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Strayed, on 24 November 2011 - 03:53 PM, said:

I think MWO version is good, wish it was a bit less fat, but to be honest I actually prefer Mechwarrior IV's design.

This. Please use this as a guide from future concept art/designs.

[Joachim Viltry]

honestly the only things that bug me about the redesign are 1- the launcher, 2- the shoulders, and 3- the gun proportions.

1-The central launcher is one of the things that makes it a Dragon, and the split launcher is pretty goofy with tubes on the sides like that, just not my cup-o-tea.

2- Really the silhouette isn't that of a Dragon, it looks pretty good, but it doesn't have the sloped shoulders that really define the look. Both the Zeus and Awesome have the sloped shoulder style on the mini's, so i have some concern that those mechs may not have suitable profiles, and instead get the 'box' treatment that the Dragon has received.

3- the AC is awfully bulked out, Granted thefirst pair of upgrades to the dragon are an Ultra AC, or a PPC in it's place, but those shouldn't be that bulky either. I mean if THIS is an AC 5, what monstrosity are we going to hang on the arms of the Centurion and Enforcer?

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here is about 15 mins worth of effort in Paint, at 0231 in the morning...

Edited by Joachim Viltry, 30 November 2011 - 12:31 AM.

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Joachim Viltry, on 29 November 2011 - 11:52 PM, said:

honestly the only things that bug me about the redesign are 1- the launcher, 2- the shoulders, and 3- the gun proportions.

1-The central launcher is one of the things that makes it a Dragon, and the split launcher is pretty goofy with tubes on the sides like that, just not my cup-o-tea.

2- Really the silhouette isn't that of a Dragon, it looks pretty good, but it doesn't have the sloped shoulders that really define the look. Both the Zeus and Awesome have the sloped shoulder style on the mini's, so i have some concern that those mechs may not have suitable profiles, and instead get the 'box' treatment that the Dragon has received.

3- the AC is awfully bulked out, Granted thefirst pair of upgrades to the dragon are an Ultra AC, or a PPC in it's place, but those shouldn't be that bulky either. I mean if THIS is an AC 5, what monstrosity are we going to hang on the arms of the Centurion and Enforcer?

*edit*
here is about 15 mins worth of effort in Paint, at 0231 in the morning...

hmmm. I'm diggin your edit to my re-edit. It definitely looks better with the trapezoidal nose, sloped R/L torso armor, and properly positioned LRM10.

[Jack Deth]

I personally don't have a problem with the official redesign, its a pretty good looking mech. Only problem is, it doesn't really look like a Dragon. Some of the baby got thrown out with the bathwater, in my opinion. Without the "nose" and LRM ports up front and centre I'd have a hard time identifying it at a quick glance as a Dragon on the battlefield in the heat of combat.