Unboxing Battletech Clan Striker Star : TTM Ep040

[@RustyShackleford101]

These models are pretty cool!

[@2manmeta]

Yeah battletech has some great designs and catalyst have done a great job on the models

[@WookieeRage]

I've played MechWarrior Online for years so the Piranha has a special place for me, because late game it will shred exposed internal structure. The Incubus is also great and versatile, but the Vapor Eagle one of my favorites because at least in MWO you can mount a LBX-10 and four SRM-6, basically making it a mini Atlas that will deal loads of damage. Still have to figure out what will work in Battletech.

[@2manmeta]

That sounds awesome. I think the way to work out what works is to just get playing because even of you pick either classic or alphastrike you still don't know what optional rules you local group is going play and with alphastrike the terrain your group uses really effects which mechs perform best. If the simulation aspect of mechwarrior is what you enjoy most dive into battletech classic, if your new to miniature games jump on alphastrike the rules are less intimidating and is a fast fun game. Luckily if you buy models they work perfectly in both system. Personally I pick mechs with big firepower or that look pretty then keep picking more until I hit the points limit

[@WookieeRage]

@@2manmeta Yeah just played in my first game in a long time at a local game store today. Mistakes were made and lessons learned! Gunnery and pilot skills are so important to manage as well as having a lance makeup that can adapt to open and closed terrain. All great stuff though and am looking forward to the next get together!

[@2manmeta]

That's great to hear glad you enjoyed it. Yes in my first alphastrike games with swift we were building different on purpose to see what works. He played a lot skillb 1 and 2, I played aiming to weight of damage dice. Turned out hitting more consistently in that game won over brute force

[@verysilentmouse]

I take it you blokes are AS guys because those variants are the same in AS were designed decades before AS was a thing and are minor weapon variations in classic which dont translate into different stats in AS. Master unit list is the place for radically different variations.

[@2manmeta]

Yes. Both new to the game and focused more to alpha strike at the moment, don't get me wrong classic is an amazing game just focused on quick and easy at the moment. Yeah it's a shame the minor differences get lost in translation to alpha strike. I wish they'd just print more card packs for the stuff that's only on the master unit list. I really enjoy list building by sorting through cards and they are really handy in game over print outs or rosters