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Originally Posted by Faille  Anyway, after a heated discussion in IRC, I believe we came to the consensus that a Mech is going to be treated as a single entity in terms of its chassis. There was some talk about sub dividing it and making it modular, but that was deemed undesirable. We're still hoping to implement locational damage, but we'll have to see.
The chassis will have attributes that will govern its performance, as well as provide some restriction on what components can be put it on it.
The chassis will have slots that allow for components to be equipped. These slots will come in different types that allow for different categories of components, very similar to how its done in Eve. We'll have different Chassis that have different configurations of slots and attributes that will allow for different roles to be utilized. |
Why go with a restrictive slots system when you can go with a sliding scale with say power/weight/heat or something to provide more indistinct class roles and easier hybridization?
Edit: I guess mostly I'm interested in the reasons behind the design decisions.