milsurp.mephostophiles

Watching the world stage and having the time of my life. I celebrate the absurd. Starting to feel like my man Slurm McKenzie though.

@SCShipyards Well, they're wrong, by an order of magnitude. nuclear power has killed a lot more than a quarter million people. *Proceeds to cite exposure and skin cancer deaths"

Speaking of conspiracy "theories" illustrating lacking thought processes, there are, apparently, humies who legitimately believe that nuclear power has killed 250,000 people. The things lunatics will convince themselves of to rationalize their fears of spicy rocks...

@RocketPulpHack @SCShipyards @OVTweetmarck

@OVTweetmarck We are going to melt the asteroids down to build space infrastructure and those miserable misanthropic hippies can’t stop us.

My thoughts on all anti-Artemis signaling

I do not understand the anti-human mindset that crawls out of its cave to petulantly scream any time we accomplish anything in space.

@Darifleman2c Judging by their snack market, the majority of their country is going to throw their back into pro eggnog camp.

Oh no, Japan is going to discover the nog wars.

@Anarcho_Cyclist Ultimately that will be the indicator as to whether or not there's going to be list-chasing seen in other games. Or that's even being encouraged. Jury's still out. I have the possibility of being completely wrong. All of us are human, well most of us...

@Anarcho_Cyclist They removed all the malices from alternate armors, they've reduced the penalty for MASC activation failure, you can run even after having a leg blown off, ultra auto cannons no longer jam. I'll wait until the BV adjustment comes out to make my full assessment.

#BattleTech #MechWarrior 1/7 The new "core" rule set I am told it is not a new version. That it's just a modification of existing rules The rules fundamentally change how many of the core weapons and mechanics work. This is done for a variety of stated reasons

@Anarcho_Cyclist The game was never ment to be balanced, balance is tournament and casual play seeking behavior. The game thrives on the unfortunate nature of warfare. I disagree with you regarding its status as a milsim, but that's okay because we still love the game regardless of rules!

@MilsurpM But that's just a concession that the rule isn't balanced. Also since the game isn't really a milsim, in that it's not simulating a realistic physics engine, tweaking the rules isn't making it more or less "realistic".

@Serellan Luckily I had already taught my son to be a gracious winner. That's right, lil' stomper played BattleTech before Risk, but after chess

@MilsurpM My kid's graduation to adulthood is beating me at World Domination Risk. My son still aspires to it. My daughter brags about it. They must know the pain of defeat to appreciate the joy of success.

@lucendacier @Periphery_Anon Any real battle tech player has been the turtle turned over on his back.

@Periphery_Anon @MilsurpM In fairness, it isn't fun to be stuck in a stun-lock loop of "roll 7+ to stand up" and the dice aren't cooperating. Though yes, I also understand that's the point, falling down in your 'Mech is supposed to suck.

@Nobleshield And that is perfectly acceptable! I will be learning the new rules so I am not a fish out of water at a pick up game.

@MilsurpM I like what I saw. Started playing in like 1994 or so 🤷🏻‍♂️

@AshleyRPollard Though I somewhat agree about the lack of balance in ammo explosions, though watch a tank cook off and some of the reservations about realism fade slightly.

@AshleyRPollard I'd argue that vehicles skid and go into out of control conditions during emergency manuvers often, the difference between skill and unskilled is making it look good Why yes I meant to skid into the enemy causing a charging attack Warplanes and tanks can, and will lose control

Yes, but, no. Of course one can make an argument against change, because change upsets people. However, the ammo explosion rules were always iffy. 1/2

@SuperHappyTime1 If his mates survive, will definitely hear about it. Poor old Larry the mech Jock. Didn't even know what hit him. They had to wash out what was left of him out of the cockpit with a hose.

@MilsurpM I don't play BT, but I respect it because it says super complex We hear stories of the Band of Brothers at the Bulge who had a dud artillery shell land in their foxhole We'll never hear stories from the pilot of the elite mech that blew up in the most unforeseen circumstances

@mastermide771 Weather is, and will always be an option. It was previously found in TacOps and previous versions of Master Rules.

@MilsurpM And now it's written into the core book. I've ran some of the tester one's, and they're pretty good. Last game got the snow weather effect which made heat sinks more effective but falling can cause avalanche (can cause you to fall down to other levels)

@Serellan First time my son and I played Risk he absolutely fed me my arm.

@MilsurpM I still play classic Stratego with the "inverted" piece ranking because that's what I learned and it was fun, and I bought it. I have no desire to buy a new version again. 🤷‍♀️

@huntersrolinson @Periphery_Anon Hone the skill of not only attention, but predictive counters and counter-counters. Know the rules well enough to treat the game in a similar manner as speed chess.

@MilsurpM @Periphery_Anon speaking in my capacity as a legit ADHD person - it's a resource to be cultivated, definitely; and people who want in on this (or, for that matter, any other milsim) as hobby or serious training, should be keen to do so.

@No_solicitors Terrain modification is a tool a commander should have in his arsenal.

@MilsurpM Bro, they removed clearing woods, thus enabling people to further abuse woods

@JayRhoades10 @ardan_blade From my understanding, the core rule set only applies to classic. And I'm pretty sure red action applies to classic as well.

@ardan_blade @MilsurpM Cool! Will there be an Alpha Strike type rule subset?

@MilsurpM You have not seen my True SPAM power. (April 1st I am serving petit fours at work. Consumers of my bounty have a 3 in 4 chance of eating a delicious petit four. 1 in 4 will have the extreme good fortune to eat a spam and cream cheese petit four...)

@dsarkerbaldur I have to say, a more guided "lesson plan" would be have been more of a boon than any restructuring. That is an outstanding idea.

@MilsurpM I actually think this should have been the goal. In the Aces set, they have a tutorial walk through each stage. Couldn't they have written like 5-6 'missions' that start from movement all the way to special rules?