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[Hollow Earth]

Tennex, on 10 September 2015 - 05:35 PM, said:

Marauder IIC:

I never really payed the Marauder IIC much attention but wow, that stingray looking thing looks extremely alien. even moreso the the "Glaug" Marauder, which was actually driven by Aliens in Macross. i thought this was a mini from a different game.

But on topic, yes i like the New MAD very much. Maybe Shadowhawk will have some competition for best ballistic placement in the Innersphere.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Looks kinda like a Marauder, and we knew that was the best we were going to get.

It looks good. I kinda like it. Unlike many players I was never a big Marauder fan, but it is a decent interpretation. Like I said, looks good.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 11 September 2015 - 01:39 AM.

[Black Ivan]

I'm curious what Harmony Gold or Sony will do about this, I don't think they will be scared by either PGI or Catalyst.

[Alistair Winter]

I don't think I'll be buying this one, but I do think it's one of the best looking mechs in MWO. I never had a really nostalgic relationship with the original artwork, but if you disregard the comparisons with the Harmony Gold model, it's objectvely a damned fine looking mech.

[Hollow Earth]

Black Ivan, on 11 September 2015 - 01:51 AM, said:

I'm curious what Harmony Gold or Sony will do about this, I don't think they will be scared by either PGI or Catalyst.

Have faith in our glorious baseball card overlords

[MW Waldorf Statler]

Black Ivan, on 11 September 2015 - 01:51 AM, said:

I'm curious what Harmony Gold or Sony will do about this, I don't think they will be scared by either PGI or Catalyst.

nothing is a Redesign (seeing the Project Phönix Mechs from FASA)

[Strum Wealh]

TwentyOne, on 10 September 2015 - 07:33 PM, said:

Kaylos Thex, on 10 September 2015 - 06:18 PM, said:

For those not in the know, the Cataphract is actually a frankenstien mech made from parts of other mechs.

Most of it is originally parts built for Marauders.

you are thinking of the Caesar Battlemech

Kaylos Thex was right the first time, TwentyOne - the Cataphract was (originally) a FrankenMech composed of parts from Marauders, Shadow Hawks, and Phoenix Hawks, while the Caesar is a later 'Mech based on the Cataphract.

[Otto Cannon]

I don't even like the original version, but I do like this one.

[Damien Tokala]

All i see when I look at this ugly thing is the gangnam style ass worship pose...

[LORD ORION]

Looks like a crab that got stuffed into a corset...

[Bishop Steiner]

Tennex, on 10 September 2015 - 05:49 PM, said:

Looks too sleek for a MWO marauder IMO. Its even sleeker than shimmering sword's designs

Just doesnt feel like a 75 tonner

Arm Design looks more like its from Halo's Covenant IMO.

sleek was never a word I used to describe Shim's MAD....... puffy, chubby, stay puffed marshmallow marauder, sure....but sleek?

Bland, featureless, etc...but not sleek. (really about the only Unseen he never nailed, IMO)

[Mechteric]

I think it looks good, though the legs may be a bit on the tall side, but I'm assuming when it gets modeled into 3D it'll be normalized.

[Kdogg788]

Complainers are on drugs. I think it looks pretty damn close. All for 20 bucks as well. That's the same price as the Panther, Locust, Jenner IIC, and Urbanmech entry packs.

-k

[Midax]

It looks good.

I am a little worried about how well it can spread damage. It will probably have the same issues as the EBJ and CPT.

Still a must buy for me no matter how it performs.

[MechWarrior5152251]

AC20 or gauss in the torso will be the meta. No jump jets so it won't be too OP. Only one high gun so won't displace the Stalker as top hill humper....

[SaltBeef]

Crackheads!, it looks better than the old one!

I want the IIC model too!

[MechWarrior5152251]

PGI may be releasing this because they want all the free press from a lawsuit. Better than paying for commercials and its just before the STEAM launch!

[Chados]

I recognized it INSTANTLY from the EGA version I spent so much time in way back in the day (Multiplayer Online Battletech). It is recognizably a Marauder. I'm on it like a NASCAR fan on Bud Light at the Daytona 500 as soon as it's up for prepurchase.

"That'll do, Donkey. That'll do."

[1453 R]

Kiiyor, on 10 September 2015 - 06:37 PM, said:

Could be - but it seems like a good bandwagon to jump on. I imagine it will just be harder for HG to squash all this if they have to divide their demon hordes between multiple parties, when their case in reality is nebulous at best.

In the past, it gather it has been easier and cheaper to settle or cave than get it tied up in court - though I suspect HG wouldn't have a leg to stand on against anyone willing to make a proper fight of it.

Russ specifically stated in the Town Hall that "we are committed to defending..." in reference to the Marauder and the Macross Reseen. He did trail off, imagine he didn't want to get his foot too deep up HG's filthy backside yet...but like you said, between Catalyst and these new designs from PGI, we may actually have enough weight of numbers to perform the legal exorcism this property has needed for a long, long time now.

[0bsidion]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 September 2015 - 10:46 PM, said:

I think it looks PERFECT.
Recognizable, iconic and still fits the MW:O aesthetic.

Though, i am quite skeptical if the AC will actually look anywhere close to how it looks in the concept, due to the sh*t dynamic geometry bullsh*t

Couldn't disagree more. I don't know what that thing is, but it ain't no Marauder. This is the real iconic Marauder:


That thing they're showing is some wannabe nonsense that wishes it was the iconic Marauder.