Originally Posted by Malorn
Wow, I'm impressed at this. Makes sense. I'd add to it the fact that tanks can shield infantry from enemy fire (the purpose for which they were originally invented). A mech can't really shield anyone from anything.
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I don't think he was arguing against mechs in the game. He was arguing that in the real world they wouldn't work. You'd be hard pressed to resort to bringing realism into a debate about sci-fi vehicles.
Then again I addressed those concerns by making it weak on its light components and more compact. It's also been addressed that there can only be a 20% max difference so this is a balancing act for all vehicles. The shield could protect friendlies momentarily or if it crouched down, but honestly that would be a huge sacrifice since a few tank shells would severely damage everything. Bullets even would do a lot depending on the component hit.