Mega thread for "My Kickstarter order has arrived"

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Good Day Mechwarrior & welcome to our Kickstarter Order mega thread!

Feel free to post your glourious hoard below for all to see, as we bask in jealousy until the day of our own orders arriving, and can be added to the hoard of our collective irresponsible spending.

Whether your a Merc band starting out, have bent the knee to the "greatest" House, are genetically superior to your freeborn Clansman, or working at that morally ambiguous telecommunication company we look forward to seeing your merch!

This is where you should post your images of your recent kickstarter orders arriving, so the reddit does not get flooded with the same kind of post for the next while.

Thank you!

Originla post; Good morning everyone. I wanted to just get the vibe of the community on this.

With the Kickstarter orders now on the way, can we please get the Mods to make a mega thread so the next month of post's aren't just "Look what arrived/it's finally here/I am now fulfilled etc."

I Get everyone is excited, me included, but these are just gonna clog up the feed. And as someone who has also backed it I'm like backer 10,000+ dunno if they are doing in order or by country either way I have a while till I see mine

I just wanted to talk about it now rather then a week from now when people start getting annoyed by this.

in battletechby Lennax_Stiles

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VanorDM

Done and done. Made this a sticky. Everyone please use this thread for discussion of stuff showing up.

CommissarStahl

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LosTechStompbox

I am glad to see that the patches are good quality woven ones rather than sublimated.

CommissarStahl

I'm impressed by the pins, the dice are really cool, the patches are actually embroidered, the mad cat statue is awesome, all in all, very happy. Wish I'd have gotten more, haha!

Dogahn

Most of the complaints are about the game component quantities for the price (Not much of a deal over LGS). The non-game components are absolutely showing their quality now.

Lennax_Stiles

Ah we had very different goals with our purchases XD What are all those mech cards in the top left?

CommissarStahl

Unit recognition poster, and 2 other art posters!

Dogahn

Gray Death and Lyran Alliance are shipping!

^{I am suspicious of which orders are being delayed and the faction specific stuff is my theory}

Hwaldar1201

How nice is the dice roller? I’m excited to receive mine but no one has spoken to their quality yet. Although I’m hopeful since everything else the KS made people have been very pleased with.

CommissarStahl

I'd say the dice tray is on par with just about any other one I've gotten over the years. Maybe a little better than a cheap Amazon one with a weird brand name. The pleather material is your average pleather, I do love the velvety lining inside. It feels very soft and the graphics are very crisp.

Hwaldar1201

Awesome! Thank you!

oogabooga5627

I love how this mega thread is anything but kickstarter hauls so far haha

Not_a_shoe

Mine arrives tomorrow, I'll be taking all the photos.

Lennax_Stiles

Well lots of talk and questions but no body is sharing photos just yet, I'm sure it will happen XD

If not I will share my haul when it arrives.

Raetheos1984

This. Until I get my email I remain in paranoid fear that I'll miss something and it's all fucked and I'll not get my stuff.

I don't need to see your haul until Catalyst says they're all delivered.

AgainstTheTides

I am right here with you. One of my buddies got the email, I haven't seen anything since the last update. I am a bundle of nerves, just thoroughly worried.

Raetheos1984

Right?? 1 guy in my group got his, and he shows to maybe 1 game every 2 months? Rest of us are twice a week every week.

As I say every game, I guess is true in shipping... Dice be dice.

psycospaz

My brother got the email for address confirmation, and now I'm checking my email every half an hour.

AlphSaber

I just got my email notice that it has shipped.

AgainstTheTides

Haha, I've been doing that for about a week now! It's funny because I've waited patiently for some time now, however, being so close to the finish line now has me extremely antsy!

Electrum_Dragon

In same boat. Feels weird to have all these fulfilments complete and not even get the address verification yet.

Raetheos1984

Yeah. I mean, I'm sure it'll all be fine. But man. Feels bad.

SmolderingShine

Those of us outside the US thank you for this, currently it seems it's only North America shipping in progress - I've heard no word on EU or AUS; and as an Australian I'm anxiously waiting my haul since last time was hell.

Lennax_Stiles

I am over in the Kiwilands myself and definitely feel that, it's so close yet....so far....

Barrenechea

I wouldn't go so far as all of North America. I'm in Canada and I only discovered things were shipped/shipping because of posts on the sub... I haven't received any information aside from the $70 + dollar charge to my credit card for shipping costs.

