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[oldradagast]

Past, on 16 October 2014 - 06:21 PM, said:

I know you are still capable of equipping anything you want but in my mind ignoring these bonuses it would be like say for example making a back stab type rogue character in an RPG type game and then instead of using daggers for some reason you would use a 2 handed mace. I wouldn't do that in a game like that it would be stupid and i wouldn't want to do that in this game except now i wont have a choice.

Eh... true, but as another guy who plays D&D, sometimes I will intentionally pick a theme and make the most powerful character within that theme even if he's not the most powerful build overall. Admittedly, there's no such thing as "competitive D&D," but you get the idea.

Similarly, the fact that people are playing anything but Tier 1 and 2 mechs means that at least a decent chunk of the population enjoys playing whatever suits them, oddball builds, lore specific mechs, etc. In short, they are ignoring better options for their own reasons. I'm guessing these quirks will play out the same way.

Bishop Steiner, on 18 October 2014 - 04:24 AM, said:

HBK-4G engineered around ac20. PGI makes it work better as engineered. Still works fine without ac20. People QQ because their pet build not buffed.

And then they also complain that the game is deviating from Lore... and complain some more when Lore-specific quirks are added... only on the internet!

[XtremWarrior]

Alek Ituin, on 17 October 2014 - 06:19 AM, said:

Sarcasm and satire.

You don't get them.

Alek Ituin, on 17 October 2014 - 07:18 AM, said:

It is an arm with a big arse plate of metal on it.

Logically it should be tougher than an arm without a big arse plate of metal on it.


Ergo, I agree with you.

Alek Ituin, on 18 October 2014 - 05:21 AM, said:

Forums being the forums.

Did you honestly expect anything different?

Ever heard about comma?

i'm mean, i saw a little one

Edited by XtremWarrior, 18 October 2014 - 05:39 AM.

[Praehotec8]

Past, on 16 October 2014 - 06:21 PM, said:

I know you are still capable of equipping anything you want but in my mind ignoring these bonuses it would be like say for example making a back stab type rogue character in an RPG type game and then instead of using daggers for some reason you would use a 2 handed mace. I wouldn't do that in a game like that it would be stupid and i wouldn't want to do that in this game except now i wont have a choice.

Well, f you are running a Hunchback (for example), in the eyes of many, you are already doing just that because you did not take a Shadowhawk instead. As (many) others have stated, if you are already running a suboptimal loadout on a suboptimal mech, it won't make you any worse off than you are now.

Let me put it this way: I am sad the Jester will only be getting LL quirks, since I run 2X LPL, MPL, and ML. However, I know my build is suboptimal, and will remain suboptimal, but that's fine. It will still perform just as well as it did before. No one is getting hurt here. The quirks just give more people a reason to look at using mechs they otherwise wouldn't.

It's nice to see some reason to take a particular loadout on a particular chassis, since until now, a mech was essentially a reskin of any other mech with the same or very similar hardpoints.

[Alek Ituin]

XtremWarrior, on 18 October 2014 - 05:36 AM, said:

Ever heard about comma?

i'm mean, i saw a little one

COMMAS ARE FOR WEAKLINGS AND COMMUNISTS!

'MURICA!!!


Wait, what were we talking about again?