36 replies to this topic

[SmurfOff]

3 x AC2's in the Hunch. Wow, they look horrible. Basically the hunch now makes no sense, other then to make the RT easier to hit.

[Burning Chrome]

Seriously?

PGI, you're really ok with this...this..awesome example of clipping and other fails that no serious developer would intentionally release?

Edited by Burning Chrome, 07 January 2014 - 01:33 PM.

[MrBlonde42]

Welcome to the Club, Hunchback Pilots! Catapult Pilots have been here for a while. "We don't want our art guys to do one skin for the A1 and C4, One for the C1, and One more for the K2 and Jester" will probably be reiterated by PGI IF you get a response at all. Because we all know, that Hunch can only handle one AC/Missile Launcher at a time!

[senaiboy]

What ... monstrosity is this?

Edited by senaiboy, 07 January 2014 - 02:45 PM.

[Hexenhammer]

[Ransack]

I do not like this.

[Cest7]

I don't... what?!

Lets stack snubby cannon barrels between some more snubby cannon barrels.

Thats ok, there doesn't need to be a matching skin, supporting geometry or any ounce of plausability in these design decisions, just slab on more barrels!!

[VagGR]

this is what they have been doing all christmas?!

[Hoaggie]

I didnt even look that close.... why PGI? Why you do this?

[FireDog]

Yep another Grand Fail, just like the Catapult's box launchers. PGI, you really need to figure out that your customers are really starting to hate the new refresh work of your model artist. If this is a model shinning problem, find a new way. Or if this is the way you have decided to discourage older mech use in order to get us to buy new mechs, you should be ashamed.

O well, put me down for another thumbs down vote. Just looking at these new model chassis turns my stomach...

[Hoaggie]

How could they screw the ballistics up this bad but get the PPC so right? Is it some sort of jab at the founder's 4G or something?

[Grendel408]

The funny thing is the PPCs are not even centered in the weapon bay of the shoulder... totally off kilter... I'm glad I only sport an AC in my Hunchie... why would I need anything other than a AC/20? So glad I don't pilot these regularly... I'd be embarrassed to run my old dual AC/5 build looking the way they do now.

Edited by Grendel408, 07 January 2014 - 04:18 PM.

[Cest7]

Spoiler

This one definitely needs to go back to the drawing board.

It makes no damn sense. 1.5 tons/3 slots of MGs should be able to fit in the area of a 9 tons 7 slot UAC. 3 MG barrels poking out of the hunch's barrel would be plausible.

See example:

Spoiler

Thanks to unFearing and Hexenhammer for the pics

Edited by Cest7, 07 January 2014 - 04:51 PM.

[SolCrusher]

EPIC FAIL!

[fleshwoundNPG]

Working as intended™

[Lucky Moniker]

I for one think they look pretty cool, hunchies have needed this treatment for a long time, this makes me want to buy me some ballistic hunchies, and dust off my 4P

[Trev Firestorm]

Wow, such a lazy solution... as to be expected from pgi unfortunately.

[5th Fedcom Rat]

Honestly guys, it's not half as horrible as what they did to the catapult. The mg/gauss/lbx barrel poking out of the hunch is a bit much, and the energy nipples on the 4G chest are kinda ewww, but some builds like ac5+uac5 actually look cooler now IMO. I guess when it comes to PGI nowdays my standards are just really low, so I was expecting something worse.

[MustrumRidcully]

Yes, this is definitely not up the level of quality previous mech designs had. Who made this? Is he new to your team? Did you accidentally upload some joke files in this patch?

[oldradagast]

Could be worse... I honestly expected to see a 15-foot long gun barrel (one per gun) jutting out of the hunch, making the whole thing ludicrously huge and even easier to shoot off. The ballistics versions look terrible with multiple small guns, but at least it's not as bad as the Catapult with the glued-on VCR launchers.