158 replies to this topic

[C E Dwyer]

Battle Master, needs to be thinner, lose the tractor tyres on the arms, and have proper griffin like arm guards, green house cockpit needs to be rounded not square ( should look like a beefed up griffin basically)

Quickdraw, Needs to be less bulky, touch shorter.

Awesome, Thinner

Nova, mostly thinner, though it needs a general size reduction.

Catapult, slightly smaller, and have the 'ears' a proper size, and the casset's removed

[Tarogato]

Nova, Centurion, Trebuchet, Awesome, Victor.

[Jaeger Gonzo]

I would like to see some real data about volumn of this meks.
As people here seams to think biased and flat like womens without 3D understandings.

But I would say
Quikdraw looks like he needs rescaling mostly.

Edited by Jaeger Gonzo, 26 June 2015 - 01:10 AM.

[Damien Tokala]

No one's said the locust? I mean honestly, a person will never fit in that cockpit without pressing against the glass

[Blue Boutique]

Only the Awesome needs rescaling, its just a big barn with a slow engine when the Zeus is sleeker and can carry the same armnament.

Quickdraw/Grasshopper are okay, its their character. If they get shrunk, they will become useless.

[TexAce]

Awesome
Centurion
Quickdraw
Catapult
Griffin

[Juodas Varnas]

Blue Boutique, on 26 June 2015 - 01:26 AM, said:

Quickdraw/Grasshopper are okay, its their character. If they get shrunk, they will become useless.

What the hell are you smoking, dude?

[EvilCow]

My personal list:

Catapult
Centurion
Nova
Quickdraw
Trebuchet

There would be others but less urgent.

[Prof RJ Gumby]

Vindicator. Way too biggie for 45 tons. And totally forgotten I see.
Quickdraw.
Catapult.
Awesome.
Grasshopper.

[Seal Farmer]

Quickdraw way too large

[Rogue Jedi]

I think most people are confusing height with size, yes some of the 50/55 tonners are as tall as the Atlas but they do not look to have more than half the displacement.

the only Mechs that look too big to me are:
1) the Catapult variants with the missile boxes (the K2 and Jester look fine)
2) the Quickdraw

however as a Light pilot I would say that all Light Mechs are too small, I considered putting an entire list of Light Mech for my top 5

3) the Commando, maybe half (probably less) the height, width and depth of an Atlas, assuming there is some relation between displacement and mass it should not weigh much more that 10 tonnes at that size, needs scaling up by about 100%
4) the Locust, again too small
5) the Jenner, again too small

Mist Lynx, Spider, Raven and Firestarter are also all too small, I am not sure about the other Clan Lights

the IS Lights seem to be fairly well scaled in relation to each other but not in relation to everything else

I would be most curious to see how tall a skinny assault would end up being compared to the stocky Atlas.

for those who say the Grasshopper is too big, I cannot comprehend that, its torso is about 1/3 narrower and is about a 1/3 less deep, its shoulder width is almost as wide but that is because the arms are a long way out from the body, all this suggests it is about perfectly sized in comparison to the Atlas

Edited by Rogue Jedi, 26 June 2015 - 05:12 AM.

[Duke Nedo]

Cathy, on 26 June 2015 - 12:33 AM, said:

Battle Master, needs to be thinner, lose the tractor tyres on the arms, and have proper griffin like arm guards, green house cockpit needs to be rounded not square ( should look like a beefed up griffin basically)

Yes! I knew I forgot one of them barndoors...

[Pyrodancer]

1) Awesome
2) Nova
3) Catapult

[Y E O N N E]

1. Catapult
2. Quickdraw
3. Centurion
4. Trebuchet
5. Grasshopper

A Catapult scaled to about the size of the Cauldron Born would be amazing, especially the Jester and K2.

[TercieI]

Trebuchet
Quickdraw
Catapult
Awesome
Grasshopper

#voted

[The Amazing Atomic Spaniel]

Almost all light mechs are far too small. I wish PGI would just set all mechs to have a constant density.

Beyond that, the Awesome could do with something - maybe reshaping so it's not so much of a barn door.

[N a p e s]

Trebuchet
Quickdraw
Vindicator
Mad Dog
Nova

[That Guy]

quite a few of the IS mediums need it

Centurion
Trebuchet
wolverine
awesome
centurion?

[oldradagast]

1) Catapult: hugely oversized, with extra VCR"s added to the ears to make them even bigger
2) Quickdraw. A very nice, 80 ton mech... except it is actually only 60 tons.
3) Awesome: Too wide, bulging, ugly "cardboard box with a decal slapped on" missile boxes that ruin the sleek lines
4) Trebuchet: Too tall, flat, and easy to destroy
5) Nova: Almost as large as mechs 15 to 20 tons heavier. Way too wide, mainly

Runner up: Thunderbolts are almost as bad as Quickdraws and probably should be looked at, too. The only reason they see play is because of the great quirks, which balance out the HUGE size.

Edited by oldradagast, 26 June 2015 - 06:05 AM.

[Y E O N N E]

RocketDog, on 26 June 2015 - 05:53 AM, said:

Almost all light mechs are far too small. I wish PGI would just set all mechs to have a constant density.

Beyond that, the Awesome could do with something - maybe reshaping so it's not so much of a barn door.

If they had a constant density, then the heavier 'Mechs would still remain larger than the lighter 'Mechs.

Constant volume, on the other hand...