Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!apple!agate!shelby!portia.stanford.edu!jessica.stanford.edu!bard From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: MECHFORCE Message-ID: <1991Jan30.032723.23726@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 30 Jan 91 03:27:23 GMT References: <1991Jan24.182454.11297@infonode.ingr.com> <2773@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@portia.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: Academic Information Resources Lines: 37 In article hinker@acl.lanl.gov writes: >. What is the current version of Mechforce? > > The most current version that I am aware of is 3.71 I just registered this month. My version is 3.79. >. BTW: We have a nice 75 ton mech that can kill any other single opponent in >. two fire sequences. 40 heat sinks, decent armor and the rest flamers. >. First fire round shuts you down. Next fire round (after reset ;-) the >. other mech explodes due to excessive heat. We've disallowed this mech >. from play...for somewhat obvious reasons. It usually takes only one >. fire sequence for mechs with ammo... > > A friend of mine did something similar to this awhile back. It worked okay >for a time but then I figured out that _any_ of my 40 ton mechs could take >this mech out. All you need is equal or greater speed and a medium laser and >the 'flamer' mech is finished. You never let him get within the range [3] of >his flamers and you pick him to pieces. The best Mech I ever had was back in the 3.6x days of 'BattleForce'. It was called a 'Hoplite'; It killed everything it ever went up against. Now, I use a tripped-out Malfedra (max jump jets!). My Warrior is 28 and 2, and he's already a Knight (all in the first month). I don't do so well in Combat, though, as Assault Mechs are primary targets for the enemy. It holds its own, though, especially if I hide behind a mountain until the enemy is within jumping range. >. // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE/SMEX Project >. \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov or xrtnt@vx730.gsfc.nasa.gov >Paul Hinker hinker@acl.lanl.gov /// If it works, it's not state-of-the-art Dave Hopper | /// Yesterday, CS. | Academic Info Resources | __ /// Today, Anthropology. | Mac & UNIX Sys-Support bard@jessica. | \\\/// | "Somebody get me a job Stanford.EDU | \XX/ Tomorrow: napping in gutters.| with a computer I LIKE"