The "rounded" look is really pointless, as aerodynamics hardly matter at the speeds most mechs travel at. Having lots of flat faces makes a lot more sense, for applying armor, attaching components, shunting off damage and so on. I look at the old "rounded" MadCat (Timberwolf, whatever you vatbabies) and it seriously looks like someone chopped off the nose and front fuselage of a World War 2 era aircraft and stuck it on a pair of legs, tacked on some missile racks and "Lost in Space" robot arms with BIG GENERIC GUN-THINGS on the ends. I never understood the furious amount of wanking people did over that mech.
Also, imagine how easy it's gonna be to kill those damn things, since they run 375XLs by default and have those big "ears" that, unlike the Catapult, are RT/LT.
Edited by TychoTheItinerant, 12 October 2013 - 12:15 AM.