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[Tie Ma]

Have always felt something was off about the stock mech color. and decided to investigate

"Basic Green" looks tacky and sticks out like a sore thUmb. The color more closely used by the military and previous mechwarrior is MWO's "camo green"

it looks tons better. and it would add to immersion to see unpained mechs in this color rather than the standard "basic green.

Basic Green:


Camo Green



This is also the same shade of green used in all previous mechwarrior games.

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Military Truck for reference

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Update

for those who care. the ugly olive green is very much intentional way to motivate people to buy camo.


The color they give us once we buy the mech "basic green":


The color they advertise their mechs in. "camo green"

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Edited by Tie Ma, 15 April 2013 - 07:54 AM.

[Syllogy]

I'd rather see mechs come with random colors and paint jobs. After all, by this time, most mechs aren't new, they are used.

[jay35]

Feel free to buy it and repaint yours.


Really though, if they're going for an unpainted look, they should come in a bare metal color like a silver or gray.

[Tie Ma]

jay35, on 14 April 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Feel free to buy it and repaint yours.


Really though, if they're going for an unpainted look, they should come in a bare metal color like a silver or gray.

yeah. thats what i thought too. but it bothers me that the majority of mechs we see around are the wrong color. since most people dont paint their mechs.

Also i dont think people buy paint just to look standard

Edited by Tie Ma, 14 April 2013 - 02:30 PM.

[EgoSlayer]

Syllogy, on 14 April 2013 - 07:49 AM, said:

I'd rather see mechs come with random colors and paint jobs. After all, by this time, most mechs aren't new, they are used.

jay35, on 14 April 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

Feel free to buy it and repaint yours.


Really though, if they're going for an unpainted look, they should come in a bare metal color like a silver or gray.

Yeah, a primer gray, or some horrendous spray can looking paint job that makes you want to change the color because it's so freakin ugly stock.

Edited by EgoSlayer, 14 April 2013 - 07:54 AM.

[Tie Ma]

EgoSlayer, on 14 April 2013 - 07:54 AM, said:

Yeah, a primer gray, or some horrendous spray can looking paint job that makes you want to change the color because it's so freakin ugly stock.

i woudln't mind primer grey. the way MWLL does it is in plain metallic

[Jetfire]

Olive Drab is a very common default color for military vehicles, depending on country and usage.

They could just as easily come camo pink, green or yellow.

Or a base light gray.

None are "wrong". Olive Drab is what they chose and well, it sure does motivate repaints.

[Thoummim]

The only good camo color is the one according the landscape.

That why if stock mech were yellow red and blue their color would be as right as the current camo or the ugly usa green camo.

[AlexEss]

Right... Wrong... I am not sure i catch the drift.

I think they are all panted a drab green to encourage people to buy some paint... Not to have it work as a sort of camo on green worlds...

Now if they said "we have based the paint of (army X)" then you might have had an argument.

I'd guess right in this case is the same as "the color PGI" paint them in and wrong would be "hot pink" =P

[Broceratops]

they should all look as ridiculous as possible to encourage repainting

[Megalosauroid]

Broceratops, on 14 April 2013 - 08:38 AM, said:

they should all look as ridiculous as possible to encourage repainting

Thats a bad idea, I cant see my own mech so im not going to repaint it. Have fun looking at my ugly as hell mech all game while i get to look at your nicely painted one that you payed money for, that you cant see.

Edited by Megalosauroid, 14 April 2013 - 08:41 AM.

[Broceratops]

Megalosauroid, on 14 April 2013 - 08:40 AM, said:

Thats a bad idea, I cant see my own mech so im not going to repaint it. Have fun looking at my ugly as hell mech all game while i get to look at your nicely painted one that you payed money for, that you cant see.

so you could stomach going around in a mech that looked like .... this?

[Megalosauroid]

I actually prefer that to the horrible green colour that they are now.

[Team Leader]

Camo doesn't even really help you blend in in this game. It's kind of pointless.

[ShadowbaneX]

I just wish that we had some stock colours for free and then had to pay for other ones. As it is, all my mechs are likely to be default green for a long time.

[Megalosauroid]

ShadowbaneX, on 14 April 2013 - 08:52 AM, said:

I just wish that we had some stock colours for free and then had to pay for other ones. As it is, all my mechs are likely to be default green for a long time.

Use some google-fu and see if you can still redeem the PC gamer skin for free black, red and white paint.

[ShadowbaneX]

Megalosauroid, on 14 April 2013 - 08:55 AM, said:

Use some google-fu and see if you can still redeem the PC gamer skin for free black, red and white paint.

Perhaps my google-fu is weak, but it looks like that is now closed.

[AlexEss]

well you have three C-Bill paints to pick form... red orange and purple i think.

[Komtur]

You can't hide a mech only with colors in this game. So for me the colors are only for fun.

[Chavette]

Broceratops, on 14 April 2013 - 08:38 AM, said:

they should all look as ridiculous as possible to encourage repainting

I actually think the stock one is a reasonable attempt at just that..