Trashtalk on Heavy Gear 4e: North Gear (Part 1)

[@michaelstone1350]

You getting into Heavy Gear is the best timeline.

[@stormiestcampfire]

Aw hell nah he’s got a new addiction! Love to see more mecha and more Trashtalks!

[@MKmaki6094]

Mine as well if this keeps up lol

[@napalmpunch]

ITS THE WORLD HEAVY WEIGHT SERIES 11DRAGONKID VS HEAVY GEAR4E NORTH LETS MASH SOME METAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL

[@IkomaTanomori]

The ferret is also extremely cute. It has a giant butt wheel. It's CUTE!

[@nananamamana3591]

looking cute and speedable

[@dmr2044]

Oh my god... Dragon doing Trash talk on Heavy gear... This is the best timeline. Full stop.

[@arthya3140]

When the mech starts to yapping about mechs you know shit is getting good keep the good job can't wait to see more of HG and FC

[@Metoollhead]

Great stuff!

[@bulgrufironjaw3785]

This is great, i bought the rule book because of you. I am setting up a game for my friends probably going to go secret police or merc run

[@OvertureSaintp2391]

Adam Driver: More! MORE!!!

[@martinnate4225]

Ooo heavy gear content, very rare. Some jovian chronicles would be cool too

[@scuttlefish4667]

Another day another banger

[@camenbrot9904]

It is great that you do Trashtalk on Heavy Gear. Keep up the good Work.

[@Tsukasa1111111]

I'm looking to run a game of this now thanks to you introducing it, currently trying to get my Foundry VTT set up for it. It's gonna be lots of fun, ty for making videos about it 👍

[@Cheletiba]

I'm glad you are doing something you clearly gushing about. Good for you!

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

I dont know what the opposite of trash is, but this is a good candidate.

[@a.d.samano7873]

Man, this brings back memories.

[@CruxG228]

The screaming Bear Hunter had me rolling, god

[@bobthebuilder9818]

I like the intro.

[@thyknithatter152]

LETS GOO THE TRASHTALK IS HERE

[@vaele723]

YESSS! More Heavy Gear!

[@Firebringer121]

Making my day with all these trash talks.

[@cptkrank6802]

You can play an entire campaign using only Hunters (and honestly, you probably should). There are just that many variants of Hunters. The Hunter Zerstorer is just a beast both in 4th and in Blitz!, you have a gun for every job and every range. The Mountain Hunter is another standout. With a MCW, MRP and LFM, it has a lot of ways to kill enemies that don't involve its LAC, and its climbing gear lets it go places most gears can't. Good for a party doing long range recon in rough terrain. The Bobcat, well, it's there to do Target Designation and that's about it. Tigers are amazing - just upgrading to MRP standard from the Hunter's LRP is a big deal, but getting a MAC and +1 GU and +1 PI on top of that is just so good. Cheetahs look good until you look at the White Cat variant and wonder why you'd take a basic Cheetah, ever. The Spearhead is very much a legacy gear that was unique in earlier versions of Heavy Gear because it augmented the Leadership skill. It's lost its unique talents in 4e, but it's a Hunter with a HAC, so don't underestimate its firepower.

[@kaffykathy8729]

Oh boy, heavy gear time.

[@starbomber]

The kit for the Hunter was insane and also you can modify the thing with *all the bitz*. I loved Heavy Gear as a wargame because I got to dig out my bitz box of guns and use all those random bolt rifles and sniper rifles i never used in 40k

[@a.d.samano7873]

Played the version of a Recon variant of the Hunter.

[@torymiddlebrooks]

Yo, are you planning on running sit reps for this? If so I would be super interested in getting my name on the list.

[@mehmarcus1995]

Hunter: Your average Scopedog SD Hunter: Your average Scopedog that's more prone to exploding Bobcat: This to me, sounds like a "Guerilla" type Hunter Lynx: Bloody fast, like a NEXT. But bloody vulnerable, unlike a NEXT. Wildcat: The Quick and stabby Armoured Hunter: Your average Scopedog that's less prone to exploding Bear Hunter: More speed, less EM shielding Mad Dog R: T'au Broadside Battlesuit Tiger: Your average Scopedog but, can moo and chuff because tiger. Bear: You want gun? I have gun. Cheetah: Your average Scopedog but somehow Cheetah's aren't extinct in the Heavy Gear universe. Ferret: Gremlin Gear Gaiden Hunter XMG: Your average Scopedog on speed Leopard: *Group B era of Rally intensifies, I'm painting mine in white with yellow trim and red/grey highlights* Para Hunter: Your average Scopedog, but air. Spearhead Hunter: Your average Scopedog, but lacking the Anfang AC1 vibe the OG Hunter has.

