The Dream Pod 9 games (Heavy Gear, Gear Krieg, Jovian Chronicles)

Mekton Z.

>>4748068
what are those like?

>Armored Core

Wait....that's Merry? Er...whatsherface?

I always loved her support in the campaign.

>>4748095
I really hope there are more of these.

Mechaton.

>>4748126
do you have to build shit with legos?

>>4748073
The DP9 games are cool, high-realism games based around a common engine (Silhouette)

Heavy Gear is about a planet called Terra Nova, where two big alliances fight each other as well as the Terran imperialists that want to take over their colony. The iconic unit is the 'gear', fast attack humanoid vehicles, which although cool as hell are not the dominating battle machine in the setting - tanks will eat them for dinner unless they can get the drop on them, frex.

Gear Krieg is WW2 with walker tanks, basically. There's a little more pulp superscience, but it's still WW2 - and people die just as easily.

Jovian Chronicles has a Gundam-like setting where Earth is trying to take back its colonies in the Solar System. The main force opposing them is the Jovian Confederacy, creators of the exo-armors - humanoid space fighters. It has some serious hard science hidden behind the fightan robots and their plasma sabers, actually.

>>4748134
Shit yeah. You say that as if it's not a good thing.

Well, it's an AWESOME thing.

>>4748166
As for Mekton Z, it's a generic mecha RPG/wargame, supposedly able to model and run anything from low-key power armors (the official VOTOMS RPG runs on Mekton, frex) to full-on super robots of massive destruction like Gunbuster.

>>4748166
>high-realism games
>giant robots
I think you're missing the point here

>>4748260
There are good explanations for the robots in all three games. But I was thinking of the game engine when I wrote that. Characters won't be taking several shots to the head and surviving, that's for sure.

>>4748225
Its nice for 70s style mecha, I made a Mazinger Z clone for it

>>4748335
just because they explain things doesn't mean giant robots flying around shooting lasers is realistic

I just discovered Fiona Jarnefeldt looks like this.

CANNOT UNSEE

>>4748442
We're not having this argument again. But I would advise you to give them a read, at least - there are no flying robots shooting lasers in any of them. Unless you count space combat as 'flying'.

>>4748460
>giant mecha in space

Autofail.

I've got a couple 2nd edition Heavy Gear books lying around somewhere. Love the setting and the system but I haven't actually had a chance to play it. Course, the vehicle design system takes the fun out of allocating slots and tons, etc. by assuming if you've got the money the engineers can make it work, but that's a more realistic system anyway.

More May Tittyfield please.

>>4748460
>there are no flying robots shooting lasers in any of them.
so then why did you suggest them when the op asked for something similar to the from software games?

I keep pimping this but here's a wargame system based on Mekton I've completed.

It has some balance issues, but is largely workable.

http://www.mediafire.com/?z2idxeemnoy - rules
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrvv64k_4dvj86wd2&hl=en - first codex
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrvv64k_2fwzcft8m&hl=en - second codex

Also more Armored Core PROMOTIONS are eagerly anticipated.

>>4748466
Careful, that quickly leads to "spacefighters are fail" and soon enough "space combat is fail".

>>4748535
He asked for giant robot tabletop games besides Battletech.

mechwarriors...derr ;p

>>4748466
You do realize aerodynamic surfaces on a spacecraft make zero sense, right? At least a design with arms and legs would give the craft a plausible way to shift its center of mass.

>>4748650
So the ideal space fighter would be kind of like an octopus.

That's quite cool, actually.

Op, I don't know if you're after a different aesthetic, or a different playstyle.

If you just want simpler, Hell, just buy the clix game.

If you want a different aesthetic, the one with the next-largest following is Heavy Gear, followed by other Dream Pod 9 franchise stuff. Dreampod9 seems to be a company really focused on the anime-style robots.

After that, Reaper Miniatures is making a game now called C.A.V.
I haven't really seen much of a following for it, but it's out there, and I think it's got a nice aesthetic.

>>4748166

>Jovian Chronicles has a Gundam-like setting where Earth is trying to take back its colonies in the Solar System. The main force opposing them is the Jovian Confederacy, creators of the exo-armors - humanoid space fighters. It has some serious hard science hidden behind the fightan robots and their plasma sabers, actually.

Not OP, but that sounds interesting. Link? I searched /rs/ but found nothing.

>>4748740
I was looking for something like battletech, only everyone is as heavily armed as assault mechs but moves as fast as light mechs and everyone has jump jets. I also want to get away from the shitty targeting and damage rules.

