drones available.
    • AAA will also vary quite a bit
     
    MagnusEffect, Mar 12, 2014
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    Update:
    I went back to look at Partial Wings again and I noticed something.

    Partial Wings gives +2 jump for mechs up to 55 tons, and +1 at 60 tons and upward.
    This is the case in both Solaris Skunkwerks and Megameklab.
     
    Orcinus, Mar 12, 2014
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    Dihm Speaker of the Word Staff Member Gothi SC Thane

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    Oh, so it IS working right

    7/11/9 bitches
     
    Dihm, Mar 12, 2014
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    [​IMG]
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    Okay... I think I got this figured out now. Unfortunately, time constraints are forcing me to push back the introduction of regular army forces. With just the drone forces alone, I am looking at a minimum of 15 new chassis that need icons and fluff text. That alone will be enough work. Including regular armies would be just too much at this point. Regular mech forces will continue to exist "on paper", but you will not be encountering them in missions at the beginning of the campaign.

    Each of the five corporate factions will have access to a minimum of 3 drone designs split among 3 weight classes:
    • Heavy Drone = 4/6/2 movement, ~1800 BV
    • Medium Drone = 5/8/2 movement, ~1400 BV
    • Light Drone = 7/11/2, ~1000BV
    The BV numbers are only rough estimates; drone BV will vary slightly depending on the faction.

    In regards to cost of drones, I've had to re-evaluate all of that:
    • Unless otherwise specified, all drone manufactures use IS Endo Steel in their drones.
    • Torso-mounted cockpits ended up being too expensive and will no longer be used with drones.
    • All drones will use standard armor by default, but may be switched to either Reflective or Reactive armor for half of the usual cost.

    Example below:

    INDEPENDENCE WEAPONRY DRONE PRODUCTS:

    SentryDrone III USF-D80
    SentryDrone II USF-D30
    SentryDrone I USF-D15
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    OP updated with official faction camos for drone forces
     
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    Dihm Speaker of the Word Staff Member Gothi SC Thane

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    Okay, I think my ideal may be a medium mech armed with an ER PPC or ER Large Laser, an SRM 6, a medium laser, and a machine gun. Add ECM, stealth armor, Jump jests, and as big of an engine as will possibly fit. Kite and snipe, wipe out targets of opportunity with SRM. Fuck up vehicles and infantry
     
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    I had a similar thought with the Fiddlercrab
     
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    You will also have the option to take "henchmen" or drones with you to suppliment any weakness you might have. Drones will be bot controlled mechs that you can't customize, but are cheap and plenty good for simple objectives. Henchmen you can control yourself, but will be far more expensive to acquire and maintain (similar to how it is in the Skjaldborg campaign).

    The idea I have is a sort of "pokemon" mentality where you can tailor your party depending on the mission you are taking.
     
    MagnusEffect, Jan 8, 2015
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  18. Dihm

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    Hmmmmm, that makes me consider some C3i equipment

    Will any of the drones or henchmen be 'networked'?
     
    Dihm, Jan 8, 2015
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    MagnusEffect Administrator Staff Member Jarl SC Huscarl

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    C3 historically has a bad habit of breaking the game. Much like the supercharger+MASC issue, my default answer for C3 should be "no" until more time can be devoted to testing it.
     
    MagnusEffect, Jan 8, 2015
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    :p

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