CyclonerM, on 16 April 2014 - 11:38 AM, said:
Yes, the 'Mech clearly bends it's knees when it runs.
The current argument seems to be two fold.
1.) A number of people are kvetching about the fact that the inside angle of the legs while the 'Mech is standing still is greater than or equal to 90 degrees, despite the point that several other RJ-legged 'Mechs also have their legs having inside angles greater than or equal to 90 degrees.
As such, the "Mad Cat stands too upright" crowd is simply wrong.
2.) As noted in the thread title, some people apparently took issue with the perspective of the original image, which gave the appearance of the Mad Cat having disproportionately large legs.
However, the Mad Cat is only 5 tons heavier than the Cataphract (and is ~25% heavier than a modern MBT) while also being 25% faster than said Cataphract (base top speed of 81 kph for the Mad Cat, vs 64.8 kph for the (stock) CTF-3D); it's not going to have the "Raven legs with cankles" design that some are apparently hoping for, because (probably, among other things) it simply doesn't make sense from the standpoint of the aesthetic considerations established for the MWO world.
Beside: the later pictures, with better perspective, show that the legs are not actually so disproportionate as the original picture seemed to indicate.