New single person mechs designed from scratch for PS2

[basti]

CLosed, and infraction for the Necro.

Not that you just necrod this abomination of a thread, no, you even did so with an absoluty pointless post.

[Bruttal]

Am sorry but we already have Max suites there not much different. just a lil weeker but from the sounds of it you want a BFR slightly bigger then a MAX. I say Nay

[1Shotwonder]

He has a good idea but everyone that stopped playing so because of bfrs will not agree on this its true at first bfrs were way to over powered now they are so nerfed its like a lightings armor so they aren't anything without support if they or some type of mech was put in ps how they are now they would just be another vehicle not a one man army like the original bfrs... its all about the way they are balanced and placed in the game.... and with ps2 going to have a lot of outdoor fights I think it would be a cool idea but again its all on how its put in to the game plain and simple.....but I am sure it won't be for a while if ever we do see bfrs because ps2 is like a restart of ps from the begining and making what ps was supposed to be in ps2

[Headrattle]

I don't like Mechs because of their obvious design flaws. They are over complicated and attempt to fill the same role as a tank, which fills the role better given the same technology level.

Examples Why:
More surface area that needs to be armored, thus more weight needed to get the same amount of armor as a tank (which is essentially a box and has higher surface to area ratio.)
Legs would have to have weaker armor in order to walk around and yet, the mechs would be reliant on them to work at all. If you take out a tank tread, it can still fire. If you take out a Mech leg, it falls down and while it may not be destroyed, it won't be able to do anything. True, treads are a vulnerability as well, but treads can be more easily armored then legs.

So why bother? Just take whatever guns you wanted and put it on a tank. It would be more effective then a Mech.

Maxes and thus powersuits make sense. Essentially a small infantry like tank that has the better parts of infantry, but with the better parts of armor.

However, I will admit that Mechs are cool. But I don't think they are that cool, and I am not a fan of them being on Planetside. BFRs hurt. They didn't do all the damage, but they are a shining example of how the PS team just didn't get it. I defended every decision that they made including the BFRs, but when the reality of the BFRs struck, I lost hope. Like I said in another thread, they gave us BFRs before many of the cool things that we asked for and eventually got (and those things we asked for were cool.)

Essentially, because BFRs hurt so much and they are so much a symbol of the downfall of PS1, we shouldn't have them in PS2. Just as I wouldn't hang pictures of my ex-wife in the house where my new wife and I live.

[Logit]

Mechs and BFRs have both become swear words in the world of Planetside, and simply mentioning a variation of one will have a vast majority of the veteran community totally against it.

We have MAX suits, this should be enough. Tanks require a min of 2 people, why should 1 man have all this killing power?

[Hamma]

Great ideas but I am going to have to agree with the majority that this idea just seems redundant with what we have available and makes one person just to powerful in the grand scheme of things, ultimately making other vehicles underutilized.

[CutterJohn]

Originally Posted by Hamma

Great ideas but I am going to have to agree with the majority that this idea just seems redundant with what we have available and makes one person just to powerful in the grand scheme of things, ultimately making other vehicles underutilized.

We don't know what we have available. Just sayin..

Could easily ditch something like the lightning or fury for a small 1 man mech suit.

[Hamma]

We don't?

Pretty sure we are going to see the same vehicles make a return this time around.

[Redshift]

Mechs are a toxic brand in planetside now, the devs know putting them in would anger the community because of bfr's. You'll never see a mech in planetside again.

[Raymac]

A rose by any other name is still a rose. If there is something that even reminds the Planetside playerbase of BFRs, then it's not going to be received well, no matter what. Too many bad memories.

[WarChimp130]

No Mech's.

[Vancha]

Originally Posted by WarChimp130

No Mech's.

No Mech's whats?

[WarChimp130]

Period, lol.

[Vancha]

[Sirisian]

I guess it's hard to explain that this would be similar to a ground based reaver. The reaver is a single person vehicle (and will be in the new Planetside 2) that has machine guns on it's primary weapon slot and rockets on its secondary. It will feature a huge upgrade skill-tree that I imagine many reaver pilots will enjoy.

The intention was to make a ground based version of it. When people suggest stuff like "nah make it uber powerful 3 man tank" that's not the idea at all. I want a simple mech that's fully balanced into the game. A reaver that catches one in the open would basically be at an even footing with a slight advantage probably. (Unless the mech is set up with like AA secondary rockets then it might stand a chance).

Also as Vancha pointed out if you don't like mechs it would be appreciated if you explain why. Saying stuff like "oh you mean a BFR" kind of shows you missed the idea of the thread or you're a reaver user that likes being the only thing that can zip around the map and kill both vehicles and infantry.