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[Nothing Whatsoever]

I'm happy to see the Marauder make into MWO.

It's a very tempting purchase.

[Tennex]

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.

Makes it kind of weird then, when the predecessor's weapon arm is completely different and so sleek/futuristic looking

[Jin Ma]

Tarogato, on 10 September 2015 - 05:47 PM, said:

I'm really disappointed in this design. It's looks like the terrible reseen design had a baby with a King Crab.

After comparing the MWO's king crab to the TRO king crab. TRO king crab, never had such a large leg structure, and the legs were never that shape.
I think its safter to say the MWO king crab adopted Marauder's leg structure.






Really its more Alex's king crab copying the marauder than the marauder copying the king crab.

Edited by Jin Ma, 12 September 2015 - 05:38 PM.

[MW Waldorf Statler]

Hans Von Lohman, on 12 September 2015 - 01:10 PM, said:

We're skirting lawsuit bait already here.

Lets not make it worse by trying to get the art to be even MORE like the original.

nonsense...the Cockpit Style from FASA have no Lawsuit Problem ,the Fasa Cockpit the Only different Element from the Macross Design

Edited by CSJ Ranger, 13 September 2015 - 04:20 AM.

[Rokusaburo Honda]

D all the way. At least in as much as the cockpit is concerned, it has the most authentic Marauder feel to me, which is lost with the other cockpit designs.

[Tennex]

Jin Ma, on 12 September 2015 - 03:40 PM, said:

Really its more Alex's king crab copying the marauder than the marauder copying the king crab.

King crab is a bigger marauder, rabble rabble rabble

[Helsbane]

I've been thinking about this since the Marauder was announced. I want one with ballistic hardpoints in the arms like the 'Phract has. Honestly I don't think I'd pilot anything but a dakka based Marauder and my King Crab ever again...

[ApolloKaras]

Meh I like the Original - A

[Nathan Foxbane]

Definitely A. Would prefer A with B lower arms as I am not an overly big fan of the drooping forearms, but other than that I like all the changes Alex made.

D is the least appealing of the group with C a close second worst.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Zolaz, on 12 September 2015 - 11:37 AM, said:

Wow ... that AC5 is bigger than my Wang's AC20.

*giggle*

but those guns have always been weirdly proportioned

http://www.sarna.net..._%28Behemoth%29

That top, gigantic, arty looking cannon is a large pulse I think

[Aethon]

Without the removal of the pauldrons, and a smaller cockpit, I honestly do not even think it looks like a Marauder.

Unless it changes to version D...hell, just use the Reseen and call it a day.

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 13 September 2015 - 09:56 AM, said:

*giggle*

but those guns have always been weirdly proportioned

http://www.sarna.net..._%28Behemoth%29

That top, gigantic, arty looking cannon is a large pulse I think

It is a pair of Gauss Rifles, actually.

[KamikazeRat]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 13 September 2015 - 09:56 AM, said:

*giggle*

but those guns have always been weirdly proportioned

http://www.sarna.net..._%28Behemoth%29

That top, gigantic, arty looking cannon is a large pulse I think

Nope, that is actually 2 gauss rifles that share a common barrel.,..or something....which makes total sense....

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Large Pulse Lasers[/url] in each arm, twin Gauss Rifles in the torsos fired through the dorsal barrel, and an almost superfluous Small Pulse Laser located just below the cockpit. The Stone Rhino] also sported an interesting feature; each arm contained a retractable, shock-absorbing cowl covering the weapon barrels. This allowed MechWarriors to use the arms as battering rams without damaging the weaponry.

EDIT: ninja'd

Edited by KamikazeRat, 13 September 2015 - 10:05 AM.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Aethon, on 13 September 2015 - 10:01 AM, said:

Without the removal of the pauldrons, and a smaller cockpit, I honestly do not even think it looks like a Marauder.

Unless it changes to version D...hell, just use the Reseen and call it a day.



It is a pair of Gauss Rifles, actually.

in one gun?

KamikazeRat, on 13 September 2015 - 10:03 AM, said:

Nope, that is actually 2 gauss rifles that share a common barrel.,..or something....which makes total sense....



EDIT: ninja'd

I thought the arms were the gauss lol

[Aethon]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 13 September 2015 - 10:05 AM, said:

in one gun?

Two capacitor banks, two fire control systems, two loading systems, slaved to a shared barrel above the cockpit.

The reseen version actually has two barrels, however.

[KamikazeRat]

Aethon, on 13 September 2015 - 10:06 AM, said:

Two capacitor banks, two fire control systems, two loading systems, slaved to a shared barrel above the cockpit.

The reseen version actually has two barrels, however.

And looks pretty derpy...

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Aethon, on 13 September 2015 - 10:06 AM, said:

Two capacitor banks, two fire control systems, two loading systems, slaved to a shared barrel above the cockpit.

The reseen version actually has two barrels, however.

huh. Id only ever seen it in the tros. I dont remember then having a plan of what goes where so Id always assumed the arms were the gauss lol

[Davers]

How can we have a 9 page mech art thread without someone obsessing over mech ankles?

When I first looked at the OP's 4 choices I couldn't tell them apart. I really had to go back and look at what the changes were before I noticed them.

[LordKnightFandragon]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 13 September 2015 - 10:06 AM, said:

in one gun?



I thought the arms were the gauss lol

I used to think that mech had 3 Gauss Rifles on it...I know I used to put 3x Gauss on it when I would derp around on MW:GBL. My arms would get shot off in short order and I would quit the mission...

[Strum Wealh]

Helsbane, on 13 September 2015 - 09:35 AM, said:

I've been thinking about this since the Marauder was announced. I want one with ballistic hardpoints in the arms like the 'Phract has. Honestly I don't think I'd pilot anything but a dakka based Marauder and my King Crab ever again...

In general, the vast majority of the canonical Inner Sphere Marauders and Marauder IIs - including the canonical "hero" variants of both, used by the Bounty Hunter - are all-energy-arms.
The only exception is the MAD-4L Marauder II, a Dark Age (e.g. post-3100) variant that carries a Gauss Rifle in each arm.

The Clans' Marauder IIC, on the other hand, has the IIC 4 (a 3070 variant that carries a HAG-40 in each arm, and splits each HAG between the arm and the corresponding side-torso), the IIC 5 (anther 3070 variant that carries an ER-PPC and an AP Gauss Rifle in each arm), the IIC 6 (a 3077 variant that carries a Gauss Rifle in one arm and a LB 10-X in the other arm), and the IIC 7 (a 3081 variant that carries a HAG-30 in one arm and a Gauss Rifle in the other arm, along with a SRM-4 in each arm).

So, it seems unlikely that a ballistics-arms Marauder would be happening anytime soon, unless PGI opts for a custom Hero Mech (instead of either of the canonical Bounty Hunter loadouts) or a custom third variant to make the Marauder IIC 3050-compliant (as the only "currently" available Marauder IIC variants would be the IIC Prime and the IIC 8).

[Tennex]

Davers, on 13 September 2015 - 10:10 AM, said:

How can we have a 9 page mech art thread without someone obsessing over mech ankles?

When I first looked at the OP's 4 choices I couldn't tell them apart. I really had to go back and look at what the changes were before I noticed them.

sorry to disappoint