11 replies to this topic

[Jack Gallows]

Here's hoping, within reason, we can add some fun things to our battlemechs to help make them uniquely ours.

Such as lines of texts on certain spots like "Don't Tread on Me" or "Shoot At Bad Guys", though my personal favorite on an AC/20 would be "All Carrot, No Stick."

Little things like that, even if not really seen often help make the game more personal, as well as being able to slap on a custom insignia for the unit, or other little paint scheme quirks.

Anyone else have any ideas on this, pro or con?

[Kyll Long]

I like the idea I saw in the skins area. A fully nude woman. Imagine the easy kills as all the annoying players trying to get up close so they can see it in detail and try to well you get the idea (This is a joke for those of you who actually have to have that pointed out

[KitLightning]

I can follow you on that

[Barantor]

Kyll Long, on 11 November 2011 - 10:25 AM, said:

I like the idea I saw in the skins area. A fully nude woman. Imagine the easy kills as all the annoying players trying to get up close so they can see it in detail and try to well you get the idea (This is a joke for those of you who actually have to have that pointed out

I think that would be the problem, that people might make things that would be offensive to others. If there was a reporting system then it might not be so bad and keep the swastikas and flying genitalia to a minimum.

[Nik Van Rhijn]

Dammn - there goes my National socialist party flying p****

[theginganinja]

I think there should definitely be custom decals - I'd love to put the Celtic knot in my sig on my 'Mech. I suggest having three "areas" on every 'Mech that have a player-affected decal. Area 1 (maybe on the shoulders of your 'Mech) has your house/Clan affiliation - so, the Fed Com insignia if you pick that faction, etc. Area 2 (Upper or lower leg, maybe chest) has your "Merc Corp" insignia, picked by the leaders of your corp. Finally, Area 3 (Upper or lower leg) should have your own custom decal. Aside from those three areas, it would be nice to be able to put decals on your weapons, but I'm not sure how that would work if any sort of customization system is put in... Along with custom paint jobs, this sort of thing would be great for personalization.
Almost forgot - your 'Mech's chest should have your rank on it, and it would be cool to have your name by your cockpit.

Edited by irishwarrior, 11 November 2011 - 01:44 PM.

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Barantor, on 11 November 2011 - 11:17 AM, said:

I think that would be the problem, that people might make things that would be offensive to others. If there was a reporting system then it might not be so bad and keep the swastikas and flying genitalia to a minimum.

That's why you only allow the display of skins client side (only skins/markings that you have installed on your system will show up). Then just have the community put together packs of community-sanctioned skins and maybe down the line the developers could host the packs on this website for exposure. I imagine the community would be pretty good at policing that sort of thing.

[CaveMan]

You know, there is software out there that can automagically identify things like nude bodies, swastikas, curse words, etc. It might not even require a human to look at 99% of the skins/decals that are uploaded.

[LordKelvin]

The easiest way to overcome the explicit decal problem is to do what Valve recently did in TF2: by making you pay for it.

A $1.00 custom decal job would not be all that much to spend on a mech that you drive all the time, but if someone has to pay a dollar each time he wants to put a ***** on his gun, it starts racking up, and this is assuming the most lenient punishment of removing the decal; worst case, the player gets banned in some form or other.

Of course, a simpler approach would simply be to give all players free access to pre-approved decals that they can put wherever on their mech. It lacks as much customization potential, but it's also much safer.

[Omega59er]

Jack Gallows, on 11 November 2011 - 10:22 AM, said:

Here's hoping, within reason, we can add some fun things to our battlemechs to help make them uniquely ours.

Such as lines of texts on certain spots like "Don't Tread on Me" or "Shoot At Bad Guys", though my personal favorite on an AC/20 would be "All Carrot, No Stick."

Little things like that, even if not really seen often help make the game more personal, as well as being able to slap on a custom insignia for the unit, or other little paint scheme quirks.

Anyone else have any ideas on this, pro or con?

I'm pretty sure this will be added into the game eventually. It should not be an important thing at release but later on the ability to DL other players custom emblems would be good. (I believe MW4 had that ability)
World of Tanks will be adding custom emblems and I believe some insignia to their game with the 7.0 patch dated this month sometime, so it's a dead given that MWO will have something like that.

[CeeKay Boques]

Nik Van Rhijn, on 11 November 2011 - 11:25 AM, said:

Dammn - there goes my National socialist party flying p****

No Swastad#$k? Dang!

I bet they will sell you these... too bad because I loved my Adder eating BSpirit symbol... maybe they will at least put all the clans and unit insignias....

But if you want your "Ihazcheezeburger" symbols, I bet they won't be coming. "J.E.R.K." is censored... right? ****.

[Amechwarrior]

I would really like something more then just a custom unit logo. Like the OP said, let us put text or images on the guns and parts of the 'mech. Check out the amazing Repainted Concept Art thread for examples. Something like what we get from most car games (GT4/Forza) would be nice, and they could charge for applying a custom skin to a 'mech. Could even have a user submitted database of skins like Forza4 does so you can see what other people are doing and DL the ones you like.