Fantastic battle report! Any hope that your kickstarter will arrive before Christmas?
@DeathfromAboveWargaming4 сағат бұрын
I think so 😉
@wolfgangbohm996222 сағат бұрын
GDL Nathan "Madcat" Doombud (seit 1989)
@marcmiddleton2277Күн бұрын
Where are the custom Smoke Jaguar models from, purchased or kitbashed?
@DeathfromAboveWargamingКүн бұрын
Kitbashed by me. Check out our shorts feed for more.
@marcmiddleton2277Күн бұрын
@DeathfromAboveWargaming 👀 have to buy so many extras for parts 😂
@BhaalspawnКүн бұрын
Only one side having artillery made that super one sided. Aside from just the ease of hitting open terrain over almost any unit that has moved, it also ignores the stealth.
@DeathfromAboveWargamingКүн бұрын
Nah. I can see how it looked that way, but Ben took some gambles that didn’t pay off. It happens in wargames pretty regularly. I got very lucky with scatters as well.
@geammanDWКүн бұрын
2:13 It says stringer instead of stinger.
@RUINERx117Күн бұрын
I love watching this stuff. Can you turn the music down a couple notches when you're talking though?
@readwatchlisten28632 күн бұрын
I like what you did here. My only problem is GATOR. After four years of playing the game, I have grown to hate it in the core of my soul. I am just sick of reciting things like 3+2+2+1+1 over and over. As much as I hate 40k, hit, wound, save, feels better on a 1D6 vs GATOR and 2D6.
@DeathfromAboveWargaming2 күн бұрын
I can’t argue with you! BattleTech is just so much MATH.
@readwatchlisten28632 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming You guys did a good job, and I really wanted to like it. However, I think I am burn out of Battletech rules at this point. I can't keep doing 3 hour games, missing 70% of my shots, doing BB gun damage, all while shouting arithmetic like a school boy. Good Luck fellas.
@DeathfromAboveWargaming2 күн бұрын
An overhaul of the venerable BT system is much needed. But that won’t happen anytime soon!
@readwatchlisten2863Күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming "Battletech needs a One Page Rules Make-over. Change my mind"
@DeathfromAboveWargamingКүн бұрын
Hah! Ben and I were just talking about this! People want quick-to-learn stuff these days… very few of us have time to memorize tomes of “what if” scenarios, or worse, waste valuable time looking up esoteric rules! So I agree!!
@jamesstricklerii53842 күн бұрын
I love this match, what a great scenario! My only constructive criticism to make is that I love the music, but it is often a little too loud and makes it hard to understand not just your banter but what you are saying you are doing. May want to tone the volume down slightly 😊
@androssthered11572 күн бұрын
WOOOO down with the dirty Caps!
@hardrada512 күн бұрын
Nice paint jobs.
@theangryMD3 күн бұрын
best mech of all time, damn fine configuration if a bit hot. would replace one streak with a full brace of jump jets.
@HouseMasterPoDing3 күн бұрын
Love the repose/kitbash on this one. The missile pods are perfect!
@DeathfromAboveWargaming3 күн бұрын
Too kind. In retrospect I should have dremeled the top of the stormcrow to flatten it up a bit, though the plastic may have just shredded 😂
@joshua4253 күн бұрын
Crumples with a sad whimper Underrated
@VictorSteiner3 күн бұрын
Is this a kitbash or a new model?
@DeathfromAboveWargaming3 күн бұрын
Kitbash
@Toner_Cartirdge4 күн бұрын
God stormcrows are ace! Keep these types of vids coming, it's such a nice look at new configs, conversion ideas, paint schemes, and a bit of world building/lore!
@wagonmaker55094 күн бұрын
awesome mech!!
@ludomancersvault55184 күн бұрын
Cool report. Some close ups of the action would be really nice. I know it’s a pain but a) the paint jobs are superb and b) the mechs are really hard to see at the distance you film.
@bms11154 күн бұрын
Oh this one might be my favorite mech period. I have a slightly tweaked version which drops a ton of ammo and swaps SSRM 6s to 4s, and adds a targeting computer! Such a great machine!
@Linkous124 күн бұрын
As much as I love the Stormcrow, the new sculpts/artwork for it kinda let me down. Looks like a tall Nova.
