Female

[Hellfire]

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We're actually discussing this very same topic internally right now. At this time, there are no plans whatsoever to have a player bail out of their vehicle without at least the basic features battlearmor provides: faster travelling - you'd quite likely be trapped in the middle of nowhere if you're forced to abandon your Mech - and better armor and weaponry.

Experience from playtests so far suggests: if you were forced to abandon your vehicle and did not at least have battle armor jumpjets for travel and armor for protection and at least one "heavier" weapon to defend yourself, you'd be better off dying with your vehicle in first place.

Have you guys thought of using a Power Armor (light) suit? It also has the benefit of matching up with the Battletech Universe as they are they only kind of power armor you can wear in a Mech.  The reference of course being the Bounty Hunter who has been known to do just that in his Bounty Hunter Armor. Plus, his armor is just sexy looking. I thought I had saved the two images of it, but it looks like I didn't. One of them was for a commission one of the guys on ClassicBattletech.com had done by the artist.

[PukinDog]

umm . . in foot soldier mode you're gonna be stuck inside battle armor, usually nobody wold look either male or female in those, if i ain't mistaken O.o

either way, if they have tits or not, they are getting fragged, so why bother....?

[xbartx99]

mmo mech warrior would be interesting something like planet side but will likly be riddled with lag

[Loonatic]

Man, I'd be in trouble.  I couldn't shoot a girl.  Of course 90% of all 'female' players would actually be guys with gender issues, so it probably wouldn't be an issue.

I remember playing Evercrack, and tons of guys would play females, just so they would get into groups easier, get free stuff given to them, etc.  Of course they also had to deal with horny teen nerds wanting to get some digital booty or cyborz, so there was a bit of a tradeoff there.

[Epicon]

"Nooooo, can't shoot....Aggghhh put your helmet back on!
Ahh thats better, now wheres my rifle"

[MWLLKeeper]

I know, I know, go ahead and flame me with "we don't have to be true to BT"...

Not just that, but thats EXACTLY what happened in BT, mechpilots could be in BAs, and have one NASTY surprise for the player that killed them.

We've simply decided that all infantry would be in BAs, because no game has the numbers to support a "real" infantry force.


Now, as far as the original question, if you were wondering about the appearance of female PRESENCE in the game (aka are we being sexist jerks), as Mas said there are female voices. In fact the MOST prominent, and important voice is the vehicle control system voice, which is by default female (though we may be having an option to choose male or female, as crysis allowed for the nanosuit).

[(TLL) Chesterwiz]

Need to add gender recognition so the game KNOWS who you REALLY are.(that would be weird) Don't want gender swappers for sure. But if your in BA no one can tell either way.

We can imagine anything we wanted 

[Stormin']

Need to add gender recognition so the game KNOWS who you REALLY are.(that would be weird) Don't want gender swappers for sure. But if your in BA no one can tell either way.

We can imagine anything we wanted 

Good idea.  Lenovo has some face recognition software for some of their laptops (I have it installed on my ThinkPad) that actually scans your face with a webcam to determine identity.  We could just use something like that, have her pull her shirt up, and Voila!  ...we know she's a chick.  I think the scanned image should be posted on the screen on everyone's HUD, however, so that all may verify exactly how female she really is.

[Ghiest]

Man, I'd be in trouble.  I couldn't shoot a girl.  Of course 90% of all 'female' players would actually be guys with gender issues, so it probably wouldn't be an issue.

I remember playing Evercrack, and tons of guys would play females, just so they would get into groups easier, get free stuff given to them, etc.  Of course they also had to deal with horny teen nerds wanting to get some digital booty or cyborz, so there was a bit of a tradeoff there.

About 1/4 of my EQ guild was actually female , but yes we didn't believe it till we actually heard them on teamspeak hehe.  Although I must say I've played some female characters in MMO's (never did in eq but did in daoc/wow)  because I just can't stand looking at some guys arse for the majority of play time (everquest was mainly first person so that's why they were male ), and that females are usually taken more care over in games because they are there to attract pre-pubescent teenagers (read : nightelfs).

[CHHš Ghost]

I'm going to have to support gender neutral pilots.

Anyway, I always thought it was going to be a fps with regular infantry, shooting each other until they got enough cashfor a mech. But the BA thing is cool.

