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[Carl Wrede]

When the pictures of the phoenix mechs first came out a lot of people wanted the Locust and Battlemaster to look more like their original looks. In a thread about the BM we actually got a reply that they might do at least the herovariant of the BM with a larger iconic head but now we see that it is just the same as the non-hero variants and in no way shape or form actually looks like a BM.

Very disappointed...

Edited by Carl Wrede, 15 October 2013 - 12:53 PM.

[Ledabot]

Really? It was clearly shown for the last 3 or so months what it was going to look at. The phoenix package mechs =/= hero mechs so you really haven't been deceived. To be honest, they didn't promise anything.

[Carl Wrede]

Yes it has been the same picture for a long time, still when the person responsible for the mechs look says that in an answer you still get your hopes up. But alas.. no such thing apparently.

[focuspark]

sorry, can't. licensing issues abound.

[Carl Wrede]

The only thing they need to do to make it acceptible is to bring back the large domed glass head and it would look ok.

I can even live with the but-ugly shoulders and the PPC not being in the had as long as they fix the HEAD.

[Tesunie]

To help clear the air (and repeat what someone else said), the project phoenix mechs are NOT hero mechs. So, if they said that they might release a BM hero that looks more like the classic, don't dismiss it yet. Even then, I'm sure they didn't promise anything on that front and probably stated it's a possibility.

Keep waiting. If they release a Battlemaster hero (not Phoenix) that doesn't look different, then complain. They can't have gone "back on their word" if it hasn't happened yet...

[Carl Wrede]

Ok, it wasnt the "hero-variant" it was the "Phoenix" variant he was talking about. Sorry for not being clear.

[Sandpit]

So the screenshots posted on these forums for weeks now wasn't an indicator to you as to what it would look like?

[Farix]

Carl Wrede, on 15 October 2013 - 12:52 PM, said:

When the pictures of the phoenix mechs first came out a lot of people wanted the Locust and Battlemaster to look more like their original looks. In a thread about the BM we actually got a reply that they might do at least the herovariant of the BM with a larger iconic head but now we see that it is just the same as the non-hero variants and in no way shape or form actually looks like a BM. Very disappointed...

And where did PGI state that the hero varient of the Battlemaster would have a larger head?

[CDLord HHGD]

The BLR is just fine......

[Lord Ikka]

It looks like an MWO Battlemaster. Just like all the MWO Mechs look different from their TRO artwork, so does the BLR.

[Gremlich Johns]

I have been following BT/MW for decades (3 of them) and I have absolutely NO issues with the re-imagining. The Battlemaster of "Fang of the Sun: Dougram" has nothing to do with MW:O's version. It was, in that iteration, a two seater command mech and MW:O's is NOT.

You've had months to complain about the redesign -- get over it.

Edited by Gremlich Johns, 16 October 2013 - 05:25 PM.

[Armored Yokai]

the battlemaster looks more zeus than battlemaster

[Gray 46rus]

As for me, it's iconic enough

[Frankdark]

Maybee a bit taller, but fitting

[Mechteric]

It looks better and more realistic without the bubble cockpit anyway. Battlemaster is my favorite assault from CBT, but I still think the MWO design is fantastic!

[Firewuff]

THat bubble glass is so 80's an you know I like having a smaller head hitbox. you heard the screams when the Atlas head hit box was increased a tiny bit... imagine the howles if the BM got a head hitbox the size of a Spider mech.