Hi, I'd like to give it a go, though it's a sure way to get my butt on that proverbial silver platter [:D]

Are there still irc channels where you can pick up ToS players?

I figure releasing the sources wouldn't decrease (the already small?) new customer base because anybody who wanted to play the game would still need to buy the copyrighted data files (graphics etc).

<t> My squad really doesn't have a separate leader - I kicked her out after a few missions. So my Business person is also the Leader person - it's more efficient this way.<br/>
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There are other veteran pilots I keep around that I don't play with. One could assemble and disassemble squads to ...

<t> The weapons on a titan should go together, just like different titans (or weapons on them) should go together in your squad. I think a chainsaw goes nicely with a BRG as you can down your opponent with the latter, then finish him off with the CS. A chainsaw goes with flamethrowers too, for ...

<t> This is my latest design. Mid range, 6 star titan for my mechanic.<br/>
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Titan Name: Stargazer Medium Range Assault Titan<br/>
Chassis: Mark MK-A4 Jock: Anatolya Petrov Squad: Storm Crows<br/>
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Weight: 200.0t ...

Wow welcome to the crowd! [:)]

That quad must be one overheating design... personally I'd probably downgrade the engine...

<r> I ended with the below, and what happens? In the first fight I try it out, I get charged by a bunch of close range recons. Oh, well. [8|]<br/>

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Titan Name: Devastator Long Range Heavy Titan<br/>
Chassis: Durania H4 Jock: Squad: Storm Crows<br ...

<r> Hi, I'm doing my first Hv missile titan - it's supposed to sit at long range, launching volleys of death one after another, while buddies take on the hostile force. Thus, about 20-30p armour in each slot and as much firepower as possible.<br/>
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The squad atm is 2 x R, 1 x L, 2 X H ...

<t> Well with all this complexity, this game is really full of hilarious surprises. I tried transferring pilots, and it seems the prices you have to pay are rather high - but it's a two way street. You could actually fund your squad by training rookies and selling established pilots!<br/>
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<t> Somehow got through mission #5 -&nbsp; 3&nbsp; titans disabled, mission payment was negative, repair costs for all titans 178k, budget is 114k. I think this squad is out of business.<br/>
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I will need to set up new squads, transfer some pilots(?) and in a few weeks maybe assemble a new ...

<r> I suppose a more rigorous save/load regime could help - lost 50k in the first mission of Deep Core when the last 2 miners exploded - but on the latest mission on Savannah I made some of those bad decisions early on and had to live with them the rest of the battle. And there is a point in just ...

<t> I guess the planning cycle for ToS is: decide tactics - select titans - develop pilots - adjust titans (factory) - play it out - start it over... <br/>
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So starting with tactics, I think I'd like to try out different ones, being new to this game. For example I haven't decided on weapons ...

<t> I'm running the Savannah as my first real campaign, and I have trouble keeping the business profitable. The first two missions went quite well (I thought I'm overpowered) but with the 3rd one - after the break into the estuary mission - in which you have to get your squad through the isthmus ...

<r> Hi, another newb here [8D]<br/>
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Any ideas on how to change the mirage? (The one with 2 x G and 1 x U for weapons.) Haven't tried the factory yet but this could be a good project to learn it <E>;)</E> I started with the Green squad and now have nearly a dozen battles under my belt. I ...