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Doesn't matter with ND did or didn't do. Palladium was in charge. They are responsible. They never should have produced the number of core boxes that they did. That wasn't what those dollars were for. Sure, if you can afford it after paying for _all_ the content they owed backers, go ahead and order...

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Technically, it ended three years ago.

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The Beast wrote:As would I, but as one of my former NCOs was fond of saying, we can wish in one hand and #2 in the other. We all know which one's getting filled first.

Classic.

My other favorite is: "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."

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I'd like to see a plan from PB on how they are going to finish this and put the KS to bed. Maybe less sculpts and a partial fulfillment? Pro-rated refunds or additional core boxes? Because at this rate, Wave 2 - as listed - is not happening and will not happen. And anything would be better than noth...

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At a guess? I would suspect one of the issues is that the backer negativity has turned into a self fulfilling prophecy. With a certain segment of the backers irate and doing their best to 'punish' Palladium by 'ruining' the sales of the game, the sales of the game have gone down. That's an interest...

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Show that you're capable of doing the big things, by doing the small things. Why should people believe that PB can deliver on Wave 2, if they can't even put out a couple of pages of Force Orgs, or PDF parts of their rulebook, or put out a beta version of the Conventional Vehicles, all initially pro...

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Manufacturer's quotes always have an expiration date from the time of the quote until they are no longer good (usually 30-45 days, but it will depend on the manufacturer). It's not unreasonable that PB® would need new quotes on quarterly or yearly basis if they are still in pre-production. What I do...

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If you can get in on your friend's game, I'd recommend it. It's not for everyone (the randomness can annoy some), but of the 40 odd Kickstarter campaigns I've recieved, not only have I gotten more playtime and enjoyment out of SoB than any other, despite spending more than $2000US on it (Minecart o...

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I didn't back SoB, but I'm guessing they don't have as many angry backers as RTT. Did SoB have informative updates that kept backers up to date on progress? I can understand a project of that magnitude taking far longer than they originally anticipated. (A friend of mine was a Minecart backer, if th...

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So, a little over two years since a real update.

Ouch. That's depressing. Whole games have kickstarted and been delivered in that time-frame.

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Elysium64 over on Dakka Dakka just posted a few images of test RIFTS minis he is painting. They look pretty cool. Nice paint jobs. Some striations from the 3d printing, hopefully those will get cleaned up before molding is done. m They probably would have posted them here BUT WE CAN'T POST IMAGES. *...

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The conclusion is quite simply NO WAVE 2 in 2017 Sadly, my opinion has changed over time and I now honestly believe there will never be a wave 2. RTT is dead. PB just won't admit it. They can't give out refunds, and they can't ship wave 2 (not saying they don't want to ship wave 2, they can't ). Th...

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Instead of plastic, they are going to use unobtanium.

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An update:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rr ... ts/1799282

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Here's the deal ladies and gentleman. It wouldn't take anyone this long to get anything figured out of they were serious. For example, unless they're stuck in a contract with the model designs that's too easy. I've seen and bend in my hand pieces of equal quality made at home by gamers with decent ...

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Carmen, You keep using "dudes on a map", but that doesn't describe the type of games that you use as examples. If you go to BGG and use that phrase, you may confuse some people. "Dudes on a map" are in the Risk family. High-level, strategic games with lots of dudes. Certainly not...

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I won't back the Kickstarter.

But if the game comes out, and the gameplay, graphic design and mini quality are good, I'll give it a try.

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If PB were serious about getting videos out there, they could do worse than get Robbo44 involved. he has launched a new You Tube Channel for Robotech gaming (possibly more rpg than rtt but we will see). See his threads earlier this month. He shows off some nice models and setups so far. His videos ...

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Nice paint job, sir!

Good luck with the channel.

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You should be able to change your address by contacting PB directly.

But they should just unlock the addresses so backers can make their own changes, if necessary.

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Oh, and the proposed Robotech Tactics Scenario book should not be free, IMO. That income could be the tipping point that allows Wave 2 to happen!

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The pics of painted minis and epic conflicts in action? Well, they won't be posted here because images aren't allowed. For a hobby game, with paint jobs, conversions, terrain and other bits of modeling, that's a silly policy. Visuals are an important way to communicate in this hobby and text alone ...