>>4748819
Oh, you might want to stay away from the DP9 games then. The gears and exoarmors are not that heavily armed and jump jets are almost unknown (and pretty useless when found)

>>4748819
Honestly, my experience with Chromehounds and Armored core offered neither of these. Only boss characters had anywhere near the firepower you're going on about.

What you're talking about seems a bit too over-the-top for any western product. Maybe you better stick to Metal Wolf Chaos

>>4749080
your typical armored core might have some missiles, a laser gun, and either a blade or a second gun of some type. that kind of armament would only be found on a heavy or assault mech typically. medium and light mechs usually get stuck with something pathetic like 4 medium lasers and a lrm5.

also metal wolf chaos is NIPPON ONRY

>>4748819
>Battletech
>shitty targeting and damage rules.

You best be joking, nigger.

>>4750379
an enemy mech can run right in front of you during its turn but as long as it ends out of range you can't shoot it. fucking stupid.

damage is way too luck based. you usually have to blow the armor off of 3-4 areas before you can destroy a mech just because of how random hit locations are. then since it takes so long to destroy all of the internal structure in one place you pretty much have to rely on critical hits to actually kill a mech anyway. the entire concept of a "zombie" design is retarded.

Hey Anons. I'd like something fast-paced and relatively simple and customizable. I'd like to run a mecha game for RPG noobs. So far one of them managed to wrap his weaboo head around d20 and 2ed D&D, but I don't think they'll be able to handle anything more complex just yet. I considered d20 Future, but it's...well, it's d20.

>>4750487
The likelyhood of that ever happening is pretty low...

For starters, a significant number [possibly even everything but the small lasers] of weapons can reach out to 12 hexes. There are exceedingly few mechs that can run this far to begin with. Nevermind that a mech which moves 10+ hexes is extremely hard to hit even when you can shoot it with everything at close range.

>damage is way too luck based. you usually have to blow the armor off of 3-4 areas before you can destroy a mech just because of how random hit locations are. then since it takes so long to destroy all of the internal structure in one place you pretty much have to rely on critical hits to actually kill a mech anyway. the entire concept of a "zombie" design is retarded.

You can aim your shots you know.

>>4748059
Merrygate is so fucking adorable.

>>4750532
range also includes firing arcs. I've had tons of situations where some fag would run his mech past me and end somewhere my main weapon can't hit even with twisting. and you can only make targeted shots if the enemy is knocked down or if you have a targeting computer.

bump

Mekton Z is pretty fucking bad-ass, but the GM needs to be very careful about allowing the players to custom build their mechs. Shit can get seriously fucking broken, very fast.

If you're looking for something fast and easy to run a giant robot game, look at Cortex (the system from the Serenity rpg). It has some of the best vehicle rules I've seen in a long time, and it's pretty flexible. Vehicles are generated just like characters (even use the same stats), and there are rules (well, guidelines) for bullshitting new gear if it isn't in there already.
Not detailed, or realistic, but if you're looking for something that scales well, doesn't bog down in vehicle combat, is fast to play, and easy to learn, you could do a whole lot worse.

>>4751126
so is there nothing with more techincal construction and gameplay?

>>4751181

Well, yeah, the aforementioned Mekton Z. Just remember that technical construction isn't easy for players to learn, and open to horrible abuse.

Otherwise, take a look at Cthulhutech. I find the system too slow, but it's simple enough to learn, and the scaling is handled pretty well. The component failure rules for vehicles are really good (at certain damage levels stuff stops working, so some weapons are really powerful, but easy to disable, same with certain gear options).

Although it's pretty plain to see that OP isn't going to go back to battletech, I'm just going to make my own statements.

>an enemy mech can run right in front of you during its turn but as long as it ends out of range you can't shoot it. fucking stupid.

Different ranges for different guns, It doesn't make sense to me to be able to hit a target 500 meters out with an automatic pistol, or with a flamethrower from 3 kilometers away, but...
Tactical Operations, Page 85 - LOS Range: 1 hex after extreme range, extends to limits of entire playing area, regardless of how large. +8 Modifier to hit. See for further info on restrictions.

>range also includes firing arcs. I've had tons of situations where some fag would run his mech past me and end somewhere my main weapon can't hit even with twisting.

...So your opponent got behind you because you either lost initiative or made a critical mistake? I really don't think that's a flaw in the game at all.

>Cont'd

>>4751218
for some reason I thought mekton was more of a roleplaying game than a wargame. is that not the case?

>>4751254
It is a roleplaying game, but the construction system in the Advanced Technical Manual is robust enough to make a Mecha Fighting League a viable alternative.
Be warned; math skills required, expect to spend an hour or so building a mech once you understand the system (closer to two or three for your first few).

