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[Maverick Howell]

Jump jets built in on some mechs yay or nay?

[TheRulesLawyer]

I think the better question is should that lame using JJ to skate along the ground be allow like it was in previous mw?

[CoffiNail]

Kind of a interesting concept of only on ones that are meant for them. I kind of like that. I mean those structures would be built to withstand the forces of the jumpjet i would guess.

[Adridos]

Sure, its the very most important function of some mechs.

[gilliam]

How could we not have jump jets? Especially in an urban area?

[Dihm]

Integral to Battletech. Jump Jets are needed. And no, they shouldn't let you "skate".

[Amarus Cameron]

They may not let you skate but they need to be directional, as this is certainly cannon

[omegaclawe]

Full, directional Jumpjets probably aren't a good idea (i.e. the Jumpjets in MW2), but we definitely need them in game. Preferably, restricted to certain mechs.

[Belial]

In the promo trailer, the Jenner is clearly using jump jets. They look smoothly done.

No to skating, yes to restriction.

[Dihm]

Amarus Cameron, on 03 November 2011 - 10:15 AM, said:

They may not let you skate but they need to be directional, as this is certainly cannon

Hey, if your jets are strong enough to alter the momentum of a 50 ton mech in the air, more power to ya, I'm all for it.

This conversation makes me want to pilot a Wraith (one of my favs)

[Amarus Cameron]

Dihm, on 03 November 2011 - 10:23 AM, said:

Hey, if your jets are strong enough to alter the momentum of a 50 ton mech in the air, more power to ya, I'm all for it.

This conversation makes me want to pilot a Wraith (one of my favs)

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[Mater]

I have a question, how many jump jets would an Atlas need if it could jump …. and how far ten feet.

[God of War]

it would be pretty lame without Jump jets.

[CoffiNail]

Well a variant of the Kodiak mech has JumpJets and it is a 100 ton mech. I think the JJ weigh like 6 tons or something.

[Yeach]

MW4 jumpjets will do for me.

[Saurok]

Skate?



Yeah, I had to put that there
But anyways, There should be complete freedom to put Jump Jets to any mech there is.

[Dihm]

Ouch, and it's a Wraith too!

Stupid artists are stupid!

[Ilfi]

MW3 Jump Jets were absolutely crazy, and MW4 Jump Jets, while considerably slower, could still be abused for some rather absurd moon-jumps. Personally, I just don't think Mechs should be able to leap a football field in a single bound... but that's just me.

I hate to be the guy that points to MechAssault as the game that did it right (because it did far too many things wrong), but Jump Jets in that series were surprisingly tame. You only ever used them to climb obstacles; if you wanted to duck and weave, you were better off using fancy footwork on land with a building/mountain for cover.

Keep them weak and keep them restricted to certain Mechs.

[gilliam]

omegaclawe, on 03 November 2011 - 10:15 AM, said:

Full, directional Jumpjets probably aren't a good idea

Care to explain your position?

As far as I can tell, if you can't actually maneuver with the jump jets and your only choice is up, then all you get is poptarting. If you can actually jump laterally, then you can use them to hop over obstacles. That IS the point of jump jets, after all.

[Lorebot]

It won't be Mechwarrior without Death from Above! Gimme Jump Jets please!

Please no skating...that's for Armored Core...this is Mechwarrior...Jump up, thrust directional, fall, overheat