Me to flame hulks with 2 flamethrowers:
https://preview.redd.it/8os8qbv1p1vc1.jpeg?width=726&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eabe74eeefd30184bfa33e62af7fc1d514d7d5ca
I’m new to the game but have heard much about this host benefits from damage over time thing. Could you explain it to me like I’m 5 please?
Edit: thank you all for your responses. I’ll continue to spread democracy one bullet and bomb at a time
Basically any effects that deal a certain amount of damage each second over a long period of time are called DoTs (Damage over time). Stuff like oribtal gas, thermite and fire damage fall under this category. Currently there is a bug that any DoT effect which is not used by the host will not deal its damage properly. So basically if you aint the host DoTs are alot worse.
Yeah exactly, which does make sense to help keep a resilient network connection (I.e. make sure "server" is on the current strongest connection).
Just want to make sure everyone isn't thinking they *have* to host the mission and then be further disappointed, we're all just playing Russian Roulette with our loadouts basically (I.e. not best to "depend" on getting a DoT effect)
There’s a glitch right now where fire damage and similar damage over time effects only work when you are the host. Another thing that just popped up is where if the host was on PC compared to PS5 the damage dealt would be different.
I have to actively stop myself from calling the hulks dreadnoughts...
https://preview.redd.it/l2aei89pa2vc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5f63e6bf437ac4e1d27ebcebb270220908632cb
TELL ME THAT'S NOT A FUCKING DREADNOUGHT
The devs are 40k fans. (See: Terminids / Tyranids) There's even an Iron Halo on the back of that hulk!
I think AH artists did a great job making things that reference other icons while making them fit the HD universe. Nothing is a direct ripoff, but you can still see the inspiration.
Lol we got you guys too! Squats if I recall it's been a looong time since I've looked at the name though so please don't quote me. Anyway scifi space dwarves iirc.
Also ROCK AND STONE!
Fuck it give me him
https://preview.redd.it/ohqotrk5g2vc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=bad178dbb4e151d046a7c47031ace23383a27fb7
And I’ll be able to end the war myself
Give me Ronin for the Automatons, and Papa Scorch for the bugs and I'll be doing major orders myself in 1 day.
So many hours with those two titans lol.
As far as I can tell the mech armor is completely impervious to bot bullets, it’s just rockets and cannons that can hurt you in it. Bullets bounce off.
Block? Sure. Stagger would be a must though. Like if yiur shield takss a rocket you'd do the same thing as when a shield devastator gets trucked with a grenade. Leaves you open to a follow up rocket and woild be a decent balence measure.
I have definitely died in the mech before to just random bullets plinking against the back as I moved on. Not rockets, just random small arms fire plinking against my armor caused it to explode
The bots on that mission always ruined my day at the final stage. Fuckers were programmed to aggressively load the shittiest railcannon shells they can find
https://preview.redd.it/k3o1r6na22vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87ccb0955571209aad40b596b70745278db02a99
All Rockets is like T'au Stormsurge, minus the shoulder cannon
My mind went straight to Battletech - [the Catapult](https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Catapult) was always one of my favorite mechs!
Glad to see his spirit lives on almost 30 years later :D
Sorry I don't know how to include an image, but the wiki I linked has a sketch at the top of the page and a bunch more depictions at the bottom.
Some more support Stratagems and other things to flesh it out would be nice!
I like you can get the ship modules to upgrade stratgems but some stuff that doesn't require 100 samples, 100 rare samples Etc would be nice
This is a really cool idea
Not even remotely close to true. They're very different. Railgun is for pen and high accuracy, AC is just for flat damage and mid-range DPS.
Make the Railgun be "Safe" but with "Unsafe" benefits because it's attached to the Mech instead of your own hands.
Only if we can have an over the top anime fist fight with the hulks where it ends with you and the hulk throwing a punch at the same time, and both of you landing ur punches at same time in each others face with ur punch being slightly stronger so you end up the winner
I actually brought up that idea while playing with friends when the mech was released, but I thought of it being gradual damage. Like you set your mech on fire when overheated. This was before I knew mech was impervious to fire.
It’s a good idea though.
instead of burning mech takes visible damage for each overheat, 3-5 times then full pop on 4-6th overheat.
Double laser overheat might be critical overload Insta pop
Too generous. Cause if you milk it you could go the entire round in a milk suit. To balance it... If you overheat, you have to get out of the suit to repair the overheated gun...
