Chromehounds Squad Created

[Raytown [deprecated]]

Hi all . I'm new to the forums and have been looking around for a Chromehounds squad and was wondering if you need another person. I'm available to play from 4M-8M PST on Mon, Thurs, Fri, and Sat. And pretty much all day Sun, Tues, and Wed. Thanks.

 

[Archon]

Raytown, we definitely could use another person! The squad is called "Free Company" and we're Sal Kar. Right now it's me, Ajar, Trujkin, and Decoy (we think Decoy just randomly joined and doesn't know about the forums, though). Fletcher and Virgil need to jump in soon...

 

[Raytown [deprecated]]

Ok cool . I'm workin' a little OT atm, so I wont be home until around 7-7:30 PST. I think my friend might want to join as well is there room for another just in case he wants to join?

 

[Ajar]

Only up to 6 hounds can deploy to a single mission at once, but the squad membership limit is 20. We're only at 4 so far.

There are a handful of free items for Chromehounds in the Live Marketplace. One pattern, a piece of armour, a heavy cannon, and a light sniper cannon. There are also a lot of non-free items available for ~100 points each (about US$1.25), but I don't know what they are and haven't bought any of them.

 

[Raytown [deprecated]]

Ok. I'll be sure to pick those up.

 

[Russ Pitts]

This hound pilot needed sleep more than glory this weekend, I'm afraid. Sorry guys.

 

[Archon]

I would like to take this opportunity to boast about my Hound design, the AD-4 Knighthawk. It features over 170+ movement speed, 200+ acceleration and turning, and twin heatseeking missile launchers over double machineguns.

The only thing that can stop it is a Sniper from long range. Fortunately, its blood red cammo keeps it well concealed.

 

[Ajar]

I can confirm that Archon's build is fracking fast.

I was actually so impressed by it that I put together a hound of my own last night based on what I'd seen of his design. I managed to get the max speed up to 189 using a forward-facing bipedal soldier chassis, but I don't know if my acceleration or rotation are a match for his. The weapon loadout is straightforward: eight HEAT rocket launchers. That adds up to more than 300 rockets that can be launched in salvos of two or four. I filled my spare load capacity with radiators, so it's significantly overcooled. The new hound is named Heat SC (soldier/scout).

 

[Ajar]

There's a new mobility COM available for purchase in Sal Kar. 4 sockets, but it gives you speed enhancement 165 and acceleration enhancement 130.

 

[Raytown [deprecated]]

I tried to find the squad but was unable to. I made sure I was of Sal Kar allegiance, in recreation zone, English UK I even searched for "Free Company" with and without the other parameters and still wasn't able to find it. Am I missing something?

 

[Ajar]

Someone from the squad has to be online when you do your search.

 

[Ajar]

Three day weekend (Thanksgiving) coming up here in Canada. I have no travel on the slate this weekend -- will anyone else be around?

 

[Ajar]

*bump*

I have no choice but to sit around at home this weekend -- the synthetic rubber plant where I work is starting up, and I'm expected to be on call, so no travel and no drinking. That will probably be true next weekend as well.

This translates to large amounts of time to play video games. I logged briefly last weekend and discovered that Sal Kar had been completely defeated, which means that we are now a mercenary squad and can only conduct "insurgency" operations in Sal Kar's former capital. If the war hasn't ended since then, perhaps we should consider switching to a new nation so as to be able to buy different parts?