>>4751247
I think you misunderstand. it's ridiculous that an enemy can run right in front of you and not be targetable just because it ended its turn behind you. it's even worse when players have uneven numbers of units.

>>4751247

>damage is way too luck based. you usually have to blow the armor off of 3-4 areas before you can destroy a mech just because of how random hit locations are. then since it takes so long to destroy all of the internal structure in one place you pretty much have to rely on critical hits to actually kill a mech anyway. the entire concept of a "zombie" design is retarded.

Personally, I think the concept is pretty awesome. Having the designs become less and less effective really gives a sense of desperation. Especially when you have that one atlas not quite dead, but with one leg, forcing itself upright with one arm.... A light 'mech with naught but a single small laser to defend itself... A Rifleman whose engine is running so hot that you have to shut down every third turn to avoid overheating...

>you can only make targeted shots if the enemy is knocked down or if you have a targeting computer.

... That's the only one I can agree with you on... but I figure the to-hit numbers would be modified by so much that nobody would bother using them, anyhow.

>>4751281
I think that's going to be the case for most any miniatures game or wargame. RPGs not so much, but only because it's played with copious amounts of handwavium administered directly by the DM

...but hell, other wargames have it MUCH worse. Look at 40K... If you win initiative, your turn is completely seperate from your opponent, meaning that whoever gets first blood gets an automatic advantage over the opponent, because that's one less unit that even gets to shoot. The benefit to this is a faster game overall, but that's often balanced out by the sheer number of units added to the playing field.

>>4751281
Also, see Page 86 Tacops. Opportunity Fire and Opportunity fire: Firing on the Move.

>>4751332
the problem is the phases are set up to make it seem like everything is happening at once, only it doesn't end up working that way at all. instead of initiative giving you the advantage of shooting first like you think it would, it allows you to run around trying to prevent the enemy from getting to shoot at you.

if you could move and shoot in order like in basically every other strategy game you wouldn't have this kind of problem.

also what the fuck I ask for a certain type of game and all I get are responses recommending completely different types of games and people arguing that my reasons for wanting to play other games are stupid. could you faggots be any more useless?

What is your Answer?

>>4751459
Because you have no taste and a blight on the hobby. Shape up or ship out.

>>4748059
>>4748095
>>4748819
>>4750326

Can... can we have some more May Greenfield now, please?

>>4748095

They should've thrown her against the player in the Old King path. It would've either been the most awesome or most heartbreaking moment in AC history.

>>4751459
Your reasons for disliking the game are mostly integral parts of a traditional game. That, or things that would be even worse balanced than had it been done otherwise.

I think what you're looking for is a video game, to be frank. All /tg/ style boardgames are turnbased, and will have their own restrictions on realism as such before the game gets ludicrously bogged down. If you're trying to find an RTS boardgame, you're pretty much dead in the water. It's just the nature of the beast.

>>4751663
The game he want does not exist. PERIOD.

>I think what you're looking for is a video game
X-com, Jagged Alliance and Silent Storm have interrupts.
I'm guessing that's what he wants, but I don't know if anyone has made a mech based mod for any of these games.
Though, Silent Storm did have some power armor.

How was the AC game on the PS3 anyway? Worth a shot?

>>4751709

AC4 and AC4A are probably the best games in the series. Especially 4A.

If your main problem with the earlier games was the slow combat and clunky controls, the 4 and 4A will blow you away.

>>4748819
DAT
ASS

>>4751663
how is the shitty phase structure integral to traditional games? why couldn't you have turns that work like in dungeons and dragons? are you implying that zombie mechs are balanced?

>>4751497

OH U

>>4748796

Since all the rs links are dead, I'll see what I can do.

>>4751743

But slam a couple energy drinks before play, some of the bosses move like Speedy Gonzales on steroids in 4, and I'd imagine 4a doesn't change that much.

>>4751698
>The game he want does not exist. PERIOD.

Yes it does. Savage Worlds with the SciFi expansion.

/Thread.

>>4748201

Out of curiousity, since the Mekton Z website is down, would someone post the rules. /rs/ or just a link would be great. I'll also be checking 1d4chan, but it doesn't seem to be there at first glance.

>>4751794

In 4A most of the bosses are the size of cities.

That thing in the pic? The Spirit of Motherwill? It's generally the first real boss players will fight in the game (though there's another boss fight against a giant tank that launches a few hundred drones to fight you).

Until, of course, you get to the Old King path and the game pits you against four enemy Nexts who invariably kick your ass. But by that point in the storyline, you deserve it.

>>4751867
Mekton Zeta is a bad system. It also suffers from a serious case of God Stat-itis. It's a shame too, since the mecha design system is fun.