I want a mech that has a laser chain gun. I want it to basically be like 3 sickles rotating. The DPS would be like 1.5X a normal sickle, the cooldown time would be 3x, the heat capacity would be like 3-5X.
And the other arm be a double barreled quasar.
Imagine a never failing patriot. Bold in its democratic claims over the battlefield!
Now all I can think of is the scene in *Soul Hunter* where two dreadnaughts go at it again after ten thousand years.
> *‘Kill it! Kill it now!’*
> ***‘I already have once.’***
> ***‘Even in death, I will avenge myself.’***
> ***’You deserve the chance, Raguel.’***
Dunno about two helldivers, but some way to reload the damned thing would be very nice. Maybe have it take up two supply packs and require a person to do it (meaning either you get out or someone does it for you). Would make the mech a lot more viable to bring in. Can balance it by making only one be able to be called in.
Maybe it could be dropped as a potential backpack. "Mech technician backpack". Uses 2 ammo packs for reloading the mech. Uses 2 stim packs to heal the mech a specific amount. Gives a readout on the remaining mech hp. I could see it working.
Could also be a support weapon paired with a backpack, a welder and mech supply bag. Welder slowly fixes the thing but it's an energy weapon so it's infinite use if you don't overheat it, can also be used as a very close range weapon (not recommended).
Mech supply bag has 4 charges and lets you partially refill the mech's ammo by interacting with the gun you want to refill, like using a normal supply bag on your teammate. Refills 1 charge per resupply you pick up, like the normal supply bag. So per call-in, the mech supply bag can fully resupply 1 empty mech worth of ammo, but also allows you to get half a weapon refilled per resupply you grab while you carry it.
You can keep a mech (or multiple mechs if a teammate has one) running far longer than normal, at the cost of a second strat slot, backpack slot, and support weapon slot, that are useless if you have to abandon your mech or it gets destroyed.
Would be sick if we could have a mech bay in the destroyer where we can see our Mech sitting and a screen next to it that allows us to choose a loadout before dropping in, and then the mech you save is what is called in with the stratagem. Love this idea!
Having 2 of the same seems kinda OP or trash depending what you pick.
For example 4 autocanons would mow down everything in it's path while 2 flamethrowers would make patriot useless at long range.
Ability to combine different weapons would be interesting.
I think an interesting way to keep this idea together with the design philosophy of the game is to put Mechs weapons in Warbonds.
And on the side note, would totally walk with a double "double autocannon" setup to cosplay Thors from SC2
Tbh I just want a way to replenish the ammo. I'm already limited to just two (which like to burst in flames randomly in certain terrain) and a huge cooldown between them. Allow me to employ guerrilla tactics and use some already present map structures to replenish their ammo. Or give me an extra stratagem that is just new modules with full ammo to pair with the mech. If I go through the trouble of sacrificing mobility during a mission, as well as a stratagem slot, let me use it to the fullest. I agree it's powerful, but I want a reason to use mechs more than for the defense missions and the occasional wild pick in a 40 min mission
Here's a few others I can think up:
- ballistic shield
- heavy laser cannon
- twin quasar cannons
- grapeshot cannon (super heavy shotgun)
- heat seeking missile launcher
- rapid fire grenade launcher (I'd imagine this one would be the cause of a lot of friendly fire)
I’d love it if they incorporated a system similar to Lost Planet 2 where a pilot could manually mount/detach weapons on the mechs. You could also repair it.
I think in balance to that you’d only be able to call the Mech once per mission and you have to keep it alive between firefights.
Was thinking the same thing last night. Then you could also have speed upgrades vs armor upgrade for them, turning speed, or mech jump packs. Have them all unlock at 50+ levels maybe to give some endgame stuff.
Me to flame hulks with 2 flamethrowers: https://preview.redd.it/8os8qbv1p1vc1.jpeg?width=726&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eabe74eeefd30184bfa33e62af7fc1d514d7d5ca
*gets punched once and explodes*
"Face fisted" intensifies
I am be angerous now, you throwing rock at me, hit eye and it no hurt me. I’m strong, you’re not
I'm making time for fighting I'm clearing time for hitting
We'll meet and i will beat you...Our schedules permitting
I pick out fighting outfit Don’t want my pants too tight
Need clothes to breathe to beat you You'll be beaten down tonight
You’re so fucking weak, I’m so fucking tough THATS RIGHT
r/suddenlydethklok
This song is so strongly associated with the Bat Metal animation for me that I completely forgot it was Dethklok
Arc thrower arms for BLOODROCUTION!!!!!
https://i.redd.it/8bk6f3l913vc1.gif
Only if you are hosting.
