Mechabellum - The Best Laid Plans Of Mice and Men

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15 күн бұрын

Special thanks to Miss Punny Penny for sharing such a wonderful rendition of Robert Burns' poem To A Mouse.
I'm drn and this is our second game in this week's tournament, here we're going up against one of my viewers Fifthwiel! They've started strong with Quick Supply Tanks, can we catch back up or are we going to fall too far behind on tempo?
Anything you think I've done wrong or could do better please let me know, I'm always looking to improve both my gameplay and the video quality. Thanks again for watching!
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@inoperative 14 күн бұрын

Your analysis at the end here was amazing. Really liked it. And editing drn popping off! Even got a guest involved.

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Thanks! Always appreciate the support. Robert Burns deserves to be more widely known, just wish I could've given more time for his wonderful 'To A Mouse', we barely scratched the surface of it. Strongly recommend you follow Miss Punny Penny for more and better insights into the famous Scottish writer!

@johannes7941 14 күн бұрын

The amount of quotes dude, narative 10/10

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Haha, thanks man! A lot of them are just the random connections my brain makes firing off nineteen-to-the-dozen, sometimes worry if I suffer from knight's move thinking but then I distract myself with a tangent and forget about the minor worry ;D

@michaciombor1227 14 күн бұрын

Hey! It's lovely to see how much you care about this chanell and your content. [I just want to send you the token of appreciation, thanks for being here]

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

No, thank you sir, for both being here and leaving such kind messages, hope you're having a great week!

@chriswilliamson564 14 күн бұрын

I enjoy the sound of your voice. Makes these videos so soothing to watch.

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Thanks, really appreciate the kind words always makes my day brighter! Don't read too much into a voice though, it's an expensive mic and a lot of time finding the right settings, sitting in exactly the right spot in a sound deadened room, and even then Editing DRN has to save me more often than I'd like to admit :D

@jessebrunette4915 14 күн бұрын

I thought this was a great video. I like the poetry read, was solid! Tons of great advice. The flank crawler is a good topic; if you can ever get opponent to light himself on fire, it's a win. Having said that, your opponent must have a level of esp for that initial crawler placement. Luckily, I've never ever pressed that +200 button early. Except maybe earlier today. Lol! Nice video! Fun game!

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Jesse, glad you enjoyed it! The poetry was something a bit different for me but I've used the phrase "of Mice and Men" a lot and figured it was worth giving some context beyond the Steinbeck classic. Robert Burns has some fantastic work, always sounds amazing when spoken with an authentic Scottish lilt. I've fallen into the trap of pushing that +200 loan too early a few times, think I had a fortnight where I played four tournies and used it almost every game, defo an easy mistake to make! The risk is turning a tempo advantage into a longer term loss and suddenly not being able to close the game out like you expected and then getting out scaled by a late game composition.

@zj6074 13 күн бұрын

Making Editing DRN work for the tangents this time!

@Drone_101 13 күн бұрын

He was tempted to draw the triangles in the analysis discussion too but I gave him the evening off so he could play more games of Mechabellum ;D

@be-noble3393 14 күн бұрын

You definitely need to pay Editing DRM more.

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

He agrees wholeheartedly! Keeps threatening to release my 'worst of' playlist where I lose every game and make even more mistakes than in this one :D

@jannickbreidbach7289 14 күн бұрын

Have bought Mechabellum die to your vids, super fun and a nice Time killer for rainy days, so thank you for your vids

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

My pleasure Jannick, hopefully one day we can cross paths in a tourney like Fifthwiel did this week!

@danenobile4686 13 күн бұрын

Beautiful game. Clash of the giants, steel shattering firepower. No advice on your play other than that right flank missing it's crawler for far too long, but luckily never punished. The missed uses of the drop Rhino and item are obvious miss plays but they panicked which how much stacking pressure you were building. I am wondering about your unit choices, I would have through the fire bagers better, but I'm still not familiar with the unit card only units to know whats best Edits on point, replays are really growing on me, liking them more and more. Wishing you the best of luck and all the sledgehammers!! At least hold out hope for a buff! They honestly do seem to lack the late game effectiveness of other chaff and don't have thr fire power to stand toe to toe.

