not that your idea sucks or anything. but I think it would be badass if they just made a MMOFPS based entirely off of the old pen and paper games and some of the Mech Warrior series that have seen their way to the PC.

The old pen and paper Mech Warrior or even Robotech world would fit in with an MMO nicely. And the simulation battle styles of the games that have come out in the past would make it my dream game of choice!

I have played both paper Mechwarrior and Robotech...Like I said earlier the mechwarrior games turned into a slugfest between to walking tanks...and really didnt have the "Twitch" that a good FPS has.

I have been trying to figure out what would be the best way to balance speed, survivability, and firepower in a mech game but there is not an easy answer to that question.

Ah, I figured there would be a topic on this subject here. The ventillo community, eBUM's have been talking about this for awhile also. So far we got around five pages worth of written work and ideas on this. Not sure what were gonna do about it though. The idea for it, is that it will be MMOFPS(naturally), but also have a mix of Eve like elements.
Start out as regular grunts, and work you way up the tree in ranks, earning your right to use mechs, and higher level mechs in such a way. Then engineers would be able to come in and salvage parts of destroyed mechs, or completely salvage mech bodys, and refit/repair and sell on the market, ect.

I wish there was a newer modern mmofps war based game out. Planetside was close but I wouldnt mind seeing something more relative todays technology but on a massive scale with air,land and see forces. That would rock.

What Deneme said, we've been talking about it in Vent, and really hope to one day pitch it to a company. We had a more... MechWarrior-ish idea of it though, not like the anamorphic mechs of Gundam and Evegenlion, though. But yeah, I hope we do get to get into production(somehow), not only to live the dream, but to have an awesome game sculpted in our vision... With free membership and a percentage of the sales, maybe?