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[Flaming oblivion]

I get some people want to look unique , However in a pvp game if your on caustic and you see 3 normal atlases walking up , Then you see a big pink atlas.... Who's going to stand out more who are most likely to shoot first.

I feel its a tactical advantage , I actually saw a video on youtube with someone thanking someone for painting his mech and making it so easy to spot and kill him.

[TimePeriod]

I unlocked all the basic ones for the sake of having at least some variation. As for combat usage...Not really a good idea with bright pink?

The game has too shitty textures to really make any difference and since we can't get out of the cockpit and put some bloody branches on my 'Mech to disguise it I wouldn't really recommend bothering with the paint job.

[IraqiWalker]

Honestly paint is going to be very cosmetic for now. When we get dropship mode and have the ability to see which map we're dropping into before hand, then paint will at least be a viable consideration as camo.

If nothing is going on, a mech is gonna be spotted, even with good camo, but int he hectic heat of a fire fight, you can walk past some people without them noticing you because of all the commotion, and tunnel vision.

[Flaming oblivion]

Yeah I walked past a enemy stalker on my orion once , He didn't see me and I was glad because I was in pretty rough shape and no match for a stalker funny thing is I tried my luck stood behind blasting his allies into oblivion he was there cause he was moving, He never shot me was kind of odd. Eventually I moved off a distance and started firing at him he turned around and finished me off , I knew i'd lose my entire Torso was crippled by the time i'd got behind him why I was retreating was funny though . I did some heavy damage to his allies standing behind him.

Edited by Flaming oblivion, 26 April 2014 - 08:15 AM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Yea, I do think colors can make certain mechs stand out. I still do it anyway.

[Dustee]

I actually tested this with my Protector. I went a few matches with it painted a drab white color to blend in with the scenery more on some maps and it worked for the most part. When I changed it to a bright red I got shot at a lot more, even in big groups of other people.

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

isnt the atlas stock color pink?

[TimePeriod]

Gorantir, on 26 April 2014 - 09:22 AM, said:

isnt the atlas stock color pink?

You would think so with how much flak it catches.

[Bishop Steiner]

Dustee, on 26 April 2014 - 09:02 AM, said:

I actually tested this with my Protector. I went a few matches with it painted a drab white color to blend in with the scenery more on some maps and it worked for the most part. When I changed it to a bright red I got shot at a lot more, even in big groups of other people.

Back when the Orion's CT was even more prominent, I painted mine entirely matte black. Didn't really reduce the amount of fire I took, thanks to that lovely red arrow plopped above my head, BUT, it did significantly increase my survivability as the at range it was harder to discern a hit locations.

I've also seen several iterations of night camos used by ravens and Spiders, doesn't hurt them one way or another on most maps, but on Terra Therma, under ECM, you cannot see them till they nail you at 1000m meters and you follow the laser trail.

Seems like a good use of money to me.

[Ryoken]

If you want to avoid attention you better go with the standard all green camo. Doing this you will not stick out of the pack.

To break your mechs silhouette it is adviced to use brighter and darker colors in a pattern that best reflects the maps surroudings and colors. Yet sometimes this will make you stick out of the pack and draw attention because everyone else is flat green.

Beeing a camo and paint style junkie what bothers me the most are that all my Hero, Founders and Phoenix mechs can only have one stupid pattern... But nevertheless the two advices above should help.

Edited by Ryoken, 26 April 2014 - 09:36 AM.

[Levi Porphyrogenitus]

I roll with black base colors (usually PC Gamer Black), purple trim (Porphyro for the win), and gold highlights (Turmeric is my stop-gap until PGI adds metallic gold). For mechs that don't work well with those colors for their stock patterns (Battlemasters, for instance, highlight the CT in the third channel color, making my system a great way to get cored), I try to find an alternative pattern or color arrangement (maybe channel swapping, or rolling with a pattern after it goes on sale).

I do like Tiger using dark gray and black, and I occasionally run with HotRod using black with c-bill-orange flames.

[DaZur]

I've got my "parade colors" for when I'm hankering for additional "attention"... Dut for every-day use I go with a dark ODG, light ODG and medium brown with woodland.

