If Mechanics were redone, how would you want them to be?

Many players found Mechanics to be lacking as a class, some find it fun due to how challenging it is to play as one. Yet I feel that with these revamps and these recent classes and their playstyle, I find that Mechanics would rather be changed ALOT to at least not lag behind some of the other classes.

As the title says, what would you want a rebooted Mechanic to behave like? Most classes have at least 2 main styles of combat:

Battle Mage's Auras and Blows
Phantom's Copy Skills and Card Buffs
Paladin's Charge Attack and their Specialized Elemental Charge passive buff
Xenon's Mode Change and All Stat Bonus Buffs
Marksman's Rangefinder and their Mobbing Capabilities

Which style or two styles would you want Mechanics to fall into?

April 3, 2014

15 Comments • Newest first

Dragons

mountless but with the same skills we have now <3

Reply April 13, 2014

SilverFoxR

First and foremost, they REALLY need to alter things so that Mechanics use less keys. They have so many skills, but almost none of them macro at all! The placement items are the worst offender of this... teleporters, rock n shock, bots n tots, the accelerator, healing bot... not to mention that mechanics have few buffs, but none of them macro together (save for the toggle abilities).

First thing's first, I think I'd want to give mode switching abilities like Xenon and Beast Tamer to Mechanic - press a button and hit an arrow key to switch between seige, mech and tank modes and (like BT) have key settings individual for each. Sure, you might have to re-input the key settings for each mode, but whatever. Siege has no movement, but high damage output (mainly for bosses), Mech has high movement skills, but little single target damage (decent mobbing) and Tank mode has some mobility, but is more balanced in damage abilities.

Next, make the accelerator and heal device the same unit. If you're in the devices area of effect (similar to Purr Zone for BT), you gain free healing (albeit slow and gradual), while the entire area gains the accelerator's speed boost and defence debuff.

Finally, make the booster, overclock and dice skills all last the same time and make them macro-able for chrissakes!

EDIT: Oh, I forgot one... can't believe I didn't remember to say this...
[b]Make Mechanics far less squishy. They're in GIANT ROBOTS! Why should they have such low defense?[/b]

Reply April 5, 2014 - edited

Kazzooey

There should be three modes: Prototype, Tank, and Aerial

[*]You should be able to walk/move with almost all skills (except Hammer and Tank Siege). If you hold down the skill key and press backwards, you'll automatically walk backwards without completely twisting around or attacking in the other direction, as a sort of strafe. Just like the WH Backpedal skill, just without having to toggle it.
[*]Dash should get reworked to being similar to the old Pirate Dash but waaaaay more powerful. Anyone remember the Jet Nozzle in Super Mario Sunshine that lets you blast forward with wicked speeds? It would work VERY similar to that but not as insane haha. (prototype mode only)You could also Dash and Backpedal Dash like I mentioned before with it if you hold the skill key down, doesn't work in Tank or Aerial mode though.
[*]Our 150 Hyper should be a buff that autosummons all of your robots to their last known point as soon as their cooldown is gone. That would be amazing
[*]The normal Crtl attack skill is now our Siege skill. Using that will automatically use Gatling Gun (Siege when gotten to 3rd Job), in all modes. For Prototype and Aerial modes, there's no delay or lock down and you're free to move. For Tank, you'll automatically get dropped and locked into Siege Mode until you stop attacking and then it will auto unlock you. Makes for a more streamlined gameplay and less keys to toggle.
[*]Various balances and streamline fixes for summons and skills

Prototype: This is the ground based, mobility mode that lets you move really fast. For large maps, this could be your main or #2 main mobbing mode aside from Aerial. Using Dash + Punch Launcher and the other skills/summons combined would turn you into a map-controlling monster! Also this would be a great bossing mode as you can use Siege Mode (replaces Gatling Gun in 3rd Job) and Dash + Siege at the same time making for some mobility and standing a chance in the newer bosses.

Tank: This is a more low mobility, stationary mode that focuses on Defense and Power. Dash works on it like it currently does so it isn't exactly "swift". Though you can now Laser and move at the same time which would be so much nicer than Jumping + Lasering. Siege is also still immobile and locks you into place, but the tradeoff is that you get TONS of defense (including %Hp reduction) and higher damage than the other modes in both Mobbing and 1v1. If you do not need the mobility or convenience then you should just stick with this mode as it will wreck everything better than the others would, but not so much as to make the other modes unappealing

Aeirial: Like an arcade game, this mode will be fun as hell cause you move fast (not as fast as Prototype) but can move in ALL directions. Also you will get tons of missiles and bombs that toggle and auto attack WHILE you attack, similar to Xenon's missile skill. The gameplay for Aerial Mode could feel almost acrade-like as it's a ton of missiles, bombs, bullets, and slugs EVERYWHERRREEEE! A freakin rainstorm of them while flying around would be awesommeeeee

^Perfect Mech class!

Reply April 5, 2014 - edited

SlasherMoon

Something like the movie Pacific Rim. I'd re-main my Mech in a heartbeat <3

Reply April 5, 2014 - edited

Jaredragonx9

Gundam x transformers..with zoid summons...and gigadrill buster
need I say more?

Reply April 5, 2014 - edited

gotarmaru

Let's havea Mecha Fusion mode, You can combine with other mechas and play Go go Mesorangers to crush enemies~
Spam space bar for speacail attack and you can use double-triple( six ) Siege Mode~