i dont see any BattleTech threads here so lets have one
>>23640654What do you want to say about it? Is it about ER PPCs?
Did you even look, fucktard?
>>23640679there arent any
>>23640675That’s a funny way to spell Gauss dracuntus cuntbine scum
atlas posting
>>23640654i'll say it. battletech has some of the worst mecha designs in all of mecha. they look like what you'd get if you aske a 5 year old to draw a robot.
>>23644728It has some of the worst, but also some of the best. The quality is all over the place.
>>23644746thats what i like about it. the fact that there is so much diversity in designs. everyone can have their own favorites
>>23644746All the good designs come from somewhere else
>>23644728>>23644746robot crab best crab
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>>23640654Is that PC game from a while back worth getting? I remember /v/ had melties over it being SJW or some shit but I didn't have a PC good enough to run it back then and running my own squadron seems fun.
>>23648436IIRC people were mostly screaming because you could choose between he/she/they and every character just calls you commander anyway. Game seems alright.
>>23645767False. I live this big goober like you wouldn't believe.
>>23648528Look at him, with his big eye and his little hat and his backpack full of dreams. Such a cute fella.
>>23648539He's a big boy, but he needs protection from the evils of this world. He does his best to be the most helpful he can, using his fancy computer to coordinate battles. He watches the fight with his one wide eye, ocasionally sending out some emotiinal support LRMs, waiting for the chance to show his big AC/20 even though he's shy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfJifhsqc18GENTLEMAN, ITS CLOSE!
>>23648528Anon, even that is traced over a Destroid Spartan. It's like how the Panther and Victor are both from one piece of VF-1A box art.
>>23648418King Crab made me fall in love with autocannons for the first time.It and Annihilator taught me to love, fear and respect the ability to point at something and say "fuck that guy in particular."
>>23640654Dude:>>23636106>>23637330BOTH have a god damn Atlas as the OP pic!>>23649452>It and Annihilator taught me to love, fear and respect the ability to point at something and say "fuck that guy in particular."Anni my beloved!
>>23649364>Destroid SpartanYou're thinking of the Archer. The Cyclops may share visual similarities, but a trace over? You're reaching.
>>23648418Extremely overrated. Go with the Regent. It lacks the second but Clan LBX-20s are nothing to sneeze at.
>>23649523neither of those threads are focused on battletech
>>23649609Even the fingers are in the same pose. The antenna is just where the laser turret was too.
>>23649364Oh wow, yeah the panther's totally traced over. I can understand using the designs exactly, you paid for them, but this feels a bit weird. All this and the scopedog atlas is a bit much.>>23649609He's got a point, though its mostly just the arms and general facing. Even outside of the original set, you can see the same arms and legs popping up repeatedly.As an aside I was looking at some old reviews for the original release of battletech. I wanted to know what peoples responses were to it in general. And it's funny, all the way back then people were saying this was "totally different to anime, it's about humans at war, not transforming robots fighting aliens" and it really goes to show how much of the entire worldview was shaped by only having robotech to compare. They literally just watched robotech and then saw battletech and nodded and decided for the next forty years, these would be the two sole points of reference. Anime is when you transform and your boyfriend is a pilot, but battletech is when it's cool and serious.
I'm still baffled that Srungle and the Trekkers were never "adapted" into Battlemechs.
>>23648418marauder 2 is just a better version of king crab
>>23651819They adapted Zoids, so never say never
>>23640654I GOT WHERE I AM TODAY THROUGH VIOLENCEIM THANKFUL FOR ITMY IMPULSIVE NATURE CAUSES CONFLICT AT ANY GIVEN TIMEI HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY CONSUMED BY ANGER, JEALOUSLY, ENVY AND LUSTI CAN'T HELP BUT FLY INTO A VIOLENT TRANCE AT THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF CRISTISICM OR PUSHBACK
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>>23651771Guys, this is all settled already.We use legally distinct designs now, even if some of those designs still look incredibly on the nose about their sources.I mean, who doesn't enjoy pretending they're playing a Dougram game once in a while?
>>23655292pretending?
https://youtu.be/aQ5fotIT8Z4?si=LSDSKYIDEMHg0seI
>>23655338Ok, gleefully embracing.
>>23640654My only exposure to it was that steam game that I remember being pretty good. Though I do remember there being a design flaw in the farming for parts/money skirmishes, in that only one type was worth doing because all the others were giant time sinks for basically the same rewards
>>23648542He’s great and I too love him
Are battlemechs actually agile enough to use their hands to grapple in combat? I always thought they were a utilitarian addition so a mech can (carefully) use their hands to help with recovery and maybe even fortification.
>>23656517Many of them are fully able to slap, bash and clenched fist punch one another in expanded lore. Most of them with hands have fully articulate fingers.
>>23656517Battlemechs can play football.
>>23656533Punching is a given, but I'm curious if they have fine enough manipulation to actually wrestle with another mech.
