 Outsider1337, on August 26 2014 - 01:37 AM, said:
Outsider1337, on August 26 2014 - 01:37 AM, said:
Even Titanfall is out there, I see no reason not to implement out-of-mech combat.
People will not then see the difference between Hawken and Titanfall and naturally opt for the more popular one. It still may draw people to Hawken, but only because it would be similar to Titanfall. Hawken wouldn't be as unique anymore, simply put.
 Plus out of mech combat would be really ineffective, IMO. The reason why it works in Titan fall is because the mechs are so much slower than in Hawken. If you're a human, good luck trying to deal with a Scout. You'll be torn to shreds with a single Flak cannon. It simply wouldn't be worth it to get out, I certainly wouldn't, given the advantages of being in a mech.
"It would be cool" isn't a valid argument. Titanfall is based in infantry squads supplemented by Titans, but Hawken is strictly mech mech combat. In the lore world, mechs have completely supplanted infantry as the primary fighting unit, and that should be due to the general ineffectiveness of infantry versus mechs. 
Besides, whole new mechanics would have to be developed and it would significantly change the game into something else, something Hawken generally doesn't need. Like I said before, better to be different than the competition than to flat out copy them. People will probably call the game out on unoriginality due to the pre existing mechanic in another game.
I would ask you, why should human combat be added to the game? How effective would it be in the game's current meta?
					
					
					
							Edited by Silverfire, August 26 2014 - 05:11 AM.