Like others, I did several experiments with bright and then muted colors and even though we all have floating doritos... bright colors do definitely attract more attention.

Edited by DaZur, 26 April 2014 - 10:20 AM.

[Corwin Vickers]

Sometimes you want to draw fire from your team mates. My atlas's are pretty boldly painted.

I also find that flamboyant painted mechs certainly help you to lead a charge.

And of course, as others have pointed out, sometimes you want to blend in with everyone else or the terrain.

[Lyoto Machida]

I feel like this is a thinly disguised post against people who want to spend money on the game (or used to want to, anyways).

MeiSooHaityu, on 26 April 2014 - 08:51 AM, said:

Yea, I do think colors can make certain mechs stand out. I still do it anyway.

I do the same. You know, like how the dangerous things in nature are brightly colored and such:

[Impyrium]

Painting a bright Atlas definitely isn't always a great idea; you're already a big enough target as it is. Originally I rolled with a pure white and red camo, but I found that was too easily noticed (though on arctic maps it did help). Now I go with a red/black one, blends in with the darker colouring of most maps.

My other 'Mechs are painted to replicate Australian auscam. As a camo it's actually pretty useful and harder to notice, but at the end of the day you still have the floating dorits...

[Lumunix]

I paint my Raven in bright yellow with a black Phranken camo. I want everyone to know if they see my raven they better start running for cover as your components will be sawed off with plasma cutter precision.

[Koniving]

Flaming oblivion, on 26 April 2014 - 08:01 AM, said:

I get some people want to look unique , However in a pvp game if your on caustic and you see 3 normal atlases walking up , Then you see a big pink atlas.... Who's going to stand out more who are most likely to shoot first.

I feel its a tactical advantage , I actually saw a video on youtube with someone thanking someone for painting his mech and making it so easy to spot and kill him.

From my Tactical tips thread.
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"There is a reason armies wear uniforms even though they make them easier to spot. Sometimes that's what you want. Uniforms suggest organization, power, and numbers. These, in turn, inspire fear. And as any good operative knows, there is no more effective weapon than fear."

People say that painting your mech is a good way to draw attention. It is known that at some point a pilot's confidence in his mech will be high enough to start giving it some colorful love. It is a declaration, "I am not new. I know what I am doing," or at least that is what they want you to believe. After listening to this, you may catch yourself being more cautious around an enemy with paint just as you always have been. Imagine this pause of caution times two, times four...or even times twelve. By then without your own numbers, your mech's legs will be painted brown. Except that is not paint.

There's a quirk in Battletech called Distracting. It's a psychological effect and it does work even in Mechwarrior Online. A group of enemies with the same faction tag alone will make some nervous pilots abandon (disconnect) their mechs; even if those faction members have nothing to do with each other.

A group of battlemechs with the same paint scheme who act with precision will cause panic and confusion in everything they face. This is what they want. The sooner you begin to think you will lose, the sooner you seal your fate.

The greatest way to match an organized force is to organize your own forces. You may not have the visual flash to instil fear, but sometimes the surprise of an unruly bunch of pugs being united in greater numbers can overwhelm even the most disciplined of soldiers.

Edited by Koniving, 30 April 2014 - 09:42 AM.

[Zigeunerskat]

I am a notorious Mech painter and my favorite colors range from yellow to red, which is quite the opposite of a camo. I already scratched my head a few times if I shouldnt rather roll with a more subtle choice of colors... but at the end of the day, I want my Mechs to simply look neat. Given that I am also somewhat of a Medieval reenactor, I fell for flashy colors and shiny emblems quite a while ago.

However it does make me feel uncomfortable to cross open spaces in, say, alpine while covered in bright red... but I just cant get myself to put functionality over style in this case. At least it makes me hard to spot on Therma Terra, a map I otherwise have enough reasons to dislike.

Edited by Zigeunerskat, 26 April 2014 - 05:36 PM.

[Troutmonkey]

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over how loud my colour scheme is

Edited by Troutmonkey, 27 April 2014 - 02:02 AM.

[Lyoto Machida]

Troutmonkey, on 27 April 2014 - 02:01 AM, said:

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over how loud my colour scheme is

What??? I can't hear you!