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[Asakara]

This game has a critical glaring flaw which I hope the devs will address soon.. In my cockpit I am wearing pants. PANTS!

An InnerSphere MechWarrior wears a neuro helmet, a cooling vest, boxers or briefs, and combat boots... Not pants. Cooling suits are lostech and used by the Clans at this point.

So I ask you, PGI, to take off my pants so I can pretend to be a "real" InnerSphere MechWarrior. I will even pay you to do it.

Just think of the possibilities.. Like various boxer/brief colors and patterns (i.e. plain, hearts, plaid, etc..).. Varying levels of hairiness (i.e. Smooth, normal, Italian, etc..)... Size and weight differences.. And of course different looks for different genders.

Back in November 2012 I created a thread about this, which was archived for whatever reason in early July 2013:

http://mwomercs.com/...emove-my-pants/

Needless to say there is support for PGI to take off our pants for MC.

So please PGI, take off my pants so I can share more disposable income with you.

Thanks!

[DocBach]

I'd pay even more MC for a Star League era cooling suit like Jeremiah Rose. The Clan combat thong worn by the dude being electrocuted or something would be a great release for when the Clans invade for player customizability!

[Tweaks]

Hell yeah !

[Green Mamba]

They don't have UnderArmor Garments in the 31st century?

[Timuroslav]

http://youtu.be/nys0i_FRjTI
I wear no pants

Commando 1B 4life

Edited by Timuroslav, 11 September 2013 - 06:40 PM.

[Tweaks]

Green Mamba, on 11 September 2013 - 06:27 PM, said:

They don't have UnderArmor Garments in the 31st century?

They do, but not in 'Mechs. It's just too hot in there. If you read any of the novels, they always strip down to underwears and even thongs, and they get all sweaty after firing just a few of their weapons. They often described how they have to contort in order to dress/undress in their cramped cockpits.

[DocBach]

Green Mamba, on 11 September 2013 - 06:27 PM, said:

They don't have UnderArmor Garments in the 31st century?

under armor is not fire retardant so it's a no go for missions

[Asakara]

[Kaijin]

This simple thing - the fact PIG has put us in pants - It really drives home how little they bothered to research the IP.

[Xanquil]

I'm thinking that the thought was we were well paid mercs/mechwarriors and could afford a combat suit. http://www.sarna.net...ior_Combat_Suit I would love to have more options to customize my pilot though, green just isn't my color.

[Green Mamba]

DocBach, on 11 September 2013 - 09:21 PM, said:

under armor is not fire retardant so it's a no go for missions

http://www.botachtac...arfiremodl.html ..This must be LosTech

[DocBach]

thats just an under armour brand flash shirt, it won't keep you cool just keep you from being flash burned

[Heffay]

The naked in a cockpit lore is the worst of all the lore in Battletech.

Being naked doesn't keep you cooler. That's just a plot device designed to get people naked. This is one place where stepping away from lore is a good idea. Anyone who wants to expose naked flesh to a heat source deserves to roast like a weenie in their cockpit.

[Xtrekker]

Asakara, on 12 September 2013 - 06:44 PM, said:

Actually that is an accountant.

[Grrzoot]

i dunno all those novels where the chick pilots always were captured and came out naked, that was in no way a plot device or a blatant sex appeal to the supposedly mostly teenage young adult male fan audience at all right.... right?

[The Shredder]

Well, Pilots aren't being exposed directly to a heat source, like a stove. Instead, the AMBIENT heat goes up. The cooling vest makes sense. I've also read about how some pilots shave their heads. It is implied it helps with the nuero-link helmet, but it would also help in keepin you cool. The body loses heat through the extremities.
In order to be wearing clothing in such a hot enviroment, the clothing would have to be designed for it. People bring up the fact that muslims wear clothing over every inch of their body, and live in the desert, but this is actually just to keep the sun off. If it were say, 110 degrees and OVERCAST, you would be much more comfrotable running around naked. Just look at jungle tribes.
Now, since the full body cooling suit is lostech, it would make more sense if the pilots were wearing less clothing. Yes, I know the idea of a flight suit wouldn't be that hard to make, but since it is clearly stated as being lostech, then lostech it is. While it is true that the females jumping naked out of a captured mech seems like titilation, I always found it to be treated as something of a necessaity. The males characters don't react to the nakedness in a lewd way. Because Mech combat is supposed to ebe conducted in a civilized manner, it s no more strange that defeating a swahili warrior. Sure, they're naked, but that don't mean they don't deserve respect. Censorship has made the issue a lot more complicated than it needs to be.
The Scottish Highlanders used to fight completely naked. I doubt they british were being turned on by the sight of blue-painted men charging them with nothing but a claymore and a fierce grin.
Anyway, Since so much has already been sacrificed, lore wise, I really think the option - READ OPTION! to depants your pilot should be a big deal to PGI. Personally, I am hoping for some avatar creation options. I'd like my pilot to reflect my piloting. And since they have hinted at bring about ejection options, I think it would be cool to see a little pilot go shooting up out of the top of the mech in not much besides his boots, some briefs, and an embarrased look because he got his ride all shot up.
At the very least, us Founders ought to be given the option, right?

[Risko Vinsheen]

The Shredder, on 14 September 2013 - 11:40 PM, said:

At the very least, us Founders ought to be given the option, right?

I'm off to start a petition for Founders tag booty shorts!

[Deadmeat313]

I sit at my computer playing in my boxer shorts. Sometimes a vest too.

I've made a helmet by cutting a small octagonally-shaped hole in a large wastepaper basket and attaching wires at the back.

[Lishta]

I don't mind this idea at all, so long as i have female legs, and not great big hairy man legs.

[samuel2213]

Couldn't they just invest in a fan and call it a day?