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[FupDup]

VonBruinwald, on 30 January 2021 - 03:48 PM, said:

Well that's player choice, can't make everyone happy. Without structure/armour quirks, anybody who does use them basically has to live with ST bullet magnets. Which was one of gagis original complaints. If you're running laser vomit (meta) on a Timby there's far better mechs. So why not give a boon to the people who love the Timby for being what it is, an iconic mech with big ol' shoulder boxes included.

So the way I see it there's three avenues.

• Not have fixed boxes, no quirks (Current option)
  
• Have fixed SRM (smaller) hitboxes - add structure quirks
  
• Have fixed LRM (larger) hitboxes - add armour quirks

It might even be possible to tie the options to pods so the prime gets big boxes with armour by default, the D gets small boxes with structure, and the A gets no boxes and no quirks. Everyone's happy that way.

Fourth Option: Current dynamic boxes, and quirks. At the same time. Because even with direct-fire loadouts the mech is underperforming.



Also for your per-variant suggestion that I don't think that would even be doable because the box size is determined by the size of the weapon you put there. A TBR-Prime pod with an SRM6 mounted will use the small size and a TBR-D with LRM20s would use the big pods. It's not determined on a variant basis.

Edited by FupDup, 30 January 2021 - 03:59 PM.

[PocketYoda]

A lot of clan omni mechs are great... If people would stop adding LRMs to everything and expecting it to perform as a LRM boat..

And playing with controllers.. jesus how do people hit anything with those goofy things.

Edited by Samial, 30 January 2021 - 07:02 PM.