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[martian]

New picture! A MechWarrior departing with his Griffin!

Are those banners showing Black Eagle on Purple background?

We are pleased, very pleased!

Kickstarter begins on September 29.

[Sigilum Sanctum]

Would be great if the picture was bigger.

[Alistair Winter]

Amazing artwork.

Reminds me of the build-up for Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMORPG) which had "Jedi archive records" that laid out the setting of the Old Republic and its history. It featured some great artwork and good voice acting. It really helped all new players immerse themselves in the SW:TOR setting.

Hopefully the Battletech game will have some nice cutscenes and focus more on the story of Battletech in 3025 instead of being all about the game and shooting mechs. I know they've said they want to focus on the story, but it remains to be seen what exactly they mean by that.

Simple videos with a combination of artwork and voice acting are very cheap and easy to do, but can still have an enormous effect.

[Armored Yokai]

Battletech Modernized is my guess and it appears JW is targeting to appease newer players.

[ChapeL]

That Griffin looks to be about the size of an Atlas. At that point an Atlas will probably be able to look eye to eye with Jaegers from Pacific Rim.

[Signal27]

Armored Yokai, on 26 September 2015 - 10:41 PM, said:

Battletech Modernized is my guess and it appears JW is targeting to appease newer players.

This is certainly not a bad thing.

[LordKnightFandragon]

ChapeL, on 26 September 2015 - 10:41 PM, said:

That Griffin looks to be about the size of an Atlas. At that point an Atlas will probably be able to look eye to eye with Jaegers from Pacific Rim.

LOL, yeah, really....Mechs are like 300x smaller then those things.

[martian]

Sigilum Sanctum, on 26 September 2015 - 10:32 PM, said:

Would be great if the picture was bigger.

Sorry, this is the best what was available. Maybe HBS will release bigger sizes later.

[Paigan]

martian, on 26 September 2015 - 10:23 PM, said:

New picture! A MechWarrior departing with his Griffin!

Are those banners showing Black Eagle on Purple background?

We are pleased, very pleased!

Kickstarter begins on September 29.

Is it just me or is this Mech WAY too huge?

A normal car is mostly "empty" and already weighs a ton.
Remove all the "air" in it and that ton boils down to this:



Such a "Mech building" made of mostly massive metal wouldn't weigh 55 tons, more like 550 tons or 1000 tons or so.

Edited by Paigan, 27 September 2015 - 12:09 AM.

[Hollow Earth]

martian, on 26 September 2015 - 10:23 PM, said:

New picture! A MechWarrior departing with his Griffin!

Are those banners showing Black Eagle on Purple background?

We are pleased, very pleased!

Kickstarter begins on September 29.

I would like a wallpaper of best 55 tonner.

[Juodas Varnas]

Hollow Earth, on 27 September 2015 - 12:27 AM, said:

I would like a wallpaper of best 55 tonner.

Are you sure?
That looks NOTHING like the Scorpion!

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Alistair Winter, on 26 September 2015 - 10:40 PM, said:

Amazing artwork.

Reminds me of the build-up for Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMORPG)

please dont compare, Im hoping this wont fail

ChapeL, on 26 September 2015 - 10:41 PM, said:

That Griffin looks to be about the size of an Atlas. At that point an Atlas will probably be able to look eye to eye with Jaegers from Pacific Rim.

Thats what I was thinking

[Homeskilit]

If you assume the pilot is 6 Ft tall then the mech is about 30-36 feet tall which is about 10 meters. That is about average for a battlemech, and the Griffin is fairly tall for a medium.

[Impyrium]

Homeskilit, on 27 September 2015 - 01:17 AM, said:

If you assume the pilot is 6 Ft tall then the mech is about 30-36 feet tall which is about 10 meters. That is about average for a battlemech, and the Griffin is fairly tall for a medium.

Taking into account that the Griffin is distant compared to the pilot, the 'mech would be well over 65ft.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Dingo Red, on 27 September 2015 - 02:22 AM, said:

Taking into account that the Griffin is distant compared to the pilot, the 'mech would be well over 65ft.

REALLY hope they arent going Jaeger height cause the movie was popular -.-

[Waffles 2pt0]

Paigan, on 27 September 2015 - 12:07 AM, said:

Is it just me or is this Mech WAY too huge?

So size does matter.

Edited by IIII The Smiling Bandit IIII, 27 September 2015 - 03:15 AM.

[Furious Zen Master]

Do you really need to have a window 3m in diameter to look out of your mech? Oh wait, you're even wearing a VR helmet.

[Juodas Varnas]

Major Tryhard, on 27 September 2015 - 03:18 AM, said:

Do you really need to have a window 3m in diameter to look out of your mech? Oh wait, you're even wearing a VR helmet.

Ask the Battlemaster

The answer is "YES and then some"

[Marvyn Dodgers]

Moved to BT Discussion where it belongs