BootDisk
10/16/19 04:35 PM
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I've been trying to get the costs for all of the 3025 era 'Mechs. I've seen prices on SARNA, MUL, and a few different FASA publications that didn't line up, so I tried calculating them myself using the instructions in the Compendium manual, and Tech Manual.
I got about twenty exact matches with Sarna listings, three that were only off by 1 C-bill, and thirty-two that were off by quite a bit. Some seemed like a typo surely occurred, such as the Enforcer where a 3 and a 5 are transposed. I didn't see a price on the Javelin page, but after looking on the "edit" page I noticed it was listed with 2400840 even though it doesn't show up for me.
It seems like most places on the internet that list a price for a 'Mech are referencing some licensed publication for their answer. Given how often I was able to calculate the exact price of a 'Mech by following the instructions, I'm thinking that the intention was that each 'Mech's cost is to be done in this way, rather than given some arbitrary cost for fluff reasons. If anyone wants to verify some of the costs from the list below that don't match, I'd really appreciate it as I'm trying to work the bugs out of my spreadsheets. And, ultimately, I'd like to make sure the wiki has the correct numbers.
The first cost is the one I came up with, and the second one is the cost I found on the wiki:
..............................…...Calculated...……. SARNA
Locust LCT-1V……... 1512400……... 1512400
Wasp WSP-1A……... 1502640……... 1646640
Stinger STG-3R……... 1471440……... 1615440
Commando COM-2D……... 1891250……... 1823750
Javelin JVN-10N……... 2166840……... ?
Spider SDR-5V……... 2547740……... 2984540
UrbanMech UM-R60……... 1456325……... 1471925
Valkyrie VLK-QA……... 2049320……... 2205320
Firestarter FS9-H……... 2763450……... 3046950
Jenner JR7-D……... 3009375……... 3198375
Ostscout OTT-7J……... 2887560……... 3416760
Panther PNT-9R……... 2372310……... 2485710
Assassin ASN-21……... 3295413……... 3765813
Cicada CDA-2A……... 3705216……... 3705217
Clint CLNT-2-3T……... 3236380……... 3572380
Hermes II HER-2S……... 3165680……... 3165680
Vulcan VL 2T……... 3126900……... 3462900
Whitworth WTH-1……... 2778533……... 2912933
Blackjack BJ-1……... 2997150……... 3147225
Hatchetman HCT-3F……... 3302500……... 3129390
Phoenix Hawk PXH-1……... 3670820……... 4067540
Vindicator VND-1R……... 3024482……... 3181083
Centurion CN9-A……... 3491500……... 3491500
Enforcer ENF-4R……... 3356875……... 3536875
Hunchback HBK-4G……... 3467875……... 3467875
Trebuchet TBT-5N……... 4293500……... 4293500
Dervish DV-6M……... 4655786……... 4989967
Griffin GRF-1N……... 4616106……... 4957107
Shadow hawk SHD-2H……... 4437081……... 4539382
Scorpion SCP-1N……... 5201800……... 5201800
Wolverine WVR-6R……... 4486681……... 4827682
Dragon DRG-1N……... 5036800……... 5036800
Ostroc OSR-2C……... 5025600……... 5025600
Ostsol ATL-4D……... 5017600……... 5017600
Quickdraw QKD-4G……... 5130560……... 5514560
Rifleman RFL-3N……... 4869600……... 4860000
Catapult CPLT-C1……... 5532725……... 5790125
Crusader CRD-3R……... 5686010……... 5686010
JagerMech JM6-S……... 5232425……... 5232425
Thunderbolt TDR-5S……... 5413760……... 5413760
Archer ARC-2R……... 6384973……... 6384974
Grasshopper GHR-5H……... 5738973……... 6024574
Warhammer WHM-6R……... 6070983……... 6070984
Marauder MAD-3R……... 6635125……... 6635125
Orion ON1-K……... 6665750……... 6674500
Awesome AWS-8Q……... 6598170……... 6598170
Charger CGR-1A1……... 7531890……... 7520370
Goliath GOL-1H……... 7651200……... 7651200
Victor VTR 9B……... 7698720……... 8044320
Zues ZEU-6S……... 7617900……... 7617900
Battlemaster BLR-1G……... 8501243……... 8501243
Stalker STK-3F……... 7463825……... 7463825
Cyclops CP 10-Z……... 9217660……... 9217660
Banshee BNC-3E……... 9530852……... 9522078
Atlas AS7-D……... 9626000……... 9626000
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Frabby
10/16/19 05:10 PM
91.39.164.192
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Thanks for the work you put into this!
As for the data at hand... phew. It may be an exercise in futility.
I don't think BattleMechs *have* a set price, certainly not in the sense of a MSRP. The rulebooks are meant imho to give a ballpart estimation of the price per unit during production, but most of the time a 'Mech is literally priceless. It's a seller's market, after all, particularly in the classic 3025 era scavenger economy and again in the Dark Age. As a GM, I never wasted a thought on any "official" price tag. They were worth whatever a potential seller could get for them.
If a canonical product spells out a price tag somewhere then that's certainly notable on the 'Mech's article.
I'm less sure about a value determined from a set of rules, because these are bound to change.
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BootDisk
10/16/19 06:54 PM
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I agree that 'Mechs are essentially priceless. I can't imagine how a listed price would hold across the entire known universe, spanning hundreds or thousands of years in time as well. But at the same time, I didn't want to think that the listed costs were useless information. I'm sure some people balance their game scenarios on costs of units (especially in long campaigns or RPGs where purchasing and repairing is involved), and for those times there might be an instance of the specific numbers being important.
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