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[WolvesX]

Hey there fellow Mechwarriors!

Idea might be crap, but that is why I post ideas here first to get input before I put them in suggestions.

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Hand acculators could get the following buff:

10% faster capping rate (in conquest) per hand acculator for resource points.

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What do you think about it? It isn't gamebreaking and its a small, small buff for those mechs who are cursed with hands.

Thank you for your opinion!

EDIT:

pros: No annimantion needed; mechanic as modul already ingame; quirk ssystem already in the game;

Edited by WolvesX, 23 January 2017 - 10:06 AM.

[Bombast]

I'd prefer if they just removed them from the crit sheets, if I'm honest. But if we gotta have'em, I suppose this is something.

[Lyoto Machida]

An easy one would be to give all mechs with hands a hill climb boost, to simulate the help climbing would get from the use of hands.

[WolvesX]

Lyoto Machida, on 23 January 2017 - 10:19 AM, said:

An easy one would be to give all mechs with hands a hill climb boost, to simulate the help climbing would get from the use of hands.

Wow thats a very nice idea too!

[cazidin]

WolvesX, on 23 January 2017 - 10:42 AM, said:

Wow thats a very nice idea too!

It's a cool idea, in theory, but in practice we never use our mech's hands to climb. A more practical, and less immersion breaking idea might be to add additional arm structure or armor quirks. There's more to blow up, right?

[NighthawK1337]

I use them to increase hitboxes if I'm using a shield arm. Maybe a durability bonus would be good?

[Nebuchadnezzar2]

simply allow the mech to lift and extend the arm ...........
the main problem with arms is that they are low no other buff are needed

[El Bandito]

I'd much rather have removable hand actuators for my IS mechs, so I can fit 3 DHS in an arm. IS DHS takes 3 slots, FFS.

[Hit the Deck]

In my dreams, knockdown gets reimplemented and those with hands (actuators) get up faster.

This is how Clan robots will look like most of the time:

Edited by Hit the Deck, 26 January 2017 - 02:19 AM.

[Lily from animove]

Hit the Deck, on 26 January 2017 - 02:19 AM, said:

In my dreams, knockdown gets reimplemented and those with hands (actuators) get up faster.

This is how Clan robots will look like most of the time:

most?

i think the majority of clanners have hands, ADR, KFX; NVA, SCR, SMN, they all have so only TBR, WHK and DWF of wave one don't have them. doesn't looks much different for the others.

El Bandito, on 26 January 2017 - 01:16 AM, said:

I'd much rather have removable hand actuators for my IS mechs, so I can fit 3 DHS in an arm. IS DHS takes 3 slots, FFS.

like an IS meme, Can reconfigure the entire mech from scratch, but taking off the hands is lostech.

Edited by Lily from animove, 26 January 2017 - 05:46 AM.

[Hit the Deck]

Lily from animove, on 26 January 2017 - 05:45 AM, said:

most?

i think the majority of clanners have hands, ADR, KFX; NVA, SCR, SMN, they all have so only TBR, WHK and DWF of wave one don't have them. doesn't looks much different for the others.

The joke has to do with you removing those hand actuators because they are useless (not sure if they also extend the arm hitboxes).

Edited by Hit the Deck, 26 January 2017 - 06:05 AM.

[Magnus Santini]

Could add a "jazz hands" button and animation. They are useful outside of battle if there is rubble or an obstacle to move, so you wouldn't be whacking it with a gauss rifle barrel.