Bore-Ragnarok

I'm a US Backer and I haven't even gotten an address confirmation yet. :(

Barrenechea

So, it's just luck I guess.

spanner3

Data points: Received address verification 8 days ago, shipping email 4 days ago, package an hour ago.
Company level, plus the Universe book, dice puck, and some boxes-o-stuff.

spanner3

Oh, Northeastern continental US.

Belaerim

Canadian Shipping Info, since most of the info/updates on this thread are from US backers.

Canadian backer here, just got my shipping confirmation email.

For reference, got the shipping email on Friday July 5th from CGL. The address confirmation email from QML was back on Friday June 21, so two weeks with holidays on either side of the border and vehicle salvage box issue, so that isn't too bad.

One odd note is that the QML distribution hub in Canada is Woodbridge, Ontario going by the FedEx info. I thought during one of the discussions around the KS that CGL said Vancouver would be the Canadian hub, but maybe I'm misremembering or things changed. Or maybe I just thought that would make sense if they were being shipped in from China to a Pacific port <shrugs>

Its FedEx Ground, which by default on the FedEx website says 1-7 business days between any two points in Canada.

But in my experience (before COVID/going WFH, so maybe things have changed) it was usually 2-3 business days from Woodbridge (which despite not being a major city is actually a major corporate warehouse/shipping hub just outside Toronto for reference) to Vancouver.

And when I plug in the postal codes and residential delivery into the FedEx Ground Service map, it says 1 business day, with items picked up on Friday being delivered on Monday.

So there is a decent chance the Sea Fox delivery system will have my army delivered on Monday.

... now I just need to paint the ~120 mechs and a star of elementals that I swore I would have painted before the new Mercs KS units came in. I can skip a wedding this weekend, right? Priorities

Lennax_Stiles

Thanks for sharing all the details, good to see orders outside of the US are starting to move now

W4tchmaker

Seconding this. I'm in Alberta, and my order (Battalion) shipped the same day

Stretch5678

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This arrived on the second. Zorua for scale.

Dogahn

Sweet, RotS is shipping.

^{I also took that coin, respect to my Clix days}

CopperStateCards

trying to get ahole of the sku for the legendary ii and iii salvage box. If you see this could you get that off the side of the box for me? finishing up a spreadsheet.

Stretch5678

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How's this?

CopperStateCards

the number I need is on the side should be 36008,9, or 15 based on process of elimination.

Stretch5678

It’s 36017.

CopperStateCards

huh...I wonder what 15 is. thanks tons. always weird when they skip a sku.

Evadker

12h

15 is the "PoP" display for the Mercenaries Salvage Box. That's the 9-pack point-of-purchase outer box they'll be sold in.

generalraingod

I just received the email saying my order has shipped with a Fedex tracking number. I'm in Ontario, Canada. I had pledged at the Veteran level with a bunch of add-ons.

Kylarus

Got my shipment in! the record sheets seem worth it, fairly durable and dry erase compatible. The map pack is huge, 6 sheets with punch outs for building ruins and stuff. The posters are also cool, all three are double sided.

Note: the vehicle salvage boxes are two different models in each, with their cards.

Edit: When they go on sale, the premium record sheet pack is ~40 double sided sheets, 2 variants per sheet and includes ~10 doublesided starter box style half cards. The listed MSRP is $35.

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Kylarus

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1 side of the six maps from the Savannah map pack, with its rubble tokens.

Materiam

23h

Damn, those savanna maps looking crazy fun.

Kylarus

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Pulls from the 9 vehicle salvage boxes, each box gave two difference vehicles. The LRM and SRM carrier came with a duplicate turret of theirs, so I could swap the two to a different variant if desired. The MASH truck in upper right had it's popout section detached in the box.

Kylarus

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Two of the posters with mercenaries box for scale. Each of the three are double sided, four of the sides are the backgrounds we got from earlier in kickstarter, the other two are the recognition chart and a space scene.

kaizokuo_grahf

I think what is important to get a feel when things get shipped is... IF you get your stuff, let us know what level you backed at, if you were a part of the "main" campaign, etc. HOPEFULLY they are sending stuff out to the highest backers first, and people like me who backed at the lowest level with some add-ons go later.

