I think that plasma jet shaped charges can work, but are probably better for 'bigger' weapons, not small rockets. For those, I think a good ol' chemical solution might be best.
The pie charts are for other people, I really have no idea what is in them since for all I know, it's a rant about talking sheep and giant sentient space parasites. So until Lars and Miyamoto can be contacted to review them, I can't use them.
Gonna try to do that once I'm back from mission, it's added to the to do list.
I'm honestly just looking for suggestions I like, although a vote would be nice. "Combat Hardsuit" doesn't... sound nice to me, and it sounds like it's a very different thing from a battlesuit.
"Beetlesuit" sounds nice, it fits into a theme which my brain likes, and it reflects the fact that it's basically a battlesuit that's slightly different. I don't think it's any more confusing, because both terms would require looking them up, and at most Beetlesuit will evoke the image of a battlesuit covered in beetle chitin- which isn't far off the mark. But, two people have said they dislike it, so I won't use it. I take the weird-name route often enough as-is.
Yeah, sometimes a name can just sounds 'off' even if others don't think so. I kinda have the same with 'beetlesuit', in that even if it's not a horrible name, it doesn't 'resonate' with me personally, if that makes sense.
Incidentally, thank you sean for that apt demonstration
The "Beetlesuit" is actually just Battlesuit 2.0. Basically, it's just got much thinner armor made of our new types, and the improvements that are in my last Heph turn. It also has minor improvements that allow it to fit through doors slightly easier.
I think we shouldn't focus too much on making the battlesuit small. As small as reasonably possible, of course (only advantagesthere) but from my analysis earlier, if it's not small enough to comfortably fit indoors, in a way that it can still fight and such, it's not much help. That's where your mini robobody comes in (in fact, after that analysis, I've come to realize these might be all that more important than a regular battlesuit, provided we can somehow get the soft ban on vehicles lifted so they can take over in other areas).
Some other ideas for the new battlesuit:
- remove the jump pack, but allow room for a jump pack
or a flight pack, bought separately.
- cut down on all the variants that exist and which nobody will ever use. Next to the regular suit, a melee version with those small maneuvering rockets. This one can also then get either a flight or jump pack, but they don't come standard.
- be sure to mention to pw we're using one of the new exoskeletons. That way, we might be able to get another bonus to rolls out of it, preferably a dex or end bonus, for the same price, once we cut the jump pack. Perhaps a +1 end for the regular, and a +1 dex for the melee version?
Note, pw has confirmed in a pm that the roll system is changing, so it might be less OP to give another straight +1 bonus.
There's some more things, but I always think of them someplace else then forget them once I'm behind a computer -.-
So then, once again, why not "Beetleborg" Combar Hardsuit? The descriptive part of the name can be tweaked if you dislike the "combat hardsuit" word combination in particular.
That said, I fear that however we name it, it'll be "battlesuit 2.0" or "new battlesuit" for quite a while - the overall design mostly remained intact, I'm afraid.
Because then people will probably still just use 1 name, making the other one superfluous, and perhaps sowing more confusion if most people use name a and some use name b.
For the descriptive part, "Advanced Battlesuit" should work better than the 2.0 thing, by the way. Or actually, just "Assault suit". It's smaller, faster, and more specially armored than the "Battle suit".
I say, if that suit is going to replace battlesuits and has the same price, then just call it battlesuit. No reason to come up with a new name. You could even keep the old battlesuit and have the new one be one of those special models available, like Mobility or Heavy Laser.
Well, if we ever have a battle with multiple UWM battlesuits and some of our own battlesuits 2.0, it might be easier for pw and us if they don't have the exact same name. And always saying 'battlesuits 2.0' doesn't sounds very elegant.