Cizjut, on 29 October 2017 - 11:20 PM, said:
Even though BT lore has really cool explanations on the mechs as why are they roughly human shaped (because pilot neural adjusting) and myomers and what not, I still find the designs of some of them plainly stupid even in-game lore and rules of engagement. Like the Direwolf whole shape, size and concept: I'm pretty sure that the point of using a battlemech is to be nimble (in game magic science and relativity) and precise, by having appendices like arms that the pilots can manipulate. The Direwolf is a heavy big *** box profile without anything that could make sense and a top speed of 55-60KMPH or so.
But the worst thing to see and I have to endure are the stupid STUPID hands/fists placed in mechs like the Shadowcat. It's ******* bananas and lolworthy. Like WHY does that mech has a tiny stump without elbows or joints but somehow someone placed a humanoid hand besides the cockpit? It makes no sense. It looks like an actual joke and an edit.
You know we see the humanoid ones and we assume or know they're mechs refitted for battle. Some of them have arms and hands but they're fixed in position because (some ******** explanation like lock S-Foils in attack position) and OK, that's fine, I can get behind that. But the Shadowcat? Come on why.
I know it's not the only mech either that has these but can't remember which one. Even if the original designs had some goofy stuff I know PGI can do better and change those things into something more passable.
Yeah that's a good point too, the bigger they get the less sense it makes in a number of ways for the kind of combat they are bound to.
Again it just makes me think of that idea of mechwarriors as mechminers instead, could be an interesting sort of game in itself, basically the same kind of group vs group drop, but you represent some corporation that drops mining bots on planets to chew resources, and you constantly come into conflict with other corporations doing the same.
Could be an interesting sort of balance between battle and objective in there. Also makes for a poignant laugh.