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[Gigastrike]

Malthorn, on 23 April 2014 - 12:42 PM, said:

Slow cool looking light mech still equals a dead light mech.

Which is why you play it like a medium. You'd be surprised how much you can do with a small mech when you stay close to the team and try not to stand out.

[Bishop Steiner]

Malthorn, on 23 April 2014 - 12:42 PM, said:

Slow cool looking light mech still equals a dead light mech.

only to those who can't think tactically.


People have been succeeding consistently, with Gauss Ravens and other slow Lights since before Open Beta. Sure it's not as easy as running a speed demon and just letting HSR and other registration issues armor you, but enough people have done it long enough to prove ti can be done.

DONTOR, on 23 April 2014 - 01:05 PM, said:

I just realised the flame will be coming out directly above your head, that might look pretty cool. As for the mech itself, it looks squat and a little wide but i like that, looks good.

working on the game model in GB camo specs already. You gonna be dropping tonight?

[DONTOR]

Bishop Steiner, on 23 April 2014 - 12:02 PM, said:

This makes me wonder what angle its arms can fire at, looks like it could do 90 degrees up and down lol.
Ya Ill be on tonight in... 4 hours.

Edited by DONTOR, 23 April 2014 - 01:09 PM.

[Iqfish]

DONTOR, on 23 April 2014 - 01:08 PM, said:

This makes me wonder what angle its arms can fire at, looks like it could do 90 degrees up and down lol.
Ya Ill be on tonight in... 4 hours.

Looks like a Jagermech-like arm mechanism with more range up/downwards.

Pretty interesting!

[Mister Blastman]

It looks really nice!

I am concerned about the hardpoints, though. With the broken heat system MWO has, Clan mechs are going to be at a big disadvantage relying on already hotter weaponry.

[Bishop Steiner]

DONTOR, on 23 April 2014 - 01:08 PM, said:

This makes me wonder what angle its arms can fire at, looks like it could do 90 degrees up and down lol.
Ya Ill be on tonight in... 4 hours.

it is interesting as they should have no Yaw, since as an omni with PPCs, the lower arm and hand actuators are removed. But the elbow has a yaw coupling if you look.

[Jin Ma]

Iqfish, on 23 April 2014 - 12:03 PM, said:

That strange black color... I cant remove it.

oh i mean how the stock has 4 colors (i'm assuming its stock at least)

Grey White Orange Teal

[Gigastrike]

Mister Blastman, on 23 April 2014 - 01:17 PM, said:

It looks really nice!

I am concerned about the hardpoints, though. With the broken heat system MWO has, Clan mechs are going to be at a big disadvantage relying on already hotter weaponry.

I'm hoping the ability to switch out specific body parts on clan mechs will help with the hardpoints. Sure the prime only has the 2 energy hardpoints and fixed flamer, but you can take the left and right torsos from other variants to give the mech a couple extra weapons.

[Sagedabluemage]

Happy i am cuz i was waiting for this one XD U guys take the T -wolf/ ill be happy lil ppc pilot XD

[Shae Starfyre]

Is that turtle hood going to be all side torso?

[Bishop Steiner]

Jin Ma, on 23 April 2014 - 01:34 PM, said:

oh i mean how the stock has 4 colors (i'm assuming its stock at least)

Grey White Orange Teal

I wold assume like Orions. They have a large dark gray base, with basically the raised plates getting the 3 color treatment. Pretty much all mechs have "grey" actuators and understructures.

Aphoticus, on 23 April 2014 - 01:38 PM, said:

Is that turtle hood going to be all side torso?

probably. Which is a good thing.

[Shae Starfyre]

Bishop Steiner, on 23 April 2014 - 01:39 PM, said:

I wold assume like Orions. They have a large dark gray base, with basically the raised plates getting the 3 color treatment. Pretty much all mechs have "grey" actuators and understructures.


probably. Which is a good thing.

Even though XL in Clans require two section blows, loosing the side in one these will render half the firepower gone; seems to easy to hit. I wonder if the central part of the hood and rear aspects bleed into those corresponding hit boxes?

Edited by Aphoticus, 23 April 2014 - 01:42 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Aphoticus, on 23 April 2014 - 01:41 PM, said:

Even though XL in Clans require two section blows, loosing the side in one these will render half the firepower gone; seems to easy to hit. I wonder if the central part of the hood and rear aspects bleed into those corresponding hit boxes?

rather lose half my guns then get CT hit consistently on a light. Not enough CT armor to stand up to punishment.

[GreyGriffin]

This actually looks very pretty. I love the contours and glass of the cockpit. I am... less than pleased with the hardpoint spread, but the modeling seems to be the toughest thing to get changed in the long run for players, so looking good out of the gate is great.

They should give the Timber Wolf this treatment, instead of the playskool bathysphere look it has right now.

[Kyynele]

I was positively surprised. I didn't expect much but this is really, really pretty. Makes me want to drive one even if it's bad.

[Bishop Steiner]

hoping the hitboxes come out something akin to this


Being relatively slow, being able to sell off bits of the mech like arms and side torsos will be crucial.

[Iqfish]

Bishop Steiner, on 23 April 2014 - 01:57 PM, said:

hoping the hitboxes come out something akin to this


Being relatively slow, being able to sell off bits of the mech like arms and side torsos will be crucial.

I want to leg that bad boy!

[Diablobo]

The Puma looks nice, but it also looks pretty big. I don't know if it's the angle of the shots, but it looks to be as big as a Catapult. PGI is probably going to mess up the scale like they have with the other mechs.

[Lyoto Machida]

Kyynele, on 23 April 2014 - 01:51 PM, said:

I was positively surprised. I didn't expect much but this is really, really pretty. Makes me want to drive one even if it's bad.

Makes me want to actually buy a Clan package but not yet...

[General Taskeen]

They managed to get the Adder correct, but not the MadCat. At this stage any 3d model is hit or miss.

Can't wait to see the devs and players complain about getting stomped on twitch in slow Light 'Mechs against thousands of 150 km/h light mechs easy mode streaks and lasers. Because obviously the Inner Sphere are the Clans now.