I have not looked at the 'new' beta rules in several months, and have no idea how far along they are. Alphastrike is a much better, tighter rule set. Instead, all the weapons on my mech are condensed into an attack and damage stat, and I miss that aspect of Battletech. Or shout out 'Bullseye!' when I get a headshot with my Gauss Rifle. What I miss though, is saying 'Suck LRM, Freebirth!' as I shoot my LRM 20. I love how fast it plays, how damage works, the fact that I can play with several lances or stars at the same time in about the same amount of time as a two mech match has a lot of appeal to me.

Alphastrike reinvigorated the game for me, but it's just a little too abstract. Instead, they just 'cleaned up' the same old clunky, fill in the dot sheets and released the game again. Then Catalyst got the IP when FASA folded, and I had a lot of hopes for a new system. So yeah, when I discovered Heavy Gear, and later CAV, well, it was so long Battletech. Or, I should say, the Innersphere designs are. The game just feels way too static, and the mech designs are way, way outdated. The game play is very, very clunky, slow, and I spend far too much time staring at my mech sheet and not enough time looking at the board. Then I discovered a lot of other table top games, and suddenly, Battletech wasn't such a great game anymore. He forgot to read the next paragraph about why he is looking for those failures and how to fix them. 'A good manager never accepts failure and instead finds the faults and failures in others/the process/idea/whatever'. Guess he's read one of those $0.10 'How to Manage' books. Seems like he is great at laying out the blame and fault in others and accepts no responsibility for any failures, only success. And hey! PB/Kevin will just be able to blame everyone else if it fails. It's been a show from the beginning, and if PB has finally removed Ninja Division from the game, then yeah, more and more delays, and who knows what will happen for the future of Robotech. I know Ninja Division does a lot of manufacturing overseas, and I imagine that PB was depending on them to take care of the manufacturing process. I'm thinking that PB has finally severed all ties with Ninja Division.

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