verybad, on 18 November 2013 - 05:06 PM, said:
Was just thinkiing, to keep clan stuff from filling all the mechs, don't let clan weapons be used by an IS mech unless the player actually kills a clan mech using that equipment in the mech he want's to use it in. (unlocking the stuff) then purchasing the clan equipment as usual.
Unless it can't be used in IS mechs at all, this will keep clan equipment from immediately obsoleting all IS equipment.
Players using clan mechs could use clan weaponry as normal, but if they wanted to use is equipment, (for some reason) the same rules would apply.
Unlocks might even take moree than a single kill of a mech using that equipment, as the advanced weapons would be wanted by higher ups to investigate.
I just don't want to see Atlases using clan weapons on day 1, but there SHOULD be a way of getting clan weaponry into IS mechs, just not immediately.
12 man A (IS) coordinates a drop vs 10 man B (Clan). A and B are actually part of the same larger group. B completely allows A to decimate them. Wash rinse repeat.
The proposed system is ripe for abuse and offers nothing to the micro-transaction system that keeps MWO alive.
Jake Hendricks, on 19 November 2013 - 10:03 AM, said:
They need to look at how they rate the mechs if you mix tech (I think they need to do it anyway but more mixing tech). A mech with 2 PPC's is the same as having 2 ERPPC's and the same as 2 CERPPC's - currently they are all equal to each other. A clan UAC20 is the same as an AC20 as well.
Personally I think it should be kept apart or we'll soon see the pre-mades all kitted with clan tech going up against the PUG's with no clan tech.
You don't know that, you only guessing. In fact the only thing they look at is the ELO score and weight class when dropping people.
if I had to guess, devs will disallow Clan / IS tech mixing. Limit clanners to 2 stars vs 3 IS lances AND artificially boost any clanner's ELO value when placing them.
This will make Clan vs Clan or Clan vs IS more likely at the higher levels; and IS vs IS or IS vs Clan at the lower levels.
Edited by focuspark, 19 November 2013 - 12:47 PM.