New single person mechs designed from scratch for PS2

[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by Huma

Initially when the community actually wanted something like this they requested it to be outfit oriented. We wanted a large vehicle that required a lot of people to run it and that could be used to break siege fights.

What about a big overhaul of the bangbus to a proper gatecrasher? Seems like it's much closer to the concept.

[Huma]

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

What about a big overhaul of the bangbus to a proper gatecrasher? Seems like it's much closer to the concept.

Yeah true but that's way after BFRs. We're talking about those here

[Talek Krell]

If you want them you need a role for them. Preferably that isn't already occupied. Which is essentially going about it the wrong way, a vehicle should be crafted to fit a role, not crafted and then crammed into it.

[Huma]

True true, personally I think it would fill the role of a heavy battle tank well. Just a matter of adjusting it accordingly.

[Talek Krell]

I'm kind of fond of the tanks we have now. Is there something we need heavier ones for?

[zuesrocks]

no

[EASyEightyEight]

Mechs could have their place later in the game's life without feeling shoehorned in. Right now all a mech would serve to do is to be a walking tank. Planetside 2 doesn't need 2 different medium tanks.

And honestly: making them multi-manned feels forced. We know space combat is a direction SOE wants to go, and I do like the idea of giant robots acting as infantry in space. Outside of a station of course.

[Talek Krell]

That's actually one of the few places where a mech makes some sense. Infantry aren't very well suited to space combat away from stations or ships, so having an infantry like vehicle to fulfill their roles seems feasible.

[Huma]

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

I'm kind of fond of the tanks we have now. Is there something we need heavier ones for?

Currently not really. But if you consider the shear volume of fire a vehicle is going to have to work through on some fights. Remember it's not going to be a handful of reavers, tanks, and av grunts. It's going to be hundreds. So having a heavier tank that you can use to break an enemy line is going to be important.

[Thumpa]

I threw together a quick sketch of how a multi-man mech would operate.

[zuesrocks]

the op is talking about bfs its clear,its been confirmed that there will Never be bfs in planetside 2 ever

[Sirisian]

Originally Posted by Huma

Yeah true but that's way after BFRs. We're talking about those here

That wasn't the original point of this thread. The original point was a small balanced agile vehicle to fight along-side tanks and infantry. When people associate BFR with the mech idea I proposed it conjures up ideas of a super mech and not the one I described.

Originally Posted by EASyEightyEight

Mechs could have their place later in the game's life without feeling shoehorned in. Right now all a mech would serve to do is to be a walking tank. Planetside 2 doesn't need 2 different medium tanks.

It's not a medium tank. Their weapons and roles would be very different. The lightning has speed in a linear direction and a fast firing cannon the mech I proposed would be more of a medium range attacker that would be pushed back by say a tank shooting from afar. (My other thread explains how I'd prefer tanks function).

Originally Posted by Thumpa

I threw together a quick sketch of how a multi-man mech would operate.

That's exactly what I imagine. A lot of useless roles. I'm glad someone else see what I mean. (To be fair I go a bit further. I linked to my other thread which removes that monotony of multi-manned vehicles and replaces it with action for all participants).

[Graywolves]

Originally Posted by Thumpa

I threw together a quick sketch of how a multi-man mech would operate.

I approve.

[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by Huma

Currently not really. But if you consider the shear volume of fire a vehicle is going to have to work through on some fights. Remember it's not going to be a handful of reavers, tanks, and av grunts. It's going to be hundreds. So having a heavier tank that you can use to break an enemy line is going to be important.

If you're not going to balance them to do their own job, what would be the point of the existing tanks?

Originally Posted by Sirisian

That wasn't the original point of this thread.

Your thread died almost a month ago. It was resurrected because Tatwi's got locked. No one cares what the original point was.

Originally Posted by Thumpa

I threw together a quick sketch of how a multi-man mech would operate.

Epic.

[Sirisian]

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

Your thread died almost a month ago. It was resurrected because Tatwi's got locked. No one cares what the original point was.

It was locked because no one really cared for BFRs. The point of this thread isn't about BFRs. If you had read that and not bumped it indiscriminately you would have realized that.

The original point of this thread was addressing the problems with a BFR while still keeping the fun that the idea of a mech chassis could be used for without bringing up the flawed designs of a multi-manned vehicle.

The whole concept is drastically different from the usage of a tank that comparing the two is kind of pointless. It's like comparing a Reaver to a tank essentially which was an example use previously to differentiate what this mech would function like. (Ground based Reaver).