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[D A T A]

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• Update Bolt-ons (stay attached) - DONE

this is a ******* disaster: it will turn MWO into Rio de Janeiro. People are going to spam hitbox confusing bolt ons, and we will see everything but mechs in game.

Bolt ons DO NEED TO FALL OFF WHEN SHOT[/color]

[dario03]

Add an option to turn off seeing bolt ons. Bam problem solved, those that want them to stay on, have them. Those who don't want to see them, don't.

[Roland09]

D A T A, on 31 January 2021 - 01:17 PM, said:

‘Mechs

• Update Bolt-ons (stay attached) - DONE

this is a ******* disaster: it will turn MWO into Rio de Janeiro. People are going to spam hitbox confusing bolt ons, and we will see everything but mechs in game.

Bolt ons DO NEED TO FALL OFF WHEN SHOT

Do they have bolt-ons in Rio de Janeiro?

[MyriadDigits]

Lockheed_, on 31 January 2021 - 01:33 PM, said:

what would you consider a hit box confusing bolt on?

One of the Blood Asp bolt-ons add blades to the shoulder pods, if you don't have any ST weapons mounted, the bolt-on will add a fake shoulder pod.

Chainsaws, helipads, and shoulder guards would also serve to obscure hitboxes in a variety of ways.

[LordNothing]

i always found bolt ons to be hideous and immersion breaking. same with cockpit items including warhorns.

Edited by LordNothing, 31 January 2021 - 02:33 PM.

[FupDup]

LordNothing, on 31 January 2021 - 02:33 PM, said:

i always found bolt ons to be hideous and immersion breaking. same with cockpit items including warhorns.

The only warhorn I would condone is a Duncan Fisher one where he says KAPOW every time you get a kill. Anything else is turbocringe.

For cockpit items there's always the classy Urbie.

[Heavy Money]

Do bolt ons block damage or something?
The primary purpose of bolt-ons seems to be to expand your silhouette and thus give away your position on hills/corners more easily.

[FupDup]

Heavy Money, on 31 January 2021 - 02:36 PM, said:

Do bolt ons block damage or something?

No, they do not.

The OP of the thread believes that people might try to use them to cover up a mech's hitboxes to make singling out particular sections more difficult. I'm not sure whether or not this will actually be an issue when it gets patched in, but I think most bolt-ons look stupid regardless.

[Heavy Money]

FupDup, on 31 January 2021 - 02:37 PM, said:

No, they do not.

The OP of the thread believes that people might try to use them to cover up a mech's hitboxes to make singling out particular sections more difficult. I'm not sure whether or not this will actually be an issue when it gets patched in, but I think most bolt-ons look stupid regardless.

I have a hard time seeing how this could be an issue.

[JediPanther]

Bolt on are fine. The bomb strapped to the back of my jenners is highly entertaining considering how trash tier and easy to kill the mech is. You think bolt on are bad look at the number of years it took just to get the atlas' glowing eyes back.

[Willard Phule]

You're kidding, right? Bolt ons falling off is the best part of FF. You can strip that crap off with your TAG as you leave spawn.

[John Bronco]

Man it would be great if this game was anywhere near as fun as Rio.

[Y E O N N E]

dario03, on 31 January 2021 - 01:27 PM, said:

Add an option to turn off seeing bolt ons. Bam problem solved, those that want them to stay on, have them. Those who don't want to see them, don't.

This, please. I already want this, I don't care to see any Bolt-Ons.

[Kazgruta]

The new change is fine. People payed to decorate their mechs with bolt-ons. Now they get to enjoy them for the whole match. Honestly, bolts-on are not confusing on targeting, shoot the mechs not the decorations.

[FupDup]

Kazgruta, on 31 January 2021 - 04:53 PM, said:

The new change is fine. People payed to decorate their mechs with bolt-ons. Now they get to enjoy them for the whole match.

Most of them can only be seen from third person view, though.

[The pessimistic optimist]

As long as it has no gameplay effects people did pay to make there mechs look the way they wanted

[FupDup]

SirSmokes, on 31 January 2021 - 05:03 PM, said:

As long as it has no gameplay effects people did pay to make there mechs look the way they wanted

Admittedly, it's far from the worst way PGI could monetize the game.

I still think they look dumb tho.

[Kazgruta]

FupDup, on 31 January 2021 - 04:55 PM, said:

Most of them can only be seen from third person view, though.

Yes but from what i understood from the OP is he's scared people (or himself) will shoot at the decorations like the flags, hand held objects, etc then the actual mechs. Doing no damage to the mech since they would ge shooting over the hitbox

[The pessimistic optimist]

FupDup, on 31 January 2021 - 05:04 PM, said:

Admittedly, it's far from the worst way PGI could monetize the game.

I still think they look dumb tho.

They do but whatever if it makes them happy more power to them

[FupDup]

Kazgruta, on 31 January 2021 - 05:06 PM, said:

Yes but from what i understood from the OP is he's scared people (or himself) will shoot at the decorations like the flags, hand held objects, etc then the actual mechs. Doing no damage to the mech since they would ge shooting over the hitbox

If someone wanted to try to obscure their hitboxes they would probably try either heavily bulking up the shoulders (make it hard to see the torso from the side view) or placing stuff all over their torso sections. Stuff like flags or chainsaws attached to a mech's hand pose no threat of hitbox obfuscation.

Edited by FupDup, 31 January 2021 - 05:08 PM.