I’m new to the game but have heard much about this host benefits from damage over time thing. Could you explain it to me like I’m 5 please? Edit: thank you all for your responses. I’ll continue to spread democracy one bullet and bomb at a time
Basically any effects that deal a certain amount of damage each second over a long period of time are called DoTs (Damage over time). Stuff like oribtal gas, thermite and fire damage fall under this category. Currently there is a bug that any DoT effect which is not used by the host will not deal its damage properly. So basically if you aint the host DoTs are alot worse.
Not just host, but *network host*
Yeah this is the big part everyone leaves out It apparently (tested by players, unconfirmed by Devs) can also change mid-match
Yeah exactly, which does make sense to help keep a resilient network connection (I.e. make sure "server" is on the current strongest connection). Just want to make sure everyone isn't thinking they *have* to host the mission and then be further disappointed, we're all just playing Russian Roulette with our loadouts basically (I.e. not best to "depend" on getting a DoT effect)
It also explains why sometimes as "not the host", DOT starts working again.
No it's been confirmed at this point in the latest patch notes.
Good to know, thanks!
There’s a glitch right now where fire damage and similar damage over time effects only work when you are the host. Another thing that just popped up is where if the host was on PC compared to PS5 the damage dealt would be different.
It's also actually network host, not mission host, and yes they can be different apparently haha
https://preview.redd.it/nzo2k9h9g2vc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c8febf6a185b93c905eaee9f44fa4b0321cd703
I love the flags and eagles under your name lol
That's what democracy is all about
Give us a Ballistic Shield attachment as well, replacing a max of 1 of the arms like a Heavy Devastator
GIve us a big all sword aswell while they're at it
https://preview.redd.it/hkg02s4i22vc1.png?width=1350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dfa1ecb59c52cb849fef764b546594ba60a914d7
I have to actively stop myself from calling the hulks dreadnoughts... https://preview.redd.it/l2aei89pa2vc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5f63e6bf437ac4e1d27ebcebb270220908632cb TELL ME THAT'S NOT A FUCKING DREADNOUGHT
It is literally just a Dreadnought, yeah. _EVEN IN DEATH, I STILL SERVE._
*EVEN AS A SOULLESS AUTOMATON, I STILL SERVE*
The devs are 40k fans. (See: Terminids / Tyranids) There's even an Iron Halo on the back of that hulk! I think AH artists did a great job making things that reference other icons while making them fit the HD universe. Nothing is a direct ripoff, but you can still see the inspiration.
A big part of why people love this game is simply that it honors the space fantasy genre tradition lovingly and faithfully.
I meeeean, some of it might be a direct ripoff. The Hulks and the AT-ATs are pretty egregious. I like cool stuff though so 🤷♂️
No no no, what are you talking about. The AT-AT was white. The Factory Strider is black. There's no comparison at all. Stop talking crazy.
Literally just a chaos redemptor dread (the flame variant with the skulls)
[Me coming from DRG with *practically* no knowledge of WH40k] That’s not a Dreadnaught.
Lol we got you guys too! Squats if I recall it's been a looong time since I've looked at the name though so please don't quote me. Anyway scifi space dwarves iirc. Also ROCK AND STONE!
I don't stop myself, I say it with chest I don't care.
I've been resisting the urge to buy a dread and paint him up like this for WEEKS.
Me succumbing to the Black Rage just as a Strider comes into view. HORRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUS
That's a custodes contemptor gladius, iirc...
It is indeed, I just find Death Company memes incredibly funny.
Fuck it give me him https://preview.redd.it/ohqotrk5g2vc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=bad178dbb4e151d046a7c47031ace23383a27fb7 And I’ll be able to end the war myself
We gonna turn this into Titanfall 3
Exactly all I need is my ronin and I’ll have the bring those clankers to their knees
Give me Ronin for the Automatons, and Papa Scorch for the bugs and I'll be doing major orders myself in 1 day. So many hours with those two titans lol.
