I have to agree with this, the Catapults looses their arms VERY VERY easily. It is worth looking into, the extra tubes are just dumb, if you put 6 SSRM2 it still adds the outside tubes which makes zero sense because you would easily be able to fit those inside the launcher.
This might have made sense when there was less mechs in the game and the Catapult was a big contender but with the variety out there now I don't think the chassis itself needs these kinds of nerfs. It is already a walking CT.
Edited by Lord de Seis, 26 October 2014 - 09:48 PM.
I am pretty sure SRMs are not THAT big it needs a entire "ear" to fit into.. So yes, I am for the catapult fitting at least 2 SRM6s into its ear before it needs to use a external slot.
If it can fit a LRM 15 in there then I am pretty damn sure it can fit UP TO a similar amount of SRMs.. and if it happens to be able to mount more then that just increase the size of the ear- kinda what happens when you stick a ton of LRMs into a cent or vindi.
External launchers on catapults must be 0, dynamic sized ears are the best option, but! NEVER bigger than the C4 ears (current ears) and this ones only for crazy things like more than 20 lrm, the ears must be often smaller than the c4 ones. The doors of the launchers MUST prevail, at least for lrms. 1 srm per ear must be a lot smaller (for example the C1 with 2 srms)
The original aesthetics MUST be the guideline of the work.
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The catapult is bigger than the stalker, scaled catapults could fix the issue but its not the priority.
Keeping the thread alive. Please, pretty please, fix the catapult missile boxes. The ridiculous VCRs and boxes are terrible. All the missiles, regardless of number, need to fit inside the "ears".
The catapult was one of the most amazing looking mechs in the game, and can be again, if only they can be reverted to the way they used to look!
Seriously, is there any mech more iconic of MechWarrior than the Catapult? Only three more contenders come to mind, those being the Atlas, Mad Dog, and Mad Cat II.
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Posted 28 October 2014 - 08:31 AM
The Boz, on 28 October 2014 - 03:42 AM, said:
Seriously, is there any mech more iconic of MechWarrior than the Catapult? Only three more contenders come to mind, those being the Atlas, Mad Dog, and Mad Cat II.