Basically spinning off a "bright idea" I had as part of the "Fixing the Tech" thread:
https://community.pl...he-tech/?p=5156
So feel free to tear this apart since its fairly half baked but here it goes....
Another idea along the "need more mechs" line of thought is spin off the "Red Beam" from the Technician completely to a new CBRNE/Combat Engineer style support mech? Maybe the "Red Beam" would be one of the primaries but with extended range? With a secondary that is Multi function like the current Repair Torch but has the characteristics of the Grenade Launcher. It would launch area style damage or debuff attacks but can have detrimental affects to their own team mates? Maybe lays minefields, deploys Hawken Virus clouds (that dissipate after fixed time), EMP blasts that fry radar till next regen/repair (longer effect than the current "item"), etc. With "mobile turret" special ability buffing soaking up front damage but maybe not the active debuff for damage from the rear.
Maybe the counter balance would be that Class C mechs in mobile turret mode could boost through the minefields with significantly reduced damage or the minefields blown up with direct/indirect fire. Predators could be unaffected by EMP or Hawken Cloud when cloaked. (Or something like this.) This being in addition to weak armor like the Technician and slow like a Class C
Thoughts? ![]()
Edited by oSPANNERo, 25 March 2015 - 09:35 AM.
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