>>715320717
My dream of MWO was always something like that. An actual live player driven mech and merc economy, higher tonnage machines are expensive and rare. Lostech is actually rare and exciting, rare mechs actually rare based on the year or part of the world map you're on. Customized machines are expensive as fuck to overhaul, encouraging the average player to be conservative, or maybe stick to the standardized models. This would encourage people to stay in a lane but also once they're rich enough start dabbling in the customization game. Also it would make auctions and contests for rare custom machines more attractive.