Mech speed should be based on engine size and weight with up to the max limit allowed by the cryengine. So if there were a 34 ton firestarter with the same engine as a 35 ton firestarter the 34 ton should be faster.
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True Speed Scaling
Started by Smoked, Mar 12 2015 12:11 PM
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 12:14 PM
I agree. I always thought it was strange that the max speed wouldn't go up if you were underweight. It would give a whole new dyamic to mech builds if it were to be implemented.
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Posted 12 March 2015 - 12:35 PM
That's how mechs are build!
Battletech Technology 1.01 - Myomer muscles and Mech movement
The myomer muscles in a Mech are what's moving the arms and legs. Those myomer muscles are the one thing in the mech draining most of the power. Weapons are not even close as being a second source for power usage, which should be apparent by the fact, that they can be powered by conventional fuel engine.
I'd say close to 95 % of the fusion generated power output goes into your movement. Maybe the number is even higher. Now those myomer muscles are adjusted to the power rating of the reactor for a fully loaded chassis. Adjusting them for something else would probably need a complete reworking or maybe even replacement. The muscles are literally build to move at a certain speed.
Myomer muscles can be overloaded for a short time, this is actually what a MASC system does within a controlled setting. Doing so, causes a great risk at tearing those muscles, just like it would be the case in a human body, if pushed beyond it's natural capacity. There are known cases of pushing Mechs beyond their intended specs, for example in low gravity situations. In each such situation the pilot runs the risk of disabling the movement capacity of his own Mech if he choses to do so, by ripping the muscles of his Mech apart.
So lowering the weight of a Mech, either by damage or by removing some of it's equipment, does not accelerate the muscles of your Mech. A Mechs movement is in no way comperable to a conventional vehicle.
Battletech Technology 1.01 - Myomer muscles and Mech movement
The myomer muscles in a Mech are what's moving the arms and legs. Those myomer muscles are the one thing in the mech draining most of the power. Weapons are not even close as being a second source for power usage, which should be apparent by the fact, that they can be powered by conventional fuel engine.
I'd say close to 95 % of the fusion generated power output goes into your movement. Maybe the number is even higher. Now those myomer muscles are adjusted to the power rating of the reactor for a fully loaded chassis. Adjusting them for something else would probably need a complete reworking or maybe even replacement. The muscles are literally build to move at a certain speed.
Myomer muscles can be overloaded for a short time, this is actually what a MASC system does within a controlled setting. Doing so, causes a great risk at tearing those muscles, just like it would be the case in a human body, if pushed beyond it's natural capacity. There are known cases of pushing Mechs beyond their intended specs, for example in low gravity situations. In each such situation the pilot runs the risk of disabling the movement capacity of his own Mech if he choses to do so, by ripping the muscles of his Mech apart.
So lowering the weight of a Mech, either by damage or by removing some of it's equipment, does not accelerate the muscles of your Mech. A Mechs movement is in no way comperable to a conventional vehicle.
Edited by Egomane, 12 March 2015 - 01:24 PM.
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