When I heard that there were mods being added to the game I can honestly say I was extremely excited. I had discussed with friends who also play about how interesting it would be if you could tweak the mechs a little, once you rank them to like 5 stars.

For instance mechs that have shields could swap for multi layered instead and/or hp vs shield. All mechs could do....Cool downs increased or decreased in exchange for durations shortened or lengthened, Hp vs speed & loss of sprinting, Increased ROF=Slower reloads, etc etc. Hopefully you get the idea, there are heaps of different ways they could go. All at varying ratios of like 1:1.25, 1:1.5, 1:1.75 or something. Of course you would have to CHOOSE between which to have on the mechs at once, you couldn’t have them all at the same time, maybe 2 or 3. Things that could have made everyone's hanger lineups slightly different and individual, so a usual strategy against a certain mech might not necessarily work as well as it has previously or it could even be "Super effective!"

What we have gotten has ruined the game somewhat IMO. Every mech now has shields, every mech now has extra heaĺth and damage resistance. Yes they have different abilities still, but it feels like they have taken too much of the uniqueness of them away. Even some weapons are now almost redundant in the face of all opponents being toughened and shielded.

Just my two cents....