Mecha RPG adapted from Lancer tabletop · By
I vary the frames and builds a lot but I have a list of core roles I always fill:
-I always run a Death's Head, partially because it's my favourite frame and partially because it's extremely consistent at taking out high priority targets, such as the elite witches. I'm experimenting with different weapons, for this run I used Andromeda and Sherman licenses but have recently been testing out an Anti-Material Rifle build with Raleigh, which doesn't rely on any Limited Systems.
-I always run a frame tailored to beating Berserkers. The third enemy squad, War Bois, is 50% Berserkers and if you don't have an answer to them you will die. I've been mostly using Vlad with Impaler Nailgun and Vanguard 3 plus Dismemberment, but I'm trying other frames, as Shrike Armor is actively detrimental for fighting Berserkers.
-I always run a frame with Overpower Caliber Gandiva Missiles and an Assault Rifle, the former to instantly take out Hornets and the latter to instantly take out Grunts. This team actually had two such builds, Balor and Hydra, but I'm currently testing out Drake for this role, and don't think you need two of these.
Other roles that would help a lot:
-Long range AOE artillery: Enemy clumps up a lot
-Dedicated Escort runner: Escorts are some of the most dangerous sitreps because you start facing a ton of enemies and must move through them, so a dedicated mech to run the payload might be worth it.
-Tech Attacker Hybrid: I don't think it's worth running a pure tech attacker but having someone who can disable problematic enemies like Bombards while still dealing damage would be very nice.
So got to 19 before the risk/reward play of the Tokugawa finally caught up with the pilot. I did 1 more with just the three and I pulled it off but it's too much of a slog to continue playing that carefully. Did random maps, missions, and opponents by just rolling my polyhedral dice. But.....turns out there's a bug on TLALOC. It normally takes 2 Heat and currently it does none. I was abusing the hell out of that before I realized. Tokugawa 2 Pegasus 1 from earlier, Monarch 3 from earlier, but switched the Everest to Monarch 3, and finally Tortuga 2 Goblin 1 - he puppets opponents to walk into Overwatch and eating the Overpower Caliber Decksweeper Shotgun . It is very very satisfying to me for some reason. It always makes me giggle.
Though to be fair there's some bugs that made things harder (Overpower Caliber is consumed on an attack, in the TTRPG it is only consumed on an actual hit. So you can still get 1/2 OpCal on your Tactician Reaction if you miss, or get the full 1d6 if you pull off an Overwatch or use Overcharge or Everest Initiative. Also Assault's were recharging their Hunker Down 1/turn rather than 1/round, which gave Elite's more than they should have.
