ever any talk about MECH's?

d0rian · 2003-05-07, 04:32 PM

any talk about addign MECH's or mech like units or is that a copyrighted no-no?

LesserShade · 2003-05-07, 04:33 PM

what like MAX armors?

Jarlo · 2003-05-07, 04:35 PM

MAX is basically a mini-mech.

tmartinez72 · 2003-05-07, 04:36 PM

Actually, more like Elementals.

d0rian · 2003-05-07, 04:38 PM

yea max is definitely an "elemental" concept.

no i am thinking more in the realm of 25 foot mechs maybe two pilots (one pilot, one gunner) large ass energy weapons, missle launchers stuff like that. really scarry looking beasts on the battlefield.

LesserShade · 2003-05-07, 04:40 PM

I'd really like to see a 2 man air vehicle get added to the game first though.. like a bomber or some sort of nasty gunship

Camping Carl · 2003-05-07, 04:56 PM

Well... on the forums there's been many a flamefest over the subject of mechs. Most people (including myself) believe they are unrealistic, overpowered (the way people imagined them anyways), and just not needed.

And the answer is no, they will most likely never be in planetside.

d0rian · 2003-05-07, 05:01 PM

un realisic....
thats funny i got flammed at a previous thread when i said that
AP rounds that bounch of flesh was unrealistc and that the game was not a simulation.

this is a SCI FI game since when does it have to be realistic.

like falling from outer space in a cube is realistc or turning invisible is realistic.

back of the line bubba.
here...i will give you my
"smiley says to suck his wanker" emote:

Jarlo · 2003-05-07, 05:04 PM

I dont think they would be overpowered. I mean they wouldnt be able to get into bases and such so would still need MAX and infantry plenty. They would just be ubah tanks basically.

Jakal · 2003-05-07, 05:07 PM

well if they're uber tanks then whats the point of having a normal tank? I dont really think mechs should be in ps. If you want mechs go play mechwarrior.

Camping Carl · 2003-05-07, 05:15 PM

d0rian,

You got flamed in that thread because YOU WERE WRONG.

Besides, realism is not the reason they won't be in planetside. They won't be in planetside because they don't need to be. If you want mechs, play mechwarrior. Planetside doesn't need to have every cool thing that's ever been in a game.

Go find a post by unregistered, click the link under his sig. It's a site made for special people just like you.

staz · 2003-05-07, 05:17 PM

What about motorcycles..YEH! Motorcycles with training wheels and rocket launchers!

Hamma · 2003-05-07, 05:39 PM

Mechs were talked about in the very early days of PS development.

It was scrapped

Matuse · 2003-05-07, 06:59 PM

Mechs are not just unrealistic, but hyperunrealistic. The laws of physics do not allow for them to exist.

They also blow ass from a gameplay perspective...either they are overgunned superpower monsters (in which case everyone will use them), or they are undergunned walking targets that you can hit with a full magazine from beyond the clip plane with the aiming reticle expanded to fill the entire screen (in which case nobody will use them). They have no place in the game.

tmartinez72 · 2003-05-07, 07:08 PM

Here's how I think the scenario will play out.

Take a mech to an enemy base. You're the biggest baddest dude there killing everything. No one leaves the base. You ground forces try to breech the base.

Enter enemy mech *dun dun duuun!*. They duke it out. People IN the base see how much fun they are having, enter more mechs. Now add more...a little more.. Oh..need another enemy mech to take out the assulting ground forces *squish squish*

wait wait wait! Are we still playing PS?