W.H.I.T.E.O.U.T

That's just your session updating itself while you're in the middle of combat. For how it occurs, it happens when a clanmate finishes a round against the titan and gets their round total while you're about to attack the titan. If those two instances happen simultaneously, the game will display the clanmate's round total in place of the damage value that you did against the titan.
And yes, the Titan's HP also updates mid-battle when that occurs as shown by the fact that the HP bar goes down in accordance to the clanmate's round total.
Also, no, it doesn't count towards your round total since it was the game updating the Titan's HP, so it's a visual thing only.

Why? / Introduction
I thought of this idea not to long ago and wondered about how it could enhance gameplay a little by providing a reactive aspect for resistances during combat. Sure, it's a really small detail at the end of the day but it could potentially make the gameplay look more "fresh" outside of the standalone damage details. Before you ask, no, this wasn't thought up to become a new item or feature that adds onto the existing resistance crisis that's currently going on in-game. It's solely thought up to be a cosmetic detail that indicates the level of resistance that a mech has outside of the simple resistance icons hanging out in the stats area of combat UI.
Besides, if there's detailing to show changes in a mech's heat level, energy level, and HP, why not have an indicating detail that shows changes in a mech's resistance levels?
 
Explanation
As for what "reactive resistance detailing" is, it's essentially how shields in modern-era sci-fi shooter games work in terms of details (start off with a strong color then slowly degrade to a "critical" color state when close to being broken) but rather than 1 color, it would be 3 separate colors for each of the 3 element resistances (if there is any resistance on the mech to begin with, that is).
Each elemental "shield" would start off with colors to match their elements and have a solid appearance but as a battle continues on and the resistances take damage from resistance breaking weaponry, their color will begin to darken in color and saturation until they reach their darkest shade before breaking (0 resistance or negative resistance thresholds). The rate of how the shield degrades is dependent on how much resistance the target mech has, so a low resistance mech's shields have a faster degradation rate than those of a high resistance mech's shields.
 
Effects
For effects, it would be easier if I made a list to show how the shields would react and stuff since paragraph form for that would lead to a really long paragraph.. So, here's what I was thinking for those effects:
Stable (100% to 76% resistance) - Solid color in correspondence to the element resistance that is taking damage
Moderate (75% to 51% resistance) - Darker shade of elemental color and will show signs of fading in and out
Unstable (50% to 25% resistance) - Even darker shade of elemental color and will begin to pulsate in addition to the fading
Critical (25% to 1% resistance) - Very dark shade of elemental color and will begin to rapidly pulsate and fade simultaneously 
Broken (0% resistance) - Bursts into fragments before dissolving; Mech will show sparks (similar to those of the sparks effect seen on nearly broken or energy broken mechs but gray-ish in color for differentiation ) to indicate that the shield(s) are no longer functional 
[Bonus] Resistance Pad -  Stoic grey color with no effects, regardless of which state the shield(s) were in before being affected by resistance pads, until the broken phase, where the shield(s) would break exactly like normal but with grey color fragments rather than the critical phase color
 
The Colors
I wanted to add this segment in for those who were wondering about what the colors could look like (if Alex were to add it to the game, it could end up with different colors, effects, etc., so these are just potential ideas as to what they could be).
Stable - Physical / Energy / Heat
Moderate - Physical / Energy / Heat
Unstable - Physical / Energy / Heat
Critical - Physical / Energy / Heat
Resistance Pad - All Elements
 