@WRXSEVEN4 күн бұрын
My introduction to the Stormcrow and Nova was Mechwarrior 2 and I think they nailed it.
@subtlewhatssubtle3 күн бұрын
It's because the Nova's design was reworked from its original extremely low, hunched look to one that has a waist. Not having a torso twist would've made it almost unplayable in MWO. This version of the Stormcrow also borrows its hands from the model in MW4, I think, where they were much beefier than in previous depictions.
@knightmarethe1st4 күн бұрын
It is more heavily armored than the Marauder but replacing the 2 of the large lasers with ER large lasers would def help.
@stevenmoebes10714 күн бұрын
Where is that Jinggau model from? It is excellent.
@ObiwanNekody4 күн бұрын
I really like that Jinggau model. Where is it from, may I ask?
@brycie354 күн бұрын
Love the map Aaron, and thank you for another alpha strike battle report. I love the Spires terrain. Can I ask if you went with the large prints or small prints on the Terrrainify spire models?
@DeathfromAboveWargaming4 күн бұрын
Oh man you are testing my memory… I want to say large!!
@brycie353 күн бұрын
@ thank you….planning a purchase for myself 👍😊
@DeathfromAboveWargaming2 күн бұрын
Nice! I believe they have the dimensions listed on the website for small vs large, so if you need me to rough measure - shoot me an email
@brycie352 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Hi Aaron, I can’t find your email address? Can you please send it? Yes sizes are listed on their website so if you don’t mind measuring and cross comparing to let me know that would be much appreciated. Thanks
@DeathfromAboveWargaming2 күн бұрын
@brycie35 aaron at dfawargaming dot com
@aaronpokluda17415 күн бұрын
NEW DFA drop! (All the pun intended)
@kylejohannessen78305 күн бұрын
When the heck was the last time Aaron lost a match?? SOMEONE CHECK THOSE DICE! 😛
@DeathfromAboveWargaming4 күн бұрын
LOL it’s funny - like I will go on HOT streaks then lose for a year.
@l.everetttalbottjr.2755 күн бұрын
Curious, how do you play with stealth armor?
@DeathfromAboveWargaming4 күн бұрын
It adds a modifier to hit at ranges beyond short.
@joef57685 күн бұрын
Love the mat. Who made it?
@brianhenry1525 күн бұрын
What a match! Ben put up a good fight, but alas a frontal assault just doesn't seem to be the Capellans' strong suit! That table set up looks absolutely phenomenal. Loo koi ng forward to the next chapter in this saga! Also, per the Patreon, I'm excited to read you KS stuff finally arrives, but i definitely understand your extreme frustrations. Great video guys!
@nyandyn5 күн бұрын
58:55 Blatantly stealing and paraphrasing a comment from a relevant video: "I DEMAND THE CASINO!" "Sir, you're a high-ranking military official in an enemy-occupied city. You will probably die." "READY THE LIMO!" "Sir..." "TO THE CASINO!"
@douchenukem82355 күн бұрын
Capellans got the planet back because the folks occupying it forgot to bring their flag. They came to the planet asked to se the Free world flag. Free worlds league officers said we dont have one. Capellan said now you do, gave them teirs, and now the planet was Capellan because an oversight in the packing department. This is how it's always worked. Just ask the British how they got their empire back in the day.
@derekburge52945 күн бұрын
"Welcome," the elderly range officer bellowed out, "to Sian's premier shooting academy. Here, we sort the citizens from the servitors, the warriors from the weak, and those with an eye from those who *do NOT!*" She gestured towards the blackboard behind here with a half-meter stick. It smacked against the crude diagram of an Enforcer. "Who among you addled wastes of meat can tell me where on this mech you should be aiming for?" "The head," one cadet from the back shouted out. "Wrong!" She gestured towards the exit of the classroom with the stick so hard it made a whipcrack. "Report for servitor assignment, you disappointment! You have dishonored your family." The cadet grumbled as he trudged out of the room. Once gone, the officer panned her harsh gaze across the rest of the cadets. "Who here has two neurons to rub together?" "Ma'am, the best shot would be the center torso," another offered. "It's the most reliable target!" "Wrong! Servitor!" A woman with glasses raised her hand before speaking. "Right torso! That's where the AC ammo is!" "Wrong as well! Servitor-nerd will now LEAVE!" "The *rear!"* The range officer's head snapped around to see who spoke. "Who said that!? Stand up now!" The young man who had spoken stood proudly. "The best CCAF mechwarriors *always* attack the rear armor." And that cadet was none other than Sun-Tzu Liao, the bestest chancellor ever. The end.