Dry_Plate9377

I think they are sending the simplest orders first, sort of. Rumor has it some swag still hasn't arrived, and they are shipping orders they can fulfill with the swag that has arrived, so if your order is bigger, more likely you'll have to wait longer (because it's more likely the specific swag you ordered if you got a lot of it is on the list of swag that didn't arrive).

Dogahn

So Raven Alliance is shipping...

JoseLunaArts

The time of agony has begun. Time dilation and relativity special theory is making some people look like Christmas arrived for others, days before you had it. It is because of special relativity that the future of others is simultaneous to your past. So you see others and not you receiving the packages with a time gap.

I went through that in 2020. Einstein predicted. I experienced it.

This time dilation is a hassle. Darn physics... LOL!

warwolf_22

Received my loot on Friday, shipped to Puerto Rico. Everything arrived in great condition and all items accounted for. Backer number 4821, Veteran tier. However, due to life circumstances I might be selling most of the stuff at cost and just keep a few to paint.

realTollScott

What stuff are you interested in selling?

too-far-for-missiles

I actually got the shipping email in my dreams last night. The waiting is really getting to me.

Edit: it was prophecy! Just got the tracking information.

demariadaniel

It's happening!!!

Got my 'your order has shipped' email today

I backed at the Company level and live in Ontario, Canada

Original QML email came June 21

SO excited for the new minis, 3055/3058 were my favorite TROs as a kid and I'm stoked about the redesigns

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Warden_Sco

I can't wait to get mine and hide it from my wife as my pile of plastic/resin shame is frankly ridiculous.

SRTifiable

My buddy warned his wife that the box would be as big as she was. In front of my wife. I ordered more than he did 😬🤣

brian11e3

I just got my shipping verification.

Lennax_Stiles

And where abouts are you situated? Just the country is fine 😄

Atlas_Titan_101

GOT MY LOOT but,

When I received my products, included were several vehicle salvage boxes I'd ordered. Upon opening the boxes i noticed among my assorted awards were 2 SRM carriers, however, each carrier came with 2 IDENTICAL turrets. this leaves me with 2 bodies and 4 identical turrets. I did not receive a single LRM carrier, is this intentional?

Not_a_shoe

I also had this happen with an SRM carrier in a salvage box.

Lurker094

This is not intentional no. Contact their email support

Ricepoweredhero

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Bro…..

ON1-K

Congrats! Now tell them to send me one...

nnorton00

Yuuuup, got mine this morning too!

Puzzleheaded-Event32

I got the same email on Tuesday 7/2. Have you received a shipping notice yet?

HexenHerz

I'll agree. It doesn't seem like much yet, but when the posts get into the dozens or hundreds it gets annoying.

Phalusiraptor

This is a great idea.

CommissarStahl

Mine just shipped. Delivery tomorrow, I am.... excited to play my second game. Despite having most everything I still haven't played a lot.

Old_Bag_8053

Curious, what kind of notification did you get and how long after before it shipped?

CommissarStahl

I got an email from Quartermaster Logistics about 8 hours ago saying it had shipped, then i got a separate email about 2 hours ago from FedEx saying it arrives tomorrow. I was very surprised at how quick that would be. (Also I'm US east coast)

Diewarp9

Ugh youre so lucky! Im east coast as well and havent gotten anything yet. Fingers crossed

ghunter7

Looking at the tanks in some photos and all I can think is "oh sorry about your terrain and maps Battletech is a 50mm/2" hex game now.

Them suckaz huge.

Dogahn

Good thing you target the hex and not some arbitrary point on the model. 😉

ghunter7

Not the point I was trying to make. Gets awkward having to move the terrain or turn the tanks on its side because its literally impossible to fit it in between 2 raised hexes on opposing sides.

Its a problem of size creep, the Turkina, Night Star and MarauderII being some of the biggest offenders. But at least with those you can kind of prop their arms up so they float half way.

They can make them whatever size they want, but for me and terrain I play with it won't work and in this case I will use 3D printed models. I can scale down an STL of a Demolisher, can't scale a chunk of plastic.

Dogahn

Had you mentioned the size creep earlier, I probably wouldn't have mentioned anything. My playing on paper or AS lets that kind of problem slide by more.

spanner3

I think it depends on the tanks. I'm looking over my battle and fire lance box and these lads are very stompable. I think the huge tanks are appropriately huge.

ghunter7

It's all arbitrary anyway, given a hex is representative of 100 feet (if I remember correctly) and a map scale drop ship is very, very small looking compared to mechs. Personally I'd much rather have something that will fit between walls, canyons, buildings etc when using map scale terrain.

fyremoth

Can anyone that’s got their stuff confirm whether the mispackaged vehicles in the mech salvage boxes is a true thing? Saw a photo on the Battletech Facebook group about it, but I figure it’s an easy message to CGL for correction.