>>4751798
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>>4751798
This

>>4751886

Still I'd like to look at it. If I can see some rules maybe I can work on some better ones over the summer.

I came to /tg/ to get shit done, after all.

>>4751943

I apologize in advance for the fail in namefag.
Being a newfag and a summerfag all in one must have temporarily skewed my faggotry sensor.

>>4751943

REF score can cause some annoyance, but the system itself isn't bad. I'd swipe Amber's bidding system if I were running it, or just hand out pre-gens.

I'm sad everything Mekton is off /rs/. The Zeta tech manual is the only thing still for sale, from RPG drivethrough. The game deserves to be in circulation.

>>4751798
Savage Worlds doesn't cover giant robot combat that well. Unless you just say "Different scale entirely". Rolling 1d12+20 would be just weird.

I think the main thing the OP wants is a system with held actions/overwatch and called shots.

Now on the subject of Mekton Zeta:

If you just use the basic Mek construction rules in Mekton Zeta than building a mecha is simple. When people say "Building a Mekton mecha is complicated" they're actually referring to Mekton Zeta+. If you do use Mekton Zeta I'd suggest creating a bunch of barebones frames and premade weaponry and letting your players go shopping. If you want to convert it to a tabletop, your best bet is probably applying the "crew rating" multiplier for starships to individual mecha and then letting players shift two or three points between individual skills.

The problem that people have with Mekton Zeta+ is the same problem with people playing D&D 3.5 with full supplements. The GM is actually supposed to write a campaign sheet outlining just what is allowed from the guide and so on. Helps to avoid cheap abuse like ludicrous speed aerofighters and nuke remotes.

I played Bubblegum Crisis a long time ago.
Based on Fuzion.
Not ... entirely bad.

>>4752153

Alright, I can see that. It's kinda like any build system anywhere. Zeta runs on the principle that too much freedom allows for Pun-Pun like breakages. Zeta+ allows people to go hog wild, but can also be set up so that its much easier to manage by building equipment and letting your players chose from the list.

Here's the Jovian Chronicles,

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CNFX5MO

Jovian Chronicles Dp9-320 - In The Shadow Of Cega.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-317 - Jupiter Planet Sourcebook.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-920 - 2nd Ed Rulebook.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-327 - Mars Planet Sourcebbok.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-323 - Nomads Sourcebook.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-322 - Lightning Strike - 2nd Edition.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-321 - Space Equipment.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-311 - Mechanical Catalog 2.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-301 - Jovian Chronicles Rulebook.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-302 - Companion To Jovian Chronicles.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-306 - Ships of the Fleet - Volume 1 - Jovian Confederation.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-308 - Solapol Sourcebook.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-303 - Mechanical Catalog 1.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-307 - Spacer's Guide.pdf
Jovian Chronicles Dp9-310 - Earth Planet Sourcebook.pdf

I'll try to get Zeta re-uploaded in the near future. It's a bigger batch, so I might skip Invasion Terra this time around.

>>4752153
>I think the main thing the OP wants is a system with held actions/overwatch and called shots.
I never said that. it was some fag misunderstanding my complaint about the battletech turn structure. it's like no one here knows what reading comprehension is.

>>4752485

You are a scholar and a gentleman, Anon. How may I repay your kindness?

Too bad, Front Mission would make a good RPG...

>>4751604
Noooooooooo ;_;

I felt guilty enough beating her in the Order matches. I don't even know why.

I'm all in favour of turning AC:fA into a tabletop. But could you even fit that much customisation into a TTG? Still, the insane high-speed combat and OH GOD YOU ARE HUGE would be a nice refreshing change.

>>4748458
>>4748059
These two characters never even interact at any point in the game.

WHY AM I SHIPPING THIS

MOAR MAY

All I have is pictures of White Glint.

anyone know anything about the game that uses these things?

I ask again, because I'm great at being redundant.

How the fuck would AC4A's build system work in a tabletop system?

>>4753053
fairly easilly I would think. everything has numerical values already.

>>4753128
Okay granted. But does anyone actually know how all the stats interact? I mean, that's a lot of numbers. Swapping a single gun alters like seven different stats.

>>4752601

I'm guessing b/c you played 4? In a corprate run dystopia, only she bothered to give a damn.

>>4753240
I haven't, actually. No PS2/PS3. Only Xbawks.

FINAL DESTINATION

Actually now this just gives me EVEN MORE EXCUSES to pair her up with Fiona.

>>4753250
4a is on xbox too

>>4753259
I thought you mean AC4. For Answer is the only one I've played and there's no mention of May being anything interesting whatsoever in it. She's just "that chick with the smiley face" who shows up in a couple of the missions as backup.

