19 replies to this topic

[Arganosh]

I know some Mechs will have jump Jets. Will "Death From Above" be allowed in the game?

[Phil To Kill]

Depends I guess

[Saevus]

WTB Urbanmech for DFA funs.

[Tazzie]

Technoviking, on 25 June 2012 - 03:13 PM, said:

Removed.

NDA breach?

[Mu]

There's a pilot skill in the attack/defense tree that reduces leg damage when doing DFA, plus they've already confirmed it via interviews and such.

[IronGoat]

Tazzie, on 25 June 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

NDA breach?

one of us should immediatly get his beta key

[Risky]

They've mentioned that they are working on it.

[Vaktor]

Risky, on 25 June 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

They've mentioned that they are working on it.

Oh good... I use to do that in my Ryoken all the time in MW4... Nothing like a DFA and shooting your victims cockpit before either of you can stand up... Sure you may get caught up in the reactor going critical but it looked awesome!!!

[Calisrue]

MW4 DFA seemed underpowered

[Calisrue]

god i don't know why they haven't bothered announce Urban mechs yet. MAYBE it will be the mech all non-elite/legendary founders automatically start with. THAT would be ROFL hilarious....

[Vaktor]

Calisrue, on 25 June 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

god i don't know why they haven't bothered announce Urban mechs yet. MAYBE it will be the mech all non-elite/legendary founders automatically start with. THAT would be ROFL hilarious....

muhahahaha... wait... that means I don't get one!! sad now

[Scimitar]

Technoviking, on 25 June 2012 - 03:13 PM, said:

Removed.

Um pretty sure you just breached the NDA by both letting us know about features within it and that you are in it..... (assuming you actually are)

[Vaktor]

Scimitar, on 25 June 2012 - 10:26 PM, said:

Um pretty sure you just breached the NDA by both letting us know about features within it and that you are in it..... (assuming you actually are)

Ha I did not breach my NDA!!


Oh wait,,,

[plague]

I doubt it'll work very well, after balancing. On tabletop, if you think about mechs in real time, battles last all but a couple of minutes. Getting into range to DFA anyone is pretty hard to begin with. In a video game the space is closer, the battles much longer.

I imagine it'll be like MW4 where you slide off peoples' bodies most of the time, except now you might be able to hit someone just right to actually trigger it happening. Otherwise I imagine people would do it constantly, because unlike the TT, physically piloting a mech into another mech in a video game is pretty easy.

A similar thing that always bugged me were head shots. Mechs don't even NEED visible cockpits, much less HEADS. Plus it's not exactly a hard thing to hit on some of these mechs. Yet, in most games it basically is just reduced to a dice roll, even if you stand in front of someone pouring rounds into their face. Video games, man. Video games.

[BlackAbbot]

Calisrue, on 25 June 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

god i don't know why they haven't bothered announce Urban mechs yet. MAYBE it will be the mech all non-elite/legendary founders automatically start with. THAT would be ROFL hilarious....

How do I downgrade my Founders pack?

[Oswin Aurelius]

Not a breach of the NDA, they've already announced that DFA will be in, and on top of that, he could have been talking about any of the other Mechwarrior games.

[Spawn613]

They've already announced DFA.

"Q: Are jumpjet mechs "Death From Above" tactics included in the game design yet? Keyword searches and reading through the posted material, I've so far failed to find discussion on the topic. I doubt it has been overlooked so it's probably just a lack of discovery on my part. [Jaxwen]
A: Death From Above is planned, yes. [GARTH]

Q: Will a jump capable mech be able to land on other mechs and knock them down? [Stray Ion]
A: Yes, although if you hit an Atlas with a Jenner, the Jenner tends to fall, and the Atlas stays on its feet. You can land on people and knock them over though, absolutely. [GARTH]
"

~ Ask The Devs 6

[Tsunamisan]

Keep in mind just landing on a mech isnt a DFA you have to hit and crush the cockpit. It really depends how jumpjets are done. MW2 free movement style or MW4 Momentum an rockets strait up in the direction your going. getting a killing blow with a DFA is hard to do specially if they cant correct them selves in mid air to land on target since th mech they are trying to hit will be on the move too.

[Spawn613]

Tsunamisan, on 25 June 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

Keep in mind just landing on a mech isnt a DFA you have to hit and crush the cockpit. It really depends how jumpjets are done. MW2 free movement style or MW4 Momentum an rockets strait up in the direction your going. getting a killing blow with a DFA is hard to do specially if they cant correct them selves in mid air to land on target since th mech they are trying to hit will be on the move too.

I know, I was including that other answer to let OP know that there are all the usual possibilties from landing on another mech and to expect it to be done reasonably. e.g. the Jenner falling off the Atlas.