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I do not assume that Piranha is going to pick up the design and make it a reality, but it would be awesome if they did(But still figured this would be a fun experiment for more than one reason).
Aim of the experiment: You guys if possible, will help me, map the various specs of the community mech down to finer details, on which i will base my Wire Frame design which i will draw with a CAD, Decisions will be made easy, based on suggestion that take wind under their wings which in turn end up in the decision making polls. wount take much of your time, and i will do the drawings when enough data has been gathered.
Time table: Each thursday i will make a new poll and each friday you can start suggesting ideas for the next poll within the parameters.
Week 47: Poll for mech main type(light, med, heavy, assault) and tonnage
Followed by open time for next poll suggestions.
Week 48: 2 Polls for Mech sub types torso (Separate Torso and head, Torso and head somewhat overlapping, ) and limbs (proper arms like atlas, etc. or stubs like jenner or cat for example)
Week 49: Poll for mech design role(brawler, missile boat etc.)
Week 50: Polls for the different variants hard point counts Squeezed em all under one topic. http://mwomercs.com/...erimentattempt/
Week 51: Hard point clustering / variant / type. (long polls 1 poll / hard point, hopefully people wount get confused, But hey, what wount we do to see our creation... And for science, you monsters! ) Any place will go, hell want a missile hard point in a leg? We can do that, it is the point of this experiment, you guys, get to choose, i will just try to draw it using my imagination and CAD and the guide lines you guys give me
And open suggestions for NP 1 http://mwomercs.com/...ty-driven-mech/
Week 52: Name poll 1: What should the name be influenced, for example, myth, animals, natural phenomena, a Meme???
Open suggestions for Name poll 2:
2013-
Week 1: after name poll1 is done, no polls for first week, rather suggestions for names, for example if natural phenomena won, we might see suggestions like; Sublimination, Solar wind, Aurora etc. etc.
Week 2: Name poll 2, based on hot suggestions, top 10 choices according to how many likes they have gotten.
Then the though decision...
Week 3: Where do we want the "design Flaw" for example, take the catapults stubby arms that are less flexible as far as aiming comes, and the big cockpit, or Will the mech have a fragile left/right shoulder area etc. etc. to add that special element to it ;D or will it simply be balanced as far as armor plating and component design goes.
Week 4-7: The wheels of imagination at work, guiding my hands to create(hopefully) a mech that looks like you guys imagined it.
Suggestion as per time table can be posted here: http://mwomercs.com/...ven-mech-topic/
First poll results are in;
Winner is : Heavy 70 tons(it got the the 4 votes first)
Second is medium 55 tons at 4 votes also.
and the rest:
assault 100 tons 1
assault 95 tons 1
medium 50 tons 1
medium 45 tons 1
assault 90 tons 2
assault 85 tons 2
heavy 75 tons 3
Sub type polls at here http://mwomercs.com/...ech-experiment/
Sub type poll results:
Torso/Head winning combination:
Stealth fighter cockpit(5 votes) with stealth diamond shaped torso(3 votes)
Limbs winning combination:
Chicken legs(7votes) with fixed sideplate/hardpoints(3 votes first) which will ofcourse rotate, like those of jenner/gaus cat up and down but not sideways.
Design role poll can be found here: http://mwomercs.com/...-project-polls/
Design role poll results:
Winning role: Energy weapons support role. 9 votes
With signature equipment PPC energy cannons. 8 votes.
Hardpoint count poll can be found here. http://mwomercs.com/...erimentattempt/
Hardpoint count; winning picks. for the "defining" model.
4 E hardpoints with 13 votes.
1 AMS no ECM 10 votes.
2M hardpoints.
2B hardpoints.
For The variants they will get a mix from the following selection.
6E hard points.
3E hard points.
2AMS no ECM.
1AMs 1 ECM
4M hard points
No M Hard points.
1B hard point
No B hard points.
Clustering poll had only 4 members answering. results can be seen here
http://mwomercs.com/...ty-driven-mech/
even if you vote now, it is too late to make it for decision, as new poll rears its head
Results:
E HP's:
primary variant: (4 E HP's) 1 on side panels, 2 in torso. (2 votes [25.00%] - View)
secondary variant:
(6 slot variant) 2 on both panels, 2 on torso (3 votes [37.50%] - View)tertiary variant:
(3 slot variant) all torso (1 votes [12.50%] - View)M Hp's
Primary variant: (2 hp variant) 2 torso (2 votes [28.57%] - View)
secondary:
No M hard points(some people wished for this, therefore it is a choice ) (1 votes [14.29%] - View)Tertiary:
(4hp variant) 2 on one panel, 1 on one panel, 1 torso (1 votes [14.29%] - View)B Hp's
Primary:
No B hard points(it was one of the winning choice, alas it is here) (1 votes [16.67%] - View)secondary:
1 in torso (3 votes [50.00%] - View)Tertiary:
1 in panel (2 votes [33.33%] - View)
Edited by IKEAhardWood, 28 December 2012 - 07:35 AM.