@gavincross29025 күн бұрын
Great battle. Again Aaron show that magical die and unconventional vehicles win the day. LMFAO the banter between you two. 🤣
@sebastiang.50325 күн бұрын
Looking forward to watching this after work! #Overridelives
@Magermh5 күн бұрын
For that Marauder MAD-5L consider using heavy smoke screens from SRM-4's or LRM-10's. That Marauder is well known to be a point blank melee mech. Never worry about optimal heat to charge the TSM as you should be covered by smoke when turning it off. Using smoke to isolate targets as the marauder focuses the mech down. The best pilot is a 2/3 or 3/4 and consider using thunder augmented to do leg damage that way the Marauder will kick off the legs. When your using incendiary tactics setting a location on fire and standing in the fire also works to charge the TSM. I normally consider the Crusader CRD-7L or Archer ARC-7L as a smoke dispenser and split the LRM packs into light smoke clusters to control LOS and stack the smoke bonus with the stealth armor as the mech closes.
@HouseMasterPoDing5 күн бұрын
Oh my god, Wawa is invading even in the Inner Sphere! I gotta try a gobbler!
@DeathfromAboveWargaming5 күн бұрын
So good. Though do not make the same mistake as me and try to eat while driving. Too messy.
@HouseMasterPoDing5 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Pro tip!
@HouseMasterPoDing5 күн бұрын
Word has it that the TSA has listed the Jinggau Mini as a dangerous weapon with how much metal it contains. Early comments are rooting for the Capellans and way to represent Mechanicsburg!!!
@jonpatry5 күн бұрын
Stealth armor is intended to prevent hits. The usefulness of Stealth armor is negated when using variant attack/damage rules that allow you to roll extra dice. It effectively reduces damage rather than preventing it. Units with STL suffer from having fewer armor points so any damage taken is more serious.
@moragion5 күн бұрын
To that you have to add the extreme range rule they were using with the lower To Hit modifiers, which further hurt the stealth mechs. Essentially the raison d'etre of Ben's force was nullified before starting. They should make some modification to the stealth rules for using with their home rules.
@barryxanchez29655 күн бұрын
Need more Alphastrike!!❤❤
@JuiceJM5 күн бұрын
are your maps vinyl or neoprene? I'm guessing pworks brand?
@DeathfromAboveWargaming5 күн бұрын
We use neoprene - and yes Pworks, Deep Cut, and Front Line Gaming!
@FleetfootMike5 күн бұрын
Where did the radio antenna clusters on the rock spires come from?
@DeathfromAboveWargaming5 күн бұрын
3D printed from the lazy forger
@FleetfootMike5 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Hrm. Ta. How did I not see those, given I just bought a bunch of his stuff :D
@GunnCloud115 күн бұрын
I love override. Kinda think it's the perfect middle between classic and AS. You guys are a boon to the community. Sorry I couldn't keep up my Patreon. Still use your systems as much as I can.💚💚💚💚
@DeathfromAboveWargaming5 күн бұрын
No worries at all and thanks for the support! Glad you like the system 🙂
@delaneyalusa6 күн бұрын
Why... when at the start looking over the map, I saw the over turned truck and thought that building was a Red Rocket from Fallout :-P
@vandalnoire38446 күн бұрын
"Lets Go Cappies!!"...hope that doesn't age poorly. Is that the Jingau from Treece Forge?
@Hedgehog_PrimeКүн бұрын
It's not, if you look closely, it's quite different.
