Talk:SpiderMech

Spider Mech - MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf[edit]

A quick google search indicates this Spider Mech appears to to originate from MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf. Someone more knowledgeable about that game able to tweak/enhance?— The preceding unsigned comment was posted by Cyc (talkcontribs) on 30 August 2012.

Somebody build this[edit]

Though there is no canon equivalent to a Plasma PPC, and though there are no rules for Hexapod mechs, I would love to see somebody build this using the Superheavy construction rules in Interstellar Operations. Especially since I really want to know just how much a "large amount" of LRMs is. ~Amaroq Starwind~ (talk) 23:53, 24 March 2018 (EDT)

You could always give the game a play and count.--Dmon (talk) 00:06, 25 March 2018 (EDT)
I reckon that would be an exercise in futility, as the game doesn't seem to particularly care about BattleTech rules (or even BT canon, for that matter - well Mitch formally begged the BT community for forgiveness so you could say even the producer doesn't even try to defend it on the canon front). Frabby (talk) 17:16, 25 March 2018 (EDT)
It is a travesty but I feel Mitch is well on his way to making up for it with the new BT game, from the looks of things this could be the deepest most lore intensive Video Game ever set in the BT universe. This makes me very happy.--Dmon (talk) 17:40, 25 March 2018 (EDT)
If there is ONE thing I learned from the 20-ish years I've been alive, it's that almost anything fictional can be redeemed if you work hard enough to do so. The more I actually learn about MechAssault, the more I can actually respect it for the things it got right, and there are also some cool concepts it introduced that would probably be worth giving a second chance. The Hackman, for instance, could probably be developed into an effective Owens variant under real BattleTech rules. As for weapons like the Gravity Cannon... Yeah, gravity manipulation and BattleTech kinda don't mix, but at the same time they kinda do, since ComStar uses it all the time.
Maybe I'll actually draft up some rules for a mech-sized Gravity Gun on BTFW. ~Amaroq Starwind~ (talk) 21:31, 25 March 2018 (EDT)