TheCaptainJZ, on 12 July 2014 - 12:12 AM, said:
Yeah I don't really care about weapon modules. They are not worth it. And increased ranges for Clan weapons? They don't need it. Rather than redoing modules, I'd like to see a revamp of the pilot skill trees so each mech allows you to pick different paths to unlock things in a heirarchy. So on a light mech, you could unlock ones that allow you to be a better scout or better fulfill your role. I think it'd be ok if the same options were available to all mechs, but you would have to decide how best to spend your xp. You could have one that has better agility, or one that is balanced, or one that is designed to help tank damage.
The whole pilot "tree" thing, with different role based unlocks was actually the original idea. For whatver reason, it got dumbed down into what we get today, which is the same unlocks for every mech, regardless of role. Seriously, I don't care about arm movement on anything under an assault, pinpoint damage is still useless, etc.
It doesn't seem like it would take a huge amount of effort to add some more unlocks and group them into "Scout", "Support" "Brawler", and utility. Scout is movement speed, sensor buffs, target aquisition. Support could be LRM speed, weapon falloff, anything emphasizing ranged combat. Brawling could be some slight damage mitigation/armor buff, weapon cooldown reduction, srm spread, pulse laser heat, w/e. Utility would be something like the current cooling efficiencies, fast startup, and any other interesting miscellanous efficiencies that can be added.
It's not like you would even have to brainstorm, the forums would give you 100 ideas in an hour for new unlocks.
EDIT:
Making me take a weapon module instead of something useful is a giant pain. They are useless, both in the actual benefit versus drawback, and especially in benefit vs. cost. I would only consider buying a weapon module if it cost somewhere in the 250,000-750,000 CBill range. Millions of Cbills for marginal benefits is crap.
Edited by Postumus, 12 July 2014 - 01:02 AM.