I honestly think this problem has been around for awhile and noone consider fixing them. Look at the Trebuchet. Out of all the medium mechs, the Trebuchet dies the fastest. I seen Hunchbacks take a serious payload of damage from every direction and survive. The kintaro after the fix, and even the blackjack is hard to kill. A trebuchet gets shot two or three times from almost any weapon and the center torso is exposed regardless of where they are shot. I know this from both sides. When fighting Trebuchet, I notice that no matter where I shoot the damage goes to the center torso. People say "Run a Standard, Zombie that Piece of Junk" That would be the case if it was possible. But first of all, Not all Trebs have a hardpoint in the center torso. Secondly, if the center torso didn't absorb all the damage, then I would consider running a standard. But in all my games, my left and right torso are never taken out. Always the center torso. Even with matched out armor. I have tried every armor configuration and ever style of play with the Trebuchet and still, you can't do anything with the Trebuchet that you can do with the other medium mechs. Can the developers please please fix this? Otherwise people won't be playing Trebuchets anymore especially when more and more medium mechs come out. It's taking me forever to master them because they are so easy to kill. They are also way too tall for a medium mech. Standing almost as tall as an Atlas. Making them an easier target already when you compare them to the much smaller Blackjack, Hunchback and Kintaro. Can I suggest scaling them down a little? At least to the same height as the other medium mechs more or less?
I also believe that the Jager mechs suffer from a similiar problem. Almost all the damage they take goes to the left or right torso. Even shooting them in the legs, its as if the damage is transfered to the upper torso. I love the Jagers, but I think they need to be fixed as well. But not as bad as the Trebuchet.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Just something I wish to have knowledge about since the Spider/Centurion hitbox problem has been around for awhile.
And I would appreciate not getting shot down by people who think this isn't a issue because I assure you that it is. I really would like people to talk about this and consider seeing this through my point of view. Especially if you rarely run mediums or you never ran a trebuchet. I would rather send this concern directly to the developers because I feel as if they rarely read the forums. So please help me make this issue so they can see it and consider it. Otherwise, they will never fix the problem.

Edited by Shadowdusk, 06 September 2013 - 06:40 PM.