New weapon idea

[JesseG88]

I think a neat idea for a new weapon would be thermite.  Infantry could use blocks of thermite to sabotage mechs, or mechs could fire shells (Or infantry could fire rockets) filled with thermite and sticky gel that burst and ignite upon impact.To get an idea of what thermite does, watch this video.
http://www.youtube.com/v/ifd_CDLTi08
If you think about it, it would make the perfect weapon against a mech.  It could burn through the armor and cook off the ammunition, or at least force an auto-shutdown.  If a block is set off on the mech's foot, it could render the mech useless.

[Sean Lang "Phil"]

JesseG88,

This idea is not a new one on in the battletech/mechwarrior history. What your talking about is called Inferno SRM/SSRM's. Infantry have RPG/SRM versions. It is devastating in the right conditions, and can take down even the biggest mechs if hit correctly.

In the older novels with light mechs being struck by these rounds it was almost always a death trap. I think it was the Gray Death saga is when a round explodes on someone's mech and another mech pushes the inflammed mech into the water.. Inferno's put the fear of god into many warriors! Good idea though, and yes these would be awesome, though a balance would need to be made!!

[Criminal]

Yes these are very cool concepts and quite interesting. At this time in the design document there are two version of something similar to this, first is the Inferno mine which re-acts basically like a proximity mine except it burst into flames in addition is the inferno SRM launcher which is designed specifically to overheat enemy mechs.

It's nice to have some video though to help in generating the Pfx's for the inferno ammunition. Thanks for that

[thezeus18]

Does Crysis have any fluid simulation or anything? Like, say, Cellfactor does?