MT- What do you like about it?

[Murph]

The short answer is the Task System, that is rather nice. Another thing is standardizing the UWP, and making the Mercenary style character gen system available in the basic book.

 

[infojunky]

The fluff mostly.

Though the special duty roll in Basic Character creation has some merit.

 

[mike wightman]

The things I still use in some form or other.
Special Duty roll
Imperial Encyclopedia
Referee Companion
Personal combat->vehicle combat with the potential to handle ship combat too

 

[Spinward Scout]

The Detail!

I still use the checklists from Imperial Encyclopedia and the Referee's Companion and the chapter on Communications.

 

[punkrabbitt]

I still remember how the books smelled fresh out of the box. It was unique!
Megatraveller was, at the time, a breath of fresh air that pulled everything together into one place with one unified system. I enjoyed the vehicle design system as its own mini-game, I spent a lot of time looking around my neighborhood and designing every vehicle I saw. I was the GM and the only one with the rules. I backported the whole Rebellion setting to our quasi-Spinward Marches campaign and used the chaos to stage a Vargr invasion. Good times...

 

[RogerD]

The task system was certainly welcome. Catching up regular career skill levels to the Book4-7 character skill levels was reasonable (if a bit inflationary). Mostly it felt like a reasonable attempt to take Books 1-8 and consolidate it into three larger books.

 

[aramis]

• I like the task system; I've liked it since TD Issue 8 (where I first encountered it).
• I like the attack and damage system for personal combat, and the unit combat (from the Referee's Companion). Including the vehicles mechanics
• I like the Research rules, too (Ref's Companion).
• I like the increased skill access in basic gen.
• I like the rules for vehicle combat (other than ships)
• I like that there is enough information to use the vehicle rules for starships. Batteries are just conglomerate units...
• I like that there is 3I setting included.

That it's my favorite edition should be obvious from the avatar image. (Note that the Shattered Starburst is a low-fidelity map of the Second Civil War factions...)

 

[MichaelSTee]

Character generation, with more skill cascades to pick your skills more often; and the system generation flowchart is easier to follow than Book 6. I was still fairly new to Traveller, having just picked up the Deluxe box the previous year, and the 3 book set was awe-inspiring. (Pity about the errata)

 

[Tobias]

Although nowadays I have migrated back to Classic Traveller mostly, many things about MT I really like and continue to use:
- The general layout, style and presentation.
- The Imperial Encyclopedia. Still the go-to background bible for my Traveller games.
- The cover of the Referee's manual (and the box) remains one of my favorite pieces of Traveller artwork.
- The expanded system information (PBG, stellar data)
- Bringing basic and extended character generation in line as far as skills are concerned. Snatched the "special duty" roll for my CT games.
- The "nugget" formula for adventures.

And of course:
- The quality supplemental material produced (mostly) by DGP. So many adventure ideas and exploration of different aspects of the game.

 

[Vargr Breath]

Hard Times.

 

[mike wightman]

Hard Times.

Agree. I didn't include it in my list because it isn't something I have on my table unless i am running a scenario for it, But it is one of my favourite settings for Traveller in any iteration.

 

[aramis]

Agree. I didn't include it in my list because it isn't something I have on my table unless i am running a scenario for it, But it is one of my favourite settings for Traveller in any iteration.

While i prefer classic timeframe, I have run (and enjoyed running) HT.

And I love all the MT cover art, tho' my favorite is the Referee's Companion, with the semi-submerged type-S with two scouts atop it.

 

[McPerth]

MT is also my favorite version, though most of the points I most like have one (or several) but...

• I like chargen, (voth, basic and advanced) and the results it gives
• I like the vehicle building rules, even though they give some unrealistic results ar many points (as the PP efficiencies) and are unclear in others
• I like character developement rules (ATs), being (IMHO) the version where they are best
• I like the detail of system creation (mostly since H&E made the workfon you, as it was quite time consuming)
• I like the setting and its evolution, though some points are quite unbelieveable and not reproducible with the rules (Varg invasions, the high numbers of ships destroyed, etc)
• And many more points. In general, I like the whole lot as it is (once errata is applied, as it has a true issue on it), despite being many points fit for improvement

And I love all the MT cover art, tho' my favorite is the Referee's Companion, with the semi-submerged type-S with two scouts atop it.

As a curiosity, I always saw it as they were refuelling from ocean

 

[aramis]

As a curiosity, I always saw it as they were refuelling from ocean

Yep, same.

 

[E.D.Quibell]

Hard Times.

Agree. I didn't include it in my list because it isn't something I have on my table unless i am running a scenario for it, But it is one of my favourite settings for Traveller in any iteration.

I agree. Hard times where your space is in a recovery mode after a war is where your PCs can have real impact.
I don't use the 3rd Imperium, but I have my own TU that had a war to stalemate, and produced a Hard Times setting.

and MT is my favourite addition.

The task system is the best in Traveller (and lots of other RPGs as well (although I should put in probably somewhere to be balanced (but I didn't because I'm biased)))
I like the character gen basic and advanced (although I like life events that MgT brings (and wish I'd have thought of it))
I like the vehicle building rules because they are crunchie enough to make it interesting but not so crucnchie that it's not worth the effort
I like the character development
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MT is just my favourite addition ...