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[Dauphni]

I dunno. It feels to me like the past few months, PGI is caring more than ever (except maybe very early on), because the stakes for them are higher as well. That gives me hope they'll do the right thing in the end. Obviously, I'd want it sooner rather than later, but as long as it does actually happen I'll be happy.

[Satan n stuff]

My A1, she used to be so pretty. Now she's all deformed and no matter how many times I say I'll love her regardless, I can't convince her to leave the mechbay. She has become a recluse because of what PGI did to her. Please PGI won't you take mercy on us and help me get my A1 back?

[MATRAKA14]

[KuroNyra]

XphR, on 26 November 2014 - 02:19 PM, said:

Its beak is different.

Yeah, saw that. But that is not a big difference.

Heck, I would paint catapult in the yellowish color of normals battlemech, how could you possibly tell the difference?

Arg, I need picture to compare between before and after. >_<

[zudukai]

cdlord, on 26 November 2014 - 10:09 AM, said:

And in all honesty it makes no sense for the Catapult to have the VCRs mounted to the ears when on EVERY OTHER MECH simply more tubes are added (Centurion, Atlas).

Now, I do NOT think the catapult's ears should be dynamically sized like the Timber Wolf's, but they should def go back to the iconic look.

i think it could be nice to have different boxes for SRM then LRM.

[Captain Stiffy]

The only possible explanation for this, in the end, is that the guy that runs the art department rules the place.

[CDLord HHGD]

KuroNyra, on 26 November 2014 - 01:00 PM, said:

Question, did the Founder Catapult suffered from the same problem?

No as the Founder's CPLT only have 1 missile hard point in each ear.

Edited by cdlord, 26 November 2014 - 09:01 PM.

[Antonio]

cdlord, on 26 November 2014 - 09:01 PM, said:

No as the Founder's CPLT only have 1 missile hard point in each ear.

No VCRs, but it did get its ears widened. I can't believe there has been no official response. Catapult pilots and friends, please help keep this on the front page.

[MATRAKA14]

I can make more signatures, send me ideas and good resources and i will make them happen!

[KnowBuddy]

cdlord, on 26 November 2014 - 09:01 PM, said:

No as the Founder's CPLT only have 1 missile hard point in each ear.

Just FYI, while this is correct, it does not mean that the Founder's Cat was unaffected by the changes. The CPLT-C1 (including the CPLT-C1(F)) used to have smaller boxes than the CPLT-C4 and CPLT-A1 for precisely the (logical) reason that it only has 1 missile hardpoint in each arm. Now it has the same larger arm boxes as the C4 and A1 for no good reason. I used to love the look of my Founder's Cat as the slim and sleek Catapult, but it has lost much of that.

The LRM15 quirks given to the CPLT-C1 again throw into question the need for it to have the larger arm boxes. While I have found that I do quite well with my Founder's Cat recently (XL300, 2xLRM15+A, 3xMPulse, TAG, BAP, Sensor Decay, LRM15 Cooldown, MPulse Range, MPulse Cooldown), I still shed a tear each time I take it out, even though it can spit LRM15 wads like they are going out of style and Wub out to the range of an ML.

MATRAKA14, on 26 November 2014 - 11:49 PM, said:

I can make more signatures, send me ideas and good resources and i will make them happen!

Every time my toddler sees an A1 kitted out, he says "Look, it's Mickey Mouse!"

[zagibu]

I thought the C4 was the only one with the large missile boxes before the dynamic weapon pass.

[Alistair Winter]

At this point, you would think PGI would have addressed the issue.

[P H O X]

Just bought the Catapult Mastery Pack....
No...Just NO!
Please, if you want to fix something to be "physically correct" there is so much other stuff in the pipeline....

[Bartholomew bartholomew]

Cats do need to be fixed sooner rather than later. It's just crazy what they did to them.

[zudukai]

still so very sad...

[Captain Stiffy]

Alistair Winter, on 27 November 2014 - 03:54 PM, said:

At this point, you would think PGI would have addressed the issue.

I am a broken record. oken record. oken record. oken record.

SCRRRRAAATCH

THEY DON'T CARE ART DEPARTMENT HAS THEM BY THE BALLS

[Vassago Rain]

Closed beta, mid 2012.



Start of open beta, late 2012.



Late 2014.

[DEN_Ninja]

Vassago Rain, on 27 November 2014 - 09:11 PM, said:

Closed beta, mid 2012.



Start of open beta, late 2012.

Oh How I miss ye Catapult ears.

[Captain Stiffy]

The guy who made these changes should be forced to have a huge picture of it on the wall in his office.

[P H O X]

...or ducttape some VCR on his Head...