Why not give marines some combat mechas, like Durand/Gygax? At least one.
Why not give marines some combat mechas, like Durand/Gygax? At least one.
A long time ago, when I was a queen, the marines were given a form of combat mechs to combat my swarms. It was mighty scary, but thankfully they were only melee based and, as time went on, proved to be very underwhelming. They were more a shock and awe weapon than a real fighting machine.
As for the reality of things, you gotta remember, marines already got a tank, air support, heavy and light artillery, they got a lot of toys. Toys that, as we all learned, were WAY harder to balance than you imagine.
giving marines more fancy toys to play with might not seem fair to the xenos, who often struggle to get much diversity in their ranks, but it would also be a pain in the ass to balance so that it isn't OP, but also not useless either. A struggle I witnessed for many years when I played, and in those rare moments I come back, I see they still have trouble with it, which is understandable when you consider what kind of game this is.
Mecha is not so big toy, compared to CAS or mortars or a TANK.
I'm with Renomaki. We already have plenty of support, we don't need anything else until Xenos get something to combat it.
No...
What about Combat Loaders replacing Tank if Tankers wish it? Like giving them actuall choice besides minigun - secondary flamer tank.
I mean mechs are cool but why cant we have gundams to fight the xenos with?