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[Scout Derek]

For the hunchback IIC.

2 cannon mounts on each shoulder block the cockpit.

Hooray for tunnel vision!!!! (Its a save from the nerfs!!!!!!)

[Moldur]

I'm wondering if the cannon housings will be removed if you unequip weapons from the ST, similar to how you can "Dehunch" the HBK-4SP.

I don't really care about the tactical significance of doing so, I just think the hunchback without any hunches looks neat.

Edited by Moldur, 01 July 2015 - 01:49 PM.

[Wintersdark]

Scout Derek, on 01 July 2015 - 01:32 PM, said:

For the hunchback IIC.

2 cannon mounts on each shoulder block the cockpit.

Hooray for tunnel vision!!!! (Its a save from the nerfs!!!!!!)

Who cares if you can't see anything outside of a 20 degree wedge in front of you, if you can blow the ever loving hell out of everything within that wedge?



Seriously, though; it's basically quite comparable to a 4G or GI on the battlefield. It's probably the least potentially problematic of all the IIC mechs.

[bad arcade kitty]

Once there were three fairies who used to amuse themselves by dancing round and round, and singing, "Sunday, Monday; Sunday, Monday."
One day a little hunchback surprised them at this sport, and without being afraid, he took them by the hand and began to dance with them, repeating also, "Sunday, Monday; Sunday, Monday."

He danced so prettily that the fairies were charmed, and to reward him took away his hunch. Perfectly happy, he returned home, constantly singing as he went, "Sunday, Monday; Sunday, Monday."

On the road he met another little hunchback whom he knew. The latter was greatly astonished to see his friend relieved of his hunch, and said, "How did you manage it? Your hunch is gone."

"It is all very easy," replied the other. "You have only to go to a certain wood, when you will find some fairies. You must dance with them and sing, 'Sunday, Monday; Sunday, Monday,' and they will take away your hunch."

"I will go, I will go at once," cried the little hunchback, and started immediately for the wood to which he had been directed, where, sure enough, he found the three fairies. Without hesitating, he took them by the hand and danced with them, repeating, "Sunday, Monday." But unhappily for him, he added, "Tuesday, Wednesday."

The fairies, indignant, added to his hunch that of the first hunchback, so that he was a fright to behold, so frightful that if you had seen him you would have run away from him.

And then ? -- And then the {LT-MOB-25} crew, and it was day.

it's how huncback iic appeared

Edited by bad arcade kitty, 01 July 2015 - 02:37 PM.

[LordNothing]

as a track ir user i really hate cockpits with no fov. its actually a major factor in my mech preferences and why i will never run a shadow hawk or an atlas. i like that the jenner iic is getting a small cockpit modification with those wrap around windows, that should make it less claustrophobic.

[Nightmare1]

Scout Derek, on 01 July 2015 - 01:32 PM, said:

For the hunchback IIC.

2 cannon mounts on each shoulder block the cockpit.

Hooray for tunnel vision!!!! (Its a save from the nerfs!!!!!!)

Just don't move towards the light at the end of the tunnel!

...No, seriously, it might be a PPC or laser...

[bad arcade kitty]

Nightmare1, on 01 July 2015 - 03:08 PM, said:

Just don't move towards the light at the end of the tunnel!

...No, seriously, it might be a PPC or laser...

the dark end of the tunnel quite possible leads to the hell... the choice is yours :3

[AlphaToaster]

It can't be worse than the Shadowhawk's field of view.

[Theodore42]

LordNothing, on 01 July 2015 - 03:04 PM, said:

as a track ir user i really hate cockpits with no fov. its actually a major factor in my mech preferences and why i will never run a shadow hawk or an atlas. i like that the jenner iic is getting a small cockpit modification with those wrap around windows, that should make it less claustrophobic.

I also use track ir, and would love the HBK to get an upgraded cockpit. The hunch should be a blind spot, but it would be great to have some visibility looking left. So as I'm torso twisting to protect the hunch I can glance left and see all the ordinence coming at me.

Also, the Centurion could use more cockpit visibility. I'd like to be able to use the shield arm and see what I'm blocking.

I love the visibility in a lot of the clan mechs, especially the Stormcrow. It would be nice if IS mechs had comparable visibility.

[Escef]

AlphaToaster, on 01 July 2015 - 04:01 PM, said:

It can't be worse than the Shadowhawk's field of view.

And it didn't stop the Shadowhawk from being one of the best pre-quirk mechs available.

[LordNothing]

Theodore42, on 01 July 2015 - 04:48 PM, said:

I also use track ir, and would love the HBK to get an upgraded cockpit. The hunch should be a blind spot, but it would be great to have some visibility looking left. So as I'm torso twisting to protect the hunch I can glance left and see all the ordinence coming at me.

Also, the Centurion could use more cockpit visibility. I'd like to be able to use the shield arm and see what I'm blocking.

I love the visibility in a lot of the clan mechs, especially the Stormcrow. It would be nice if IS mechs had comparable visibility.

is hunch cockpit isnt too bad. you can still kind of look left so i like to walk with my torso cranked right a few degrees and look ahead with my trackir in some situations to give me more peripheral vision.

centurion is bad but not too bad, there are a few extra degrees of vision to either side, though i wasnt a big fan of the chassis. still got the ah that you cant seem to get rid of.

i haven't met a clan cockpit that i didnt like. im not too happy with the shadowcat concept art but i hope to be proven wrong about that when it comes out.

Edited by LordNothing, 01 July 2015 - 08:31 PM.

[Scout Derek]

Wintersdark, on 01 July 2015 - 02:02 PM, said:

Who cares if you can't see anything outside of a 20 degree wedge in front of you, if you can blow the ever loving hell out of everything within that wedge?



Seriously, though; it's basically quite comparable to a 4G or GI on the battlefield. It's probably the least potentially problematic of all the IIC mechs.

Very true, but we ALL know...

Someone will complain D:<

Moldur, on 01 July 2015 - 01:47 PM, said:

I'm wondering if the cannon housings will be removed if you unequip weapons from the ST, similar to how you can &quot;Dehunch&quot; the HBK-4SP.

I don't really care about the tactical significance of doing so, I just think the hunchback without any hunches looks neat.

Possibly, but we don't know yet.




Just to be honest, the hunchback IIC will have its mounts smaller than its IS counterpart, which won't hinder it much... I believe

Edited by Scout Derek, 01 July 2015 - 09:40 PM.

[Duke Nedo]

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