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[Lorcan Lladd]

So, the general implication is that, for a pilot in the defender role, the best color he could possibly pick would be pink, because everyone would target him?
Interesting.

[Solis Obscuri]

Cochise, on 05 April 2012 - 06:21 PM, said:

What is interesting is that Pink is even a choice. Hmmmm.

Well, some planets are kinda pink or purplish...

[DiGiTGOD]

The most important tool in war is the element of surprise.... bright pink mech... i'd probably die before I can wipe the laughter tears from my eyes!

[William Petersen]

SilentWolff, on 06 April 2012 - 09:27 AM, said:

Pink is the first step to ponies imo

Don't tell him we're already here. SHHHH.

[IceSerpent]

firestorm119, on 06 April 2012 - 12:43 AM, said:

What if... uh... the terrain is pink and you're just trying to blend in?!

...automatically locking on to your ‘Mech whether visible or not...

Good luck with blending in

[Soviet Alex]

Tyzh, on 06 April 2012 - 09:35 AM, said:

Pink? Is a good color. So is yellow. And purple. Luckily, we get to pick THREE! HUZZAHS!

You could call it "Cocktail Bar Camo".

Lorcan Lladd, on 06 April 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

So, the general implication is that, for a pilot in the defender role, the best color he could possibly pick would be pink, because everyone would target him?
Interesting.

What about using a pink Jenner as a decoy? Maxed armour, maxed speed, ditch the weapons. It runs rings around the enemy while they blaze away at it ineffectually. Meanwhile the rest of my company move into position unopposed.

[empath]

I used to do that in a Raven in MW4...

[Calvin Vakarian]

DiGiTGOD, on 06 April 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

The most important tool in war is the element of surprise.... bright pink mech... i'd probably die before I can wipe the laughter tears from my eyes!

I'm pretty sure that once you get to the point where you're piloting a battlemech, you basically threw subtlety straight out the window.

[Grotonomus]

The Ponies ARE Coming

Edited by Arden Sortek, 06 April 2012 - 03:10 PM.

[Black Sunder]

I'm not seeing the most stealthy color of all: Neon Orange

reps to whoever can get that reference.

Arden Sortek, on 06 April 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

The Ponies ARE Coming

I'd pilot it for the lolz.

Edited by Black Sunder, 06 April 2012 - 03:22 PM.

[William Petersen]

Calvin Vakarian, on 06 April 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure that once you get to the point where you're piloting a battlemech, you basically threw subtlety straight out the window.

What? Nonsense! It's not like they make a thunderous noise and literally shake the earth every time they take a step! owait.

The point of camouflage in the context of BattleMech combat isn't at all to 'sneak up' on the enemy, but it does have a purpose. It helps break up your silhouette to encourage misses. Of course, that doesn't work so well in a video game with a clear definition of player models and stuff, but still, it's there for fluff. It might also be helpful for, say, a stationary and/or shut down mech, for example, in a forest. Where he might be overlooked by a passing glance or cursory scan for hostiles, but even this tends to not work all that well in video games.


I used to wear pink armour in HALO (the first) because I was so much better than the folks against whom I routinely played it was just meant as salt in the wound. B-)

Clarification: I was not in any sort of absolute measure very good at HALO, not at all XD. But I was/am vastly 'less bad' than the other people with whom I engaged.



And this completely disregards the idea of exploiting potential colour/gender/stereotype correlations by colouring your Mech pink in order to make players assume you're a girl and therefore bad at video games.

For clarity: I am NOT saying that females are bad at video games. I'm saying that generally that is the perception (fallacious though it is, it still is), and if you can get someone to relax on the assumption that you're bad, you've given yourself a (perhaps very slight) advantage.

[Fabe]

What is the big deal about pink any ways? Are some of you suffering from that sever of a case of Homophobia that you're afraid that just the site of it will turn you gay? This is just a GAME who cares if pink isn't a standard millitary color

[BduSlammer]

Hey guys there is a capt in the E_LH who uses a banshee who has it painted to look like a court jester with a 10 foot dunce hat and bells hanging off the PPC

[Aegis Kleais]

Black Sunder, on 06 April 2012 - 03:21 PM, said:

I'm not seeing the most stealthy color of all: Neon Orange

reps to whoever can get that reference.



I'd pilot it for the lolz.

I'd hit that...

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...with an alpha strike.

[Lorcan Lladd]

Aegis Kleais™, on 06 April 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

I'd hit that...

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...with an alpha strike.

Spoiler

Hahahahahahaha Grimm Wuz Here and Removed My Pony Picture Because I Should Know Better Than to Post Pony Stuff Outside My Pony Thread

LOL

Though, seriously, I can see why the developers might prefer to keep certain colors as a market or premium item - it helps keep the battlefield 'clean' so we at least don't get a technicolor Battlemech spectacle...

Edited by Mason Grimm, 10 April 2012 - 06:21 AM.

[William Petersen]

Lorcan Lladd, on 06 April 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:

LOL

BAD! BAD! No soup for you! Get back to your (our) thread!

[Calvin Vakarian]

Arden Sortek, on 06 April 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

The Ponies ARE Coming

That is hilarious...HILARIOUSLY AWESOME THAT IS!

[empath]

Black Sunder, on 06 April 2012 - 03:21 PM, said:

I'm not seeing the most stealthy color of all: Neon Orange

reps to whoever can get that reference.



I'd pilot it for the lolz.

As would I.

[Gigaton]

Arden Sortek, on 06 April 2012 - 03:09 PM, said:

The Ponies ARE Coming

So, from which unit is that Atlas from? Free Worlds Guards? Marik Militia?

[Kargush]

I can't wait for this to take the same route as Space Marine.

The ones in shiny, bright colours end up being riddled with bullets. The more non-descript ones survive.

And so goes the circle of life.

Edited by kargush, 10 April 2012 - 08:23 AM.