@Drone_101 13 күн бұрын

Thanks dude, was a fun game for sure getting so many Giants on the board! Fire Badgers are great in very specific circumstances - sadly this wasn't one of them I'm afraid. You have to consider how they match up not just against what your opponent has on the board but also against what they're likely to pick from the cards. Never use Fire Badgers against Fortresses, it's painful!

@Isvoor 13 күн бұрын

Missed you.

@Drone_101 13 күн бұрын

Thanks! It's good to be back and getting on with things again :D

@ianstandardYT 14 күн бұрын

I considered the rhino dead center in the heart of all the tanks, i love dropping spawns in the center like that to blow a hole in their defense. Would it have worked? Delayed tanks and a rhino soaking 32 shots... hmm that's only two volleys now that I think about it. Your play was definitely better!

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Find Rhino real risky into Melters! If I'm already running Fort then I'm loath to give them that two-for-one potential, despite how potent the Rhino is, suspect that feeling might be what saved me from being side-swiped by the big fella if he was thinking along similar lines :D

@ianstandardYT 13 күн бұрын

@@Drone_101 Oh heck yes! I meant the first turn you had them but yeah

@WerdnaTheRed 14 күн бұрын

To be clear, you mean value(relative importance) rather than value(actual number) when you say you get less value for stacking buffs, right? Also, why not drop the rhino directly on the crawlers in that corner. Or will the damage it takes from landing on them be greater than fighting them?

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Yeah, relative to what it 'could' be it's lesser once you already have a buff. From an absolute stand point, +10% is +10% but when you've already gotten +30% from elsewhere then it feels like a smaller gain comparatively, if my thinking makes sense? Particularly when facing damage ramp beam weapons like Melting Points and Steel Balls. Edit - sorry missed answering the follow up question! Dropping the Rhino directly on the Crawlers would kill them but would cost more HP than the Rhino would lose just punching his way through - unless they've got Impact Drill or Mech Rage. Depends if you value speed over surviving HP after the encounter. Haven't done in depth testing on the practise map though so could be wrong!

@WerdnaTheRed 13 күн бұрын

@@Drone_101 Makes sense, yeah, and it's how you treated it in the video. But like when I check my oven in the middle of the night, despite distinctly remembering turning it off three days ago when last I used it, I was compelled to confirm this was the case. And no worries, communicating an unrelated series of questions in a comment/reply system is weird. Is the drop-in damage just hp cancellation, or is there a multiplier to it? Looking at the wiki, it's five attacks (from level one crawlers) to surpass the hp trade, assuming a 1 to 1 hp trade for landing on them

@Drone_101 13 күн бұрын

@@WerdnaTheRed Arrival impact damage is a straight -HP of what is landed on to the arriving unit. Which ever has more HP will survive. The classic is using Heavy Armor Specialist to drop a Vulcan on another Vulcan that's covering a flank for a massive turn over turn.

@iSparty29 13 күн бұрын

I noticed in the last couple of your videos you invest in storm level ups. Ever get concerned that late game your investment(s) will be nullified by some AM devices?

@Drone_101 13 күн бұрын

Yep, the fear of them being hard countered by Anti-Missile tech or devices is why I tend not to buy four sets of Stormcallers and instead use a few higher level ones that can threaten to knock over Giants. I see Storms as a "nice to have" unit but never a back-bone of a force, I'll always try to have other sources of Chaff clear and Anti-Giant so if they get countered I'm not completely scuppered. Does mean I sometimes don't buy Stormcallers when I should though!

@Lavafish2525 14 күн бұрын

Are you a Dark Souls NPC?

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Just a guy making videos about games he enjoys :D

@Lavafish2525 14 күн бұрын

@@Drone_101 I enjoy them a lot 😁 It's just the laughing at the end of sentences

@BuzzaB77 14 күн бұрын

Well I doubt men have much to do with it

@Drone_101 14 күн бұрын

Fan of leaving it all in the hands of the Almighty eh? Can respect that but think we have a duty of care to do the best we can for those around us with what we're given in life. Know I'm a massive hypocrite though! :D

@BuzzaB77 14 күн бұрын

@@Drone_101 no its a quote from the hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy.

@Drone_101 13 күн бұрын

@@BuzzaB77 Ahha! Has been a couple of decades since I read those, forgive me missing it! :D