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[Fooooo]

If thats a TW shadow its torso looks....thinnish.....and somewhat taller / longer than what say a catapault / stalker front end would look like in a shadow and also the TW from older MW's...(look at the pic of the stalker on the right of the posts here in the forums....)......from waist to the cockpit etc.....

So it seems it has been re-designed a bit.......if that is infact a TW that is......


It seems sneakishly similar to the lower torso of a certain un-seen mech that alex drew long ago.............possibly trying to keep causality for IS designation of Madcat???

.........opening the door for..................

Ahhhhh dreams o dreams.........

Edited by Fooooo, 11 December 2013 - 01:55 AM.

[GI Journalist]

Levi Porphyrogenitus, on 10 December 2013 - 07:45 PM, said:

The shadow looks almost like a Cataphract/Catapult hybrid. What could it be?

That would be an utterly mad configuration.

[XtremWarrior]

Is it me or the legs are rather humanoid and not chicken-like? Well, from a shadow's glimpse, it's hard to tell but still...
The torsos' high racks made me thought of a Mauler but it lacks its tall armored shoulders.

Edited by XtremWarrior, 11 December 2013 - 02:41 AM.

[King Arthur IV]

the great shadow that is CW?

Edited by King Arthur IV, 11 December 2013 - 02:48 AM.

[RedDragon]

X3kutor, on 10 December 2013 - 11:44 PM, said:

People will look back on this in 2 years and will not believe the negativity of this community. Why PGI develop anything for self-righteous, pompous, down-talking, green-grass-believing, know-it-all opinionated pessimists I will never know.

With the pace of this game, people will look back in two years and ask themselves why they still have no CW.

I detailed it in another thread, but in short: If they release Clans now, what would be the sense behind CW? CW as it is planned right now is about border skirmishes, which absolutely makes no sense if the Clans invade. Either they throw away all plans for the current CW (again) or they change to CW with an invasion-theme (will take another 2 years approx.). Or they dump the current time line and move forward after the invasion where we have border skirmishes again.

Either way, if they introduce Clans now, it will 100% be a half-assed attempt to get more money. They struggle with every aspect of the game right now, so introducing another aspect that messes with a lot other features (some of which are not even here yet!) is the dumbest thing they could do at this point. We don't even have a good balance right now, so we need Clan tech to invalidate the little progress they had over the last 2 years? No thanks.

[Chemie]

Sidekick, on 11 December 2013 - 01:43 AM, said:

I bet it will be announced in spring sols in summer and delivered in fall, like usual.

Agree...along with a second CW update that they "are now actively coding". They will give detailed 15 min interviews to the press talking about CW. They will promise by "end of summer" but it will never be seen.

Edited by Chemie, 11 December 2013 - 04:25 AM.

[Flying Judgement]

ohh boy oh boy i got to start training for real WAAAA over powered Clan Mechs are under our doors!!
I wish this half year would just disappear in to thin air and the FRR gets its first clan invasion this morning with me in the front line in my crappy Dragon or in my 200 year old rusty Battlemaster what my Grand Grand Grandfather left in our basement

[Riptor]

Fake...

a) Timberwolfs have nothing sticking out of their underarms like barels

mechs dont have their arms pointing downwards

c) The shadow has all the wrong proportions, the torso is to round and fat and the ears are to close together and way to small

d) NGNG "finding" something is as likely as CW allready being coded

Are you people so desperate to jump to conclusions about such an obvious fake? A photoshopped shadow that only vaguely maybe looks like something timber wolfish?

Hasnt the Fallout 4 "anouncement" thought you guys anything?

Aparantly not.

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People will look back on this in 2 years

... and wonder what mechwarrior was ever about. This game is dead in the water and has been for an entire year. An entire year with no development to the shallow gameplay. It took them one year aparantly to even start working on a new game mode and you honestly truly believe that this game will make it another year like that?

A large portion of the player base has allready abadoned the sunken ship and there are no new names comming in to replace them. And you get all giddy about a crappy shadow.

Even the Devs themselves have said that Clan stuff is only conceptualized yet but oh no... a shadow found on a website that is paid by the publisher of the game they keep reporting about "found" footage.

Do you know how stupid that is? The only way they could have "found" this screenshot is if someone violated the NDA about some internal test builds. But the screenshot is still around.. so guess what.. chances that this is a real screenshot are zero to none.

People got banned for releasing youtube videos of maps a week early. This photo is nothing but a photoshop montage and a bad one at that.

[Iqfish]

Riptor, on 11 December 2013 - 06:07 AM, said:

Fake...

a) Timberwolfs have nothing sticking out of their underarms like barels

mechs dont have their arms pointing downwards

c) The shadow has all the wrong proportions, the torso is to round and fat and the ears are to close together and way to small

d) NGNG "finding" something is as likely as CW allready being coded

a & b: thought about the fact that the mech could be powered down?

c: a shadow is obviously not the real shape

d: you are a {Noble Mechwarrior}, the NGNG guys are cool and do an awesome job.

Good Job, Sherlock.

[Mechteric]

Its clearly a dragon's shadow that's been photoshopped

[Riptor]

IqfishLP, on 11 December 2013 - 06:10 AM, said:

a & b: thought about the fact that the mech could be powered down?

c: a shadow is obviously not the real shape

d: you are a {Noble Mechwarrior}, the NGNG guys are cool and do an awesome job.

