Originally Posted by PsychoXR-20
Maybe we already are  . Maybe the soldiers we are controlling are just highly advanced robots, and we are all living underground controlling them remotley! WHAT A TWIST!
On a more serious note Sirisian. One of your primary arguments is that mechs could go places normal vehicles can't. Matt has said that they have handcrafted every inch of every continent. If there is an area that vehicles can't get to, wouldn't you figure they intended that area to be inaccessible to vehicles. Having a mech that could traverse that terrain would invalidate all that work. |
well as far as already doign that, theres no need in planetside. as the story goes, all three empires are trapped in a war where no one can die. the reason UAV's and other unmanned vehicles were made was to prevent loss of life. in a situation where life cannot be lost, creating a machine to prevent that loss is pointless, and the research is better spent somewhere else.
as for the real life implement of a mech with the thorey it can go places a tank couldnt. the mech is limited even more then the tank. going up or downhill would greatly disable the machines capacity to stay upright, many surfaces (sand, mud, even roads) would buckle/gie way under the very specific area use of a mech "foot" which only one would support the whole thing as it walked. it could if as heavy as a tank, never cross most bridged, most non highway roads, many non solid surfaces (not concreate) it would be slow and a missle or rpg could knock it over mid stride. never mind the fact alls you have to do is hit the leg with an armor peircing bullet or anti armor round, and destroy any one of the many cables, pumps, tubes, jacks that make its movement possible.
as its been stated realisticaly a large mech is mechanicaly obsolete, dispite being more advanced, and a small mech is essetially what a max suite is.