@jasonames1456 күн бұрын
Jinggau came up so many times, had to try to find a translation. answer: none, its a nonsense word. It's really supposed to be a phonetic word for the Chinese word Jing Gao, which has multiple meanings depending if its mandarin or not. Mandarin it means to warn or admonish, otherwise it is to announce reverentially. Jing Gao is accented with the I and A so i think rather than using accent marks, they just used Jinggau to ensure it was at least spoken correctly... which I think was a failure, lol. I think this might be a pattern across all factions? if its too hard to pronounce, spell it out phonetically and poof, that's the units name now :)
@DeathfromAboveWargaming6 күн бұрын
I looked it up after. It means orange as far as I could tell. Like the fruit. Lol
@jasonames1456 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming lol!! good job FASA, you nailed it!
@DeathfromAboveWargaming6 күн бұрын
Hahahah maybe oranges are a major Capellan export?
@jasonames1455 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Welcome to the Capellan confederation! Come for our award winning Sian grown oranges, stay for our bespoke, police state experience. For Celestial Wisdom!
@ronaldwentworth60006 күн бұрын
How about playing some of your OverRide rules. Would like to see some more of that on the table. Thanks love your videos.
@DeathfromAboveWargaming6 күн бұрын
Love that you love Override 🙂
@marvinjohnson24885 күн бұрын
I like the Alpha Strike,it makes games go very quickly. But Destiny's my jam. It gives me some speed and some of the favor of original. (I'm a fan of blowing parts off mechs😃
@DeathfromAboveWargaming5 күн бұрын
Haha who isn’t 😂 but agree the speed of play for AS is nice!
@sebastiang.50325 күн бұрын
@@DeathfromAboveWargamingLove is Override and Override is love.
@jamesstricklerii53842 күн бұрын
I vote for this too, always love the simulation aspect of Override but also it's speed. Best system for this game so far
@ZacharyChristy-Aronson-wg5ki6 күн бұрын
Love that Jinggua.
@johanneskaramossov51036 күн бұрын
I have been playing battletech games and RP since almost 20 years and i cant even remember ever hearing of a mech of that name before.. this will be a discovery for me.
@ZacharyChristy-Aronson-wg5ki6 күн бұрын
It was kind of hideous originally, and I’ve blotted it out of my mind. The re-imagined artwork is pretty nice and the sculpt mimics it. I’m gonna need to get a couple of these for my Capellans just because I like it.
@odstbane6 күн бұрын
Such a good looking map this week Also where's that jinggau model from?! Early cgl model or printed?
@dewbert456 күн бұрын
I think that the Treceforge's work (so 3d printed)
@odstbane6 күн бұрын
@dewbert45 I have one of treece's painted already, it's very different
@dewbert456 күн бұрын
@@odstbane you are correct! And I can't find a version just like this one.
@VictorSteiner6 күн бұрын
12:00 Just got into Alpha Strike a few weeks ago. Doesn't artillery scatter the amount you missed by times two? So in your half scale times one? But then maybe you should also halve the size of the templates? "The POI will then scatter along this direction a distance in inches that is twice the margin of failure (MoF) the attack roll missed the target number" p152 in the Alpha Strike Commander's Edition under advanced artillery rules, but it is the same with the normal artillery rules
@DeathfromAboveWargaming6 күн бұрын
We do halve the templates. And correct - it’s just dice times one, which is also what we did here - so you are on point!!!
@Atomicmurph6 күн бұрын
Gosh this video is really making me debating buying the Alpha Strike starter box or the Kill Team starter box
@DeathfromAboveWargaming6 күн бұрын
Considering your icon is a Dark Angels logo, I’ll take that as a compliment haha But do what makes you happy! There are free Alpha Strike quick start rules out there if you just want to give it a spin!
@dennismaddox38696 күн бұрын
I've bought both the Alpha Strike box and Battletech AGAC you will get more value out of those starters just individually then any GW box.
@blissfulbadger5 күн бұрын
As someone with both, I'd say go for AS! I've had a lot more fun recently with BT than I have with GW, and I'm not worried about a 2-3 year lifecycle. (I have about 8k pts of "legends" models for GW now, and more each year...)
@GunnCloud116 күн бұрын
Buddy of mine and I have played and loved override. We changed a few things. Losing one weapon doesn't destroy a whole TIC, that has never been a thing in video games or Solaris. Second we made the run just a run is a plus one tmm and to hit, cause it doesn't fit the rules as written for a sprint which has to be twice the walk.