Paigan, on 20 December 2016 - 12:56 AM, said:
My god, this is SO cheesy.
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Bipedal war tanks PUNCHING each other? Are you serious?
Why not just shoot the enemy Mech?
And as a funny little bonus:
If the tech used for the armor can withstand multiple hits from a gauss or jumps/falls from many meters height, what do you think a PUNCH would do on it? Exactely NOTHING. NOTHING.
If you so totally lack the basic understanding of kinetic energy and area of impact, etc. (and to counter all the naive "it's just fiction" buffoons), consider this simple scenario:
A knight in full armor punches another knight in full armor.
Damage done? Zero.
The punched knight would just stand there and be like "Cool story, bro. Why not use your sword, lol."
Sometimes I get the impression I'm the only adult around here.
what about a punch to the face, or when the time comes, an ax? on top off that this adds the possibility of death from above, a move the highlander was built almost spoecifically to do witch bada** legs built to crush cockpits, and minimize damage to itself? thats the main thing about it.
and that atlas is putting puttingalmost its full weight into that blow, if anything the force normal and friction is bouncing and tearing that armour right off it securing bolts.
also, totally makes sense that mechs can fall and be fine, they have gyros and knee actuators, same as humans have equilibrium and knees. probably have some padding and structure just for that purpose, same as human knees do too.
Edited by draiocht, 02 January 2017 - 11:44 PM.
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