Stupid question: how the fuck does she pilot a NEXT with ass-length hair like that? Wouldn't that like...be really kinda uncomfortable? What if it gets caught in something? Does she have to sit on it? Because that hurts. Is her helmet a TARDIS or some shit?

>>4753282

I did, the post you replied to there wasn't me.

>>4752672

BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME

>>4753357
Okay, now I'm confused.

Why what does she do in 4 that's so awesome?

>>4753309
Oh fuck there goes my suspention of disbelief

>>4753362
You're damn right it is. Too awesome to not have any fanart.

>>4753309
she wears a towel-turban

>>4753379
I AM WEARING ONE RIGHT FUCKING NOW FUCK YOU

I just got out of the shower. Sue me.

>>4753365

I could be wrong, but I believe that it's implied that you play AS her in 4, though I could be drawing lanes that simply aren't there.

>>4753365

Don't think she was in 4. Still, it's a pretty cool thing to keep optimistic in a setting like 4A like she does.

>>4753387

...Uh, your character in 4 is the pilot of White Glint in 4A (though why your character would take up Joshua O'Brien's torch after he blew the hell out of Anatolia is anyone's guess). May's a complete throwaway character who still manages to be completely awesome.

>>4753397

In 4A? Ummm, I think you mean that series in general. All happy characters should be given major props...

>>4753387
Pretty sure the player character in 4 is Joshua Whatshisface.

>>4753397
Every time she said something, I wanted to hug her.

>>4753409
Dude, Fiona is totally Glint's new pilot. The game made it blindingly obvious. Probably by accident but who cares.

>>4753410

True.

>>4753413

Joshua O'Brien is the original White Glint pilot, you kill him in the final mission of AC4. Later, your character takes up his mantle - piloting White Glint in 4A - for unspecified reasons.

>>4753409

Nope, unless you are fighting YOURSELF in the last battle of 4...

>>4753420
Riiiiiight.

Still convinced it's Fiona.

>>4753419

Actually, she just speaks for him - in the mission where you side with Line Ark, when White Glint gets shot down, she says something to the effect of "White Glint is down... He can no longer help you.

>>4753421

You fight ALONGSIDE O'Brien against the Sol Dios in 4 (and in the Hard version of the level have to clean up his mess when he gets his ass kicked). It can't be the same character, obviously.

>>4753433
She's the ONLY person who ever refers to White Glint as male in the ENTIRE GAME. Which is attributed to a translation error.

On the other hand, the Order matches refer to White Glint's unknown pilot at "she" all the time. There's quite a bit of evidence suggesting Fiona is just obfuscating because she doesn't want people to know.

From wikipedia:
" *

* Fiona Jarnefeldt: Fiona Jarnefeldt is White Glint's operator. She and the protagonist of Armored Core 4 left Anatolia and became part of Line Ark in the Armored Core for Answer storyline. She is accused by Otsdarva of being responsible for "Anatolia's downfall."
"

>>4753444
Triple 4get.

Okay okay already, I was wrong. Like I said, I haven't played it. I was clearly mistaken.

>>4753445

Possibly true on the translation error. I still don't think Fiona pilots White Glint though, but speaks for the actual pilot so that said pilot can remain whatever the hell the player imagined their AC4 character to be.

And then, of course, there's the theory that the pilot in AC4A is Nineball...

ya know, it always pissed me off about 4A, the one corp that had the coolest looking mechs.... is the one that didn't make it into the game. Unless you play an independent. Then you get one of their mechs to start with.

>>4753469

Rayleonard? They got blown the fuck up in the Lynx War (by the player/White Glint no less), so it's kinda understandable they're not in the League, or producing new Nexts.

>>4753452

And right above it:

Unknown Lynx: The pilot of White Glint is silent and the pilot's identity remains unknown, but is hinted to be the protagonist of Armored Core 4. The official Armored Core for Answer website refers to the pilot as "she," and also explains that she is the Rank 9 and took down an entire company solo during the Lynx War. Also, in the Ordered match text, White Glint is referred to as "she." However, the LYNX is referred to as "he" by Fiona. This, understandably, has led to conflict over the gender of White Glint's LYNX. Most sources attribute this to a translation error. During the gameplay of Armored Core 4, the player is responsible for destroying the companies Rayleonard and the Bernard and Felix Foundation (BFF), although the latter returns to full size after receiving support from GA. It is noteworthy that a Next named "White Glint" appeared in the Armored Core 4, piloted by Joshua O'Brien. Many refer the pilot as "he", when in fact they are talking about the NEXT. It is also worth noting that Algebra was first named Eqbal.

