Royalewithcheese, on 19 April 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:
I have mixed feelings about this - my suspicion is that you'll run into issues where some options for a given weight class are strictly better than other options. For instance the Kit Fox is basically dead on arrival because it's a light mech that moves at around 100 kph.
It's a stated Omni weakness. Armor, engine and structure type can not be changed. So a timber wolf (mad cat) MUST run FF armor(7 slot clan model), Endo steel (again 7 slot clan model) AND an Xl375 engine. Sure you get to pack what ever you want in the remaining Omni hardpoints, crit slots and tonnage, but you're still only as armored as an Orion, and I'm pretty good at hitting fast moving mechs at range with my AC5s.