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CaptKaruthors wrote:The Organized play packet I made has 8 missions in it. They were designed with Wave 1 models only in mind. Download it. Play games with it. Test it. I can only get better with more community feedback.

I did not know that, thanks!

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Also, it would be easy to produce a Missions PDF. Just a PDF with 5 new battle step ups that only use Wave 1 minis. It would be 10 pages and just recycle art from the core book. THAT would make backers feel better that they have a playable game with the stuff they already have. There is a misconcep...

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Slaanesh, pics would be helpful. Thanks!

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I have used packing egg-crate foam in my core box. I found it works fairly well. That's a good suggestion. I tried coming up with a foamcore plan that divides the box into a 6x6 grid that fits one mech per space, but there is not enough room for each mech plus the size of the foamcore walls. (I'd p...

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Thanks, Wily. I'll search for that storage solution.

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Has anyone built a foamcore insert to store all the minis in the core box?

I'm thinking of taking a stab at it, but if anyone has already done so and has some advice, that would be awesome.

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I've heard that calling them is the best way to contact Palladium.

734-721-2900

They also have a help page:

http://www.palladiumbooks.com/index.php ... Itemid=192

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Eh, sorry, I don't do Facebook. But thanks for the offer!

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The scale really doesn't matter all that much to our group. We use the wrong scale terrain.

If you use them, share pictures of them in game, please!

(It's really too bad we can't post/link images in this forum. I find it hard to discuss models without being able to see them...)

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Thanks for the pic links.

I have difficulty imagining how useful any of these units will be in game. They seem awfully outclassed by the Robotech powered units. I'm going to have to see the stat cards before I think about picking some up.

(But, dayum, that A-10 is one sexy plane.)

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Approach the matter with a measured scalpel, not a sledgehammer. Really, really good point. The smallest units, like the Cyclone and Invids could use a little pumping up, but trying to get 6mm to work along side 15mm would look a little odd. Now, if PB did a separate game at 15mm -- that's okay. Bu...

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Glad to hear that Wave 2 will still be 6mm. Thanks for the info.

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The discussion about scale can happen at the same time we find out what is going on with Wave 2. I've heard all sorts of disquieting rumors about how PB doesn't have enough money to produce Wave 2. I'm more concerned about that than how big a Cyclone will be next to a Veritech. I certainly appreciat...

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I'm happy for the ROW backers. Quite surprising that it took this long to ship.

Hopefully the next update will happen sooner and have some good info.

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Does anyone know when the next KS update will happen?

It's been almost two months since the last one. I'd like to know what is going on with Wave 2 and if they were able to fix the problems with the last batch of renders.

Thanks!

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Wow. Stunning work, Agis! Love the bases especially but everything is so well done. I am incredibly jealous.

Palladium has disabled the IMG tag, sadly. I wish everyone could see your paintjobs.

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Being a miniatures game, they really should turn on image embedding for this forum. It is a shame we all can't easily see the great modeling work being done with RRT.

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I really like your bases, Gopher. Very creative.

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Very nice work. Extremely clean lines.

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I am a US backer and I'm all for the EU/RoW backers getting their wave 2 packages mailed first. Maybe we can have another Kickstarter poll like the GenCon vote.

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The bases can be flocked or painted, so just paint them black. If a black base is a rules violation, that's a silly rule.

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Axoid wrote:Bummer.

It would be nice if they offered .pdfs of all the cards.

That would be nice and smart of them to do something good for the community.

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jaymz wrote:PDF? Keep hoping.....

Thanks, will do.

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I hope the errata is folded into a revised rulebook PDF. Especially if there is a lot of changes and fixes (which it sounds like there might be).

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Wave 2 is being tooled and prepared for manufacturing according to some peeps on the KS comments. That's a good sign, I guess.

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It's a bummer that images can't be embedded here; it would make viewing all the painted miniatures so much more enjoyable.

Is it possible to turn on image embedding for this sub-forum only? (I don't know why it's disabled for the site, but I'm assuming there is a reason.)

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Very nicely done.

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Are those force charts up to date?

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