Why don you use a better mecha gaming system like Mekton Zeta?
Since TIW is so closely linked to events in the Robotech TV series, it doesn’t make sense to move to a different RPG system at this time. All the older mecha, characters, and locations that may pop up in a TIW adventure have already been covered by Palladium; why repeat that work? If I started using Mekton Zeta or a similar system for TIW I’d have to translate everything from Robotech into the new system, and even I’m not that ambitious right this moment. ^_^ • Aren’t these mecha a little overpowered? That’s part of the story. The technological power and superior numbers of the Invid give them a definite edge during the early years of the war. This gives players a better perspective of desperation and helplessness when they realize that they are no longer hot stuff just because they own some Shadow Alphas and Vindicators. They will have to learn to be tactically smarter and more cautious early on in order to survive. As the war continues, the arrival of more advanced mecha from the REF