TyrusVE

It's real, but CGL has tracked down the issue. It was a packing error. Backers are getting an extra salvage box, and if you're affected, they'll provide recourse. Full details in the backer update just published.

fyremoth

Thanks, just saw their update!

Dogahn

Sad/Glad I didn't take random salvage boxes now.

Not_a_shoe

I got no vehicles in my mech salvage boxes, but 1 of my vehicle salvage boxes is missing an AS card and support card for a vehicle.

CopperStateCards

Email support.

SmileFromTheMoon

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Not everything has made it yet (missing the core set and a map pack) When they arrive I'll take a nice, pretty picture. Until then, stay frosty.

TheyCallMeStino

If someone that receives there fulfillment feels amenable, would you post details on the new Mercs Campaign Rules? I have 5 players who want to play, but I am holding out on working in the campaign details until I get these new rules. Really just want to know if they have all new missions, a way to track rep, have a strong outline etc or if it mostly relies on the current Chaos Campaign rules.

just-s0m3-guy

Just received mine and read through them tonight. They are somewhat disappointing.

The rules themselves are fine, just updated from the old Chaos Campaign rules, but there are only 2 contracts provided for opposing mercenary groups (1 for each) in a single scenario that lasts for 2-3 tracks (sessions). There are 2 brief options for expanding this scenario into new contracts, but they are not very detailed and 1 is essentially do the same thing again but with different maps. There are 4 engagement types: Strike, Objective Raid, Meeting Engagement, and Defend. Nothing much new there.

My biggest gripe is that rules are not provided for generating your own contracts. All the book says is: “Upcoming products will have more contracts and rules for creating your own contracts.”

Overall, it seems to me that the campaign rules were an afterthought and the main focus was on Battlefield Support.

Edit: You also asked about reputation. Reputation lets you negotiate your contract better (there is a table for this). You start at a reputation of 1. You get +1 for a successful track (session/mission). -1 for an unsuccessful track. 0 for a tie. And -3 for breaking contract (giving up on the contract as a whole), though this loss can be decreased to -1 if your force falls below a certain BV. Negative reputation does not harm you beyond having to get back to positive to get any benefits from it.

Evadker

Hot Spots: Hinterlands will have a bunch of new and varied contracts using the system. There are more Hot Spots sourcebooks planned after that.

CopperStateCards

There is a full book coming at somepoint that focuses on revamped mercenary campaigns. The Mercenaries box is just a starter set with some of those rules. Mercenary Commander's Handbook, if I recall the name correctly.

No-Hair-1332

Isn't there a rule book called campaign opporations for this kind of stuff already?

sirrogue2

Obligatory "got my loot" post. Everything was in good condition and packed up right.

Edit for more info: Southern USA.

Lennax_Stiles

What tier did you back if you don't mind me asking?

And if you got the mercenary starter box, what are the vehicle rules like?

sirrogue2

Company level. I haven't really delved into the vehicle rules yet.

Dogahn

Which challenge coin(s)?

sirrogue2

I'm a fan of the classics, so I got the Crescent Hawks coin.

Dogahn

I got a very irrational fear that the crescent hawk and heavy battle & sweep sets won't be available in my region later. They're the two sets I sacrificed from my initial list to keep shipping within limits.

ViscountSilvermarch

Has anyone gotten their orders at the regiment level yet?

Lurker094

Still waiting for mine as of 7/4 US West Coast

Puzzleheaded-Event32

No. Not yet.

naturenoah

Is there going to be a mech swap thread/form? I have three clanner mechs from salvage looking for a home. In the mean time if you are a Northern Virgina clanner looking to swap you can dm me.

Lennax_Stiles

That could be cool thing to do, but not sure if their is a rule against it for the Reddit no harm.in asking?

Teun135

Ok so did anybody else pull exclusively vehicles from their "mech" salvage boxes? Was kind of disappointed to pull another Maxim from a mech salvage box... :(

brian11e3

I didn't know vehicles could be in the mech salvage boxes. If I'd known that, I might not have ordered so many vehicle salvage boxes.

