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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #165 on: May 30, 2018, 12:52:54 PM »

So what happens generally with salvage on a mission and does it matter whether it's solo or standard? 

solo mission if salvage requirements are met that player gets the salvage - reason wouldnt - didnt meet enemy kill ratio/ objective to control or opfor auto controls battlefield after battle
regular mission - same applies here as other but only difference is the co determines salvage allocation usually taking into account player lance status/damage/ planned lance changes(ie/ if player needs to upgrade horrible units to at least mediocre etc)
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #166 on: May 30, 2018, 01:10:25 PM »

Thanks.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #167 on: May 30, 2018, 07:49:12 PM »

Sorry about all the questions, still trying to learn how the campaign works.  Looking at the first 2 chunks of time for current contract, it looks like missions are generated in 3 week lots (March 10 through March 31, April 1 through April 21).  Is that correct, making the next passage of time April 22 - May 12?  I believe Rob said there's a random number of missions generated, so I'm guessing that could be 0 in a given window?
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #168 on: May 30, 2018, 08:08:48 PM »

Missions are generated weekly by Against the Bot. Rob throws out unfun to play missions and keeps good ones. Unfun missions usually being send two lances out to murder a dozen light vehicles, impossible chase missions, etc. The 3 week chunks for the last couple of periods is a fluke.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #169 on: May 30, 2018, 08:13:29 PM »

Missions are generated weekly by Against the Bot. Rob throws out unfun to play missions and keeps good ones. Unfun missions usually being send two lances out to murder a dozen light vehicles, impossible chase missions, etc. The 3 week chunks for the last couple of periods is a fluke.

Ok, so expect one or more missions then in late April?
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #170 on: May 30, 2018, 08:16:45 PM »

Missions are generated weekly by Against the Bot. Rob throws out unfun to play missions and keeps good ones. Unfun missions usually being send two lances out to murder a dozen light vehicles, impossible chase missions, etc. The 3 week chunks for the last couple of periods is a fluke.

Ok, so expect one or more missions then in late April?
Yes and no. The missions come in sporadically and only come in weekly. So it is possible to have a chunk of missions the next week, but the same could be silence for an entire month. You never know it seems.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #171 on: May 30, 2018, 08:17:12 PM »

Missions are generated weekly by Against the Bot. Rob throws out unfun to play missions and keeps good ones. Unfun missions usually being send two lances out to murder a dozen light vehicles, impossible chase missions, etc. The 3 week chunks for the last couple of periods is a fluke.

Ok, so expect one or more missions then in late April?

We had what 4 missions in a week one contract?
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #172 on: May 30, 2018, 09:05:16 PM »

Is there a limit to the number of missions on a particular contract, or does it just roll forward until time is exhausted regardless if that's 2 missions or 20?
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #173 on: May 30, 2018, 09:15:18 PM »

Is there a limit to the number of missions on a particular contract, or does it just roll forward until time is exhausted regardless if that's 2 missions or 20?
There probably would be more missions with more lances involved. This contract required 8 lances min, which was more than the previous contract. I am assuming there will be more on contracts requiring more lances than those that do not.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #174 on: May 30, 2018, 09:22:46 PM »

Rob already posted the next few missions in the contract thread.
I assume that dancer's solo mission is from the prior week. Which would make the 14th to the 21st the next week of battle generation.
Watch out for the week boundaries because you can see Sunday to Saturday, but won't see the next Sunday until time advances. This makes Saturday battles more dangerous, because you can have a Saturday fight and then advance time one day into a sudden Sunday fight.

No limit in AtB on battles, but we have been playing ~1 battle/month of contract. We have also been playing more high tempo battle missions and avoiding guard duty, so operational tempo has been pretty brisk.
AtB contracts with time limits just roll forward, but you can close the contract early under certain conditions. Taking out the enemy's base is a common one (see July game).
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #175 on: May 31, 2018, 12:36:22 AM »

Also, the total number of all group missions for the contract is limited to about 6, as in real life time 6 months for a contract is a long period in everyones life.

In AtB, it can be a lot more than 6 missions in a contract.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #176 on: July 22, 2018, 08:33:56 AM »

How are authorities contacted to get rid of prisoner?  Dancer Commander/Lance will NOT space prisoner.  Dancer would like to turn prisoner to unit command [maybe infantry] until authorities contacted.  Final decision to unit command.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #177 on: July 22, 2018, 10:52:53 AM »

How does replacing endo slots work?
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #178 on: July 22, 2018, 11:04:20 AM »

Replacing as in:
1. Removing endosteel from the mech
2. You have an endosteel section that needs to be replaced
3. Moving endosteel criticals?

If memory serves from previous conversations with Rob:
1. You don't. It is basically mech construction and Rob has nixed that
2. You have a more expensive section to buy to use as a replacement and it comes with all of the standard endosteel crits for that section.
3. You don't.
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Re: QUESTIONS
« Reply #179 on: July 22, 2018, 11:06:05 AM »

I forgot this Griffin has both endo and ferro. The torso that was destroyed has endo and case installed. Would the torso be worth more then and if so how much?
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