Battletech Mercenaries

Battletech Mercenaries - First Look!

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16 күн бұрын

Catalyst Game Labs has started delivering Mercenaries, the latest expansion for Battletech A Game of Armored Combat. Introducing tanks, VTOLS, and other vehicles, this set introduces plastic vehicles miniatures for the first time.
I take a look at some of the items from this Kickstarter and discuss how some of the new additions will fit into your games of Battletech. Also, I'm thrilled with the First Sommerset Strikers Box Set.

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@Spartaner251 13 күн бұрын

Calling a pillager a b tier, is a hot take that makes a nova pilot blush 😅

@RockoRobotics 13 күн бұрын

For some reason I never found that Mech interesting enough to grab my attention when I was younger.

@michaelmeisterfeld4442 13 күн бұрын

It might be in terms of fame, but i think it‘s a great assault Mech. 100 tons, jump capable and twin gauss was great back in the day.

@Thud-pq8rl 8 күн бұрын

There is a sealth armor version that is a monster to try and put down.

@danmorgan3685 13 күн бұрын

FINALLY! I can build my 16 Savanna Master list! [ME ONE WEEK LATER] Hey, why doesn't anyone at the game store want to talk to me anymore?

@HouseDavieMerc 13 күн бұрын

Thanks for the awesome video! I think yours is the very first to show the Somerset Strikers pack. I can't wait to open mine. Little known fact: at the time of the original cartoon the only officially produced product from the cartoon that was made for use in the game at the same scale as mech minis was a series of buildings including the mech bay from Somerset university. They didn't make ANYTHING else from the cartoon to be used for the tabletop game. I have all 4 of the buildings they made and can't wait to get the Strikers pack to go with them!

@Garviel.Loken.Knight.Errant. 8 күн бұрын

Can't wait to see the new Somerset Strikers next to my old Strikers. Made the whole unit back in the 90s, minus the Banshee fighters due to not being made at the time. Old metal: Centurion, Mauler, Wolfhound, Axeman then Awesome, Bushwacker, Hatamoto-Chi. Miss the good old days.

@dovakindva8461 13 күн бұрын

Let's hope that the minis from this kickstarter will be released as retail. We already have enough companies that make cool plastic dudes as limited offers.

@leoschvaa 13 күн бұрын

They'll be released to retail with in the next year and a half-ish (I may be wrong)

@braxin8876 12 күн бұрын

They will be available.... Eventually.

@dovakindva8461 12 күн бұрын

@@braxin8876 well, eventually is better than never

@shaneflickinger 13 күн бұрын

Cool video. Thanks for showing off your swag. The Marauder t-shirt is actually the thing I'm most excited about in the Kickstarter as well. Cheers!

@stevenjacoby61 13 күн бұрын

Living vicariously until my stuff shows up

@andrewt3768 12 күн бұрын

Man, I can't wait for my stuff to ship. I'm stoked. Thanks for the video!

@kenhodge9046 13 күн бұрын

Fully agree on the Cicada. I don't know how I failed to see the summerset striker box option during the KS.

@benquinnobi6461 12 күн бұрын

It was only added as a bonus add-on option after the kickstarter officially ended, I believe. It was part of a final stretch goal that wasn't reached but they threw it in anyway, you just had to pay for it at retail value instead of being able to add it as a regular pledge reward

@RantTheRetort 13 күн бұрын

Whaatt! The Locust IIC over the Jenner! That's some Word of Blake level delusion! Thanks for the review!

@AlexDenton0451 13 күн бұрын

Nah nah nah he's right, being able to drop 47 pinpoint damage on someone's rear armor is absolutely crazy

@RantTheRetort 13 күн бұрын

@@AlexDenton0451Damage is ok, but Jenner is faster, jumps, and variants like the one with lrms and er large laser give it standoff, increasing survivability. And its related to the Jenner, the Draconis Combine says you're welcome.

@AlexDenton0451 13 күн бұрын

@@RantTheRetort sure but the locust costs the same and does nearly 2 times the damage on average with a very practical 8/12, but most importantly it doesn't look like a Porcelain Throne

@RantTheRetort 13 күн бұрын

@@AlexDenton0451 But it does look like a throne. Basically royalty.

@verysilentmouse 13 күн бұрын

Strikers will be available at retail

@Kaiju-Driver 13 күн бұрын

I cannot wait for my shipment!

@Lysurgic 9 күн бұрын

great work

@jbumgarn 12 күн бұрын

So jealous that you received your stuff already

@lorenm28 13 күн бұрын

Very cool! I missed out on the KS having just got into BattleTech in the past 6 months 😔 If you're not attached to that Pillager I'd love to buy it from you, will happily paint it up for my Canopus Merc company ❤

@gambitraven 13 күн бұрын

I am new player too. Got a year and change on my belt. Not sure of your location but target has school supplies. I highly highly recommend getting so clear plastic sheets and dry erase markers. If your on a tight budget use sarna and mech sheets to help pick ypur purchases. The starter paint set from army painter is nice. I got more tips if you want em

@wheelcha1rman2 9 күн бұрын

I'd sure like mine to arrive.

