Posted 03 November 2011 - 05:31 AM
Ok, now to completely contradict what I said previously - which was 1st person only.
Having now seen the trailer for the failed MW5, the idea of a drone launched from a mech that gives 3rd person makes sense. If this is a Battletech sim, well, all those games are top down, and there is no 'hull down' because its a freakin' robot the size of a two story house. Oh, look, theres an Atlas over there - I dont have LOS because its behind a hill, but its got a fusion reactor thats being held together by duct tape and chicken wire and leaking every **** particle known to man, and my cup of coffee is vibrating every time the **** thing takes a step.
This would also be a good use of ECM - whats that? Your Assassin isnt going to be of any use against that assault lance? Well, it is now, because you've customized it to carry an ECM system, and now not only are you spotting for your assault lance, but they've just lost their top-down capability and have to rely on line of sight. Suddenly LOS doesnt stand for Line of Sight, it stands for Loss of Signal.
-Don
"Columbia, Houston, we have 40 seconds to LOS, after LOS you're looking good for an over-the-hill; we'll see you in Madrid."
-comms chatter, first launch of the USS Columbia, background to Rush "Countdown"