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Hi Syntax, actually i have the 3145 coordinates in my xlsx file before i stopped updating it, and i've used your Cartographer to view it, pretty impressive app still. If you want, send me the format you want the data in so you can port them on your app/site with ease. Right now the only BT related thing i do is mw4 mercs, and not even a whole lot of that. I need something to pass the time while waiting for hb:hk (or another book with new maps), though i'm still leaning towards the idea that it's been relegated to vaporware.

sure hope so, that book would fill in a lot of pre-3025 holes on my database.

he even told me witout making me promise to root for the penguins.

That's good. Those stains are impossible to wash off your soul.

CGL said in 2012 that it'd be out in 2013 for sure.  I think Herb actually said it in a battle chat, though my memory could be wrong.

Lets hope I can't repeat that statement in 2015.

Honestly the handbooks I didn't care for.  I bought them all, but only really for the maps and the couple of units/weapons in the back.  90% of them I didn't care for.

The originals I only liked the unit rosters, and some of them weren't so complete (steiner).

My favorite books were the 2 volumes of the NAIS atlases.  I've read both of those dozens of times, and if it wasn't for those I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have invested tens of thousands in the game since.  Unfortunately, they weren't that popular, and the new management tries to avoid detailing the universe like that (and aren't very military oriented, which may be a bit of a reason too) so the chances of seeing those again are nil.

TROs sell, so we see LOTS of them.  Rulebooks sell, so we've seen a bunch of those too.  The old scenario books apparently didn't sell well (I thought the starter books were EXTREMELY well done) so they are pretty much discontinued as well.

It all comes down to popularity.  Unfortunately the BT fan base isn't large enough that anything but the highest popularity books see repeats.  Perhaps if we could get a LOT more fans, the less popular books could still justify the costs to produce.

I really wish they'd do a "we'll make it if you pre-order enough of them" sorta system.  Kinda like kickstarter.  Lets say I want a book on some big age of war battle on 1 individual planet that was some obscure reference.  The book would be 100 pages, have X count of various pics, and require X amount of time to produce.  They start a KS and if they get to 1000 pre-orders, they'll write it.  Stupid folks like me could buy 10, other folks maybe half, but if they get enough the book gets printed.  I would think that'd work, though I'm no line developer.

But hopefully we will see it soon, so they can wash their hands of it and work on the future products (which I hope are 2500-3025, as all the new rules/system are slowing the game down immensely).

Have you tried Alpha Strike? Those games are super quick, even with the optional rules. Plus they allow for some large battles.

Yeap, and made a card maker for it at http://btengineer.blogspot.com/2013/08/alpha-strike-card-maker-update.html (which is due for an update)

But 3025 battletech is fast enough, its just all the new equipment is really slowing things down.  C3, ECM, special armors, special movements, attacks requiring multiple dice, and with advanced tech plenty of tonnage and heat sinks to pile on even more weapons.