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[Groundstain]

B. It gives players who lose their 'mechs something to do while waiting for the battle to end, and if you get nailed in seconds at the start of the match you wont feel like you contributed absolutely nothing.

Answer to B. If you get nailed seconds after launch you deserve to wait. I place this law even on myself.

As for the the OP's thread, interesting but no. If this is like other games you can just leave that fight and get into another one of your mechs. in another battle.

Edited by Groundstain, 15 July 2012 - 04:23 PM.

[Paul Inouye]

No.

[Reyge]

Well, I guess that's it for this thread!

[Lightdragon]

An0n3, on 15 July 2012 - 11:27 AM, said:

What would you guys think about having Battle Armor added in the game?

Potentially, after a pilot loses his mech, he begins to periodically respawn in a personalized Battle Armor to continue to help (or be stepped on/blasted). A single battle armor isn't all that effective by itself vs. a full-sized 'mech, but if they work with their surviving teammates they might be able to pitch in enough to turn the tide.

I'm only bringing this idea up because:

A) I think Battle Armor are cool, and they've been around for IRL years, though in-game lore doesn't actually have them appear in any form but the Clan Elemental and Exosuits for a while still.

It gives players who lose their 'mechs something to do while waiting for the battle to end, and if you get nailed in seconds at the start of the match you wont feel like you contributed absolutely nothing.

Obviously it has some flaws:

A) Battle Armor doesn't exist in the IS during the current game year.

Players may not take their 'mechs well-being so seriously, knowing they can just come back and keep playing as a Battle-Armor. There's already a mechanic that lets you leave a battle prematurely if you get destroyed to go play with another 'mech.

C) Getting zerged by a ton of Battle Armor when you're down to the last 1v1 mechs would probably incite much nerd rage.

NO BATTLEARMOR THIS IS A MECH GAME

[Willpower]

Not interested in re-spawn. If you end up disabled/dead, jump out and join a different battle in a different mech.

[Ghostrider45]

The IS does have light combat armor it was never very good low power and vary small weapons untell the Clan come to the IS with there toad suits they could do very little damge to a mech! the Clan Toad suits are very nice small to medium laser morters light AC cannons an jump jets!!!!

[Hellya]

If I want to play Tribes, I will play Tribes.

Edited by Hellya, 15 July 2012 - 04:45 PM.

[light487]

Paul Inouye, on 15 July 2012 - 04:21 PM, said:

No.

Nice non-ambiguous, definitive answer. That's what I like.

[An0n3]

Gremlich Johns, on 15 July 2012 - 12:32 PM, said:

The OP is an "Advanced Member" with only 30-some posts. How does this happen and how did he miss all the other threads about BA and MW:O?

Oh, yeah, he prolly did not know about the search function.

Anyways, the idea he wants was done in Genesis Climber: Mospaedea (with the cyclone battle armor) Okay for anime, but not Mechwarrior - the pilot usually wore shorts/pants, t-shirt, cooling vest and a neuro-helmet.

Say "NO" to ejecting in battle armor. (MW:LL is trying to fix that capability so that it does not happen in the Alpha build)

I never said the pilot would jump out of the downed mech clad in full battle armor. I even mentioned that there would be a period of time to wait before respawning in a suit. Which thread are you reading? Don't put words in my mouth.

Trying to wax forum e-peen is just silly. Are you trolling or what? I don't have time for that.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

Vechs, on 15 July 2012 - 12:03 PM, said:

If we're going to get into the "respawn in an inferior vehicle" thing, I'd think right now it would actually be more fun, and more lore friendly, to respawn in something like this:

http://www.sarna.net...Savannah_Master

A fast hovercraft armed with a medium laser. Pew pew.

When killed enemies complain I'll say, "Less QQ more Pew Pew."

[Glythe]

Just say no to Battle Armor!

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

Glythe, on 16 July 2012 - 02:20 PM, said:

Just say no to Battle Armor!

That's probably best because it would be damn near impossible to balance in a competitive game. I like the idea of putting slain players in it but that basically means the game would become lances of Elemental vs Elemental as people started dying off. A Mech battlefield will turn into an Elemental battlefield as the Mechs die. It would become stupid real fast.

[Trionfante]

I think it's a great idea it would be beast too hav
e that !!!!!!

[Raptor8009]

I also have to say no to this as well.

[Devlin Pierce]

I want to play as an elemental.