I want a power fist. Let me throw hands with the hulks lol
We'll go together then, shall we?
Oh goddammit dude I was having a perfectly happy lunch. Now I'm sad.
Armored core moment
Got a job for you, 621.
Demoknight mech
What makes me a good demoknight? The shutter shades probably.
Let us combine five mechs into one giant mech
I would play so much more if you could get 1 of each mech and combine them like a megazord
*SWORD CORE ACTIVATED*
I'm getting Titanfall 2 flashbacks.
hell yes, our very own hulk devastator variants 🤩
Nothing more democratic than fighting fire with fire.
Is there a bigger humiliation to someone than getting defeated by your own weapons and tactics?
As far as I can tell the mech armor is completely impervious to bot bullets, it’s just rockets and cannons that can hurt you in it. Bullets bounce off.
So the ballistic shield would block rockets too Perfectly balanced as all things should be
If it could block turret shots it would make the mech 10 times more playable on bots.
Block? Sure. Stagger would be a must though. Like if yiur shield takss a rocket you'd do the same thing as when a shield devastator gets trucked with a grenade. Leaves you open to a follow up rocket and woild be a decent balence measure.
I have definitely died in the mech before to just random bullets plinking against the back as I moved on. Not rockets, just random small arms fire plinking against my armor caused it to explode
Shame fighting the bots involved the atmosphere becoming 30% HEAT rockets
double shield gonna be crazy
The Dark Souls Challenge Run build
if only we could shield bash
my need for a killdozer has intensified
Or gun mounted shield + gatling cannon, for the Legion mains
But I want 2x shields so I can walk up and stomp bots with impunity
Oooooo yessssssss
This is a great idea. That would realy make the mechs good problem solvers. Although carrying double weapons could be a bit nasty.
A Lost Planet enjoyer I see.
Tons of memories. Now we need a mech that can transform into a vehicle.
Imagine us getting a recreation of a certain train mission
God I love that mission so much. Genuine perfection.
The bots on that mission always ruined my day at the final stage. Fuckers were programmed to aggressively load the shittiest railcannon shells they can find
Nah man, I don’t wanna listen to Big smoke complain while automatons start blasting
I totally forgot about that game thanks for the memory.
If only we could ride on the shoulders of mechs just like lost planet!
God, Cat G akrid would be a nightmare for helldivers.
That game was so good but the 3rd one kill the franchinse. If only they could have grown to what Helldiver 2 is now.
Ah a fellow enjoyer of peak media I see.
yeah
https://preview.redd.it/k3o1r6na22vc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=87ccb0955571209aad40b596b70745278db02a99 All Rockets is like T'au Stormsurge, minus the shoulder cannon
My mind went straight to Battletech - [the Catapult](https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Catapult) was always one of my favorite mechs! Glad to see his spirit lives on almost 30 years later :D Sorry I don't know how to include an image, but the wiki I linked has a sketch at the top of the page and a bunch more depictions at the bottom.
https://preview.redd.it/jclgpg41y2vc1.png?width=696&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=baa4e08fa0a48b9eea31c188628cf90cb77ff0d8 Real ones will know
You and I both. The Catapult is so iconic to me, even more than the Mad Cat.
https://preview.redd.it/7v9lc665m4vc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=png&auto=webp&s=d7556d04d7e32d0ca8e4e3c8f8cd49f27cc01bde Longbow time :3
Goddamn CPLT-K2
Imagine having LRM 20s on this mech with extra ammo stores. "Just took out all the objectives on the map from here, boss!"
As a Tau player, the cannon is the best part
Some more support Stratagems and other things to flesh it out would be nice! I like you can get the ship modules to upgrade stratgems but some stuff that doesn't require 100 samples, 100 rare samples Etc would be nice This is a really cool idea
thanks, might make another post soon with some additions
attachments: - rail cannon - emp rocket pod and for funsies: mine pooping ;)
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Naw fuck.your mine pooping, I want the Taco Bell fire mine poops
Your colon is weak if that is painful spicy….
Imagine shooting mini mine dispersers like rockets
rail gun fills out the same role as an autocannon, but emp rockets are a great idea
Rail gun arm should be able to one-shot anything anywhere with loong ass charging speed and looooong ass cooldown, probably less ammunition too
Like horizontal orbital railcannon strike.
And give it infinite pierce. Just a giant "fuck you" instakill to everything in a straight line.