@AlexDenton0451 13 күн бұрын

I would not complain about gettunt a Pillager lol, its a dual gauss stealth 100 ton mech.

@A88mph 13 күн бұрын

The Cicada is just a rich man's Locust.

@SacredGumby 12 күн бұрын

I'd say it's a dumb man's locust.

@lordCranky 12 күн бұрын

nice go grey death paint job on timber wolf

@RockoRobotics 12 күн бұрын

That’s an idea.

@Macrochenia 12 күн бұрын

I want to address the Cicada. While the stock version from 3025 is not a good mech, it's not a contender for "worst mech ever" the way that the Urbanmech and Charger are. And once it gets to 3050 and Star League tech becomes available, there's a proliferation of fairly good Cicada variants, though most of them aren't terribly common due to being primarily limited to the Free Worlds League.

@whitefoxplays 12 күн бұрын

Dang, I haven't even gotten an email from QML yet, and I backed within the first few second of the kickstarter.

@stouthammerknight3271 10 күн бұрын

same but i can't wait

@stevenclark2188 13 күн бұрын

Oh yeah, that mad cat definitely needs to be in Kell Hounds or Crescent Hawks colors.

@RockoRobotics 12 күн бұрын

The last time I heard the Crescent Hawks name was with the old video game, but they have some cool looking colors.

@pelmen1294 12 күн бұрын

You lucky so and so :) Im still waiting. cook book and universt book"precentor martial edition" and of course many other things.

@CaptainBanjo-fw4fq 13 күн бұрын

11:09 lol. I hear you on the runner part.😂

@RockoRobotics 13 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, I recently discovered there are still 40 year old men that can run a little under 17.5 minute 5ks. One of these days the odds will work out for me in the Masters division.

@CaptainBanjo-fw4fq 13 күн бұрын

@@RockoRobotics Bloody hell that’s fast! I was pretty sedentary in my teens to mid-30s, only really getting into running and fitness more generally as I got older and began to get reminded by my body that I needed to look after myself. Hats off to those fellas if they’re also able to hold a job and raise a family - I’m flat out doing that and just turning up for the run, let alone setting the pace.

@ghostx697 10 күн бұрын

Painting your museum scale TimberWolf in Kell hounds colors is lore accurate. After Wolf In Exile set up base on Arc Royal the Kell’s were well equipped by the Wolves with clan tech.

@forgefathervulkanhestan18 13 күн бұрын

they all look great. is there any eta from catalyst for when the new products hit the retail market? now that people are finally receiving kick starter shipments.

@stephenyates1415 12 күн бұрын

No ETA as yet. Once the normal backers have received all their stuff, the commercial backers will get theirs and a full retail release sometime after that. How long all that will take is anyone's guess as fulfillment seems to be going quite slowly at the moment and I'm not sure it's even started in Europe yet.

@gundamzeta3447 13 күн бұрын

I think the battlefield support deck was released a while ago as a standalone add on

@johnbarber7199 13 күн бұрын

So jealous still waiting on my confirmation of postage

@MrLeonidas0001 13 күн бұрын

That’s a super nice expansion! Never saw the animated series - any good?

@RantTheRetort 13 күн бұрын

ehh....its ok.

@wttncfrep3628 13 күн бұрын

It's very much of its time. Renegade HPG uploaded the whole thing with ai upscaling, worth looking at

@RockoRobotics 13 күн бұрын

It is definitely a 90’s kids cartoon series, but I think it was the best 90’s kids cartoon series. When I was 10, the cgi parts with the enhanced imaging were the coolest thing ever.

@duncankelcey9281 13 күн бұрын

In fairness, the pillager only showed up once in the novels as far as I recall. But man was it a terrifying appearance. Initiation to War is the novel for anyone wonderkng

@Thud-pq8rl 8 күн бұрын

The Pillager is the MC's mech in Illusions of Victory. But I wouldn't want to come around a corner in a Lineholder and stumble across a Pillager.

@duncankelcey9281 8 күн бұрын

@Thud-pq8rl didn't know that cool! Yeah that's a bit scary though I feel bad for the raven that got sniped from behind

@Thud-pq8rl 8 күн бұрын

@@duncankelcey9281 Dude, I forgot about that. That pilot died didn't he? Jesus, he just got slapped by the hand of God there didn't he.

@duncankelcey9281 8 күн бұрын

@Thud-pq8rl oh yeah he was SUPER dead. The raven cartwheels for dozens of meters in flames. Pilot didn't know what hit him.

@roshee5573 12 күн бұрын

Is this part off the kickstarter or promo ?

@RockoRobotics 12 күн бұрын

These items were are all available in the Kickstarter. I have no affiliation with Catalyst Game Labs or any other entity involved in the Kickstarter though.

@tolemykus4805 12 күн бұрын

I am the ambassador from Marian Hegemony. I was send to declare war on your channel. I'm not sure what that means but if we are ever in the same event hall I will have many powerful Hegemony battlemechs to challenge the back of your 'mechs. Just a warning. :) Good video. Even if you have weak forces. blech.