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[Dread Render]

I like the versions of the Black Knight where he has a large Shield as part of his right arm.
Made him special, cool.
Wonder why our version does not have it... to hard to code... was not in table top...

I don't care about the reason really, just to bad we cant have nice things.

lol, i'll go cry in my soup now thank you. ;-)

[Jackal Noble]

It would need insane armor bonus, otherwise it would just get blown off basically instantly.

[Juodas Varnas]

Dread Render, on 29 September 2017 - 09:59 AM, said:

I like the versions of the Black Knight where he has a large Shield as part of his right arm.
Made him special, cool.
Wonder why our version does not have it... to hard to code... was not in table top...

I don't care about the reason really, just to bad we cant have nice things.

lol, i'll go cry in my soup now thank you. ;-)

This thing?

[Stf Sgt Marblez]

^^that looks cool.

Must be why they left it out

[Jackal Noble]

I will say this, it would have been a cool "feature" to include on the Partisan Black Knight Hero. Massive overquirked shield in one hand, AC20 in the other.

[Bombast]

Well...

1. It would pretty much fall off the instant combat started
2. Would probably cause terrain collision problems
3. It actually was in the TT, in Solaris, where shields were actually a piece of equipment. And I don't think adding shields and their ingame models as a new piece of equipment is high on the priority list.

Image Ninja'd.

Juodas Varnas, on 29 September 2017 - 10:11 AM, said:

Spoiler

Unrelated, this isn't the only custom geometry piece of equipment unlikely to make it into the game. I doubt Partial Wings will show up, either, for obvious reasons.

Edited by Bombast, 29 September 2017 - 10:20 AM.

[Dread Render]

Yeah... "Like I said : I don't care about the reason really, just to bad we can't have nice things."

like whats wrong with giving a particular mech extra right arm armor... Oh Right don't tell me don't tell me, BALANCE!!!
cause then we would have to give all the other mechs extra right arm armor.

[Bombast]

Dread Render, on 29 September 2017 - 10:40 AM, said:

Yeah... "Like I said : I don't care about the reason really, just to bad we can't have nice things."

like whats wrong with giving a particular mech extra right arm armor... Oh Right don't tell me don't tell me, BALANCE!!!
cause then we would have to give all the other mechs extra right arm armor.

You're just hell bent on being upset about 'balance,' aren't you?

[Jackal Noble]

Dread Render, on 29 September 2017 - 10:40 AM, said:

Yeah... "Like I said : I don't care about the reason really, just to bad we can't have nice things."

like whats wrong with giving a particular mech extra right arm armor... Oh Right don't tell me don't tell me, BALANCE!!!
cause then we would have to give all the other mechs extra right arm armor.

"Too" bad.

[Dread Render]

Bombast, on 29 September 2017 - 10:45 AM, said:

You're just hell bent on being upset about 'balance,' aren't you?

hu?... no effort required. LOL its true, PGI is afraid to give us a Black Knight with a big shield (not as big as your photo, more like the MW4 Black Knight Shield) because people will cry balance! balance!

We can't have nice things because some people will cry and complain and shout Balance! Balance! PTW! PTW!




okay, I admit, I am very nearly trolling now,

Edited by Dread Render, 29 September 2017 - 11:12 AM.

[Bombast]

Dread Render, on 29 September 2017 - 11:10 AM, said:

okay, I admit, I am very nearly trolling now,

'Nearly.'

[Verilligo]

You're really going to bring up the MW4 BK and then cry about balance?

[Dread Render]

Verilligo, on 29 September 2017 - 11:25 AM, said:

You're really going to bring up the MW4 BK and then cry about balance?

sorry, who are you talking to? I have Never cried about balance. I'm one of the people who don't care if you can buy a better mech. IRL a rich powerful team kicks the poor teams @!#$$#^% azz. that's the way this game should be IMHO.
Please try and respond to what is said, not what you want to hear ;-)

[Verilligo]

Dread Render, on 29 September 2017 - 12:04 PM, said:

sorry, who are you talking to? I have Never cried about balance. I'm one of the people who don't care if you can buy a better mech. IRL a rich powerful team kicks the poor teams @!#$$#^% azz. that's the way this game should be IMHO.
Please try and respond to what is said, not what you want to hear ;-)

To be honest I was mostly making a joke, given the MW4 BK was the most imbalanced mech in the entire game with mixtech. But if you're going to be a smartass, I'll instead just comment that your idea of "nice things" is dumb and your attitude regarding wealth and power could do with some revision.

[Bombast]

Verilligo, on 29 September 2017 - 12:34 PM, said:

To be honest I was mostly making a joke, given the MW4 BK was the most imbalanced mech in the entire game with mixtech. But if you're going to be a smartass, I'll instead just comment that your idea of "nice things" is dumb and your attitude regarding wealth and power could do with some revision.

I'd suggest not handing out Twinkies in this thread, if you catch my drift.

[Dread Render]

Verilligo, on 29 September 2017 - 12:34 PM, said:

To be honest I was mostly making a joke, given the MW4 BK was the most imbalanced mech in the entire game with mixtech. But if you're going to be a smartass, I'll instead just comment that your idea of "nice things" is dumb and your attitude regarding wealth and power could do with some revision.

that's why i had a smile ;-) at the end... but what ever dude.
... here have a twinkie on Bombast. Enjoy.

[Shifty McSwift]

Yes please

Shield arms and torsos really should be given good prominence to combat things like focus fire and camped firing lines a little better. Actual shields as equipment or armor upgrades would add even more to that. I mean we want people brawling/trading fire and damage right? And we want certain mechs for different roles like that right?

But yeah w/e guess we can't have nice things.

[VonBruinwald]

Dread Render, on 29 September 2017 - 12:04 PM, said:

IRL a rich powerful team kicks the poor teams @!#$$#^% azz. that's the way this game should be IMHO.

Premium Ammo inbound, 25 per ton, deals double damage but is consumed on use.

[Dread Render]

VonBruinwald, on 29 September 2017 - 03:47 PM, said:

Premium Ammo inbound, 25 per ton, deals double damage but is consumed on use.

I regret saying that now.
I do not think PTW is okay. just made a hasty comment.
There must be some way to have the shield and balance also.
It would not have to be separate, just part of the arm with some extra hit points.

[Escef]

JackalBeast, on 29 September 2017 - 10:14 AM, said:

I will say this, it would have been a cool "feature" to include on the Partisan Black Knight Hero. Massive overquirked shield in one hand, AC20 in the other.

Yen-Lo-Wang wishes melee was in the game, so it could backfist you with its shield for trying to steal his schtick. (Ok, and because in canon the YLW's left hand was a battle claw that was used for raking enemy mechs, or just digging into them and holding on as they desperately tried to break free while being pumped full of AC20 shells.)