>>4753468
Personally, I just go with the more awesome option. Which is more awesome? Mister Faceless McRandom, or Fiona fucking Jarnefeldt. I just like the idea that everyone else who's piloted this damn thing has ended up dead and she's moonlighting while taking none of the glory for herself.

>>4753469
Rayleonard sucks. I built a boost-spamming speed freak out of the Type-LANCET and some Ekhazar parts that can carry four fucking chainguns and a pair of pistols and STILL dodge anything.

>>4753488
What does that last little sentence have to do with any of that?

>>4753488

(cont.)

So while the gender of White Glint's pilot is ambiguous (again likely to allow the player to insert their own imagined version of the player character in AC4), Fiona's the operator/support, not the pilot herself.

>>4753503
But is it really such a stretch of the imagination?

>>4753488

Yeah, I remember that mission. It was fun, but on the other hand I remember tossing BFF's shit too, and yet they made it back in.

>>4753491

That is possible, yes.

>>4753494

No idea, but considering it's from Wikipedia it's probably a typo someone left there.

>>4753508

I suppose not.

>>4753511

BFF apparently managed to make a recovery where the other corps that went down did not. And BFF is apparently leagues (pardon the pun) behind the rest of the League in terms of technology - Motherwill, big as it is, is described as an 'obsolete piece of junk' when you're sent to take it down.

>>4753529
BFF did NOT recover. They're Atari. They were rebuilt from scratch by GA.

>>4753539

Oh. Makes sense, what with all the other corporate wheelings and dealings going on.

It's kinda surprising what a shitty low rank Merrygate is.

>>4753552

I like to think it's simply because she can't be assed to spend the time fighting other Lynx for their rank.

MERRYGATE VS NINEBALL
NO KOJIMA WEAPONS
FINAL DESTIONATION

>>4753552
She does it to keep her cost to wingman for you low, so she can spend more time with you.

>>4753572
Actually that's kinda awesome on her part.

"Fuck fighting people, I'm happy where I am. Breaking corporate toys."

>>4753596
I'm telling Fiona, she's gonna be pissed.

>>4753596

...Which makes it all the more sad if you go Old King route.....

>>4753611
She doesn't show up in any of the boss fights though. At least not to my knowledge.

Oh, Windy...I'm so sorry. But he offered me a million COAM. A fucking million! Come on, you don't turn shit like that down.

FUCK YES I FOUND MORE

THANK YOU GELBOORU

>>4753620
I need to find some money and get a commission. Anyone know any decent artists who'll draw random lesbian porn of video game characters?

The other girl in this is apparently Menno-Ruh

>>4753629
Who's she again? I don't even remember half the names.

Conclusion: May Greenfield is TITS.

/tg/, I first encountered Armored Core when it came out on the Play Station all those years ago. It was the third game I owned, after Micro Machines and Final Fantasy 7. Every single other gamer where I lived had no idea what it was, but it was my favorite game, and I would play it for hours on end. I purchased Armored Core 2 for the PS2 the moment I found out about it, and when I asked about it at EB games the guy behind the counter had to look it up on his computer, saying he had never even heard of it. When I proudly told my friends I'd bought it over the weekend they had no idea what game I was talking about.

I fell out of touch with the series as the years went on, but I still wistfully remembered those glorious days of tuning together the perfect mid-weight AC with rockets to deal with slow moving powerful threats, a machine gun for lighter targets, and missiles for faster threats.

Then I saw AC 4, mere days after I had purchased a PS3. This was not coincidence, this was divine providence. I bought it, I finished it, I replayed it, I tuned NEXT after NEXT after NEXT. I created dozens of designs created for specialised missions with aesthetics coming a close second. I triumphantly told my friends.

"Armored Core? What's that?" came the heartbreaking response. In the years that passed, my beloved franchise still had not achieved the respect it deserved. I continued on, breaking For Answer over the knee of my NEXT, cracking White Glint like a a toothpick, causing millions of deaths, saving the world, all the while knowing this incredible combat would never be as appreciated as it should be.

Then I come on here, today, and I see this.

Thank you, /tg/, thank you. Shine on, you blinding, geeky suns.

I have no idea who this is.

>>4753639

Get AC3 and SILENT LINE

And... Last Raven, was it? And Nexus.

Your collection is not yet complete.

>>4753639
Okay, semi-tangent here.

I'd just like to say, the ONLY reason I don't want to get a PS3 for shit like this (beyond the price) is that the controller...just doesn't like my hands. I tried playing Wipeout HD and it was just TINY BOXY LITTLE BOX. The 360 controller just seems to work so much better in my hands for some reason.

Okay that's over, MORE BOOBIES

>>4753645

But given the escort she has in other artworks, I imagine she's someone important. Lilium Wolcott, maybe? (Which would make the butler Wong Shao-Lung?)

