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[Lirezh]

What happens if your mech is lost in a battle ?
I suppose you can repair mechs that become damaged but what if it's blown to pieces / you had to eject ?
Complete loss of invested money ? Insurances like in EVE ?
What if all your money is lost and your last mech is gone, you get a free light one ?

Would be interesting to know.

[Adridos]

We will probably have the easier system like WoT does, so you can't lose your mech completely.

It's still not 100% sure.

[CoffiNail]

Pretty sure it will be even if you mech was blown to pieces, no armour or internals left at all you just end with a steep repair bill. They have said that there will be no asset total destruction. If you have no cbills to repair your mech, well then I guess you get to go run around in a half dead mech. I would guess most matches will give you enough cbills to repair your mech, or most of it at least even if you lose.

[Very Dire Kiwi]

Probably just repair it, even if it was completely slagged. Nothing is gone for good, at least I would hope not..

[Eisenhorne]

Trandrin, on 02 July 2012 - 09:30 AM, said:

Probably just repair it, even if it was completely slagged. Nothing is gone for good, at least I would hope not..

I'm really hoping for a Solaris 1v1 Deathmatch game mode or something, where mech death is permanent, or perhaps the winner walks off with both mechs. In either case, a high risk high reward game mode

[Shephard]

Your mechs are never permanently "destroyed." You will always recover your mech, although you will have to pay to repair and re-arm it after the match.

They have also said that no accounts can ever be made "Bankrupt" by not having enough money to field a mech. Your mech can always be repaired to a minimally functional state for free. How the Devs define minimally functional has yet to be seen.

[Saren21]

Yeah the devs have talked about this as [color="#ffa504"]Adridos[/color] said its mostlikey gonna me a WOT style of repair your mech and go back to battle.

[Saren21]

Eisenhorne, on 02 July 2012 - 09:35 AM, said:

I'm really hoping for a Solaris 1v1 Deathmatch game mode or something, where mech death is permanent, or perhaps the winner walks off with both mechs. In either case, a high risk high reward game mode

As of right now there has been no real talk other then on the forums about haveing the Solaris Arena but i would love to see it.
I actualy posted something about it here

[NinjaCool]

Its probably like WOT. So once your mech gets destroyed you can watch or just quite the battle and jump into another battle in another mech until the previous battle is done.

[Delta Red]

I hope the repair bill is more substantial than in WoT. So you don't have people just charging in, getting destroyed, and collecting a few creds/xp after its over.

[Lirezh]

Don't mechs explode after ejection in video ?
in battletech mechs can go up pretty bad

[Del Arianni]

I think the devs should allow you to rejoin the battle but not with the same mech as it needs to be repaired. If you have multiple mech's in your inventory then you can re-join in a different mech.

Or...

Both sides have a tonnage limit as a balancing feature, and there is re-inforcement pool that you can pull from after mech destruction.

[Kaelin]

Shephard, on 02 July 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

be repaired to a minimally functional state for free. How the Devs define minimally functional has yet to be seen.

"HI! we got your 'Mech working and it's ready for the next battle, it's almost fully functional! by almost I mean it's still missing an arm and there's only one of the MG's working currently"

Lirezh, on 02 July 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

Don't mechs explode after ejection in video ?

Mechs explode on (IIRC) three very specific eventualities:
critical engine damage
and catastrophic overheat.
and lastly "self destruct" (if memory serves, you can't eject AND demo)

[BinaryDuck]

YEa imagine if you lose you'r founder's mech... that sucks =X

[SilvaDraconis]

You missed, ammunition criticals. With enough onboard and close together they can chain react for an impressive display of fireworks.

[Wildcat]

CoffiNail, on 02 July 2012 - 09:30 AM, said:

Pretty sure it will be even if you mech was blown to pieces, no armour or internals left at all you just end with a steep repair bill. They have said that there will be no asset total destruction. If you have no cbills to repair your mech, well then I guess you get to go run around in a half dead mech. I would guess most matches will give you enough cbills to repair your mech, or most of it at least even if you lose.

Hmmm.. I could see them letting damaged or partially damaged Mechs into game, But this could also be a problem for team Balance

my guess would be, that light mechs will be very cheap to repair

im wondering how many C-bills we get up front at the very start of the game? and would there be enough to cover some of the founder Mechs like the Atlas getting slaughtered first match lol

Might end up with 2-3 Mechs totally screwed for a while lol

[Grugore]

Saren21, on 02 July 2012 - 09:40 AM, said:

As of right now there has been no real talk other then on the forums about haveing the Solaris Arena but i would love to see it.
I actualy posted something about it here

They'll have to add it eventually. The player demand will, pretty much, force them too and it is part of the Holy Canon.

[Saren21]

Grugore, on 02 July 2012 - 10:35 AM, said:

They'll have to add it eventually. The player demand will, pretty much, force them too and it is part of the Holy Canon.

I really hope they do I can't wait to get my c-bills for nothing and my chicks for free

[Grugore]

While the rest of install microwave ovens?

Edited by Grugore, 02 July 2012 - 10:44 AM.

[Rayspace]

Shephard, on 02 July 2012 - 09:36 AM, said:

Your mechs are never permanently "destroyed." You will always recover your mech, although you will have to pay to repair and re-arm it after the match.

They have also said that no accounts can ever be made "Bankrupt" by not having enough money to field a mech. Your mech can always be repaired to a minimally functional state for free. How the Devs define minimally functional has yet to be seen.

One small laser and limping with quarter armor? LOL