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[Alex Morgaine]

Mystere, on 19 June 2017 - 03:54 PM, said:

oioooooooo, its an old thread from 2017ish. that explains why i liked something in it.

[ScrapIron Prime]

kalashnikity, on 27 June 2021 - 07:44 PM, said:

which brings up my net point, why is Mr. Mason the the Player Character, like, seriously, how much work would it take to let the player pick their own gender/avatar. Two voice actors, the avatars are already in game (npc pilots)?

Well Mr Mason is MechWarrior 5, not MWO, and this game predates that one by years. Since MWO doesn't have a story mode, its not a big deal.

But otherwise, yeah. Players are more invested in a story if they can pick a character. HBS did a great job with that in Battletech (and Shadowrun before that), but PGI did not incorporate that. Heck, you can't even change the paint colors on Mr Mason's dropship. The whole game you're running around with the logo of dear old dead dad on the ship, even if you rename the unit and pick new colors.

Still, custom pilot appearance (since you're just looking at arms, legs, and part of a torso) WOULD be an easy customization to sell. It'd make a good suggestion for the suggestion box, though someone would have to code a new category for the cockpit customization in the mechbay. (Are we back to the point where PGI can do that?)

[Alstren]

Komali, on 26 June 2021 - 02:55 PM, said:

I would totally buy that.

Thats you... thats what you look like.

Edited by Alstren, 28 June 2021 - 07:13 PM.

[MyriadDigits]

kalashnikity, on 27 June 2021 - 07:44 PM, said:

which brings up my net point, why is Mr. Mason the the Player Character, like, seriously, how much work would it take to let the player pick their own gender/avatar. Two voice actors, the avatars are already in game (npc pilots)?

It gets funnier, in a flavor of such, when you also know that the Merc company you play as was originally written as Chloe's Cavaliers, not Nick's Cavaliers as it's named in the release copies of MW5. I guess being a mama's boy didn't mesh well with the 80's action hero caricature they went for with Mason?