How To Play BattleTech: BattleMech Critical Hits

[@RibusPQR]

*slaps roof of Catapult* this bad boy can fit so many LRMs in it

[@verysilentmouse]

well done boys youve found something I didnt know about the rules the crits transferring if nothing to crit

[@ChrisZestyJesty]

Thanks guys. You're the best! Now I'll know exactly how to crit my players when I GM a time of war.

[@bregul]

Yeah mark me up as another who didn’t know about crit transferring when nothing there to crit! I had a great game other day with a mate. My Lance was King Crab, Hunchback (AC20) and the cheapest locust and commando I could to keep the points even between us. Turn 3 and my mate attacks my king crab with his hunchback (the bazillion lazer variant). When rolling hit locations he rolls a double 6. The head. Ouch. I pass all my tests and we move on to the next laser. Her rolled double 1 for location. What luck for him! Then when rolling for if it’s a crit gets a double 6 again…. 3 crits to my centre…. All 3 hit my engines…… over half my Lance in points gone… A few turns later my commando fired srms at his crusader with a double 1 for location and I scored one crit…. Hitting his machine gun ammo bin. So it evened out in the end :)

[@slamuelcunningham]

Can you guys do a video on how to play Elementals or battle Armor???

[@AlphaStrikeWePlay]

Hey Slamuel. A very popular question and one I can happily say will be addressed soon. Everything infantry, including Battle Armour, is next in line.

[@slamuelcunningham]

I love spotting with battle armor. And equipping my clan elementals with micro pulse lasers it’s completely rude!

[@juckyvortex]

Until this video, I thought I understood how crits worked. Now I really do.

[@RibusPQR]

The Medium Laser has a very good damage:heat ratio. This is the one aspect in which Clan ER Medium lasers are inferior.

[@mikegould6590]

Critical Hits are why I typically never carry MGs. An ammo explosion of MG ammo has ended my time at the table more than once. Also, never knew about the "linked locations" bit. Thanks for that. Also, if a torso is lost, do you not also lose the attached arm/leg?

[@inline4c]

The arm yes. The leg no.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

How do you guys feel about tandem charge SRMs? I’m currently having a debate about them. If you hit internal structure with them do you roll on the determining crits table twice? Once for the tandem charge and one for hitting internal?

[@slamuelcunningham]

What about Case?

[@AlphaStrikeWePlay]

A good question and one that should have been answered in this video as it was related so here we go. Locations protected by CASE take internal damage normally until all internal structure in the location is destroyed. Regardless of how much excess damage remains after destroying the location, all further damage is reduced to 0. The pilot or crew of the damaged unit still takes feedback damaged from the ammunition explosion.