Sandpit, on 01 August 2014 - 03:02 PM, said:
seriously
Think about it, what would be the point? This isn't going to make stock loadouts more popular. Heck, even new players dont' start in stock mechs now. Seems like a lot of wasted time, energy, resources, and testing that could be put into do something else.
This game is not centered around stock loadouts. Never has been and no matter what you do for them, it never will be. Even if you did this, you really think the majority of stock loadouts will be used or "good"? Not really. Most players like the customizing, that's one of the biggest draws. I just don't see a reason for this. Not that it's a bad idea, I just don't see the purpose and how it would improve game play or anything. The only thing it MIGHT do, is give stock leagues a few more shots before overheating. That's it.
Now adding a "disable ghost heat" button in premium private matches? go for it.
Honestly it could be a good thing... I can actually get behind what the OP's saying here.
Your first mech you BUY, will come with it's stock loadout, and it's possible you'll be stuck with that loadout for a couple of games if you buy you're mech right away without waiting for some extra cash to outfit it properly. [something a TON of new, and old players actually do, keep in mind, not all of us are sitting on a mountan of c-bills from pub stomps]
So, let's look at this, there's a good number of mechs that come stock, with ghost heat enabled designs. the Awesome is clearly one of these, so we'll continue with it as the example.
Removing ghost heat definately helps the base 8Q design, seeing as how it's stuck with single sinks until you can upgrade. removal of ghost heat for this 3ppc variant would be a godsend. Granted you can still manage that mechs heat by firing on a 2-1 scale. [which is still a total of 3ppc shots within 10 seconds, which matches CBT values.] But it would allow the mech to fire it's 3ppc's at a time without worry of splitting the groups... which definately helps the mechs role and reduces spread of the weapons.
So yeah... a good idea, and if you allow customization of sinks, structure ect... while keeping the mech's ghostheat open on that stock config, I can honestly say, that would be a good thing.