Aaaaah....death penalty is always fun to discuss with the spectrum of peoples preferred punishment ranging from "run back to the fight" to "rubbing your eyes with salt while sticking your wiener into a hornets nest and flailing it around with hip movements like Shakira on crack".
Personally...
Got three weapons in mind.
The Arsenal's LMG
Primary fire:
Medium accuracy, medium to high rate of fire, medium to high damage for a bullet type weapon.
Secondary fire:
Pin point accuracy, slow rate of fire but with armor piercing bullets.
For visual and sound, the belt fed machine gun from...
I voted for the MK-II
While both of them look very good....I'm kinda leaning more towards the MK-II as I have always preferred western style power armor over the eastern style (with the exception of Metroid).
While all the wings, flaps and pointy things make them look cool...I still feel like...
Option to turn on/off/lower volume of specific sounds, separate sliders etc.
This was brought up in FireFall because of the "thump" sound from the Thumpers.
The frequency/tone of the sound gave some players a headache.
I "loved" the sound but my roommate almost went nuts from it...even though...
I only play female characters when I'm forced to, either by mechanics in the game (Diablo 2 Sorceress) or visual (Draenei in WoW).
Other than that...male all the way.