The thing is, the OmniMech wasn't just a 'mix and match body parts of standard variants' to make a few adjustments to mechs. - Right now its like we only have five variants, just like the Innersphere Mechs - The OmniMech was (is supposed to be) the "All Mech" with the ability to swap out weapon pods to meet the Mechwarrior's and/or Mission's needs.
Right now, I can't stick two lasers on the right arm of a Hellbringer, and I ask, "Why?"
The answer seems to be, "Because there's no Hellbringer variant with two lasers in the right arm." - Which is a foolish answer. The mech's arm even looks like it can support an additional laser, and that's because it should be able to. I should be able to slap a laser pod in there if I want to!
Why can't I have four lasers across the top of an Ebon Jaguar? - "Because there's not an Ebon Jaguar Variant like that." - SO WHAT!? The OmniMech is adjustable, that's the whole point!
Right now, it seems there's more options and variation in many of the Innersphere Mechs then there are in the clan Mechs.
I'm not asking for the complete freedom of free-form-mech-building that would allow for someone to put eight lasers in the torso of a Maddog. I am asking, that you create 'mirror' OmniPods for each pod that doesn't already have a mirror'd pod, on most OmniMechs (I could, for example, see the Summoner not quite mirroring). If there's a 'dead spot' (Like the Right Arm of the Hellbringer has) allow us to have a pod that fills that spot. If there's a right arm that has ballistic capabilities, allow us a left arm with ballistic capabilities. The Timberwolf can't have a laser in the left and right torso without having Jumpjets in the Right Torso right now, and that's wrong.
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Why can't the Ebon Jaguar have an energy spot in its lower right torso?
Why can't the Ebon Jaguar have an energy, ballistic, and missile in each arm?
Why can't the Ebon Jagaur have a ballistic in its upper left torso?
- I get that it can't have a head or center mounted weapon, there's no 'hard point' for one (no Omni-Pod-Connection Spot for one).
Why can't the Hellbringer have two energy in its right arm? - There's a dead spot that that an energy could fit in.
Why can't the Hellbringer have a missile pod on its UPPER left torso (and the energy spots in its lower left torso)?
- I can buy into only machine guns going into the lower right torso and energy in its lower left torso, I can buy into that. That's believable, while I would LOVE to be able to stick three energy in each left and right torso.
Why can't the Mad Dog have an energy and ballistic in each arm? (If not two ballistic in each arm!)
Why can't the Mad Dog have three energy in each arm? (It's got three energy option for the right, why not the left!?)
Why can't the Timberwolf put an energy in the lower right torso without jump jets?
Why can't the Timberwolf have two Missile pods, and Energy pod, and Machine gun (with or without jump jets) on its left torso?
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I could go on, but I think I've more then made my point (and certainly hope so). I hope we can get more OmniPods for our current OmniMechs, that can give us some more variations, or at least a bit of symmetry. Any place the art shows there's a 'dead zone' or 'unfilled hard-point' we need to be able to fill it. The art is already showing the Mech has the ability, but the game mechanics are not allowing us to use that spot.... And OmniMechs are the "All Mech". I'm not asking you to add something you're not already showing us. (The Ebon Jaguar's arms are only designed to handle one missile pod, that's fine! Why can't I still stick a laser in that top pod-slot with the AC in the middle and the missiles slung below? - Why can't I stick a second laser in the right arm of the Hellbringer?)
You want to charge us extra C-bills for these spots (or please don't, but possibly MC) ok, so they don't cos the standard amount of C-Bills as the rest of the pods, that's fine. Wanna do it like releasing new Mechs, MC for early adapters and C-Bills later, that's FINE! Just, please give us these 'hard points' (Omni-Pod Spots) that are already showing! (Or in the case of the vulture, give us an extra one for the left arm to match the three lasers of the right arm.)
Maybe the OmniMechs should have their torsos broken down into Upper Torso and Lower Torso, so we can mix-and-match the upper and lower torsos.
Edited by Sasuga, 20 April 2016 - 03:07 AM.