Any chances for MARAUDERS or Skinnies?

[JoeKerr019]

so, from the book. any chances for Mech units or the Skinnies from the tv show to appear as an alt costume?

[Commisar Jon Fuklaw]

I doubt we will see the Mk. XI Marauder. The only movieverse Starship Troopers media they appeared in was Terran Command and they're in a completely different league compared to what you are pitted against in this.

[Axe]

the rts game from early 2000s or late 90s terran ascendancy also had marauder suits some of the animated movies had them as well mid 2000s starship troopers had them as well. now that i think of it they were represented quite a bit

[Hammerstein]

I would love to see the suits from the book, but ofc it's hard to balance this or make it fun to unlock.

If only a limited amount of suits were available per round then players would be salty over who gets to pilot them. Same if there was some requirement to unlock them, like: "Play 3 rounds as normal infantry, then you can play a round as Marauder", and other variants.

Anyway, Heinlein's book and the images we have in our heads from the movie, are 2 very different things.

[JoeKerr019]

Originally posted by Commisar Jon Fuklaw:

I doubt we will see the Mk. XI Marauder. The only movieverse Starship Troopers media they appeared in was Terran Command and they're in a completely different league compared to what you are pitted against in this.

https://youtu.be/pMJ7S4iwXSc?t=19 Im pretty sure thats a Marauder

https://youtu.be/l-A-cXgIm38?t=297 Maybe in the anime?

https://youtu.be/QND6Q044Crk and i think rico used a Marauder in the CGI one

https://youtu.be/ETV2Ssvyacs?t=132 Also in the...urgh...third...movie.

Still, it would be nice to have battles where maybe only heavy classes can use marauders (1 per squad maybe) against stupid ammounts of bugs.

[Psychopomp]

sure, would be fun zipping and flying around the map firing nukes etc, might as well add the Forth too from the miniatures game that got canned before the faction was released.

[JoeKerr019]

Originally posted by Gazelle:

sure, would be fun zipping and flying around the map firing nukes etc, might as well add the Forth too from the miniatures game that got canned before the faction was released.

i think the tactical nukes would only be used for very specific missions

[Gryregaest]

Originally posted by Joe Kerr The DevilDude19:

Originally posted by Commisar Jon Fuklaw:

I doubt we will see the Mk. XI Marauder. The only movieverse Starship Troopers media they appeared in was Terran Command and they're in a completely different league compared to what you are pitted against in this.

https://youtu.be/pMJ7S4iwXSc?t=19 Im pretty sure thats a Marauder

https://youtu.be/l-A-cXgIm38?t=297 Maybe in the anime?

https://youtu.be/QND6Q044Crk and i think rico used a Marauder in the CGI one

https://youtu.be/ETV2Ssvyacs?t=132 Also in the...urgh...third...movie.

Still, it would be nice to have battles where maybe only heavy classes can use marauders (1 per squad maybe) against stupid ammounts of bugs.

Yeah, as you demonstrate, it gets a bit confusing as to what people mean by "Marauder". My understanding is that it's the name of the power armor that all soldiers wear in the book, and the name gets used in different ways in each adaptation. Ranges from suits roughly the size or slightly larger than a man, to building sized mechs. And some have power armor and marauders as distinct different things.

I think we can rule out the M11 Babar from SST3 and Terran Command. It's such a large machine that the amount of bugs to necessitate them being used would probably crash the game. But some sort of smaller mech or power armor class? Maybe, but at present it seems like there's not a good way to implement that which wouldn't be overpowered and make other classes redundant. Who knows what the game will look like later, though.

[JoeKerr019]

Also, we spoke about the power armors proper. but what do you fellers think of the idea of playing as a Skinny? the aliens from the tv show and the book?

[Gryregaest]

I think having the skinnies playable instead of as an enemy seems like a wasted opportunity for enemy variety.

[Psychopomp]

the devs should add a psi core class with one of their abilities being able to control bugs.