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[Bishop Steiner]

Maybe it's the limited edition Phoenix Hawk release HBK-IIC?

In honor of the PXH's motorcycle helmet, the HBK-IIC is now in custom Chopper Motorcycle pose, and comes with a Harley Davidson bandanna?

[Belacose]

JustEvil, on 19 June 2016 - 12:57 PM, said:

I'm almost sure it is just a glitch. IS Orion has displaced knee on the original scale screen, so... just a glitch.

If it's just a glitch then I'm not sure why it was even added to the patch notes as other than his air plane arms there's really no other change.

[Belacose]

Aetes Nakatomi, on 18 June 2016 - 02:29 AM, said:

I think it may be so players can differentiate between the IS Hunchie and IIC at a glance.

Anyone who can count to two ought to be able to tell the difference at a glance simply by counting the hunches.

Edited by Belacose, 20 June 2016 - 02:03 AM.

[C E Dwyer]

new stance looks awful.

If I ever get around to mastering mine, once there they will hide in the ugly corner of my mech bays, just glad I can't see them when i'm piloting them.

Old stance

I'm rough I'm tough I'm going to punch your face through the back of your head buster.

New stance

Oh my god oh my god I think I've just pee'd myself and I don't want to touch the material. Help meeee

Edited by Cathy, 19 June 2016 - 01:29 PM.

[JustEvil]

Belacose, on 19 June 2016 - 01:04 PM, said:

If it's just a glitch then I'm not sure why it was even added to the patch notes as other than his air plane arms there's really no other change.

Because they took those screenshots during production and tweaking (aka WIP, and forgot about bone naming or something so animation doesn't apply to arms) and doesn't have time to go through all the mechs all over again, maybe?

[I Love MechAssault]

JackalBeast, on 19 June 2016 - 06:00 AM, said:

Ya but won't the new arms make it better for poking? Not that I'm a fan of poking, mind you.

Initially I expected this, but remember you have to be able to see who you're poking at.
Move your center out with the cockpit, and now your arm is sticking further out.
(also hbk-iic's don't poke with their arms [below])

I'm not even gonna' bother discussing the "advantage" of the minuscule height for full-body hill humping.

As I mentioned, the only variant to have arm weapons is the C, 1 energy per arm.
According to metamechs, this is the runt of the litter. (my favorite though)
I rock medium lasers in the arms because I love shooting down UAV's for the most part.

So it really has no effect for I'm going to say 100% of hbk-iic players. Just extra getting in the way.

It's possible this was a rendering mistake, and I'm thinking/hoping that it was.
Maybe they simply rebuilt the model to generally look better and be more updated behind the scenes.

[Ace Selin]

Original Hunchback IIC arms looked so much better. Why the heck did they change this. I dont think anyone at all asked for this change, if its not a rigging oversight.

Edited by Ace Selin, 19 June 2016 - 08:34 PM.

[Moldur]

They had to nerf the arm laser variant. It was dominating the game.

[Nyte Kitsune]

I admit the new position looks odd, but then it does also look closer to the original concept art, if it had started off this way, people would just complain that it looked too much like a IS Hunchie so you can't win either way.

[MeiSooHaityu]

I prefer the older arm position to the newer one. The new position isn't terrible, but does look a bit awkward to me. I just didn't see a need for the change in the first place.

[Lily from animove]

Egg Fu, on 18 June 2016 - 02:23 AM, said:

Looks like he's saying, "I'M A PLANE! I'M A PLANE!"

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee *HBK starts running circles*

Edited by Lily from animove, 20 June 2016 - 03:47 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

MeiSooHaityu, on 20 June 2016 - 02:49 AM, said:

I prefer the older arm position to the newer one. The new position isn't terrible, but does look a bit awkward to me. I just didn't see a need for the change in the first place.

naw...it's pretty terrible

[Belacose]

Bishop Steiner, on 20 June 2016 - 04:12 AM, said:

naw...it's pretty terrible

Bishop, I take it the dev you messaged about this hasn't gotten back to you yet?

[Bishop Steiner]

Belacose, on 20 June 2016 - 04:56 AM, said:

Bishop, I take it the dev you messaged about this hasn't gotten back to you yet?

It was the weekend... guys don't even get in to wrok for what...another 3-4 hours?

[Egg Fu]

Bishop Steiner, on 20 June 2016 - 04:58 AM, said:

It was the weekend... guys don't even get in to wrok for what...another 3-4 hours?

Have a bad feeling those arms are going live?

[I Love MechAssault]

Wow, they actually pushed it.

[Egg Fu]

I Love MechAssault, on 21 June 2016 - 08:37 PM, said:

Wow, they actually pushed it.

Yup, just ask a teammate to shoot your arms off at the beginning of each match.

[I Love MechAssault]

Egg Fu, on 22 June 2016 - 07:57 AM, said:

Yup, just ask a teammate to shoot your arms off at the beginning of each match.

They'll just get knocked off anyways

[I Love MechAssault]

Thread update: https://mwomercs.com...d-chicken-arms/

I'm pretty late to the party apparently, haven't been playing much.
But nice to see this got changed back! I was so excited when I finally noticed hahaha