Good Job, Sherlock.

Youre no heffay thats for sure..
What a mighty rebuttal.. im still trembling.. with laughter.

Especialy to your reference about NGNG. NGNG are paid by IGP so whatever they say is only in the interest of the company. Wich basicly means you cant believe anything they say since they are on the payroll. That also explains their weak interviews and never asking the tough questions. And their performance on the launch party was just abysmal and pathetic. They couldnt even get two microphones to work and had massive camera problems.

Even powered down mechs arms do not point STRAIGHT DOWN. There is no way that you would actualy be able to see what apears to be a cannon barrel sticking out of its forearm even if its powered down from that ankle.

Also again, the center torso is to round and to big and the "ears" are way to small and stent way to close together. The ears of a timberwolf are mounted just like that of a catapult, outwards. These however are mounted in a way that most of their structure is pointing inwards.

As to your powered down theory, the shadow is to upright for that, also if it truly where a timberwolf its snout would be poking out of the side.



THIS is a timberwolf. It looks nothing like the shadow. And even a revisision from FD wouldnt look anything like that shadow.

Also my points about this being obviously not an NDA breach still stand. And the only way to get "secret" or unananounced information is over an NDA breach. Yet the pic still exist not only on the ngng forums but also here. And why not show the bloody thing instead of "just" a shadow. Either would be an NDA breach so why {Richard Cameron} around with only the shadow? Answer: There is no timberwolf and this is a hoax.

But then again there are actually people out there that think the big foot video is the genuine article too...

Edited by Riptor, 11 December 2013 - 06:31 AM.

[Morang]

Madcat. I played with Transform in Photoshop to restore the object from shadow. Particularly arms are very similar to this picture (both upper arm curve and lower arm with additional small box below main barrel), and legs probably look humanoid because torso is rotated like on this picture too. Thin swivelling section probably added to waist area to allow for torso elevation/depresion.

[Oni Ralas]

Riptor, on 11 December 2013 - 06:22 AM, said:

blah blah

I was going to follow up, but in the end, I figured it would be futile.

Shocker incoming: Animations change (power down droop vs. "squat"), structure/chassis test mechs != final versions. What ever this thing is, is has low slung/thin arm tubes, a bublous top half, missle racks and/or massive doors, and a skinny waist. What ever it is, it sounds cool as ****.


Also skewed the image...Looks familiar.

http://imgur.com/dZwhK92

Edited by Oni Ralas, 11 December 2013 - 07:57 AM.

[Iqfish]

Morang, on 11 December 2013 - 06:41 AM, said:

Madcat. I played with Transform in Photoshop to restore the object from shadow. Particularly arms are very similar to this picture (both upper arm curve and lower arm with additional small box below main barrel), and legs probably look humanoid because torso is rotated like on this picture too. Thin swivelling section probably added to waist area to allow for torso elevation/depresion.

[XtremWarrior]

And suddenly...
i realise how vulnerable the Madcat's shape seems. Very big and exposed cockpit and center torso, no big arm or shoulder to spread damages, high missiles pack easy to shoot at... Kind of a mix between Stalkers' and Pults' shape weaknesses.
But at least we know he's here, in the Devs' shadows...

[knight-of-ni]

I didn't notice the shadow.
Instead, I immediately saw what appears to be a wad of money someone dropped in the bottom left of the scrrenshot.
Implications?

[Feetwet]

knnniggett, on 11 December 2013 - 07:08 AM, said:

I didn't notice the shadow.
Instead, I immediately saw what appears to be a wad of money someone dropped in the bottom left of the scrrenshot.
Implications?

Dang, you beat me to it. I was thinking this was the real money (visible) people would throw at PGI for the hope (shadow) of the clan mechs. Symbolism is great.

S

[Sabazial]

Even if they released a Madcat tomorrow, could we even build a stock loadout for it without the clan tech to back it up? We would still be using current weapons and they'd take up too much weight / space.

[Oni Ralas]

Belphegore, on 11 December 2013 - 07:47 AM, said:

Even if they released a Madcat tomorrow, could we even build a stock loadout for it without the clan tech to back it up? We would still be using current weapons and they'd take up too much weight / space.

To: Gen. Miller
From: [REDACTED]
Subject: Package has been delivered.

General,
As you are by now aware, Comstar MilSec has captured an unknown wreck from the periphery conflict. Although much of the ordinance was damaged, our techs have been successful in resurrecting the control systems using currently available components from the Stalker series as well as the Catapult. The armor components, being of an unknown design, were not compatible with available components so standard plating was retrofitted in. I have assurances that the hull structure was not compromised and is ready for testing.

The unit has been shipped to your base for further testing. We expect full capacity output from your team within a week. You are cleared outfit any ordnance and systems from your available pool of mechs. Our techs hypothesize that components from the Catapult are likely the best fit.

We will be in contact.

[Xendojo]

LOL!!!

I truly laugh very hard at the idea that you guys are salivating over the next cash grab.

Why would you waste time and energy on ANYTHING new that is not UI2.0 or CW? I for sure will not be buying *Founders 3.0* aka clan mech packages. I imagine this might even come into being before UI2.0 is fully implemented, definitely before CW.

"Hey guys buy more mechs that we will deliver to you another 3-4 months down the road!" lol

I wonder what will happen when PGI runs out of cash grabs mech packs to sell...