My name is Casey and I save my game before every Death From Above and I'm not ashamed.
My name is Casey and I save my game before every Death From Above and I'm not ashamed.
Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close.
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
A friend and I used to play the ancient Mechwarrior PC game and he lost so many deathmatches trying to Death from Above me. But he succeeded once, and that's all he needed to lord it over me for the rest of time.
ReplyDeleteHaven't tried death from above yet. Is it effective? Got a sweet one punch / one kill yesterday, but I haven't been in melee enough to know if that was a fluke or if big mechs can just usually beat the crap out of smaller frames.
ReplyDeleteWhat forces dare defend this world from the steel talons of the Jade Falcon? You dishonor Zellbrigen by saving your game.
ReplyDeleteHarley Stroh, my Shadow Hawk crushed an undamaged Locust and it was so sweet. I had to kill it fast because I was defending a building and it was almost destroyed.
ReplyDeleteHarley Stroh big mechs can definitely one-shot a smaller mech, or at the very least rip off an arm/torso.
ReplyDeleteDFA is Pretty Damn Sweet, but it leaves you vulnerable. Also note that it counts as a melee attack, so if you're running with, say, a Firestarter and DFA into an enemy's back arc... you get to thwomp them heavily AND possibly heat-lock them or rip up their back armor. Of course, your Firestarter is now awfully vulnerable...
If you want to DFA, make sure you have maxed armor on your mech's legs. The Auto-armor button on the refit screen tends to systemically short leg armor, which makes even large/tough mechs vulnerable when they DFA.
ReplyDeleteHumza K the spiteful small-laser shot into the smoking wreckage of your destroyed opponent makes me laugh every time.
ReplyDelete"And another thing -- BZZT!!"
ReplyDeleteMech equivalent of teabagging...
ReplyDeleteIn the new HBS game, if you know your lore, there's an achievement related to doing a specific DFA.
ReplyDeleteWeren't we talking about Ironman mode from XCOM? Go full old school Casey, live with the consequences of your decisions! The emergent narrative will be all the richer for it.
ReplyDeleteDo they have kill cams and replays?
This is what I have to say about that:
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gregory blair yes to kill cams and cinematic shots; I don't think there are replays though.
ReplyDeleteCasey G. :D
ReplyDeleteKill Cams are fun with the right mix but I had to turn them off in Skyrim.
I just finished XCOM enemy within and it was fun I needed help with base construction so thanks Internet!
ReplyDeleteIf only the load times weren't that long! T.T
ReplyDeleteYou can speed up your gameplay by turning off shoulder cam and dropping the cinematic sliders to a minimum. The shoulder cam shots and animations are cool for maybe the first two combat matches, then they get old and you just want to move with your next Mech. After I did that my match time played improved significantly.
ReplyDeleteJames LaManna get this game! Its as close as we can get to an actual table top match on the computer.
ReplyDeleteCalib Kerensky yea, my old ass laptop wont handle it. I need to save up for a new computer first :)
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