Teun135

Same, or I would have just got more of the vehicle ones because they have 2 vehicles in them rather than just one.

Doctor_Loggins

Not supposed to be, and were not on the list provided to backers. Catalyst has been notified, hopefully a response will be forthcoming.

Magic-Codfish

Being that there are both vehicle and mech salvage boxes and vehicles get double i wonder if this is a fuck up on the manufacturer/packing department.

seems like a huge fumble if its on catalyst.

Teun135

Yeah that's kind of what I am worried about... I pulled another vehicle from my "legendary mech" salvage box too

Doctor_Loggins

The legendary salvage boxes do have one possible vehicle pull, which is Callandre Kell's SM1 tank destroyer. That model is not available in plastic outside the Legendaries boxes.

Magic-Codfish

aww man, you got me nervous. i picked all mech packs and legendaries for my crack boxes because i got enough vehicle packs to make me happy.

now im half expecting them to be full of vehicles and am kind waiting for somebody to post "so i opened up my blood asp and got a demolisher...."

Edit: was the vehicle in your legendary box perhaps one of the legendary vehicles?

Teun135

It was, I guess I just have that kind of luck lol

Dogahn

That was an oops, check recent update on Kickstarter

SignalBright4508

Ive loved what some on youtube have posted so far!!! Cant wait for mine!!!!

BigStompyMechs

How are the Vehicle rules presented?

Many people were speculating they'd re-order them to either:

List all rules by vehicle type (aka all Tank rules, all VTOL rules)
Consolidate Vehicle-only rules by phase (aka Movement, Combat, Damage)
Set baseline vehicle rules (recap AGoAC), then list the Exceptions in some order

Traditional-Ad-8718

As far as I know, the Mercenaries box does not contain the standard vehicle rules, but instead has a refined, reworked version of the Battlefield Support vehicle rules from the Battle of Tukayyid.

No-Hair-1332

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Refined? I would say cut down from the preview stuff i have seen.

Traditional-Ad-8718

Refined compared to the BSP vehicle rules from the Battle of Tukayyid, not to the standard vehicle rules from Total Warfare. They're very abstracted and I'm not sure how much I'll use them. If I want to run a bigger game with a bunch of vehicle mooks, I'll probably just play Alpha Strike.

Traditional-Ad-8718

As far as I know, the Mercenaries box does not contain the standard vehicle rules, but instead has a refined, reworked version of the Battlefield Support vehicle rules from the Battle of Tukayyid.

Omega_Chris_8352

Has their their been any news yet on if anyone outside the US has gotten their kickstarter fulfillment?

Cerxen

Someone in Puerto Rico I believe got theirs, and a few in people in Canada mentioned r they are getting theirs iirc, but for anyone outside of North/South America I believe fulfillment hasn't started yet.

SunshineRobotech

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What happened to The Art of War, annotated by Jaime Wolf? It wasn't listed on the manifest in my email (and it didn't show up in my shipment), but I know I ordered it as part of my Kickstarter. I haven't seen it in any of the pictures people have posted here, either.

Edited to add: I had a stroke last year right about the time for add-ons, so it's entirely possible I misunderstood something in retrospect.

TyrusVE

I hope you recover well!
The Art of War, annotated by Jaime Wolf appears to have been a digital e-book reward for the majority of backers, though it looks like you could also pledge for a printed version, though I suspect not as many people will have ordered it that way. If you did, I imagine you'll get a copy with your order!
You can find the digital version in the digital rewards section on Backerkit.

Papergeist

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The main question is whether there's some other big discussion that's going to get drowned out. We're not a hugely busy sub, so pictures of shipping info replacing pictures of painted mech minis doesn't sound so bad to me.

damiologist

For now, maybe. I think it'll get old pretty quick

PK808370

Pretty big fan, comparatively, of seeing people’s handiwork and creativity!

Probably the main reason I watch this thread these days.

On the other hand, the only time I’d even thing of watching an unboxing is to make sure I understood the details of what comes in a box of it’s not clear from the store.

Papergeist

Well, think of it this way: some folks have worked very hard for a long time to make what's coming in those boxes, and some people want to show their excitement for that creativity.

PK808370

Good point!! And I’m excited to see a couple of those posts, but think it would quickly become old!

I’m very excited to see all the painted minis and fun gameplay stories that come out of the haul!

To be clear, I’m also looking forward to my haul and all the painting to do and stories to make!