BattleTech: Rating the Mercenaries Box Set 'Mechs | Classic BT Strategy & Tactics 

To me it's more "what if Crab but jump jets?"

It's a modernized OSR-2C that went to the gym to lose some weight.

Yeah the osts are good and I don't currently have minis for any of them!

For sure--although the old metal Starslayer holds up better than a lot of older minis

We also are getting a jumping one in the Big MAC box.

I'm definitely with you on the LAMs!

@@Saucychemist Ah yes, the same book that introduced the Spector. Two of the best!

If this gets a strong enough reception, I may start doing similar vids on the forcepacks. I usually have more fun making tactics videos, but people seem to appreciate mech-rating videos more, and they are pretty easy to make. On a related note, the Coolant Pod podcast just released an episode on one of the force packs, and those guys are smart players who know what they're talking about.

@@TrailblazerBT well imo partially because the mech review/rating helps people deciding on whether they should spend their money on the mech/forcepack or not

@@NotMyGoogleID For sure, I get why people like mech reviews so much! And any Battletech nerd likes talking about mechs, I'm no different

Starslayer rules, and while no Ostsol variant absolutely blows me away, there are lots of solid variants

@@FireflyMyLife That's a good idea for a future video, will have to think about it.... Do you play a lot of one on one duels?

@@TrailblazerBT Indeed! A biannual tourney in my area is a Solaris-style event with no BV limit, 3/4 pilots, must exist in the IlClan era, with no Adv/Exp mechs (4 rounds: light, medium, and heavy duels, and a 100-ton-max FFA). Maneuver really dictates everything in those duels. I happened to win it recently, but I feel bad. I showed up with a lot of mechs to choose from (for BV parity rather than a favorable matchup since I had seen and experienced 1k BV mismatches in the previous tournament), but it was blind pick and I panicked and chose four clan mechs, though the BV discrepancy wasn't always in my favor. For the next one, my challenge to myself is to play using all IS mechs. (A clan player mentioned to me that he uses bidding to level the playing field if he showed up with an overpowered mech, which is a brilliant solve, so I then used it for the Heavy matchup where I was the one at a BV advantage.) The Assault FFA was on the huge BFM airport map which shrank every round, and I was invited to be part of an alliance which held strong throughout, which was probably more consequential than mech choice. I got lucky, won initiative when it mattered, and I brought some really decent mechs, so there was nothing brilliant on my part other than a few good positional moves.

@@FireflyMyLife Sounds like a great event, although it'll tend to be very swingy!

@@TrailblazerBT Yup - though everyone got two edge re-rolls per match to help with the swingitude. Keeping them for defensive use made the most sense to me.

@@FireflyMyLife that's great, definitely agree that defense is best, did you have to use them?

@@goodbodha For sure... Although smoke is so good I feel guilty about playing with it!

@@androssthered1157 All the weight classes are in the works, light mechs next!

@@TrailblazerBT fantastic, love to hear it bud.

@@derekburge5294 The rear armor is a big flaw but if you compare them to the other 3025 60 tonners they are pretty good

@@TrailblazerBT Less about the armor for me, but more the inability to strike straight back. The limited field of fire rankles on me.

@@135forte Cadets getting slaughtered, sounds like the first episode of the old cartoon!

@@hardluck4031 Coincidentally my next mech rating video in a couple weeks will be rating the 3050 medium omnimechs

@@monostripezebras I mostly only bought the plastic ones back then

@@riptors9777 Good point about the Ostsol repair costs!

I'm introducing a friend into BT, and he always tells me to "shut the fuck up" whenever I make that joke xD I love it