[@Metoollhead]

Quick fix: Para Hunter: Your average Scopedog, but ARASHI NO NAKADE KAGAYAITE, SONO YUME WO AKIRAMENAI DE

[@hazelnoisette4539]

Ferret gaaaaaaang!!!

[@MrDolearon]

AG is Anti-Gear, like an AT rifle (anti tank)

[@TheCapellanCitizen]

AG is presumably Anti-Gear? As in Anti-Gear (sniper) rifle? Dunno.

[@MrDolearon]

You are correct, AG varient is Anti Gear because it carries and Anti Gear Rifle.

[@p_ecora6647]

heavy gear is such a nice ttrpg, whats your favorite thing about ttrpgs

[@11dragonkid11]

Ya know what, time to actually answer this for realsie. The most favourite thing I like about ttrpg is that these days, it's the only thing that lets your imagination runs rampant and fill in the blank. Take for instance, as a kid, I don't know what to expect when I pick up a game and play it, there's a sense of discovery finding a secret on your own and taking your time picking your favourite spot or strategy, and these old games often, because of the limitation of the system and engine, have to make certain decision to actually make the games work, and this often give a style that modern games can't replicate because computer just have the power to run things these days. Also, with the internet being faster than ever (but also worse than ever), information is at the tip of your fingertip, you can still play a game without knowing anything, but the data is just a click away. Same with movies, I love old movies with practical effects and people just trying to figure out how the future looks like, but it feels like the more people know things, the more sci-fi movies just looks the same, it feels like the more we THINK we know how the future looks like, the more movies narrowed it down until everything looks like fucking smartphone shit, I like things when there's a lot of buttons, REAL buttons, and let's not even getting into CGI, the more 'realistic' CGI looks, the more they ended up looking like crap. Everything just feels like that the more precise things look, the more information you get,, the more you just, can't enjoy it. When when a bunch of ttrpg just presents you with a bunch of words and images and tell you to figure it out, I love it. I love filling in the blank, I love having a story within a setting in the spaces that are left empty for the players, I love describing a place or entity and lets people figure out how it really looks like I love thinking for myself and not having someone else telling me how to think, and that's why I love ttrpg.

[@YahBoiCyril]

Question: I’m not sure it’s the right time to pick up a new ruleset, but I think I’m going to start getting heavy gear models as proxies for alpha strike games. Is the cheetah or ferret model about the same size a medium mech model? I want a medium EW mech and the only good option comes in a pack I don’t have much use for, so I figured that might be a good first or second purchase.

[@11dragonkid11]

I have absolutely no idea as I do not own a heavy gear mini (or any mini actually), but the Heavy Gear Blitz book (which is free) did talk about the base size, so there's that.

[@Metoollhead]

I have a bunch of HG and BT minis. Just did a little comparison, and a when it comes to height, regular Hunter's head ends exactly where a Shadowhawk's head starts.

[@YahBoiCyril]

@@Metoollhead How are the ferret/cheetah in comparison to the hunter? If they’re about the same size that seems close enough.

[@YahBoiCyril]

@@Metoollhead And if you don’t mind me picking your brain for just a bit longer, which caprecian mount would be the right size for a medium quad?

[@Metoollhead]

@@YahBoiCyril The ferret/cheetah are a bit smaller than the Hunter, but really not by much.

[@bulgrufironjaw3785]

what map maker have yall found to be good for this TTRPG?

[@Metoollhead]

You should check out the video he did for the Lancer map maker. It's useful for HG as well

[@bulgrufironjaw3785]

@@Metoollhead I seen it awhile back but wasn't sure how well it scaled to Heavy Gear but Lancer mechs are closer in size than i thought after checking the sizes in the vehicle list on both

[@kennyburkamp4054]

​@@bulgrufironjaw3785 that and both games are played with hexs in standard combat maps

[@thomasvulpes1841]

AG - Anti-Gear?