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[Dishevel]

Hopefully the get some people here quick to start buying stuff with MC so they can make their money before thrashing the MW/BT IP and making the rest of us leave with 3rd person crap.

[Menthro Kerensky]

Was I the only one hoping for like at the very VERY end for a silhouette of say a MadCat coming out of cave or something?

[Booran]

yeah this 3rd person crap hasn't been heard of in earlier mw games.....

[MaddMaxx]

How anyone could watch that video, or any MWO video, and not think how totally Cool those machines would be to drive over those silly Tank thingabobs. LOL

Edited by MaddMaxx, 22 March 2013 - 07:15 AM.

[Deathwatch050]

Please guys, can we stop discussing third-person view in a thread about a trailer and more importantly the Highlander?

It looks great, although I'm a little worried that Rhonda's Highlander that we saw in the trailer represents the placement of hardpoints on the basic 'Mech. I much preferred the concept art's placement of weapons; Gauss in the right arm, Medium Lasers in the right torso, LRM20 in the left torso and SRM6 in the left arm. Hopefully this hardpoint placement we saw was for only the hero 'Mech.

Here's to hoping those speakers actually work in-game and you can put your own music in! It's a pipe dream, but one can always hope! (so long as it isn't too loud )

[Stoicblitzer]

nice thermals.

[Trauglodyte]

DirePhoenix, on 22 March 2013 - 04:32 AM, said:

Note that there appears to be loudspeakers mounted above and on the sides of the cockpit...

Oddball Highlander pilot video:

[MaddMaxx]

Tennex, on 22 March 2013 - 05:47 AM, said:

they could learna thing or two from some fan videos





after all PGI is being paid to do this. these fans arn't

Hire celestial!! ^ ^

Nah! I would prefer they create in-game content we can use and let the fans create the videos. No wasted time for either that way.

[Yokaiko]

Hawks, on 22 March 2013 - 04:17 AM, said:

"VIDEO FORBIDDEN"

Sounds a bit drastic!

Looks like they ganked Celestial's style.

[Tickdoff Tank]

Eldragon, on 22 March 2013 - 05:08 AM, said:

Anyone else notice that the highlander has left arm energy hardpoints? No stock variant (in our time line anyway) has that. Either PGI is starting to put hardpoints that don't perfectly conform to canon, or thats a Hero variant.

Probably a Hero, specifically Rhonda Snord's pink Highlander.

[Denolven]

I like the new heat vision. Mapping heat to brightness is MUCH better for all the people out there who have trouble with colors.

[Steinar Bergstol]

Yep. That's definitely Rhonda Snord's Highlander. The speakers around the head would give it away if the pink paintjob hadn't already done so. One of the biggest and most famous female pilots/commanders in the Inner Sphere during her day next to Natasha Kerensky I'd say, and cooler than Natasha by far IMO.

Rhonda in the 3040's - 3050's or so I believe



Rhonda and daddy Cranston Snord in the 3020's



And yes, that'd be Elvis blasting from those speakers if she's in the driver's seat.

[DirePhoenix]

Omni 13, on 22 March 2013 - 07:02 AM, said:

-10 points for like of highlander DFA ending

Indeed. BUT... they said that collision would be coming back when the Highlander comes in... which looks to be a lot sooner than later now.

[Adridos]

DirePhoenix, on 22 March 2013 - 12:42 PM, said:

Indeed. BUT... they said that collision would be coming back when the Highlander comes in... which looks to be a lot sooner than later now.

Should be next month. Asd you've already noticed, the mech is still WiP.

[Eagle]

Nice video and sweet Highlander!

If you are at PAX East message me and maybe we can get together and kick some giant robot arse.

[Forestal]

Tennex, on 22 March 2013 - 05:47 AM, said:

they could learna thing or two from some fan videos






after all PGI is being paid to do this. these fans arn't


Hire celestial!! ^ ^

Loved that these videos "hint" at extended game-play with team-based and mission-based game modes... (*tears of joy*)

But PGI's trailer emphasizes bam-bam and pew-pew INSTA-ACTION-- which is where the big bucks are and what they are going for these days, right?

Edited by Forestal, 23 March 2013 - 08:26 PM.

[Elizander]

mike29tw, on 22 March 2013 - 04:57 AM, said:

I don't know...the Highlander concept art sure looks great, but the one in the trailer looks kinda wierd......
Is it the low res texture? Or is the polygon counts too low? Doesn't look as menacing as the concept art.

I'll have to say it's pretty low quality from my point of view. It looks like basic rectangles put together. Sadly it's something I'd expect to see in MW4 rather than MWO. I hope they spruce it up before release.

[jakucha]

Tennex, on 22 March 2013 - 04:57 AM, said:

(that was back in december, i guess they delivered)


thats Rhonda's pink loudspeaker highlander.

but if they added loudspeaker to her mech maybe the yenlowang will get his claws.

I think it will definitely get claws if they can implement melee further down the line like they want to.

[Novakaine]

Love it!

[DirePhoenix]

Elizander, on 23 March 2013 - 08:58 PM, said:

I'll have to say it's pretty low quality from my point of view. It looks like basic rectangles put together. Sadly it's something I'd expect to see in MW4 rather than MWO. I hope they spruce it up before release.

Almost every depiction of a Highlander I've ever seen is essentially "basic rectangles put together". For the longest time, the cockpit was just a TV screen sitting on top.

Edited by DirePhoenix, 24 March 2013 - 12:53 AM.