as you know, the TBR has a protruding plate on the back of it's leg joints, this served the purpose of being a joint shield. right now, they are tiny and laughable, and in reality the joints would shatter just from a mere AC2. request that they be visually modified? thank you
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Tbr Legs
Started by Damien Tokala, Jul 24 2014 10:13 AM
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Posted 24 July 2014 - 10:13 AM
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Posted 24 July 2014 - 10:51 AM
Can you link an example picture for us? Thanks!
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Posted 24 July 2014 - 11:25 AM
Mitsuragi, on 24 July 2014 - 10:51 AM, said:
Can you link an example picture for us? Thanks!
The OP is referring to the knee spurs on the back side of the knee joint.
They've been represented as being a variety of sizes, from virtually non-existant (MW2 cover art) to excessively long (MW4 blueprint art) & everything inbetween.
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PGI's take on the knee spurs is more toward the "short" end of the spectrum.
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Posted 24 July 2014 - 02:40 PM
they served a function, and that was protecting the joints. (to the best of my knowledge) i know it won't be possible to set them ourselves, but maybe make them a teeny bit bigger?
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Posted 24 July 2014 - 04:19 PM
Damien Tokala, on 24 July 2014 - 02:40 PM, said:
they served a function, and that was protecting the joints. (to the best of my knowledge) i know it won't be possible to set them ourselves, but maybe make them a teeny bit bigger?
The spurs are more properly known as the "lower leg mainframe members".
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Their purpose is not to "protect the joints" (in fact, having them be larger just makes the legs' hitboxes larger, which is the opposite of the "protect the joints" mentality); they are simply small extensions of the legs' structural members, left in place - and with lengths varying between renditions - for nothing more than the personal aesthetics of each iteration's designer.
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