Mirumoto Izanami, on 14 March 2015 - 12:06 PM, said:
Still better than BT scaling.
You'd be surprised. Yes there are some oddballs (the Locust would be 0.3 meters taller than in MWO, Jenner would be taller but nowhere near as Aligator-long, this is because instead of short stubby legs it had really long legs for ease in shooting over hills), but in general almost everything would be shorter. Atlas? Current 17.6 meters, reality less than 13.5 meters (MWO Hunchback is 13.6 meters).
BT Hunchback? Nearly the same height as a BT Commando, just fatter. BT Commando? 8.2 to 8.5 meters tall depending on the version, Hunchback in the same range. MWO Commando? 9.7 meters tall. Raven would be about as tall as the MWO Locust.
MW Panther.
The BT depiction is that only the pilot's head would fit inside the Panther's "head."
That's... quite a bit of room.
Image credit MWO user Haruko.
BT.
60 ton Dragon.
Might also add -- this Dragon's belly isn't quite so huge.
BT 55 ton Shadowhawk
The Shadowhawk 2-series has really light armor and it kinda makes sense given its tiny size. The Wolverine is QUITE a bit bigger. However, this changes with the 5 series, which are depicted to be as tall to taller than Wolverines. So there'd be a huge size difference between the 2nd Generation Shadowhawks and the Marik-created 5th Generation Shadowhawk. What really changed? Endo steel structure, lots more armor, double heatsinks and an XL engine all made it a LOT bigger.
Shadowhawk in MWO. Back of head.
Body next to tank.
Carrying a tank.
55 ton Wolverine. <--Deliberately depicted as larger and bulkier than the Shadowhawk. Yet...
Huh, it can't carry or throw tanks. Even the MWO 35 ton Panther could do that with a 55 ton tank given MWO's scales!
This 'wheel' is 9 meters tall.
And this isn't the bridge of a Starship.
It's the head of MWO's Highlander! (The above pilot is MWO's scale, the below pilot is rescaled to 5' so ignore that tidbit).
You could fit 20 people in there!
That's the back end of the MWO Commando. Seems like this one could probably throw the BT Shadowhawk around like a toy.
9.7 meters tall is the height of the MWO Commando.
Of course, from what I'm reading and seeing as of late -- you didn't sit in a Hunchback or Shadowhawk 2-series (you can in the 5M). There is no chair. You stand. The Shadowhawk, Hunchback and Orion's windows barely showed the pilot's head and shoulders. That was it. The Hunchback's head is tilted forward to give the pilot some head room in case of impact. Catapults? Their original design of being such thick, twist-less mechs with huge bodies and small launchers are because they're actually 8.3 meters (shorter than anything in MWO in terms of mechs), and individual LRMs are the size of Stinger Missiles that modern infantry can carry on their shoulders.
MWO's scale. Note they put the Jenner at 10 meters tall and the Catapult at over 15 meters. Alexis's art was not intended to depict it at over 15 meters tall but instead closer to 10 (which is still tall, but reasonable considering the elevation and addition of a pelvis).
BT's scale says anything below the chest would be obscured (based on a description). The missile pods on this model below are exaggeratedly large I might add.
MWO Centurion is 14.7 meters. Executioner, the tallest Mech to ever exist in BT until 3065... is 14.4 meters tall. The Gargoyle, 14.2 meters tall. MWO's version is a little over 16 meters tall.
The Clan 20 and 25 ton mechs would be slightly taller. The Kitfox and Adder would actually shrink (but lose torso twist in the process). The Dire Whale, Warhawk, Timber Wolves and Summoners would all be shorter than the MWO Hunchback.
An almost universal truth is that all mechs with Endo Steel are depicted as having significantly more surface area. Add endo steel -- get bigger -- have larger hitboxes -- be easier to kill.
Huh, funny how that goes.
Edited by Koniving, 14 March 2015 - 09:01 PM.