DUST Search - MTACs -- are we SURE it's gonna be a vehicle?

Zero Harpuia wrote:

Geirskoegul wrote:

Iron Wolf Saber wrote:

MTACs industrial type sare about the size of the powerloader pictured above.

However miltiary types have been regarded to be a bit lager probably just like the avatar mech.

http://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/3/3a/CCP_Games_-_EVE_Chronicles_-_Tibus_Heth_Caldari_Pilot_-_FD_02.jpg this is an offical picture of an MTAC you can see how large it is, its almost LAV sized in overall mass.

This pic illustrates the size well. MTACs, especially the military variants, are very much vehicles, and the earlier comparison to Avatar is accurate.

Interesting ideas and concepts in the original post, but it's essential to lore and versatility that they be vehicles. Making it a suit locks you into it until death, and that makes people camp or hide when not useful in the current tactical situation, thus no longer contributing to the team. Climbing out, combined with vehicle recall concepts i've talked about in other threads, would make people willing to leave their vehicles when no longer tactically useful, and thus be able to continue contributing to the team, rather than hiding or camping and being useless to the team.

Maybe we can also make it able to spawn in, while still being a vehicle? Provides the power necessary to break a camp, but you can still call it in (or out) as need be during the match.


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Geirskoegul Soul-Strike 134	Posted - 2012.08.11 20:09:00 - [1] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: MTACs industrial type sare about the size of the powerloader pictured above. However miltiary types have been regarded to be a bit lager probably just like the avatar mech. http://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/3/3a/CCP_Games_-_EVE_Chronicles_-_Tibus_Heth_Caldari_Pilot_-_FD_02.jpg this is an offical picture of an MTAC you can see how large it is, its almost LAV sized in overall mass. This pic illustrates the size well. MTACs, especially the military variants, are very much vehicles, and the earlier comparison to Avatar is accurate. Interesting ideas and concepts in the original post, but it's essential to lore and versatility that they be vehicles. Making it a suit locks you into it until death, and that makes people camp or hide when not useful in the current tactical situation, thus no longer contributing to the team. Climbing out, combined with vehicle recall concepts i've talked about in other threads, would make people willing to leave their vehicles when no longer tactically useful, and thus be able to continue contributing to the team, rather than hiding or camping and being useless to the team.
Geirskoegul Soul-Strike 134	Posted - 2012.08.12 19:21:00 - [2] - Quote Zero Harpuia wrote: Geirskoegul wrote: Iron Wolf Saber wrote: MTACs industrial type sare about the size of the powerloader pictured above. However miltiary types have been regarded to be a bit lager probably just like the avatar mech. http://wiki.eveonline.com/wikiEN/images/3/3a/CCP_Games_-_EVE_Chronicles_-_Tibus_Heth_Caldari_Pilot_-_FD_02.jpg this is an offical picture of an MTAC you can see how large it is, its almost LAV sized in overall mass. This pic illustrates the size well. MTACs, especially the military variants, are very much vehicles, and the earlier comparison to Avatar is accurate. Interesting ideas and concepts in the original post, but it's essential to lore and versatility that they be vehicles. Making it a suit locks you into it until death, and that makes people camp or hide when not useful in the current tactical situation, thus no longer contributing to the team. Climbing out, combined with vehicle recall concepts i've talked about in other threads, would make people willing to leave their vehicles when no longer tactically useful, and thus be able to continue contributing to the team, rather than hiding or camping and being useless to the team. Maybe we can also make it able to spawn in, while still being a vehicle? Provides the power necessary to break a camp, but you can still call it in (or out) as need be during the match. I've gone over how horribly bad spawning in vehicles would be in othere threads, so I won'd repeat myself here. Quite simply, no, spawning in vehicles is a very bad thing. For clarity, i mean the vehicle and you appearing at the same time, not spawning in a vehicle with a cru. That said, the mobile crus should be a dedicated vehicle like in planetside, it shouldn't be a standard module any can fit; it simply doesn't make sense in terms of size, logic, or lore.