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[MechLord71]

I really like a lot of the new mech designs PGI is coming out with. Since the art design has advanced, some of the older mechs could use a second look. Please re-design the walking fridge known as the Ice Ferret. It is a decent mech, but it definitely wins the ugly trophy. It is not even "so ugly it is cool"...it is just ugly. Seriously, it looks like a 5-year old design it. The mech was never beautiful in the lore, but PGI has made it even uglier instead of taking some artistic liberties and improving it.

Thanks!

[Nightshade24]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally like the looks of the MW: O ice ferret even though I disliked the original.
My only problem is some of the weapon layout that differed from the concept artist.

How the small laser is under the ER PPC and The more compact missile system.
However besides those few minor stuff I quite like the Ice Ferret.

Now, this raises 2 questions: 1 what gives you the right to potentially ruin what I think is beautiful of this 'mech just so it's beautiful for you?
The other question being: Do you really think we have to completely redo the ice ferret from the ground up just because you do not think it's good looking? completely redoing the dozens of skins on it... the weapon hardpoint models, the animation, the collision mesh, the hit boxes, etc? Why not introduce a whole different mech or continue with the slightly easier task of scalling the Nova / Catapult and such because unlike your preference on beauty, the rescale is directly impacting it's performance in battle and is dire needed changes for those mechs.

[Repasy Cooper]

I would prefer if they continue to develop the Turkina...

[MechLord71]

Nightshade, well it is feature SUGGESTIONS, so I made one. Also, while I appreciate and support the game financially through the release of all these new mechs, I do believe as the game develops graphically and creatively that there must be a time and place for graphical/design updates to already released mechs in lieu of just more mechs that are slightly different for the most part from what we already have. If you like the looks, great. I do not. Thus my suggestion. To each his own.

Edited by MechLord71, 21 February 2016 - 07:37 AM.

[Vlad Striker]

Original Ice Ferret is ugly much-much more.

[Repasy Cooper]

I'll admit, if they could compact the streaks and perhaps the arms a bit as well, could make the design look sleeker. In the concept art, the Streak-SRM2 missile tubes are aligned vertically, whereas now they are aligned horizontally. I know they probably did this so that they could use the same size missile pod for all the SRMS and just stack each additional pair of SRM tubes under the last, but if they could redo the SRM2 size to reflect the concept art I think it would look great! Also, redoing one weapon pod would not have an effect on the camo skins, as they are not applied to it.

[Nightshade24]

MechLord71, on 21 February 2016 - 07:37 AM, said:

Nightshade, well it is feature SUGGESTIONS, so I made one. Also, while I appreciate and support the game financially through the release of all these new mechs, I do believe as the game develops graphically and creatively that there must be a time and place for graphical/design updates to already released mechs in lieu of just more mechs that are slightly different for the most part from what we already have. If you like the looks, great. I do not. Thus my suggestion. To each his own.

I understand and I do not intent to belittle your comment or anything like that if that is what you think I meant.

I know this post is a Suggestion. however my reply was a response to that suggestion which is equally important for threads such as this. It is better than me making a completely separate thread on keeping the ice ferret more or less the same. Discussions are key to a thread such as this.
However for redesigns and such, this is something that is only vital in stuff like 10 years or so. Much like most of the old TRO mechs and MW: O as it is or MW4 to MWO.
In terms of graphics however this is something that happens every 4 or 5 or so years so to say. Unless it's horrible as it stands. and right now the only problem in my eye is simply the missile pod and additional energy weapon placement. Which isn't worth an overall redo but easier as this is just a weapon change. However mist lynx, hellbringer, warhawk, etc need this treatment a bit better in terms of weapons and in terms of model the nova and catapult need the help.

I do personally do wounder though when some of these needed graphical / visual stuff will be updated but apparently we are having a game engine update soon which may get into this kind of stuff soon.