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[Red squirrel]

John MatriX82, on 10 December 2013 - 03:29 AM, said:

Yep mechs and their art/animations are one of the best things of the game. Unfortunately it's not enough not to let me pissed off how much they are delaying and leaving this game in an unbalanced state for too long, so I'm in a break from it.

At least I hope that during this week we'll be provided of some live screens from the Wolve and the Griffin.. some hitbox scale speculation shall be done! xD

IMHO this game is at a state where you could go into open beat and announce the launch within a year with the introduction of CW, 10 additional maps, and several playmodes.

[Will9761]

The Banshee should be in the game now. The 3E just needs an engine swap and more firepower, 3Q has some major dakka when you remove the AC/20, and the 3S is a dominant beast that could put the Atlas to shame.

[Odanan]

LORD TSARKON, on 10 December 2013 - 01:48 PM, said:

Holy Heck... I was reading this thread 2 days ago and I was on page 3... now we have 325 pages??

It's a long way... Our journey starts in the Closed Beta, with the NDA on... down the road, we guessed a lot of mechs, reasoned over and over, until we narrowed down just a few remaining possibilities. In the terrain of mechs, there is no mystery for us.

Welcome to the biggest thread in the MWO Forums.

Will9761, on 10 December 2013 - 03:10 PM, said:

The Banshee should be in the game now. The 3E just needs an engine swap and more firepower, 3Q has some major dakka when you remove the AC/20, and the 3S is a dominant beast that could put the Atlas to shame.

Banshee for the next Assault mech!

Edited by Odanan, 10 December 2013 - 05:35 PM.

[Phoenix Branson]

Look at the shadow...

[FireSlade]

Maverick01, on 10 December 2013 - 07:09 PM, said:

Look at the shadow...

A leaked screen shot that was leaked by "accident" and shared by Homeless Bill http://mwomercs.com/...20#entry2976446. Niko quickly swooped in and closed down the site and slapped our hands (mostly Bill's) for questioning what that was.

[CDLord HHGD]

FireSlade, on 10 December 2013 - 07:13 PM, said:

A leaked screen shot that was leaked by "accident" and shared by Homeless Bill http://mwomercs.com/...20#entry2976446. Niko quickly swooped in and closed down the site and slapped our hands (mostly Bill's) for questioning what that was.

Yeah, seems though the lesson is valuable, nobody learned anything from the alien/roswell/area 51 conspiracies. Sometimes the best place to hide is out in the open. BTW, just based on the rest of the shadow, the arms are too elongated to be that...

[FireSlade]

cdlord, on 10 December 2013 - 07:23 PM, said:

Yeah, seems though the lesson is valuable, nobody learned anything from the alien/roswell/area 51 conspiracies. Sometimes the best place to hide is out in the open. BTW, just based on the rest of the shadow, the arms are too elongated to be that...

You have to take into consideration the light source. Since it is a daytime map that would most likely be a sun which could be at the right angle to distort the arms to look like something else. From the angle of the shadow it would make something long look short but tall creating those weird arms. The two blocks above where the head would be, could very well be the square "ears" of the Timber Wolf.

[Whatzituyah]

Maverick01, on 10 December 2013 - 07:09 PM, said:

Look at the shadow...

Easy its a Timber Wolf just putting it out there.



Ile keep quiet if you let me see it.

Edited by Whatzituyah, 10 December 2013 - 08:03 PM.

[Colddawg]

(screams like a fan girls, faints like a Beatles fan)

[Nathan Foxbane]

We already knew they had the Timber Wolf made. The side torsos are the only real topic of interest and a shadow does not tell much. Next speculation topic. What clan 'mech will they work on after they work the kinks out of the Timber Wolf.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 10 December 2013 - 08:52 PM.

[Colddawg]

From my understanding they aren't just working on the kinks of the Timber Wolf but of the clan 'Mech and system in general.

[Will9761]

PGI did mention that they had some concept art for the Timber Wolf anyways. It would be a shame not to tease it, besides people always talked about how they "wanted their Mad Cats".

To be honest, seeing the Timber Wolf (Mad Cat) in action could be interesting to deal with when you look at its ear missiles. Either they could give the missiles different damage displays or make them Left and Right Torsos. I want to see how this mech gets handled.

Edited by Will9761, 11 December 2013 - 07:11 AM.

[Odanan]

Maverick01, on 10 December 2013 - 07:09 PM, said:

Look at the shadow...

Firestarter? (honestly, that doesn't look like anything)

[Odanan]

The mech looks humanoid, I don't think is the Timber Wolf (look the legs and the missing nose). It does look more like the Hellbringer...

[Odanan]

Oh dear... I tried some perspective tricks in the Photoshop and... it could be the Timber Wolf!

EDIT: or it could be the just the Cataphract...

Edited by Odanan, 11 December 2013 - 03:14 AM.

[JudgeDeathCZ]

yea cataphract with missile launchers on shoulders.

[SgtMagor]

even if it was a Twolf, probably not going to see anything Clan for a while. Unless its a promotion for Clan founders Pack, mwhahaha

[John MatriX82]

Odanan, on 11 December 2013 - 03:12 AM, said:

Oh dear... I tried some perspective tricks in the Photoshop and... it could be the Timber Wolf!

EDIT: or it could be the just the Cataphract...

Hmm.. what about a Mauler? But yes, it can be also the MadCat indeed.

[Will9761]

Even though I'm betting that this is a Timber Wolf (Mad Cat), something else tells me that the shadow is just a powered down Griffin.

[Bishop Steiner]

Will9761, on 11 December 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

Even though I'm betting that this is a Timber Wolf (Mad Cat), something else tells me that the shadow is just a powered down Griffin.

upper arms are far too skinny, IMO. Even with perspective skew accounted for. Since the lower and shoulders would be getting the same skew and are massive.