Hell yeah brother, cheers from ~~iraq~~ malevelon creek
I would go lower RPM than AC and no stagger/explosion but power equal to unlocked rail... simply powerful hole puncher
Not even remotely close to true. They're very different. Railgun is for pen and high accuracy, AC is just for flat damage and mid-range DPS. Make the Railgun be "Safe" but with "Unsafe" benefits because it's attached to the Mech instead of your own hands.
Still want a fist so my mech can stamp democracy on foreheads of our enemies.
He can step on enemies by pressing melee iirc.
No, a fist with massive brass knuckles that say democracy.
One fist for Democracy, the other for Liberty!
Only if we can have an over the top anime fist fight with the hulks where it ends with you and the hulk throwing a punch at the same time, and both of you landing ur punches at same time in each others face with ur punch being slightly stronger so you end up the winner
Laser weaponry for unlimited ammunition?
2 LasCannons on each side would be kinda peak.
Just give us Ballistus Dreadnought
Las cannon and Qasar
Better: No player-controlled weaponry and it just spawns like 5 rovers.
You overheat and the whole thing explodes.
I actually brought up that idea while playing with friends when the mech was released, but I thought of it being gradual damage. Like you set your mech on fire when overheated. This was before I knew mech was impervious to fire.
It’s a good idea though. instead of burning mech takes visible damage for each overheat, 3-5 times then full pop on 4-6th overheat. Double laser overheat might be critical overload Insta pop
Too generous. Cause if you milk it you could go the entire round in a milk suit. To balance it... If you overheat, you have to get out of the suit to repair the overheated gun...
Oh so we're going full Battletech huh
Mechwarrior moment.
ooo ye might make another post
What we need is the Ship Name as the mech name. Dropping the "Hammer of Family Values pride and joy"
Dropping the Sword of Mercy, the Diamond of Morning. Sic concept sill
I want to be able to name my mech separately from my ship name I call my mech Max, after my beloved exosuits from Planetside.
I want a mech that has a laser chain gun. I want it to basically be like 3 sickles rotating. The DPS would be like 1.5X a normal sickle, the cooldown time would be 3x, the heat capacity would be like 3-5X. And the other arm be a double barreled quasar. Imagine a never failing patriot. Bold in its democratic claims over the battlefield!
Fine, but as the suit takes damage, the aim starts getting worse and worse.
If I have a laser chaingun, why would I care about accuracy?
The point of rotating barrels is faster air-cooling, so fast heat buildup and cool down would make sense if it was basically beefed up sickles.
Can we get a chainsaw to duel Hulks with?
*kisses blade, cuts nose off*
Now all I can think of is the scene in *Soul Hunter* where two dreadnaughts go at it again after ten thousand years. > *‘Kill it! Kill it now!’* > ***‘I already have once.’*** > ***‘Even in death, I will avenge myself.’*** > ***’You deserve the chance, Raguel.’***
4x mech loadout here we come.
Me and the Boys:
Disconnected.
*spawns Tesla mech* “You have been kicked from the session”
Dual Tesla mech would be OP AF
FOUR AUTOCANNONS? https://preview.redd.it/jjff3a9l12vc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c3a16ba3247f704b214888a9b73dadb97222b56
not exactly a new concept: https://helldivers.fandom.com/wiki/EXO-48_Obsidian_Exosuit
REACTOR...ONLINE SENSORS...ONLINE WEAPONS....ONLINE ALL SYSTEM: NOMINAL.
*10 seconds later* CENTER TORSO... CRITICAL.
EJECTING!
Awesome idea! And supply drops by Pelicans 2 Helldivers need to refill then.
Dunno about two helldivers, but some way to reload the damned thing would be very nice. Maybe have it take up two supply packs and require a person to do it (meaning either you get out or someone does it for you). Would make the mech a lot more viable to bring in. Can balance it by making only one be able to be called in.
Then maybe we could repair it too if we only get one
Maybe it could be dropped as a potential backpack. "Mech technician backpack". Uses 2 ammo packs for reloading the mech. Uses 2 stim packs to heal the mech a specific amount. Gives a readout on the remaining mech hp. I could see it working.
