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[Koniving]

Bishop Steiner, on 26 May 2014 - 07:11 PM, said:

and yet manages to look far less menacing than either one quoted.-....

Pariah said it best.

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 03:48 PM, said:

God, damn. I do not want to sound like a total ass, but there is quite literally nothing about that Dire Wolf model that looks good to me - aside from the legs. The torso on this one, just like the warhawk, seems too big, but as if that was not bad enough they stretched it out unnecessarily. The classic bubble nose is now what appears to be the front end of some sort of cargo airliner bolted to a cardboard box. Combined, it makes the arms look extremely tiny by comparison, throwing the entire model's proportions out of whack.

While I am hoping part of it is the ridiculous fish-eyed perspective, I doubt it makes up for all of the mess I am looking at over here



This looks good. By comparison, they made the torso taller and the "nose" about twice as big as it was going to be. Screwy proportions wrecking this mech's looks.

[Pariah Devalis]

Koniving, on 26 May 2014 - 07:35 PM, said:

Pariah said it best.

If I like your post, do I like my post as a result? I would hate to do the forum equivalent of pleasuring myself. >_>

Edited by Pariah Devalis, 26 May 2014 - 08:26 PM.

[Koniving]

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 07:53 PM, said:

If I like your post, do I like my post as a result? >_>

It's indirect, isn't it? Now liking your own post directly is another story.

Edited by Koniving, 26 May 2014 - 07:55 PM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 07:53 PM, said:

If I like your post, do I like my post as a result? I would hate to do the forum equivalent of sucking myself off. >_>

That is an interesting thought - if he had much more of commentary I would say you were safe - but since all he did really, was quote you....

[Malcolm Vordermark]

The nose looks big but I think its the hood that bothers me.

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 07:53 PM, said:

If I like your post, do I like my post as a result? I would hate to do the forum equivalent of sucking myself off. >_>

More like the dutch rudder.

[Koniving]

Could try liking the post I made beforehand, where I basically said the same thing on my own?

On a side note... I just had a match with 8 ECM mechs on my team.

....No one had ECM.

2 3-Ls.
5 3Ms
1 2-D.
NO ECM among them!
The other side? 3 of them.

....But anyway. I'm disappointed in the 'dome head' look. I'm much in favor of the bullet/lipstick end look; at least it looked like it belonged and like all that crap around it was a combination of armor and cooling systems.
Now it just looks...goofy. I'm waiting for this face to get slapped on it now.

Spoiler

Edited by Koniving, 26 May 2014 - 08:02 PM.

[Butane9000]

Yeah.... That looks awful to me. While it does resemble the basic ideas of the concept are the execution looks terrible. But then again some of the other mechs also look terrible on the clan page. So I'll hold my comments until they officially release the images.

But god I hope it doesn't look like that.

[Pariah Devalis]

Mmhmm. You round a corner and see an Atlas, and you might crap yourself.

You go around a corner and see that Dire Wolf, you just want to give it a hug. It looks so sad... T-T

[Alaskan Nobody]

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 08:10 PM, said:

You go around a corner and see that Dire Wolf, you just want to give it a hug. It looks so sad... T-T

With 8E in the arms - you are gonna be warm with that hug

[darkkterror]

Shar Wolf, on 26 May 2014 - 08:12 PM, said:

With 8E in the arms - you are gonna be warm with that hug

I can't say I've ever enjoyed a cold hug, so I say bring on the warm hugs!

[Alaskan Nobody]

Any bets on how long it takes Koniving to replicate his Flamer Stalker in the form of the Great Death?

[Xoxim SC]

The only thing dire about this wolf is the need of an immediate makeover.

[darkkterror]

Todd Lightbringer, on 26 May 2014 - 08:14 PM, said:

The only thing dire about this wolf is the need of an immediate makeover.

Sometimes beauty is on the inside...right next to those three gauss rifles and a little past the ER PPC.

[Koniving]

SirLANsalot, on 26 May 2014 - 04:26 PM, said:

That mech needs the drawback of being easy to hit

Funny enough the 'size' of the Boeing Face going from this


to this


does not make it any easier to hit. After all the box around it is still large. So how much diameter the nose cone has, be it the original phallus or the "dome" it is now, is purely a matter of taste. (If anything, since the dome is visually shorter than the original phallus, it makes it 'harder' to hit from the side. But who cares it just looked better!)

And one unanimously looks better than the other.

Edited by Koniving, 26 May 2014 - 08:24 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

Koniving, on 26 May 2014 - 08:22 PM, said:

Funny enough the 'size' of the Boeing Face going from this


to this


does not make it any easier to hit. After all the box around it is still large. So how much diameter the nose cone has, be it the original phallus or the "dome" it is now, is purely a matter of taste.

And one unanimously looks better than the other.

Largely agree, though it does make some difference. Going to be a lot easier to hit the CT of the mech now. Before it stood a chance of "stalkering" the CT to really abuse the survivability of the Clan XL Engine. Now it is significantly easier to core out, judging by the image.

Again, though, some of it might be perspective. Not all, however.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 08:10 PM, said:

Mmhmm. You round a corner and see an Atlas, and you might crap yourself.

You go around a corner and see that Dire Wolf, you just want to give it a hug. It looks so sad... T-T

It looks cute really....that big ass button nose......the old TT Direwolf looked scary...the new PGI version is just cute, cuddly and adorable...we need a Stuffed Animal PGI Direwolf...let our kids and pet cats cuddle with it...screw it being a machine of E-War.

[Koniving]

Shar Wolf, on 26 May 2014 - 08:13 PM, said:

Any bets on how long it takes Koniving to replicate his Flamer Stalker in the form of the Great Death?

I'm not entirely sure if a Flamer Stalker would be worth replicating on this... There's a reason I never made a Flamer Atlas.
...okay I lied I did make one. But it didn't work.

With ballistics or missiles, its quite possible I will give it a shot.
But I don't see this mech pulling off Stalker style hitboxes. The only mechs that ever came close were the Victor and Highlander. Battlemaster kinda, too.

[ShadowWolf Kell]

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 08:10 PM, said:

Mmhmm. You round a corner and see an Atlas, and you might crap yourself.

You go around a corner and see that Dire Wolf, you just want to give it a hug. It looks so sad... T-T

Meanwhile you're thinking to yourself... "If I hug it, will it give me the CareBear Stare™?"

[Pariah Devalis]

Koniving, on 26 May 2014 - 08:28 PM, said:

I'm not entirely sure if a Flamer Stalker would be worth replicating on this... There's a reason I never made a Flamer Atlas.
...okay I lied I did make one. But it didn't work.

With ballistics or missiles, its quite possible I will give it a shot.
But I don't see this mech pulling off Stalker style hitboxes. The only mechs that ever came close were the Victor and Highlander. Battlemaster kinda, too.

All else fails, Flamer Adder. It has one, just slap on four more!

[ShadowWolf Kell]

Pariah Devalis, on 26 May 2014 - 08:29 PM, said:

All else fails, Flamer Adder. It has one, just slap on four more!

Wonder if they'll add in an Alt Config with Marshmellows.