Closing
So, what do you guys think of the idea? Too complicated? Not enough detail? Wondering why the color samples are slightly off-key from each other? Let me know down below (as usual because comment sections are made for things like comments. Shocking, I know) and I may or may not respond but eh, feel free to do so anyways.
Also, yes, I'm aware of the state of the game and that details are worthless when the game is in need of functional tweaks and banwave management but if there's one thing that's certainly been a bother, it's been the clashes of players and forum goers over topics such as clan politics, weapon rebalances, and the wellbeing of the game itself. What I'm trying to say is that while concern for these things is a nice way to provide feedback, it can have a negative impact if everyone focuses on them too much and for too long without taking the time to focus on things that aren't extremely sensitive.
That's pretty much why I've been doing these types of posts rather than paying attention to the conflicts that are going on in the game. That, and it's really unhealthy to stress over these things for way too long because excessive stress could cause additional conflicts that branch out from the main poi- And now I'm getting off topic because of it, so I'm just gonna do a quick turnaround by saying that details could potentially make the game feel fresh and strengthen the unique atmosphere that separate SuperMechs from other mech games like War Robots.
I mean, come on, this game's concept is basically a sandbox of culminated ideas, so why not try to think of ideas of your own and go wild with creativity?
But anywho, that's it for this topic. Thanks for reading and I bid you all a good day.
 
This is Whiteout, signing off.
 
 
 
 

That's just your session updating itself while you're in the middle of combat. For how it occurs, it happens when a clanmate finishes a round against the titan and gets their round total while you're about to attack the titan. If those two instances happen simultaneously, the game will display the clanmate's round total in place of the damage value that you did against the titan.
And yes, the Titan's HP also updates mid-battle when that occurs as shown by the fact that the HP bar goes down in accordance to the clanmate's round total.
Also, no, it doesn't count towards your round total since it was the game updating the Titan's HP, so it's a visual thing only.

If the game had in-game boss soundtracks (as in dev-made), I think these name would be fitting:
Ramboy - Getting Started
Exterminator - Bladed Nightmare
Cyber Goat - High Velocity
Molotov - Scorched Earth
Sabertooth - Hypertension 
Senior Quads - Bullet Rain
Bigboy - Executive Order
[Bonus because why not?] God Mode - Demonic Uprising 
 

Am I the only one who's getting Initial D levels of Deja Vu from this topic? Anyone? Just me?
I'm guessing it's just me

Am I the only one who's getting Initial D levels of Deja Vu from this topic? Anyone? Just me?
I'm guessing it's just me

Hello, pilots, and welcome to this quick guide that I made to help newcomers with a certain issue that tends to pop up a lot when it comes to building mechs -- What drone goes with what build and what is each drone good at doing?
So, yeah, I'll go through each of the E-M/L-M  (drones below those rarities are either irrelevant or are precursors to one of the drones below) drones that are currently in the game and their current state, so the guide won't be accurate once one of the following drones gets a buff/nerf or simply gets removed.
Without further ado, let us begin...
Hurlbat (E-M)
Strengths - Low weight, low energy cost, low heat generation, easy-to-acquire, and dual stat cap damage
Weaknesses - Low damage, specific build type needed for maximum efficiency, no resistance damage, and rapid efficiency drop-off when climbing the arena ranks
Best Build - "Cap Damage" Hybrid
Void (E-M)
Strengths - Low weight, low energy cost, low heat generation, and easy-to-acquire
Weaknesses - Low damage and rapid efficiency drop-off when climbing the arena ranks
Best Build - General Early-Game Physical 
Tonto (E-M)
Strengths - High damage, high resist damage, and high rank-climbing potential
Weaknesses - Moderate weight, higher energy cost, higher heat generation, 2-4 range limit, and generally rare 
Best Build - Mid-Range Early-Game / Late-Game "Fighter" Physical
Selfish Protector (E-M)
Strengths - High damage, low energy cost, low heat generation, and high rank-climbing potential
Weaknesses - Moderate weight, low resist damage, backfire, and generally rare
Best Build - General Late-Game Physical
Selfish Guardian (L-M)
Strengths - High damage (highest damage dealing drone in the game), low energy cost, low heat generation, and maximum rank-climbing potential
Weaknesses - Heavy weight, low resist damage, backfire, and extremely rare
Best Build - General Late-Game Physical
Greedy (L-M)
Strengths - Low weight (the lightest drone in the game), high resist damage, low energy cost, and low heat generation
Weaknesses - Low damage, really demanding in terms of build type for maximum efficiency, mostly useless due to other drones possessing the ability to do as much resist break for more damage, and extremely rare
Best Build - Hell if anyone knows...
Solar Torch (L-M)
Strengths - High damage, high resist damage, and high rank climbing potential
Weaknesses - Moderate weight, higher energy cost, higher heat generation, 3-6 range limit, and extremely rare
Best Build - General 3-6 Range Based "Fighter" Physical; Dual Spartan Carnage / Dual Frantic Brute
DustMaker (L-M)
Strengths - Low weight, low energy cost, low heat generation, and cooldown + regeneration damage
Weaknesses - Low damage, specific build type needed, no resistance damage, rapid efficiency dropoff when climbing the arena ranks, and extremely rare
Best Build - "Cooldown + Regeneration Damage" Hybrid
Backstabber (L-M)
Strengths - Low energy cost, low heat generation, and is the only drone in-game to have a pull ability (1 pull per shot)
Weaknesses - Heavy weight, slightly lacking in damage, no resistance break, and extremely rare
Best Build - General "Hugger" Physical/Heat/Energy
 
