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[Ad Hoc]

My Griffins are GRF-1S, Large laser, LRM 5, 2 Medium lasers and custom to DHS.

Rob, what is the possibility of larger area if I reroll size.

[Darrian Wolffe]

My Griffins are GRF-1S, Large laser, LRM 5, 2 Medium lasers and custom to DHS.

Rob, what is the possibility of larger area if I reroll size.

50/50.  It's either larger or it's not.

In seriousness, I have no idea.  I don't speak Java, and thus I don't know how to get into the game guts to figure out the percentages and random tables and so forth.  30x30 or 30x40 seems to generally be the most common result, but I heavily suspect that the program also weights the battle area based on how big the deployed forces are.  I don't know if this weighting is extensive or not, and thus I can't speak with authority on this topic.

My suggestion is to pick one tpp priority thing and reroll, and see what you get.  If you don't like it, reroll that thing again.  If you do like it, move on to something else. 

[Ad Hoc]

Lets reroll map size if it gets smaller than 2x2 map area, reroll it again.

[Darrian Wolffe]

Lets reroll map size if it gets smaller than 2x2 map area, reroll it again.

You're on a 3x2 map now.


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You start East.  Civilians start West.  OPFOR starts in the middle.

[Ad Hoc]

If I reroll maps but not terrain on this, MekHQ will still generate maps with mostly little terrain and mostly flat correct? If so, reroll terrain.

[Darrian Wolffe]

If I reroll maps but not terrain on this, MekHQ will still generate maps with mostly little terrain and mostly flat correct? If so, reroll terrain.

Your assertion is correct.  "Terrain" indicates the general type of terrain generated, while "maps" indicate a very limited number of terrain types chosen from.  The easiest way to detail it is using Urban Terrain as the example.  Getting Urban Terrain vs Savannah terrain means that you know you're going to have a fair number of buildings on the map.  Then, inside "Urban", you have Town Ruins, Light Urban, Heavy Urban, Urban Fortress, and a few others. 

Speaking of which:



You have one reroll remaining.  Flatlands stayed the same, but because it was rerolled it generated a new map within the Flatlands tables, which is the "generic town."  I've never seen that result before, so I went ahead and loaded it into the MegaMek client.  Based on what MM was showing me, the easternmost maps for your game will be low-CF Urban mapsheets (so, no Skyscraper or Heavy Urban, but Suburban or CityTech with Light and Medium Building counters on it, are both possibilities).

[Timberwolfd]

Since the goal is simple survival,you can reroll light and pray for pitch black 

[ItsTehPope]

Since the goal is simple survival,you can reroll light and pray for pitch black 

"Hello darkness my old friend...."

[Ad Hoc]

Rob, reroll the light please. This can make things really interesting.

[Darrian Wolffe]

Rob, reroll the light please. This can make things really interesting.

Still daylight.  Sorry.

OK, so we're good for whenever you want to run this thing.

[Ad Hoc]

Ok thanks. Doctor it could be anytime now the next few weeks. I will you let know when I'm available as soon as possible. Thanks for being flexible about when we can play this.

Would you like me to help print sheets when we do get to play this?

[Timberwolfd]

Did you guys end up playing Saturday? If so, how did it go?

[Darrian Wolffe]

Did you guys end up playing Saturday? If so, how did it go?

No, Mike asked to cancel because there's stuff about the new kid on the way.  So we're in a holding pattern for a bit.

[Ad Hoc]

My baby boy was born Saturday morning! But I'm still not going to make it to the Oct 14th game.

Rob, the only dates I'm available to play this solo mission before the Nov 11th game will be Oct 21st or Oct 28th. Would you be available either of those days?

[Darrian Wolffe]

My baby boy was born Saturday morning! But I'm still not going to make it to the Oct 14th game.

Rob, the only dates I'm available to play this solo mission before the Nov 11th game will be Oct 21st or Oct 28th. Would you be available either of those days?

CONGRATS!  If I may suggest starting early?



..and I'll check on the dates.