>>4753639

I came in around AC2, and yeah, Armored Core's never gotten the amount of respect it deserves. We get topics on it here every now and then though, and it's pretty popular over on /m/ some days.

>>4753645

Blond chick is... Reliena(?) Peacecraft, I want to say?

I fucking love all of you guys <3

>>4753661

I started with Silent Line.

...I never really wanted to get any of the other ones.

>>4753654

I own AC4 and AC4A on the 360. Mostly because I didn't have a PS3 yet when they came out and I didn't like the idea of waiting. They play like dreams, so quit fussing and get them already.

Also I'm out of pics guys, this one's the last that I've got, and it only shows her in one part.

Could the other girl be Wynne D Fanchon?

>>4753676

I play them on the 360 aswell. Probably the best games it has. Ace Combat 6 comes in second place.

>>4753663

No. Die in a fire.

>>4753666

Silent Line was one of my favorites, actually. Especially since you could recreate the Blue Zio Matrix...

>>4753679

That's... a good possibility, actually.

Gelbooru has a few more AC pics btw, though some of them aren't hentai (indeed, quite a few are just pictures of mecha, some I don't even think are from Armored Core) and I don't recognize most of the rest: http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=armored_core

>>4753661
I'm in favour of trying to make an RPG system for Armored Core, just so it actually makes sense to be on /tg/.

http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/index?tags=armored_core&page=1

For all you Armored Core pictures.

>>4753695

Or refluff/remake en existing one, if one fits close enough.

>>4753686

All these blonde mech side characters look the same to me and I assumed that was a crossover, christ, don't get your panties in a bunch.

>>4753685
Other way round for me, but very close. I've gotten more replay satisfaction out of AC6 though. Mostly due to the sheer FUCK YEAH feeling the campaign gives you.

I am 99% certain you could stat out any Armored Core unit or Arms Fort in Mekton, it would just take for-fucking-ever.

>>4753695

Someone else is in the process of doing so, also.

Though you could easily just refluff Battletech/Mechwarrior.

>>4753711

Ace Combat 4 is my favorite, to be honest, when it comes to story modes.

>>4753698

Cirno and Nineball (and some other dude I don't recognize)? AWESOME

>>4753711
I'd agree.

ACFA is more "FUCK SHIT FUCKING NOBLESSE OBLIGE KILLED ME AGAIN HOW DID YOU DODGE THAT" while AC6 is more "FUCK YEAH I JUST KILLED EIGHT SU47S IN ONE SHOT EAT THAT YOU COMMUNIST FUCKS"

>>4753712
Well someone did stat a bunch of the Arms Forts in 40K's system.

>>4753720
Both games have somehow managed to kill me repeatedly to the point of pissing me off without it being a case of "fuck this shit, I'm going to get a sammich". CUBE aside, Answer just makes me want to blow shit up even harder every time it kills me.

>>4753732
Fair enough.

Gears of War is also good for that.

So where do we meet up and share gamertags and whatnot?

May Greenfield and Fiona Jarnefeldt? Illicit liaison? Massive opportunity for romantic DRAMA? Sounds like a pretty fucking awesome movie to me.

>>4753740
I don't matchfight because for some reason the game insists I don't have the correct permissions to download the latest license version or whatever.

>>4753740

Gamefaqs.

Not even trolling.

>>4753740

Can't get XBox Live to work, so no go here.

>>4753757
>>4753791

When I finally though I found someone to play with :(

So thanks to /tg/ I have yet another crack OTP. Thanks guys. I hate you all.

Now let's get started on that TT system shall we?

>>4753809

Yes, start working!

>>4753821
What me? I don't know shit about tabletop systems. Someone suggested Mekton, how about that?

>>4753839
Should work fine.

You may want to use the "lite" rules linked in >>4748554, though, in which case I'll start statting out some NEXTs.

>>4753809

PLEASE DO WANT

>>4753809

If you want to start from scratch, that should be fairly easy as the stats are visible in the video game itself. You just need to figure out how to play out the game such that all those things matter, like heat and shit.

>>4753845
You could start with a couple of the simpler ones maybe? I'd like to see the Type-LANCEL or GA's SUNSHINE.

>>4753847
>Meno!
>It is me!
>Marry!
waut

>>4753851
The stats in the game are astronomically complex. Which is understandable, since it's a video game so the console can calculate everything on the fly for a much more realistic simulation. You'd have to abstract those down quite a lot to make a PnP game even remotely comprehensible.

>>4753866

Regardless, it's still there and you can work with it.

Weight is easy to pull into PnP. Heat can be your "Action Points". Then all the other shit can be messed with accordingly.

