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What do you mean mechs are non-credible?
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Even ignoring the square-cube law, it's just a really bad design. If you look at modern main battle tanks, they have been getting lower profile. This is for the simple fact that not being a massive target sticking up from the terrain is a really useful feature. Even then, they often use terrain to try and lower their visible profile further. Add to that all the complexity of making legs and arms work, and it's begging for a stealthier vehicle to drop the mech with a 105mm penetrator to the knee.
Ah but the bipedal mech suits could crawl along to floor, given a really low profile. Tank can't do that. Checkmate.
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I want to see a Raven crawling on the floor with a low profile.
A Dire Wolf would be quite something too.
Didn't the original tabletop BT rules allow for mechs to lie prone for better accuracy and defense? And mechs that didn't have arm actuators had a penalty to standing back up?