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[Dwarmin]

What are you yammering on about? This is a mech game, people taking absurd amounts of fire for their teammates is one of the most important jobs. And notably one that one of the heavy mechs aren't doing.

Agreed, but why run into damage you don't have to take?

Imagine if there was a big field of fire around the enemy artillery. It only hurts if you go and stand in it. Maybe you will have to stand in it next turn, but at least you'll also have allied mechs shooting at all the targets in front of you. Going alone, not smart.

But I'm only leading you all in spirit, remember. Don't have to listen to me. Play how you want to.

[Insanegame27]

((could you please put up a waiting list in OP?))

USEC_OFFICER can you please put up a waiting list?

[smurfingtonthethird]

The way this combat is going I can easily see the combat becoming an arm's race for the longest ranges possible.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

The way this combat is going I can easily see the combat becoming an arm's race for the longest ranges possible.

Right up until mecha can snipe you from across the Islands.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Or until I introduce close-range weapons that deal much higher damage...

[smurfingtonthethird]

Yes, but they'll be very hard to use effectively until the armored mechs are a lot faster, as otherwise they'll take too much damage en route to their targets.

[kj1225]

It doesn't matter when the target is fucked when you get there though.

[smurfingtonthethird]

And what about the target's pissed friends, who promptly decide to turn your already battered chassis into scrap metal? One on one, yeah, it'd work, but these battles have a lot of combatants. No lone heroes charging the enemy just yet, I'm afraid.

[Digital Hellhound]

I won't be happy until I have enough range to make all my attacks from outside the battle map. From outside the campaign map! FROM OUTSIDE THE GAME.

[kj1225]

And what about the target's pissed friends, who promptly decide to turn your already battered chassis into scrap metal? One on one, yeah, it'd work, but these battles have a lot of combatants. No lone heroes charging the enemy just yet, I'm afraid.

That's why we have three of them!

[IamanElfCollaborator]

And what about the target's pissed friends, who promptly decide to turn your already battered chassis into scrap metal? One on one, yeah, it'd work, but these battles have a lot of combatants. No lone heroes charging the enemy just yet, I'm afraid.

That's why we have three of them!

And most of our group isn't exactly equipped to take on 2-5 range repeaters. Maybe the tankier Hamkars and the Sraoshas are, but most of us use weaker Hamkars, Ishims and Harbingers.

[smurfingtonthethird]

And the three of you get exploded, while we're safe shitting artillery and rockets at them from a good distance away.

[Culise]

What are you yammering on about? This is a mech game, people taking absurd amounts of fire for their teammates is one of the most important jobs. And notably one that one of the heavy mechs aren't doing.

Important part of that statement is "for their teammates."  If part of the team goes charging right on in, they'll take absurd amounts of fire, certainly, but they won't be taking it for anyone other than themselves since the rest of us will still be getting set up in cover out of range. ^_^

[USEC_OFFICER]

Apparently I'm an idiot and didn't realize that Smurf was confused about which unit represented his mech... Sorry about that. I've done what I should have done in the first place and put everybody's counters next to their current HP so that nothing like this can happen again... If you want to Smurf, you can redo your orders for the last couple of turns since it wouldn't be fair otherwise.

Also I don't know why everybody is so worried about running out ahead. The Dragan did that this turn and only lost 5/7^ths of its HP.

[SOLDIER First]

You've never played Fire Emblem, have you?
In the event that you have, I applaud you for being cautious and thank the stars that I'm not the only one.