[XBLACKFIREX]

Well I support Infantry in the mod, the books I have read all used them, Kneecaping a mech with a thrown Satchel charge! Thats Great stuff! In forgot which book. Also Infantry are undetectable no Radar, so they can be less easy to spot at range, other storys I can think of have Shoulder Fired missiles. Now Power armor would clearly kill all infantry without much trouble being armored and fast but Even Still Its a mistake to not have it I think. Also cant your script the game to "replace" the character model when wearing power armor? So for example you walk into a termanel, said infantry mechpilot then disappears in side a fitting room. Then Reappears after the player hes selected a Load out, his model now being that of the power armor. And there for still able to used the grabing and hitting. Just what I thought about when reading this post Sorry if I missed this idea on another thread.

[(TLL)Highlander]

I'm going to have to support gender neutral pilots.

Anyway, I always thought it was going to be a fps with regular infantry, shooting each other until they got enough cashfor a mech. But the BA thing is cool.

But thats suggesting that you start with NO money at all. I would mind except you join a game in the middle and you have to be a "little person" in a "big world" if you get what im saying  Also it has already been stated that they are giving you enough c-bills to buy the lighter end mechs and some vehicles at the beggining of the game, i think...

[AoP]

Well I support Infantry in the mod, the books I have read all used them, Kneecaping a mech with a thrown Satchel charge! Thats Great stuff! In forgot which book. Also Infantry are undetectable no Radar, so they can be less easy to spot at range, other storys I can think of have Shoulder Fired missiles. Now Power armor would clearly kill all infantry without much trouble being armored and fast but Even Still Its a mistake to not have it I think. Also cant your script the game to "replace" the character model when wearing power armor? So for example you walk into a termanel, said infantry mechpilot then disappears in side a fitting room. Then Reappears after the player hes selected a Load out, his model now being that of the power armor. And there for still able to used the grabing and hitting. Just what I thought about when reading this post Sorry if I missed this idea on another thread.

The problem of not having infantry in is not a technical but a balancing one. Unarmored infantry would would only have one role on the battlefield: cannon fodder. They're not as agile as battle armor, so they can't evade heavy enemy fire, they're not as strong as battle armor, so they can't carry the same heavy weaponry and they're not as fast as battle armor, so they'd probably walk a few days if they ended up somewhere on the map without any means of transportation.

That's why we decided against infantry in the mod, even though it's been planned initially.

[XBLACKFIREX]

Thats a good point. But I still always wanted to try and fight A madcat or Vulture as a soldier. With a Squad maybe. Hiding in the land leaving mines, Trying to trick the pilot. I think Infantry have there very own ways of going about Combat in mechwarrior. While not the kinda guys you want to be when assaulting a base.  They could be fun, and it would be a player choice, then they wont have to be in power armor when a mech goes down. And Female Characters would then be valid. Anyways yeah I guess with the starting money, less people would likely to use them. I just find them interesting, problem solving... how to kill a Mech, or a Tank when your a complete underdog. Base infiltration is also something I though would be cool but I realize this isnt battlefield. Nor would I like it to be. Still in the MW4 you supporting infantry who are supposded Taking control of a building, I would like to see this first hand! I could go in with ideas, i been thinking up mechwarrior game ideas for a long time, Drawing out the layouts and so on, Im glad these guys have the skill I Lack. Thanks for making this mod Devs. While infantry probly wont happen its fun to talk about lol. "I can dream right?"

[(TLL)Highlander]

I personally don't think it would be good in a normal match to have infantry because what if 6 guys with a massive credit of C-bills decided to go on an infantry attack as a squad for fun? That's six Mechs, six tanks, six aerospace pilots, or (more likely) any combination of them that would be gone. This would, as you would imagine, would severely cripple a team

HOWEVER i think it would be an excellent idea to add into later versions as a separate game type where its 30 infantry men with a couple transports against 2 Mechs in a smaller map, maybe a city or dense forest. I've always loved the idea of numerous weaklings fighting one or two big scary things, this would be a perfect setting for this. It would be cool all like you and 29 other guys running down a street like call of duty stuff and then a vulture or somethin walks around the corner and everyones all . It would require teamwork, sneakyness, etc etc blah blah blah.

Just another idea