Talk:Factions/@comment-33824443-20171202174543

I keep hearing suqqestions for a new quad bot so I figured I'd throw one out there.


 * insert generic Japanese name here*

max speed: 55-60 km/h (not too fast to become ridiculous, but fast enough for a light)

max health: 85,000 hp (again, not too high to displace other lights in the meta but high enough to make a respectable JSDF bot)

two light hardpoints and one medium to ensure moderate firepower

passive ability: ascention

explanation: able to climb sheer surfaces up to 90 degrees in order to find advantageous positions from whice to fire. Unlike it's bigger brothers which focus on holding key positions and providing heavy firepower with limited mobility, this bot accentuates continuous movement from one effective location to another.

Let's be honest, we don't need another bot with shields, ancile or otherwise, and both the Raijin and the Fujin are severly lacking in mobility. A proposition I've hear several times is to have the Raijin become capable of climbing once again but that would only result in having a mobile fortress literally able to pop up anywhere on the battlefield, which would be substantially less fun than one would think. Having a light bot with both physical and ancile shielding built in would mean that the pilot would have an unfair resistance to both rockets and plasma weapons while sacrificing no firepower like the Ancilot does. Climbing would add an interesting mechanic to the game by allowing players to counter bots who've manage to reach high points like the top of the ship in the new map dreadnought, where reaching them (especially if they're not alone) can prove challenging. As many players employ a sort of hit and run tactic walking up to the edge of where they're standing over the enemy and retreat back after firing, slower bots often times cannot counter enemies who are vertically opposed to them. You could very well take it a step further by adding an active ability  wherein the bot actually lowers itself to the ground in contrast to the Raijin and the Fujin, making itself  a smaller target while increasing the effective range of it's weapons by 50% but slowing it's movements speed by 25% (you could call this active skill "Anchor". Imagine having two Magnums and a Taran effective at a range of 475m, while no longer as mobile you would still have a light bot capable of providing at least mid range support effectively against mediums and heavies while still not being OP. All in all I think this is better than some of the proposed alternatives while providing at least a little more diversity to the roster of seemingly lacking light bots. I don't know, maybe the idea is ridiculous, tell me what you think.