Did Anyone Notice..
#1
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:28 PM
#2
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:39 PM
Take a look at the TWolf/Maddog legs
Or the Summoner/Hbringer
#3
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:40 PM
Aaargh, ninjaed.
I'll add Direwolf and Warhawk then!
Edited by El Bandito, 01 January 2015 - 11:41 PM.
#4
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:41 PM
#5
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:41 PM
#6
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:42 PM
Shar Wolf, on 01 January 2015 - 11:41 PM, said:
I ninjaed the ninja, YES!
Auxian, on 01 January 2015 - 11:41 PM, said:
Well..it's a little odd considering the mechs were made by different clans, I wasn't expecting them to have simply stuck a new upper torso on the legs
Clans are known for their disdain of waste due to scarce resources they had in the beginning. Recycling mech parts instead of making one from scratch actually fits their philosophy.
Edited by El Bandito, 02 January 2015 - 12:17 AM.
#7
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:50 PM
El Bandito, on 01 January 2015 - 11:42 PM, said:
I ninjaed the ninja, YES!
The timing is close though!
El Bandito, on 01 January 2015 - 11:42 PM, said:
^^^^^ This is a lot of it ^^^^^^
#8
Posted 01 January 2015 - 11:51 PM
http://www.sarna.net...re_Moth_(Dasher)
http://www.sarna.net...ist_Lynx_(Koshi)
Cougar will be the same as adder Kit fox also when it arrives. A beefed up Adder.
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Cougar
Edited by SaltBeef, 01 January 2015 - 11:59 PM.
#9
Posted 02 January 2015 - 12:17 AM
From a PGI perspective, it saves time and money.
From a lore/"realism" standpoint, it makes good manufacturing sense. You already have the designs for those components, and they work well, why reinvent the wheel?
#10
Posted 02 January 2015 - 12:31 AM
Otherwise I think they do it mostly to save on resources and time.
#11
Posted 02 January 2015 - 01:12 AM
Wintersdark, on 02 January 2015 - 12:17 AM, said:
From a PGI perspective, it saves time and money.
It's not good for hitboxes and scale at times.
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I can excuse TT and all that other stuff, but at least for omnimechs... it is what it is.
Although, the Timberwolf-S and future Direwolf-S is kinda screwing things up.
#14
Posted 02 January 2015 - 01:21 AM
#17
Posted 02 January 2015 - 02:51 AM
ThomasMarik, on 02 January 2015 - 01:21 AM, said:
did you know that the clans named that Mech Timber wolf and the Freebirths of the IS had a targeting computer problem because it has never seen an timber wolf so thats why they call it mad cat.
#18
Posted 02 January 2015 - 02:55 AM
kf envy, on 02 January 2015 - 02:51 AM, said:
did you know that the clans named that Mech Timber wolf and the Freebirths of the IS had a targeting computer problem because it has never seen an timber wolf so thats why they call it mad cat.
Did you know the Clans were naming their mechs wrong for years until the Inner Sphere came along and corrected them?
#19
Posted 02 January 2015 - 03:07 AM
Auxian, on 01 January 2015 - 11:28 PM, said:
Similarities mode activated!
(clan names used only)
Firemoth - Mist Lynx = Legs
Kitfox - Adder = Legs
Viper - Nova = Legs
Mad dog - Timberwolf = legs
Hellbringer - Summoner = Legs
Gargoyle - Executioner = legs
Warhawk - Direwolf = legs
Ice Ferret - Mist Lynx = arm
Gargoyle - Executioner = arm
Hellbringer - Summoner - Timberwolf = arm
If you are woundering why is this? it is easier to mass produce parts and use them for multiple mechs. this is common irl in nearly all eras of war. mass produce = easy repair = more use and also more specialised training.
ie USA in WWII... the only gun they had for nearly everything is a 12.7mm machine gun. It was spammed on all there planes. it was used on the tanks and infantry, it was on the battleships, etc.
people get very good at using it and it was easy to repair and replace.
(some other guns eventually came and left but this was the most iconic usage of a certain weapon in a recent war)
Would make sense that a civilization built on saving resources would do this move.
#20
Posted 02 January 2015 - 03:24 AM
SaltBeef, on 01 January 2015 - 11:51 PM, said:
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Cougar
While the Cougar was my favorite light in MechCommander, it will be utter trash in this game. The Adder is already unusably slow for a light, and the Cougar is even slower, at the exact same tonnage.
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