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Starting a campaign soon, and trying to decide which frame to go with for my Artillery/Control/Support roll. Of all the 15 Sensor Range +1 TA frames, these two stood out, but I'm not sure which I'm going to get more use out of so I'm wanting to source some opinions/ideas. The rest of my squad will be a Vlad, a Dusk Wing, and a Mourning Cloak. (We're starting at LL2.)

For Swallowtail the idea was going to be to immediately grab Goblin 1 at LL3 for that sweet sweet H0R_OS1, and to slap OpCal on the Autopod. Basically just spamming Lock-ons with Spotter 3 and firmly suggesting people go visit the Vlad so he can Nailgun them with Vanguard 3.

I'm a little less sure of what to do with the Emperor to be honest(Partially because it's not available currently in Lancer Tactics to test run). But, in theory, I trade the on-demand shredding and Tactical Simulation for a pretty decent integrated weapon and a TON of overshields to help support my somewhat squishy squad mates.

So the team just reached LL3, which is great even if we lost one along the way (fella blew up).

But now I’m dealing with the problem that I never got the chance to play a character that reached this level before.

I’m currently playing with the HA Jeanne, from the Newcomers lcp. I’ve been really enjoying the Nuclear Cav Striker playstyle, but I am thinking of maybe switching things up.

What builds have you guys found fun when it comes to dealing damage in close quarters?

After looking at the one Horus core bonus I was curious about some combos with NHPs (and also how many you can fit in a mech, I think 4 if you count the one in the Hydra if using that one, the core bonus and the NHP Talent).

One of the combos I was thinking of was a SEKMET and LUCIFER. Get the impact lance from the Vlad license, external batteries from the Tokugawa license, Gyges Frame core bonus, and put SEKMET and LUCIFER in there for a raging energy blender that has 5 threat melee. And if you put that in a Tokugawa mech frame, you are a very long ranged melee build.

Any way, that is the only synergy that I can think of at the moment and would like to hear more for some ideas.

So I'm planning to (eventually) play a Swallowtail in my first Lancer campaign, but I want some clarification on its Core System "Prophetic Interjection".

So the way it feels like it's flavoured is: "the attack never actually happened, it was just a simulation", yet the rules state: "your ally gains resistance to all damage dealt by the attack" (and of course that teleporty stuff).

Is it correct that this means that PI *halves* all damage your ally took from the attack on a success? It does *NOT* fully negate the damage dealt by the attack?

I assume it's the former, but I just want to make sure.

I'm new to Lancer, and really enjoying it so far. I've been absorbing as much information as I can about the game from online, and learning about how to make a mech build at later levels. We're still at a lower LL in my current campaign, but I'd like to have a plan for around LL6 to work toward, and then maybe some ideas on next steps from there for higher LL's.

I can feel myself gravitating more to Defender style builds, with the main frames I'm interested in being White Witch, Orchis, and Tortuga. Other than those, a couple of the 1/2 size frames caught my eye, like the Caliban and Atlas.

Does anyone have recommendations for what to do with a White Witch build? Is there a way to do one that makes use of the other licenses mentioned in case I want to switch what frame I'm in to cater to the mission, or does it jive more with specific LL's I'm not considering to become a monster in the field?

Aside from myself, I know our group currently consists of a Lancaster, Blackbeard, and a Mourning Cloak. Thank you in advance for any and all input! More than happy to provide any additional info.

We've all done the math, or seen someone else do it: Evasion is strictly just worse than HP as a defensive stat. Part of the reason for this is Reliable damage, part of it is damaging saves (especially save-for-half), but most of all this is because higher-tier NPCs simply do not care. We've all seen a T3 Operator with their 60% chance of critting on each of 3 attacks every turn, right? In the face of that kind of infalliable accuracy, EVA 6 and EVA 20 start to look way too similar.

But most of these calculations are in the context of the core book NPCs. The NPC Rebake by Kai Tave is (to my knowledge) a very common bit of material, designed specifically to address several of these issues:

- Reliable is just as common (three NPCs total) but it's now a specific signature ability of the more "punishment-based" NPCs rather than the generic Assault and Rainmaker that can be expected as "filler enemies"

- More importantly, the scaling multiattacks are gone and the accuracy is more tightly controlled. Even the most accurate NPCs aren't pushing anywhere near 3⨁+6, or making three attacks a turn.

So my question, for those of you who have played long campaigns using the Rebake or gone deeply into the stats involved: is Agility more valuable to you if you know the game you are getting into uses the Rebake? Are the changes not enough to save Lancer's notorius dump stat? Is it somehow worse, because of some factor I haven't seen yet?

I am looking to do a series of videos on Lancer something I have done with other games like Shadowrun and Traveller among the video formats i do is one called Nerd talk where I sit down with some devs/writers of a game with some fans and players to discuss what makes that game good and stand out from others I call nerd talk.

I also do long format lore videos which is something I would like to do with Lancer as i have fallen in love with the setting. but I have found some bit of lore need clarification especially whne it comes to the Aunic peoples. I would like to pick your brains about it as it is obvious the lore is just out of date and needs updating. I would like to understand the direction you will be going with it as I want to present to most accurate lore video i can.

Thank you for your time.
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What would you say is the most used frame in the game? I keep seeing people use the Balor, Barbarossa, Ghengiz, Blackbeard and Amber Phantom, but I was wondering what other people’s opinions are.

Where tf u guys getting ur music for ur sessions lol, I'm running a session tonight. music is always somthing i struggle with in session.