Hello!

This week we're going to discuss this interesting set of questions.


Q: It was said that transporting resources using mech suits has an advantage of being able to transport much greater quantities then in the player's inventory. If that's the case, should the transporters still be afraid of attackers that don't have a transporting mech? Even if you die and get looted, the attackers without a transporter mech would only be able to loot a small chunk of the resources, allowing you to come back and loot back most of it?
 
Goliaths of steel used for combat and transit, mechas are definitely not invulnerable to damage and destruction. It takes a bit of effort, but even carefully planned and armed attacks can disrupt a planned resource transportation route and destroy a mecha. It'll likely take a team effort to lift and loot the resulting destruction alone, and possibly leave the looters more vulnerable to additional opportunistic robbers as a result. (The limits of inventory holding are probably less arbitrary and we believe - more sensible than what players may be used to in 'typical MMOs', but there are still movement penalties to watch out for when you're loaded to the hilt with lots of gear!) Strategic planning in advance is essential to maximize your returns on attacking mechs but entirely possible - such limits you may encounter with a spontaneous attack can even be overcome with a bit of thinking. Even if the initial attackers have no access to a mecha they could bring large amounts of friends (or hired friends) willing to carry the goods on the attacker's behalf while being protected by armed soldiers. In an especially organized attack, this could potentially leave very little loot behind as the looted characters will likely still be in transit back to the fight site, doubly so if registered teleporters aren't located nearby.

I can already see several things you'll want to ask about and discuss in depth, so why not get to it in the thread below.

See you next week!
~ m.

Huzaah!

I like! Just as I hoped.

yes i'm interested in that part as well.  I'm hoping this means that mass actually affects movement in the game.  Possibly even weight ranges.  Weight under a specific point will not affect attributes, but if you put too much weight on something it no longer moves.   

My other question would be can you destroy your mech to prevent it from being looted like you can with territory structures?

followup thought, can you run people over with the mechs?  Use the arms/legs for melee if attackers get too close?

Moral of the story - LOAD YOURSELF WITH STUFF TO OBLIVION!
Make those bastards that killed you work for it!

This has me wondering, will there be items too hefty for a player to move without a mech?  I'm thinking about building modules, large metal plates for building mechs, or complete crafting devices (I know I can't carry a CNC machine).

Or could it be too dangerous in some cases (I couldn't find it but wasn't the special resource called xyalite)?

Great QOTW many thanks Moll.

This sentence really stood out to me and I love it.

    Now theres a series of ideas that just gets the blood pumping for some good old fashioned team work.  This may alienate the Casual gamer by forcing groups and guilds to be me more selective when forming their groups, or those more experienced with PC based MMO’s might just take the FNG under their wing and forge some lasting friendships through training!  I look forward to seeing what happens if these game mechanics actually make it through production. 

We will be able to insure armor and equipment (weapons) for a fee and have a loot timer set to an undeterminded amount of time i believe it was 30sec at last count to buy back items lost due to PVP defeat prior to successful attacker looting of corpse.  IMO fairminded and PvP rarely go hand in hand so this is speculative at best. Zero effect on the piracy inherent in PvPcentric combat.  Treachery, deceit, all come with the territory of PvP.