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[Belorion]

I agree that some of the images would make fine mechs, but just as a different name.

[Undead Bane]

Well, actually, as far as i remember marauder's background, it should look like a piece of trash, as it was assembled from quite a number of spare parts.

And the old design didn't look like that at all... Maybe i watched too much Robotech, but still...


PS
Btw, updated the post with the pictures i've missed b4.

Edited by Undead Bane, 01 July 2012 - 02:15 PM.

[Skadi]

Undead Bane, on 01 July 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

Well, actually, as far as i remember marauder's background, it should look like a piece of trash, as it was assembled from quite a number of spare parts.

And the old design didn't look like that at all... Maybe i watched too much Robotech, but still...


PS
Btw, updated the post with the pictures i've missed b4.

[Undead Bane]

Skadi, on 01 July 2012 - 02:15 PM, said:

ROFL.

I mean, old design is good, very good, canonical etc. But it still doesn't fit in "piece of trash" description in my head

[Fire for Effect]

Undead Bane, on 01 July 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

Well, actually, as far as i remember marauder's background, it should look like a piece of trash, as it was assembled from quite a number of spare parts.

Actually it was quite the opposite it was to be the first one of a line of advanced designs but the the star league disintegrated. In other word top of the line revolutionary design; about 400 years ago ...... (Not by chance look some advancde Clan Mechs like the Marauders basic structure)

[Lucy Cameron]

I like the new Rifleman. Not feeling it on the reseen Warhammer, but I'd rather have it in-game than not at all.

[Undead Bane]

Fire for Effect, on 01 July 2012 - 02:23 PM, said:

Actually it was quite the opposite it was to be the first one of a line of advanced designs but the the star league disintegrated. In other word top of the line revolutionary design; about 400 years ago ...... (Not by chance look some advancde Clan Mechs like the Marauders basic structure)

As far as i remember, it was the first and only of this design (as the SL crashed), as the technology was lost. And in succession wars for repairs of these mechs parts, stripped from the other were used, so they started to look horrible. No?

[Oppi]

I'm totally fine with most of the reseen designs and I think every one of them can easily be recognized as the mech they are meant to be. The only one I don't like is the Warhammer

Edited by Oppi, 01 July 2012 - 02:30 PM.

[R0AHN]

The only problem with this poll is there is no "a little of both" option. There are some designs that are just plain classic, while others have made changes that are for the best, IMO. Some of the unseen are dated and show their age...

[Undead Bane]

R0AHN, on 01 July 2012 - 02:30 PM, said:

The only problem with this poll is there is no "a little of both" option. There are some designs that are just plain classic, while others have made changes that are for the best, IMO. Some of the unseen are dated and show their age...

I didn't add this option on purpose.
If the developers go for reseen versions - they don't have any problems with Harmony Gold.

If the go for redesigning even a single one unseen - they may, or, most likely, will have problems with HG. At least they will have to have a confirmation from HG, that the new design is ok.

[Akula]

YOU WILL NEVER REPLACE MY MARAUDER!

On the whole however I didn't mind the majority of the reseens. But I'll never except a replace for one of my personal favourites.

Oh Marauder....

[Fire for Effect]

Skringly, on 01 July 2012 - 02:43 PM, said:

YOU WILL NEVER REPLACE MY MARAUDER!

On the whole however I didn't mind the majority of the reseens. But I'll never except a replace for one of my personal favourites.

Oh Marauder....

agree;

and the pics show always pristine undamaged designs anyway...

[An0n3]

Reseen are fine by me. The Locust, Marauder, and Warhammer look like they could use a little of Alex's personal touch, but I'd rather have them reseen than have them stay unseen.

On a related note, I always thought the idea of 'mechs that were wielding guns (like the Griffin) instead of having them built in were stupid to begin with. MECHS DONT WORK THAT WAY RARGH.

[Skadi]

An0n3, on 01 July 2012 - 02:57 PM, said:

Reseen are fine by me. The Locust, Marauder, and Warhammer look like they could use a little of Alex's personal touch, but I'd rather have them reseen than have them stay unseen.

On a related note, I always thought the idea of 'mechs that were wielding guns (like the Griffin) instead of having them built in were stupid to begin with. MECHS DONT WORK THAT WAY RARGH.

why have 2 guns if you can have 10!

[Tenrai]

Still like most of the unseen... But some of the reseen are not bad...Unseen Warhammer is better for sure!

Edited by Tenrai, 01 July 2012 - 03:14 PM.

[An0n3]

Skadi, on 01 July 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

why have 2 guns if you can have 10!

If they code-ified it to make sense it might be interesting, and give mech designs a better reason to have hand/arm actuators. Something like an external weapon that takes no spaces, but isn't protected by your mechs armor and can be dropped. The accuracy would suffer horribly though, and heat would work entirely differently

Car Wars has a similar concept with external pods vs. internal weapons.

[CALIBORS]

Big fan of robotech, the old designs were classic and the reseen versions of LAM mechs don't look like they could transform into a fighter with out some severe imagination or an infringement on Transformers shrink chips

Having said that I like the reseen designs, think it was a great job of honoring the old style for the most part.

[bikerbass77]

The reseen mechs are hideous with the exception of the Griffin.

[Thorn Blackwell]

Okay, I'm not voting on this as there are only a couple Mechs that I think the reseen versions look truly hideous. They happen to be some of my favorite mechs. Namely the Locust, Marauder, Warhammer, and Rifleman. I have no problem with a redesign, but I'd rather see what Alex would do in a redesign. The originals looked great, but the reseen versions are some of the worst pieces of garbage put to print. The IIc images from the TRO 3055 are fantastic, and I believe were owned by FASA originally. I would love to see Alex put together a version of these as the originals.

Marauder IIc


Warhammer IIc


Rifleman IIc


Locust IIc

[Temu]

not a Phoenix hawk fan.. but out of the project phoenix redesigns... it's one of my favorites.