Right now, the concept of versatility is equipping a cockpit base with arms and legs.
Grummz mentions now and then that vehicles may or may not play a role in the future.
My hope is, that mechs can switch form to a fast transit mode aside from gliding and purge part of their form to claim neutral vehicle parts at the expense of not being able to glide at all.
The first needs no explanation. The 2nd, I'll provide an example.
A frontline base, in the hangar. You stomp with your heavy class energy weapons equipped plattform up to a power tank type support, it'll provide you with more power than your reactor alone can provide, boosting your regeneration while reducing your mobility even more in exchange for a more health. Claiming the plattform, your suit's legs are de-digitized (despawn) while you connect and take control of the support vehicle.
Someone else decides to go faster than his light can handle, takes a skimming buggy (antigrav like battlezone tanks), purging both his legs and his arms while settling in the wheel-less wheelchair overframe.
A third person is going for an orbit patrol and claims a superiority fighter, purging all limbs and folding the head into the unit as well as opposed of your complete core and the recon's upper core standing out like yugi xyz compound monsters.
It would be nice if the purged parts can be regained centurion like when exiting, so you don't lose your pants when the ride is destroyed or otherwise lost - especially in high altitude situations, being without the exo is bad news.
Additonaly, when teraforming is advanced far enough, vehicular omni parts could become available to turn your omni into a dedicated vehicle, possibly even giving piggy bag rides for heavy omnis.
Grummz mentions now and then that vehicles may or may not play a role in the future.
My hope is, that mechs can switch form to a fast transit mode aside from gliding and purge part of their form to claim neutral vehicle parts at the expense of not being able to glide at all.
The first needs no explanation. The 2nd, I'll provide an example.
A frontline base, in the hangar. You stomp with your heavy class energy weapons equipped plattform up to a power tank type support, it'll provide you with more power than your reactor alone can provide, boosting your regeneration while reducing your mobility even more in exchange for a more health. Claiming the plattform, your suit's legs are de-digitized (despawn) while you connect and take control of the support vehicle.
Someone else decides to go faster than his light can handle, takes a skimming buggy (antigrav like battlezone tanks), purging both his legs and his arms while settling in the wheel-less wheelchair overframe.
A third person is going for an orbit patrol and claims a superiority fighter, purging all limbs and folding the head into the unit as well as opposed of your complete core and the recon's upper core standing out like yugi xyz compound monsters.
It would be nice if the purged parts can be regained centurion like when exiting, so you don't lose your pants when the ride is destroyed or otherwise lost - especially in high altitude situations, being without the exo is bad news.
Additonaly, when teraforming is advanced far enough, vehicular omni parts could become available to turn your omni into a dedicated vehicle, possibly even giving piggy bag rides for heavy omnis.
Likes:
Torgue_Joey and Pandagnome
seems like a waste to throw away perfectly good limbs 