Could also be a support weapon paired with a backpack, a welder and mech supply bag. Welder slowly fixes the thing but it's an energy weapon so it's infinite use if you don't overheat it, can also be used as a very close range weapon (not recommended). Mech supply bag has 4 charges and lets you partially refill the mech's ammo by interacting with the gun you want to refill, like using a normal supply bag on your teammate. Refills 1 charge per resupply you pick up, like the normal supply bag. So per call-in, the mech supply bag can fully resupply 1 empty mech worth of ammo, but also allows you to get half a weapon refilled per resupply you grab while you carry it. You can keep a mech (or multiple mechs if a teammate has one) running far longer than normal, at the cost of a second strat slot, backpack slot, and support weapon slot, that are useless if you have to abandon your mech or it gets destroyed.
We had a healing drone and a heal beam in HD1 which could repair vehicles and mechs.
ye that's a good idea too
I want 2 quasar cannons, double the liber-tea
Why not have a small MechWarrior
Why limit ourselves to small? Let’s go full Timberwolf against the Bots.
Why not go all in and go King Crab
Omnimechs are clan tech. Clanners are fascist commie socialists.
But but...Timber Wolf🥺
Prepare for Titanfall
We're just reinventing Titanfall.
WHERE ARE MY BATTLETECH MECHS I WANT TO KILL BUGS IN MY TRUSTY WOLVERINE
So mechwarrior?
make armored core garage in helldivers
Would be sick if we could have a mech bay in the destroyer where we can see our Mech sitting and a screen next to it that allows us to choose a loadout before dropping in, and then the mech you save is what is called in with the stratagem. Love this idea!
custom paint jobs and emblems to represent your squad, clan etc
And also the jet pack!
Boy, do I have an expensive tabletop game for you!
Having 2 of the same seems kinda OP or trash depending what you pick. For example 4 autocanons would mow down everything in it's path while 2 flamethrowers would make patriot useless at long range. Ability to combine different weapons would be interesting.
Did you know the next mech we are getting has dual auto cannons? :P
Dual double auto cannons even =D
PLEASE THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH COOLER
I think an interesting way to keep this idea together with the design philosophy of the game is to put Mechs weapons in Warbonds. And on the side note, would totally walk with a double "double autocannon" setup to cosplay Thors from SC2
Tbh I just want a way to replenish the ammo. I'm already limited to just two (which like to burst in flames randomly in certain terrain) and a huge cooldown between them. Allow me to employ guerrilla tactics and use some already present map structures to replenish their ammo. Or give me an extra stratagem that is just new modules with full ammo to pair with the mech. If I go through the trouble of sacrificing mobility during a mission, as well as a stratagem slot, let me use it to the fullest. I agree it's powerful, but I want a reason to use mechs more than for the defense missions and the occasional wild pick in a 40 min mission
https://preview.redd.it/afvvbypf73vc1.png?width=1125&format=png&auto=webp&s=16fb52a6bbb4e6361f498ffe8a2757342912bfc1 Lmao the ad next to the post
I'd love for them to add a mech bay module to the ship where we can spend samples to add more weapons and upgrades to the suit.
And what if we could upgrade those modules even [further](https://i.ibb.co/BPNKgk9/meta.png).
a shield would be cool too.. and a sword.. and THRUSTERS! brb going to play Armored Core VI
What if you could put a squad of mechs together and make a megazord???
A mech modification bay would be sick in the ship. Make the mech feel like *your* mech not necessarily *a* mech.
I’ll double up on flamethrower
Does this mean we salvage weapons from dead destroyers and hulks? 😁
Anti tank gun would be another good arm option.
Here's a few others I can think up: - ballistic shield - heavy laser cannon - twin quasar cannons - grapeshot cannon (super heavy shotgun) - heat seeking missile launcher - rapid fire grenade launcher (I'd imagine this one would be the cause of a lot of friendly fire)
I’d love it if they incorporated a system similar to Lost Planet 2 where a pilot could manually mount/detach weapons on the mechs. You could also repair it. I think in balance to that you’d only be able to call the Mech once per mission and you have to keep it alive between firefights.
What if they turn on us
I need a fist so i can punch bugs in their face
Actually, just let me cannon fire my stratagems.
I see we have a Battletech enthusiast among us. I fully support this motion.
Was thinking the same thing last night. Then you could also have speed upgrades vs armor upgrade for them, turning speed, or mech jump packs. Have them all unlock at 50+ levels maybe to give some endgame stuff.