... guys (erh ... Defender) there´s a lot of worthy points in this (old) txt too! but I´m assured that you have read it (again and again)!

Good to hear that. I agree armor has to be a fixed quantity but will we have different types of armor available?  Such as reflective and reactive.

Thanks,

Aurora Paradox

Unknown as of yet, but we'd like to implement some form of painting (even if it was something like custom logos or choosing smallish areas to paint)

The idea behind that is you'll be able to have a "Mech Lab" option in the Main Menu. This will take you to a Mech Hangar (In game) where you can run around as infantry and bring up any Mech you choose. From there, you will be able to customize your Mech like a Crysis rifle by see which Hard Points are where and be able to scroll through all the options available for that attachment point.

After creating your Variant, you will be able to save it (just like saving custom load out profiles in Crysis multiplayer) and have the ability to call that Variant any time you have enough money to purchase that Mech in a Mech Hangar in multiplayer.

As far as Painting, you will be able to select from a list of predefined camo schemes that we have created.

All of these addons will have their C-Bill value attached to them, but I cannot tell you the exact price since they are not final.

ewww he Just called a Mech a gear... i hated Gears...

Will we be able to take armor off our makes so we will have more tonnage for more weapons, engine upgrades, heat sinks, and electronics?

I'm sure those of you who have dabbled in the tabletop know of programs like The Drawing Board or Heavy Metal Pro that let you generate record sheets for the game, with the option to build your favorite 'Mech from the ground up with the equipment you want on it. What my question is, is could you implement (not necessarily on first release) a system like this with tonnage and crit allocation to "import" 'Mechs in the game? It would be really cool later on to take a chassis you want and fit it with the loadout you want, and other equipment, such as Triple Strength Myomer, or Endo Steel, different types of armor, different weapons blah blah etc etc and of course taking into account the cost of all this said equipment. Would that be a possibility?