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[Keizer]

So are we going to have any kind of cloaking tec. such as a some sort of poloymorphing skin texture that will blend with what ever you are standing in front of? Maybe some other kind of visual dampener but not radar? And if there is not this tec is there anyone besides me that would like it?

Edited by Keizer, 13 June 2012 - 06:25 AM.

[Acer Lerxt]

Please, no.

I've had enough of "stealth" classes for a lifetime.

[Adridos]

There exists non at the time. You have to do with some radar blinding techniques.

[Keizer]

Adridos, on 13 June 2012 - 06:23 AM, said:

There exists non at the time. You have to do with some radar blinding techniques.

not cloaking from radar but just visually in the game so u know there the but u just cant see them as well

[sng ign]

You mean stealth armor? That's mostly a House Liao thing -- and only after the late 3050s (like 3058+)

[Mechteric]

hopefully never in my lifetime. It would make a grown man cry.

[Tymanthius]

Not quite on topic, but I wonder how effective camo style paint jobs will be?

Obviously, you don't want to use bright purple as a scout, but if using whites/greys on a winter map will be more effective, I'd love that, and the ability to easily change my paint.

[Adrienne Vorton]

this is one of the things that would certainly mean i have to live w/o a proper MechWarrior game again and probably forever....

[Keizer]

sng ign, on 13 June 2012 - 06:25 AM, said:

You mean stealth armor? That's mostly a House Liao thing -- and only after the late 3050s (like 3058+)

To me "steath " means hidding from radar what im asking for is visually..... only what u see like when your zooming in to manual tagget .

Tymanthius, on 13 June 2012 - 06:27 AM, said:

Not quite on topic, but I wonder how effective camo style paint jobs will be?

Obviously, you don't want to use bright purple as a scout, but if using whites/greys on a winter map will be more effective, I'd love that, and the ability to easily change my paint.

excatly .....but a camo that changes pattern to mimic what u are standing in front of

Edited by Keizer, 13 June 2012 - 06:31 AM.

[Tadakuma]

Keizer, on 13 June 2012 - 06:20 AM, said:

So are we going to have any kind of cloaking tec. such as a some sort of poloymorphing skin texture that will blend with what ever you are standing in front of? Maybe some other kind of visual dampener but not radar? And if there is not this tec is there anyone besides me that would like it?

Cloaking from sensor is part of the canon, visual cloaking isn't.

The closest you will get is stealth armour which is a post FedCom civil war tech, Roughly 18 years from the MWO setting. Given that thus far the developers have been very respectful of the universe and canon it's not going to happen.

[Zoghak]

http://mwomercs.com/...-devs-1-answer/

here they said there would be ecm suite

[Keizer]

so what your saying is no there are not going to have any of that stuff

[Kazumi]

Would ruin the game if they added it. Nothing like a 90 Ton mech that can just hide in a corner till you pass by and lay into your before your radar can detect it. So glad they are not adding something like this.

[redwarbringer]

A working Exterminator or Spector? Might be interesting. But then i also want the Bloodhound Active Probe and the ECCM =)

Edited by redwarbringer, 13 June 2012 - 06:37 AM.

[Arthwys IronHand]

I think adaptable paint schemes would be workable. something that switched the paint-scheme to match the environment, but actual cloaking would raise the level of suck tremendously.

[Easily]

Tymanthius, on 13 June 2012 - 06:27 AM, said:

Not quite on topic, but I wonder how effective camo style paint jobs will be?

Obviously, you don't want to use bright purple as a scout, but if using whites/greys on a winter map will be more effective, I'd love that, and the ability to easily change my paint.

Pretty effective I imagine. On the sketches of dev blog 6 we can see camo patterns for woodland, grass, dirt, desert, snow and urban environments (not in the military or anything, so correct me if I got any of them wrong), with the option of changing any of the colours of the pattern. It wont help you much when you're running at top speed, but I reckon you can blend in pretty well in any environment if you stand still -- assuming you have the proper camo.


Edit: see http://img.mwomercs....ev_blog6_19.png for example, http://mwomercs.com/...blog-6-mechlab/ for the entire post.

Edited by Easily, 13 June 2012 - 06:38 AM.

[Trevnor]

Just a point of fact for you guys. There is a certain shade of gray(can't find it at the momemnt) that blends in well with everything. It's by no means perfect, it's just proven via field tests that it's the hardest to spot. Something along the lines of wolf grey or something like that.

[pursang]

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The Chameleon Light Polarization Shield is a BattleMech stealth system developed by the Terran Hegemony in 2630 alongside the Null Signature System.^[1]

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• 1 Description
  
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The Chameleon system was designed to make a 'Mech invisible to the naked eye. By using a primitive mimetic system, the outline of the 'Mech carrying it was broken up, blending into the surrounding terrain. The Chameleon was very effective because unlike the Null Signature System it worked against sensor systems and visual observation.
As one of the key technology advances of the Terran Hegemony and Star League, the Chameleon LPS was jealously guarded. It was never deployed in large numbers, appearing only on one variant of the Exterminator used by the Star League Defense Force Royal Divisions.^[2] (The Chameleon may have been installed on one or more versions of the Spector, or retrofitted into 'Mechs used by the SLDF Special Armed Services units however.) ComStar used the few Chameleon LPS systems they had to develop the Mimetic Armor used by the Purifier Adaptive battle suit. Later, the Word of Blake would use the technology of the Chameleon LPS, Null Signature System, and Stealth Armor to develop their Void Signature System.
Though several Exterminators equipped with the CLPS were a part of the Exodus, the Clans saw it as a dishonorable tool used by inferior warriors and mothballed it.

http://www.sarna.net...rization_Shield

As for it being included in MW:O? Doubtful, considering how rare it is in 3049.

Edited by pursang, 13 June 2012 - 06:38 AM.

[tony katdander]

give some BA stealth armour.total mayhem

[shameless]

there's only one mech at this point with such tech and I highly doubt we will see Exterminators , considering the only ones with it would be comstar vintage ones.

It can do visual cloak as does the Spector. Later on, the Word of Blake Perfects the tech for the Raptor II mech, the purifier battle armor, and their omni stealth tank...