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, feel free to comment... But until then, farewell for now, pilots! 
 
 
 
 

Use Iron Boots over Rolling Beasts since Iron Boots are cheaper to upgrade/divine, provide good HP,  look stylish overall, and are extremely versatile. Rolling Beasts, on the other hand, are really specific and are better off used on 4-8 ranged builds or scope builds that don't use retreat weapons
 

Use Iron Boots over Rolling Beasts since Iron Boots are cheaper to upgrade/divine, provide good HP,  look stylish overall, and are extremely versatile. Rolling Beasts, on the other hand, are really specific and are better off used on 4-8 ranged builds or scope builds that don't use retreat weapons
 

Decent animation but I got really lost in the absolute bullet hell of effects.. I also found the chaos to be funny for some reason.. God, my sense of humor in the ways of randomness is weird
But not bad for a SuperMechs game that allows you to freely move without turn limitations and have you fight against a custom boss rather than a titan that's a beefier culmination of everyday items

Use Iron Boots over Rolling Beasts since Iron Boots are cheaper to upgrade/divine, provide good HP,  look stylish overall, and are extremely versatile. Rolling Beasts, on the other hand, are really specific and are better off used on 4-8 ranged builds or scope builds that don't use retreat weapons
 

If it was a sword-based launcher, I'd imagine it shooting mini Brightroars at the opponent and causing absolute hell for whoever becomes a literal pincushion of energy blades
But hey, we definitely need a coil-type weapon over a sword yeeter because we seriously do not have any coils in-game.. We really need coils for diversity reasons

Decent animation but I got really lost in the absolute bullet hell of effects.. I also found the chaos to be funny for some reason.. God, my sense of humor in the ways of randomness is weird
But not bad for a SuperMechs game that allows you to freely move without turn limitations and have you fight against a custom boss rather than a titan that's a beefier culmination of everyday items

Welp, I had a bit of trouble trying to get myself to take a photo but I finally did it after somewhat forcing myself to.
And without further ado, here's the face behind the Whiteout that you've grown to love/hate.

Yep... That intro definitely fell right on its ass when I had a better idea in mind... But either way, I'm not an old person or a middle-aged man if you were thinking that I was (I'm 20, by the way, so I'm seriously not an old person).

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

Interesting idea but I have no idea where people are getting the sword thing from since that looks more like a tesla coil-type of weapon than a sword..
Also, I'm pretty sure there would've been a sword-like projectile shown if it was a sword launcher for 3-6 range combat
Overall, though, it's still interesting and a fresh take separate from the usual beams and lasers that we usually see in terms of energy weapons

Interesting idea but I have no idea where people are getting the sword thing from since that looks more like a tesla coil-type of weapon than a sword..
Also, I'm pretty sure there would've been a sword-like projectile shown if it was a sword launcher for 3-6 range combat
Overall, though, it's still interesting and a fresh take separate from the usual beams and lasers that we usually see in terms of energy weapons

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I said that I would myth Anguish so that's exactly what I did

I am the one who returns from the dead to speak in memes