@ syv: there are other, perhaps easier ways of getting what you want, like changeling masks, those UE cloaks or Organo-tissue Dominator Psychokinetic Amplifier.
It's all good, I've always got "The College Dropout" with me. That's a classic. Can't believe it's already been a decade since that album came out.
Thanks for reminding me of that one, listening to it now. Darn, I never actually listened to that from beginning to end. Always chunks here or there.
That moment when you realise Dawn of War was released a decade ago.
Damn that game was awesome. Shootin' Eldar all day long. Then they teleport. Right into my Baneblade. Aww yeah.
Let's argue about more relevant things instead, like the merits of various Battlesuits!
I think we should remember there's a difference between combat/military missions like this one, and 'regular' HMRC-like missions. What some battleuits may lack (compared to other battlesuits) in direct combat capability, they can make up in adaptability and general usefulness in other missions.
What about that Howitzer? It's known that battlesuits and avatars, while resistant to lasers and heat, are not so resistant to kinetic damage, so you'd be a lot more dangerous.
I don't think that one was a variant, just a normal battlesuit with a big-ass howitzer.
Also, why do you think kinetic attacks are more effective? I don't recall that being the case, to be honest.
A Howitzer on one shoulder, a laser on one arm, and something else cool on the other would be a nice setup.
Seeing how a howitzer is a long(ish)-range weapon (though yes, I know there are 'light' shorter-range ones), I don't think one could get stable firing if it's shoulder-mounted. A grenade launcher, sure, but I'd sooner expect a howitzer to be carried (probably needing both hands) and deployed before usage. It's kinda weird the UWM deployed a howitzer at such short range (unless the definition of howitzer has changed by now, or the expected earlier waves to have cleared a path so this one could start shelling us).
I'm guessing the Heavy Laser loses the rocket pods, since it seems like a fair tradeoff in value. It loses mobility for firepower.
I think it'll lose more than that. Maybe also the built-in kinetic amps. Otherwise, it'd be easier to just give a large laser to a regular battlesuit. Seeing how this is a separate variant, the laser (and generator, maybe) must be an integral part of the suit, so I suspect this one is really designed for (medium to) long range firepower, and keeping this up for a long time.
I did say "maybe if i get enough" it is entirely dependant on how much i get paid and how much loot i can recover before you guys melt it all out from under me.
i was so close to being able to attempt to disable the lifelocks on the melee battlesuit but irony unfortunately forgot to re-include the "if Auron succeeds" failsafe clause and vaporised the pilot before i had a chance to try.
Yeah, but 18 tokens is quite a gap to bridge, even if you sell all your other stuff. Selling it to the Armory won't net you that much (if the AM will even take it) and selling it to a player requires you to find a buyer first.
Also, might wanna check with Steve in-game whether disabling lifelocks is even possible. Maybe UWM sod commanders can disable the suit from afar. Or maybe the lifelocks are hidden deep inside the suit, and taking a whole suit apart in the middle of a battlefield might prove troublesome.
One of the ideas I had was saving up for a synthflesh body (after I get a decompensator of course) modified with extra strong leg muscles and sticky arms and legs so that if something was strong enough to damage the battlesuit or if I had to leave it for a while, then I could jump around like a pinball and walk on walls and ceilings to confuse the enemy.
I think the 20 tokens for the synthflesh might be better spend on upgrades for Gilgamesh or something. A lot of the benefits of synthflesh aren't usable inside a battlesuit, and if you need to get out of it something has gone wrong really.
There's no way I'm going to have the time to join the boarding parties, please take me off the team H list.
As you wish.