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[mack sabbath]

Hunchback 2C and I will rule the world!

[Eric darkstar Marr]

Viktor Drake, on 04 July 2013 - 07:21 AM, said:

Very cool looking mech but NOT a Marauder which is the problem with most redesigns. That being said, it is cool enough looking I might not be too disappointed if this showed up labled as a Marauder, especially since we aren't going to get the real thing.



Now this one actually looks like an Archer or at least as close to a Archer as the vast majority of redesigns that are already in the game.

I would like to note to skirt copy right laws the design has to be significantly different form the original design. To me the Archer is to close to others it may not be. That is the current problem how the laws are written are subjective if a company feels it is to close they will sue in hopes the judge see that it also to close in design.

[SirLANsalot]

Bishop Steiner, on 04 July 2013 - 05:42 AM, said:

I'D RATHER THEY POST UPDATES AND INFO here THAN blatantly favor one server as their pet, or use twitter or facebook to announce things..... since believe it or not, many of us still find twitter and facebook largely useless.

OH... and because last I checked... THESE were the official MWO forums, not NGNG........

Twitter and Facebook both are useless and dead to me, as I hate them both too. However the NGNG podcasts are very nice to listen to when stomping around making other mechs into slag.

Eric darkstar Marr, on 04 July 2013 - 08:09 AM, said:

I would like to note to skirt copy right laws the design has to be significantly different form the original design. To me the Archer is to close to others it may not be. That is the current problem how the laws are written are subjective if a company feels it is to close they will sue in hopes the judge see that it also to close in design.

40% is the magic number I think, if the mech is 40% different then the original then the original owner has no room to squak.

[verybad]

Panther: Not unseen, just useless, the Jenner can do everything it can, only much, much better. 4 leggers won't be in this game. It's an awful nightmare to animate 4 legged mechs to walk up on slopes in a FPS (i.e. where you can see the feet hit the ground) because you have to animate each leg in relation to all the other legs, it's a ****-ton of extra work for just one other mech. That's also why MW4 didn't have them in  MW2 had them because it didn't care if the feet hit the ground.

Edited by verybad, 04 July 2013 - 01:12 PM.

[stjobe]

SirLANsalot, on 04 July 2013 - 01:06 AM, said:

PGI's legal people are at work getting the rights to other "unseen" mechs, they had to fight hard just to get these 4 there putting out now. All they have said is TIME (listen to NGNG and you can be smart too).

I don't think PGI's legal people had anything to do with getting the Reseen back.

Bishop Steiner, on 03 July 2013 - 07:32 PM, said:

Holy hell Bishop, I'll have one of those please!

[Bishop Steiner]

Viktor Drake, on 04 July 2013 - 07:21 AM, said:

Very cool looking mech but NOT a Marauder which is the problem with most redesigns. That being said, it is cool enough looking I might not be too disappointed if this showed up labled as a Marauder, especially since we aren't going to get the real thing.



Now this one actually looks like an Archer or at least as close to a Archer as the vast majority of redesigns that are already in the game.

You are correct.

My Marauder can actually walk (go ahead and animate the legs on the Classic Marauder/ Officers Battlepod, i dare ya) and the arms aren't held on with bailing wire. Also the AC is in the correct place.

And unlike Shimmering Sword's version (awesome work, but all his Unseen are far too close to the original to pass legal muster), mine won't bring the HG lawyers down on anybody's head.