Naming the MEC suits?

[samβo]

I had a thought. While you build the MEC suits, and equip your MEC troopers with them, wouldn't it be cool to be able to name the suit, just for a little added character? I'd love to name my a mech equipped with flamethrower and grenade launchers 'Sherman', and have various troopers pilot 'Sherman', kinda like a tank crew pilots a tank. Just a thought, I guess, and you don't really need a thing ingame to roleplay that, just when I went into the 'Upgrade MEC' tab, it'd be sweet to be able to rename the suits.

[Tenacious Rodent]

I only have "Gold" and "Platinum". Nothing can stop them.

[samβo]

Nice! I made a female russian trooper 'Hammer' piloting a red and black MEC. Waiting on another russian squaddie to designate 'Sickle' :D

[Garatgh Deloi]

I give my four Mechs the nicknames "Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death" (The four horsemen of the apocalypse). But yea its the augmented soldiers nicknames not the suits themselves.

[Bindal]

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

I give my four Mechs the nicknames "Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death" (The four horsemen of the apocalypse). But yea its the augmented soldiers nicknames not the suits themselves.

Metal, Titan, Gadget and Steel for me (I go with "mechanical" nicks for them)
Not really seeing the point in naming the suit. It's a weapon, not a person. Unless you're able to rename weapons as well, then there is no reason to rename the suit.

[samβo]

I guess if you're sticking with a single pilot-suit combination, I just thought it'd be cool to have a reliable suit that has had many pilots. I guess if the pilot could die, and the suit repaired, then that'd be more suitable. But as I said, it was just an idea to add personality to the suit, as if it were a part of the team, even though its just a suit of armour.

[ScruffyBamboo]

Originally posted by sambo.exe:

I had a thought. While you build the MEC suits, and equip your MEC troopers with them, wouldn't it be cool to be able to name the suit, just for a little added character? I'd love to name my a mech equipped with flamethrower and grenade launchers 'Sherman', and have various troopers pilot 'Sherman', kinda like a tank crew pilots a tank. Just a thought, I guess, and you don't really need a thing ingame to roleplay that, just when I went into the 'Upgrade MEC' tab, it'd be sweet to be able to rename the suits.

I would think that a mech suit would be highly personal... I think that being able to change nicknames is enough.

Then again, it would be really easy for Firaxis to implement, so who knows?