Thread: Battlesuit ST
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Old 10-05-2016, 01:47 PM   #7
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Default Re: Battlesuit ST

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Originally Posted by weby View Post
The whole point of the battlesuit/exoskeleton is the feedback mechanism, the feedback mechanism should not be strong enough to cause extra fatigue in any case as something that would break weaker limbs would do even to stronger people.
That feedback means that you are still lifting things with your own muscles, and the exoskeleton is just augmenting that by supporting you. Lifting something with an exoskeleton is more like lifting something with help (where you get to sum the BLs of the lifters) than it is like telling a robot (or using a forklift or jack) to lift something. If it was like a robot arm, and just moved around without regard for the movement of the limb inside, that would be bad, for obvious reasons.

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
That becomes silly if you are doing battlesuits for superheroes.
Sure, but superheros are already silly! Superhero powered armor isn't really the same thing as realistic powered exoskeletons and probably ought to use different mechanics.
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