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I have always liked TRO's, although they can be a hard slog to read at times, but the XTRO series has not really done it for me, apart from the historical one like Primitives.  I think it stems from my feeling that BT Tech options are just a little bit oversaturated these days.

Yup pretty much what I thought after an in depth read virtually none of the units are any good or of use it's not really a sourcebook for the units more the comedy and the complete fall of ComStar

Maybe excepting the Hurricane which I can see many nasty uses for, maybe even as far as the DA and The resurgent ComGuard faction

Yup pretty much what I thought after an in depth read virtually none of the units are any good or of use it's not really a sourcebook for the units more the comedy and the complete fall of ComStar

Maybe excepting the Hurricane which I can see many nasty uses for, maybe even as far as the DA and The resurgent ComGuard faction

I dunno if I would go that far.  the Beowulf is functional, the Exterminator variant was awesome before the CLPS and Null Sig was added on, the Grim Reaper is a Punching Bag, the Highlander is interesting.

the Celerity is a cool concept, and the Fury tank that accompanies it is nothing to sneeze at.

the fighters are all functional, and the hurricaine suit is phenominal

The xTRO series has been hit or miss for me. Considering that the large majority of them are not in production, it feels a bit like I'm just paying for somebody's fan designs on the forums. I'm not sure that's a precedent I'd like set. Had more of these been in production or at least a bit more prevalent, I would have been happier.

Prototypes on the other hand, I found to be one of my favorite TROs to date. The fluff was a little more well constructed, and the changes seemed to occupy a happy middle ground of "Look at the fun new toys we can use!" and "Yeah, we still have those weird production holdups, so we're still kind of half-assing this."

The xTRO series has been hit or miss for me. Considering that the large majority of them are not in production, it feels a bit like I'm just paying for somebody's fan designs on the forums. I'm not sure that's a precedent I'd like set. Had more of these been in production or at least a bit more prevalent, I would have been happier.

Prototypes on the other hand, I found to be one of my favorite TROs to date. The fluff was a little more well constructed, and the changes seemed to occupy a happy middle ground of "Look at the fun new toys we can use!" and "Yeah, we still have those weird production holdups, so we're still kind of half-assing this."

just cause they are not in full scale production does not mean you can not bring them to games.  if anything all TROs are just weird fan designs considering who runs Btech these days

Second look at these things (trying not to read the fluff as it makes me laugh)

To me the Beowulf is not really an upgrade, it works but lose the Composite Structure and the Small Cockpit then it might be ok, the Stealth Armour and Angel ECM do provide plus points.  But 4 ER Mediums is nothing compared to what some Mechs this size carry and it has no range.

The Tessen shouldn't be in there all it does is swap the iNarc (which no-one used) for the C3 Remote Dispenser

I'll give you the Grim Reaper it's a tank but with all that Clan tech a little impractical

The Exterminator would be nice with a Void system on it but as the fluff says - give me a Raptor II (I know it's classified so the designer didn't know but it's still funny)

The Highlander on a second look might be worth a play with, nice split firepower instead of the all in one LRM-20 for ranged and really nice close in with all those MML tubes.  Would likely be neat in a City but why not give it an AC/20 make it a city fighter instead of trying to fight everywhere?  The Angel ECM would be well at home there.

Don't like the Celerity or what it stands for the design itself is pretty useless on the battlefield other than a C3i Scout, a couple of SRMs will disable it, an expensive loss I'd rather have a hover craft drone.  The art work is pretty cool.  The Fury is a nice command vehicle actually but not really for pick up play.

The Lightning, Demon and Kobold are horrible

The fighters I won't judge as don't play often enough

But still by a long way my favourite is the Hurricane, it's just a nasty piece of work, the Armour and AP Gauss maybe difficult to get your hands on but that would be a nice piece of personal kit

For the strange and unusual vibe you are in the right place