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[Monky]

How cool would it be to have the community design their own hero variant, maybe even put up some art in the fan art forum, and then we can vote for the player created mech we would like to see as a special hero mech to get made and put into the game?

What I'm talking about is within the current framework of 'hero mechs are made off of existing in-game chassis, but can have wildly varying hardpoints/engine/equipment/etc'.

I mean, who says it's the devs that should get to have all the fun making new stuff!

Edited by Monky, 24 December 2012 - 04:08 PM.

[Necromantion]

Well since they are trying to stay with the lore of the franchise what about letting us vote on a pilots mech to see as a hero mech rather than designing a hero variant?

Im sure the devs would be more comfortable with that and it makes more sense with the games lore and timeline.

If we go with your idea id say Catapult with 2 ballistic and 4 missle or 2 ballistic 2 missle 2 energy
Just sayin!


Id kill for a catapult with a loadout like that, literally kill, you know so i could outfit it how i wanted

Edit: Typo

Edited by Necromantion, 24 December 2012 - 04:14 PM.

[Monky]

Well, 3/4 of the hero mechs made so far are non canonical. just the Yen Lo Wang is actually anywhere in battletech.

Also, of course, it would have to be dev approved even if it won the community vote, so no 10 laser commando (ahem Blazing Inferno - As of 3028, the techs on Chara III used this designation for a frequent field modification that removed both missile launchers from the COM-2D and exchanged them for three additional medium lasers to the right arm, right torso and head, six small lasers mounted in pairs on each leg and the center torso, and an additional ton of armor (+3 to each leg, +2 to the head, center torso and both torso sides, and +1 to each arm).The canonicity of this variant is questionable because its only source is BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Inception, a computer game.)

Basically, devs would choose from designs offered, and then poll. Any chassis would be open since they've shown that multiple hero mechs per chassis is doable (Fang + Flame for instance).

Edited by Monky, 24 December 2012 - 04:19 PM.

[Necromantion]

Well then lets get this party started:

Catapult Variant please:
2 Ballistic Hardpoints
4 Missle or 2 Missle and 2 Energy hardpoints.

Allllll I want for Christmasssss....