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[Sean Lang]

Thunderbolt - 65 Ton heavy battlemech:

Edited by Sean Lang, 12 October 2013 - 05:55 AM.

[John MatriX82]

I don't know if it's the perspective but I didn't expected it to be similar to a Cent in size; I do hope that missile pod vanishes once you leave it empty, otherwise it won't go as well as a Catapult with XL engines..

[Silentium]

that thing is pretty wide, there is no way in hell i'd put an XL on it. I do like it's genral ugliness though, it tickles my aesthetic for wierd stuff.

[SgtMagor]

thx for the screens, Tbolt is a fatty and I like it, and its a (good) ugly scary mech.

[Bishop Steiner]

Silentium, on 12 October 2013 - 07:13 AM, said:

that thing is pretty wide, there is no way in hell i'd put an XL on it. I do like it's genral ugliness though, it tickles my aesthetic for wierd stuff.

I got loadouts to run with it both ways. People also swore you shouldn't run an XL in Highlanders and stuff when they first arrived, and it was pure bunk. We will see with the THUD. Those ape arms should help twisters absorb a fair bit. But I won't cry if I have to make em into standard engined brutes.

[General Taskeen]

John MatriX82, on 12 October 2013 - 06:26 AM, said:

I don't know if it's the perspective but I didn't expected it to be similar to a Cent in size; I do hope that missile pod vanishes once you leave it empty, otherwise it won't go as well as a Catapult with XL engines..

That's actually due to the scale of the Centurion/Trebuchet's being out of whack. They are 50 ton Mechs, and are way way taller than a good-sized Medium, which is the Hunchback. So since the scale of the Cent is whack, it is thus closer in size to some of the Heavy Mechs in the game.

[Grym]

General Taskeen, on 12 October 2013 - 08:35 AM, said:

...good-sized Medium, which is the Hunchback.

This is wrong. You meant to say Kintaro/Cicada.

The hunchback was horrible in scale from closed beta on.

[General Taskeen]

Grym, on 12 October 2013 - 08:38 AM, said:

This is wrong. You meant to say Kintaro/Cicada.

The hunchback was horrible in scale from closed beta on.

Are you being sarcastic or are you referring to its hunch only? The Kintaro is way too tall, and the Cicada is also way too tall for 40 tons.

Evidence:

[Silentium]

Bishop Steiner, on 12 October 2013 - 07:33 AM, said:

I got loadouts to run with it both ways. People also swore you shouldn't run an XL in Highlanders and stuff when they first arrived, and it was pure bunk. We will see with the THUD. Those ape arms should help twisters absorb a fair bit. But I won't cry if I have to make em into standard engined brutes.

Yeah, that's probably true. I didn't want to put XL in a Jag either, but it is doable; you're right though, we'll just have to see how it goes out in the field.

[Bishop Steiner]

Grym, on 12 October 2013 - 08:38 AM, said:

This is wrong. You meant to say Kintaro/Cicada.

The hunchback was horrible in scale from closed beta on.

? HUnchy has always been perfectly scaled as a Medium. Got news for you, half the weight of an Atlas don't mean half the height, unless ALL other proportions remain static. So if you wan't it shorter, the bloody thing would need to be built li Gimli to be remotely scaled right. The Jenner, Atlas and HBK are about the only 3 mechs they ever did scale right.

[August55]

Thunderbolt looks awesome but the LRM texture is awful looking. I just looks... flat.

[John MatriX82]

General Taskeen, on 12 October 2013 - 08:35 AM, said:

That's actually due to the scale of the Centurion/Trebuchet's being out of whack. They are 50 ton Mechs, and are way way taller than a good-sized Medium, which is the Hunchback. So since the scale of the Cent is whack, it is thus closer in size to some of the Heavy Mechs in the game.

Yep cents are big, but at least they aren't that tall as the SH or the TBT. Good scales are those of General Taskeen's post for sure..

[General Taskeen]

John MatriX82, on 12 October 2013 - 11:28 AM, said:

Yep cents are big, but at least they aren't that tall as the SH or the TBT. Good scales are those of General Taskeen's post for sure..

Also note, I did not make that picture, someone else did in the forum. I take no credit for it :-D

[Dieslave]

Is anyone else curious about whats going to happen when you lose that LT with the cockpit directly above it? Im sure there will be enough torso left to make it look okay.. but damn.. thats gotta f*** up the internals... lol

[Carrioncrows]

Dieslave, on 12 October 2013 - 10:57 PM, said:

Is anyone else curious about whats going to happen when you lose that LT with the cockpit directly above it? Im sure there will be enough torso left to make it look okay.. but damn.. thats gotta f*** up the internals... lol

same thing that happens when you lose a side torso on a regular mech, Not a damn thing unless you are packing an XL.

[aniviron]

I can't believe the enormity of this moment has flown right over all of your heads. THERE IS A MECH IN MWO WITH NOT ONLY A CURVE, BUT A WHOLE CIRCLE IN IT.

WHAT IS hAPPENING

[John MatriX82]

General Taskeen, on 12 October 2013 - 11:51 AM, said:

Also note, I did not make that picture, someone else did in the forum. I take no credit for it :-D

I know it should be Tennex's work if I recall correctly. Nevertheless, bringing that out even if you aren't the author is always a good action

[Nekomimi]

aniviron, on 13 October 2013 - 12:07 AM, said:

I can't believe the enormity of this moment has flown right over all of your heads. THERE IS A MECH IN MWO WITH NOT ONLY A CURVE, BUT A WHOLE CIRCLE IN IT.

WHAT IS hAPPENING

IT EVEN HAS A ROUNDED/VARIOUS DEPTH TORSO THAT"S ACTUALLY DETAILED.

[pbiggz]

[ryoma]

Like how it's smaller than a Shadow Hawk.