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[Kazly]

What are they going to do with the Madcat?

Give it 4 arm locations? 4 torsos?

Just curious.

[FupDup]

Whatever they do about the pods, the head hitbox will probably be big enough to make the Catapult feel pity for it. No amount of cheesy Clantech will be able to save the Mad Kitty from convergence.

[Alekzander Smirnoff]

With hit boxes as they are, Timber Wolf (Mad Cat) pilots and on that matter, Dire Wolf (Daishi) pilots might as well eject at the start of match. Its going to suck for them.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Rumor has it, that the Madcat will have seperate hit boxes for the shoulder missile launchers. Someone on the forum timed the screen capture at just the right moment on startup. It showed square hit boxes above the arms on the damage graphic.

Obviously that can change, but I think that will be the direction they head.

P.S. Sorry, don't know the thread, so I don't have a link to post.

[Tennex]

Kazly, on 20 June 2013 - 09:44 AM, said:

What are they going to do with the Madcat?

Give it 4 arm locations? 4 torsos?

Just curious.

i would like to know as well...

it is a dilemma and i am glad i am not the making the call in that regard.

but i also have doubts PGI can properly do it

[MeiSooHaityu]

Found it...
http://mwomercs.com/...dpoints-leaked/


It was a cockpit glitch actually.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 20 June 2013 - 09:52 AM.

[Fate 6]

Timberwolf. Get it right. Silly Inner Sphere.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Actually, since this game is from the IS point of view, it will probably be called a Madcat. Since MW2 was my first Mechwarrior game, I too want to call it a Timberwolf.

[Fate 6]

MeiSooHaityu, on 20 June 2013 - 09:53 AM, said:

Actually, since this game is from the IS point of view, it will probably be called a Madcat. Since MW2 was my first Mechwarrior game, I too want to call it a Timberwolf.

We'll see how they implement clans. If we get to choose a clan like people chose an Inner Sphere faction then I want it to be named accordingly.

I'd also like the cockpit identification to go crazy on Inner Sphere mechs when they see a Timberwolf because the computer can't decide if it's a Catapult or Marauder

[MeiSooHaityu]

Fate 6, on 20 June 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

We'll see how they implement clans. If we get to choose a clan like people chose an Inner Sphere faction then I want it to be named accordingly.

I'd also like the cockpit identification to go crazy on Inner Sphere mechs when they see a Timberwolf because the computer can't decide if it's a Catapult or Marauder

Sounds like a plan to me

[One Medic Army]

Fate 6, on 20 June 2013 - 09:56 AM, said:

I'd also like the cockpit identification to go crazy on Inner Sphere mechs when they see a Timberwolf because the computer can't decide if it's a Catapult or Marauder

It'll just call it a Catapult.
No such thing as a Marauder. *glares at HG*

[General Taskeen]

It'll probably look like a big block, with a blocky cockpit, and thunder thighs.

[XFactor777]

Alekzander Smirnoff, on 20 June 2013 - 09:48 AM, said:

With hit boxes as they are, Timber Wolf (Mad Cat) pilots and on that matter, Dire Wolf (Daishi) pilots might as well eject at the start of match. Its going to suck for them.

I was with you till you mentioned the Dire Wolf, if you have the time to stand in front of and aim for a headshot on that monster they are doing it wrong

[DarkDevilDancer]

Fate 6, on 20 June 2013 - 09:52 AM, said:

Timberwolf. Get it right. Silly Inner Sphere.

Quite right mechwarrior fate.

Thing with the timberwolf is it has far better range due to superior Clan tech meaning getting close enough for a clean headshot will be harder.

[El Bandito]

MW4 hitboxes.

/thread.

[BlackWidow]

Kazly, on 20 June 2013 - 09:44 AM, said:

What are they going to do with the Madcat?

Give it 4 arm locations? 4 torsos?

Just curious.

Why would they give it 4 torsos? MadCat Missile racks are part of Left and Right Torsos.

/thread

[FupDup]

BlackWidow, on 20 June 2013 - 12:14 PM, said:

Why would they give it 4 torsos? MadCat Missile racks are part of Left and Right Torsos.

/thread

Because huge hitboxes + convergence = Mad Cat being dead on arrival.


TT didn't have any hitbox issues because shots hit random places and thus the Timber Wolf was able to actually contribute to its team.

[Ngamok]

Fate 6, on 20 June 2013 - 09:52 AM, said:

Timberwolf. Get it right. Silly Inner Sphere.

Desktop name is Timberwolf. Laptop name is Mad Cat. My first character in EQ was Highlander (not the movie). I'm such a geek.

[Hillslam]

Clan mechs are for sissies.

Get your pre-whining in ladies.

[aniviron]

MeiSooHaityu, on 20 June 2013 - 09:48 AM, said:

Rumor has it, that the Madcat will have seperate hit boxes for the shoulder missile launchers. Someone on the forum timed the screen capture at just the right moment on startup. It showed square hit boxes above the arms on the damage graphic.

Obviously that can change, but I think that will be the direction they head.

P.S. Sorry, don't know the thread, so I don't have a link to post.

It was a HUD bug, had this one, looked about like the screenshot posted above.

I don't think that's proof of anything just yet though. It's quite possible that's just a remnant from some system that was never publicly implemented; if the Timberwolf gets two additional component sections, well, it gets more crits and more places to spread damage, and that doesn't seem like a great idea from a balance perspective to me.