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[Stirk]

Name a single time a "blitz" strategy has paid off in an Arms Race.

Blitz race

Okay, so it looks like environmental threats and terrain in general are going to be a big deal.  Bottom Lane is mountains and naval.  Mid is heat themed.  Top is very mixed.

A rush strategy might be to focus naval/amphib and try to blitz bottom.  There's nothing like that in starting parts or vehicles, so that's an entire naval force to build from scratch.

When/how do we pick starting locations?  It would help to know what terrain to immediately plan for.

Theoretically our Titans will still be our main fighting force in the naval area, we should be fine as long as we have at least one that can operate in a given terrain

[Man of Paper]

Well given we start with three crews I imagine we could probably plan for combat in all three zones equally.

[evictedSaint]

What kind of theme do we want to shoot for?

Heavy, "slug it out" mechs like in Pacific Rim?
High-speed zippy mechs like in Armored Core?
Trudging "jockey for position" mechs like Mech Warrior?
"Large Infantry" type mechs like Gundam?
Smaller, cheaper, mobile mechs like in Titan Fall?

I feel like if we could agree on a theme, we could have more unity in our design philosophy.  A more cohesive side and inter-meshing armory.

[Man of Paper]

I’m a fan of blockier designs like mechwarrior, titanfall and iron behemoths

[ANGRY_DEMON_NOISES]

PTW

[Doomblade187]

My goal was for basically large infantry/medium to sippy mechs with large focus on avoidance and prediction systems. That said, I love me a good spidermecha.

[Stirk]

We basically just need to strap as many guns on as we can and call it good.

[Doomblade187]

We basically just need to strap as many guns on as we can and call it good.

That's boring tho.

[Stirk]

We basically just need to strap as many guns on as we can and call it good.

That's boring tho.

Yer boring tho

[Doomblade187]

We basically just need to strap as many guns on as we can and call it good.

That's boring tho.

Yer boring tho

no u

(I prefer a mech with a larger primary and support-focused secondary weapons.)

[evictedSaint]

In the interest of making a decision and moving ahead, I've made a bote vox.

Society:
(1) AI-Focused: eS
Mech Type:
(1) High-Agility (Armored Core): eS

[Doomblade187]

Society:
(1) AI-Focused: eS
(1) TAC: Doomblade
(0) Trader Nomads
Mech Type:
(1) High-Agility (Armored Core): eS
(1) Large Infantry (Lancer): Doomblade

Design 1:
(1) Oracle Support Drone: Doomblade

Design 2:
(1) Flashfire Torso: Doomblade

Edit:

Woo Happery wants some designs let's fuckin gooooo.

Seer, Titan Torso
The Seer model titan torso features a built-in array of deflection shield projectors that are designed to deflect and absorb incoming fire. These shields partially replace the normal armor plating, instead using focused force-field projectors. The torso includes built in sensors to predict incoming fire, feeding information back to the on-board AI and directing the fields accordingly.

[The Ensorceler]

Society:
(1) AI-Focused: eS
(1) TAC: Doomblade
(0) Trader Nomads
Mech Type:
(1) High-Agility (Armored Core): eS
(1) Large Infantry (Lancer): Doomblade

Design 1:
(1) Oracle Support Drone: Doomblade

Design 2:
(2) Flashfire Torso: Doomblade, Ensorceler

As Design 2 seems to be an easy home for Torsos at the moment, I'd like to request more Arm concepts. That's where I intend to send my vote.I'd prefer something flashy, but i'd be hard pressed to imagine a non-flashy weapon for a giant robot so whatever is probably fine...

[Stirk]

This side votebox doesn’t seem like it will bring much progress given we have to vote on an actual design each turn anyway

[Doomblade187]

Farsight Arm

A basic weapon bearing arm, the Farsight arm is blatant IP ripoff from WH40k am arm wielding a medium length, broad, straight blade that can be wreathed in a glittering reflector field at moment's notice. While the blade itself and the supporting arm are suitable for mechanized combat, the primary functionality lies in the fact that the arm is able to generate a circular repulsor field that is equal in diameter to the blade. In addition, the "edge" of the field crackles with destructive energy as the force-field interacts with atmosphere, allowing it to be used as an improvised cutting edge.

Farsight Arm - Shield Blade

A basic weapon bearing arm, the Farsight arm is an arm with a moderately sized round shield boasting an integrated reflector shield generator that generates a larger disc-like shield with a bladed energy edge on the end of the arm. When desired, a long spike extends from the disc, and extends the cutting edge of the deflector field outwards. While the disc, spike, and the supporting arm are suitable for mechanized combat, the primary functionality lies in the deflector field generators.