I don't have access to my PS2 so I can't load up silent line for all of the stats present in THAT game, so... sorry, I'm not that helpful.

>>4753866

Engrish can be found in everything these days

>>4753876
>heat
>Armored Core

Wait...what?

>>4753891
Pre-AC 4 stuff I think.

In 4 there's energy + weight.

>>4753876
>heat

OH GOD IT'S LAST RAVEN ALL OVER AGAIN

>>4753898
Answer doesn't have any heat stat. Although there is flying around at high speed with laser rifles.

PEW PEW OH SHIT I'M OUT OF ENERGY FUCK

Looks like someone has a stick up their ass.

Tac Ops will solve your fucking problems, all of them.

And yes, shooting is luck based. That's because in real life, attempting to hit specific locations on an enemy in such a situation would be all about luck.

Fuck, if you could aim easily, all anyone would do is go for is head shots.

I'm sorry you have some sort of misguided belief that a man can take a calm, clean shot in the middle of a raging battle while he's running to avoid fire and taking said fire, but your ignorance isn't really excusable.

>>4751431
Every other strategy game has fucking stupid movement rules.

One side moves, other side moves is just fucking terrible. There's no reaction at all, no ability to actually adjust your tactics to the flow of the battle.

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>>4753866
If I were to table-top up this sucker, I'd have the rules for designing your own AC separate from the actual tabletop rules. The Design rules would be for NEXTs only, of course, so the common enemies like MTs and Normals would be pretty easy to make.

Hmm... I'm gonna think about this for a day or two.

>>4753852
Let's see about this:

Type-LANCEL NEXT

Torso: Striker (6CP)
-> 4K, 10H

Arms: Striker (2x6CP)
-> 3K, 5H+Hands

Legs: Striker (2x4CP)
-> 3K, 6H

Head: Striker(3CP)
-> 3K, 3H

Armour: Striker, Alpha-Grade (3SP, DC2)
-> 22.5CP

Primal Armour: Superlight Reactive Shield (3H Torso) (5SP, 2-Turn recharge)
-> 9CP

Cost of Core: 61.5CP
Mass of Core: 18.5t

Weapons:

2x 051ANNR Rifle (Hand-held)
Damage: 4
Range: 12
Cost/Size: 2x6CP, 2x6H
Carries 24 Tracer shots (2x4.3CP)

2x DEARBORN03 Missile (Shoulders, 2H/2CP Weapon Mount)
Damage: 3x6
Shots: 6
Range: 10
Cost/Size: 2x14CP, External Mount

2x Linked NEMAHA01 Relation Missile (2x Back Torso Mount, 4H/4CP) (8CP Links)
Damage: 3x4
Shots: 6
Range: 10
Cost/Size: 2x16CP, External Mount

Cost of Weapons: 80.6CP
Mass of Weapons: 7t

Systems:

Standard Single-seat Cockpit (1H Torso)
Sensors: Striker (1H Head, 2CP), Backup (1H Torso)
Level 1 ECM (All Kinds) (1H Torso, 4CP)

Flight System:
Skim Speed 8 (Gravitic Drive) - 11.5CP/4H Legs split 2:2
Fly Speed 10 (Jump Jets) - 8CP/8H Legs split 4:4

Generator:

ARGYROS/G (+2MA/MV) - 0.3x Cost

Cost of Systems: 25.5CP

Total Cost: 167.6CP
Total Mass: 22.5t
Speed: Land 7/Skim 10/Fly 12
Reflex Mod: -0

One NEXT in Mekton.

I hope this thread is still alive when i get home.

>>4754054
Nahh, it's near auto Sage

>>4754071

Which is saying something, considering how it started

>>4754054
>>4754071

We can always make a new one in the near future.

>>4754021
>>4753947
Put these together.

Also, FRS points. How would you handle the tune system?

>>4754021
But what about the AFs?

>>4754021
>1 Rifle
>2 Dearborn missile
>Nemaha relation missile

Is it just me or does the LANCEL's starting loadout suck ass?

>>4754418

That's no starting loadout, boy!

Those are White Glint's rifles (so they don't suck) and the upgraded DEARBORN is like a lower-budget and lighter BIGSIOUX.

It's not optimal, I'll admit. But it is workable and if this is going to be a ttg you need some workable stuff and some hax stuff.

>>4754475
>Glint's rifles
Er....no?

Glint's loadout was:
1x 051ANNR Rifle
1x 063ANAR Assault Rifle
2x SALINE05 back-mounted spread missile

PS: I'm blind, I missed the "2x rifles" so I thought you had only one.

Wait...okay I'm just confused now. Ignore this post.