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[TheAlmightyTallest]

The arms seem a little short on the Mad Cat Mk ii.

[Nimnul]

Alexander Garden, on 12 July 2017 - 04:54 PM, said:

So tall in fact that we had to adjust the MechLab cameras to fit it in frame.

And when will you translate the menu into other languages?

[Marius Evander]

Im going to be entertaining my mother visiting for 5 days =( shoot me now.

[The Basilisk]

Genesis23, on 12 July 2017 - 11:00 PM, said:

wtf are you talking about? slender siluette - a 100t mech? one who is known for its belly? you are the worst troll i ever encountered in this forum, and thats saying a lot.

Not trolling at all.
Biggest problem with slow assaults is they are easy to hit and thus often an easyer kill than most mediums.
Annihilator with its super slow pace but canonicaly curved upper superstructure (not interested in the leggs since there are no weapons and no need to expose them) would have been a prime oportunity to show some love for IS and bring an IS Assault with less gimpy hitboxes than Atlas, Banshee, Zeus etc.

Instead they made the shoulder activator housings blocky and large increasing its frontal silhuette, Arms hang straight down and are blocky instead of round additionaly enlarging its silhuette and giving less oportunity to miss by shooting between arms and torso (spreadfire weapons, LRM, SRM, MRM, LBX)

Additionally the long upper arms make the arm mounts hang low.... much too low.
Since there still is no possibility to elevate the arms on humanoid mechs (wich could be made easily possible by a similar mechanic like the opening of Missile bay doors, push "-" arms elevate and lets say speed is reduced by 30% as long as arms are elevated) this is a crippling downside of this iteration of the Anhilator.


As you can see the arms would be on level or even above the torso lasers and AC when lifted in combat position.

And not on hiplevel like the ingame footage below.



Next thing is the broad cobra like neck of the PGI iteration.
I effin hope this isn't the CT.

Point of the Annihilator is to act from a fortified position as portable turret emplacement.
So leggs and the whole lower portion of the mechs would be hidden most of the time but the upper streamlined body would be exposed (hitbox advantages like MAD-IIC or the good old Stalker)

But with those blocky shoulders and thick neck and low hanging arm weapons (has now to expose his whole body to fire) this mech will be slow and easy to hit.

[Genesis23]

The Basilisk, on 13 July 2017 - 12:30 AM, said:

...(lots of text and 2 pictures)...

Next thing is the broad cobra like neck of the PGI iteration.
I effin hope this isn't the CT.

Point of the Annihilator is to act from a fortified position as portable turret emplacement.
So leggs and the whole lower portion of the mechs would be hidden most of the time but the upper streamlined body would be exposed (hitbox advantages like MAD-IIC or the good old Stalker)

But with those blocky shoulders and thick neck and low hanging arm weapons (has now to expose his whole body to fire) this mech will be slow and easy to hit.

ah, i see your points now. sry for calling you a troll before, seems we talked in different directions there.

the arms may be like that because thats just the way humanoid looking IS mechs are build. there are a few details that are not correct on many mechs and i dont know why. Maybe technical issues or something? at least those big arms help a bit better in shielding if all your UACs jam than the small ones would.

[Grey Death Storm]

As strange disturbing and weird as this may sound Ive got a hard on................

Is it just conquincidence this package just happens to be coming out on my birthday cant wait test drive my Uzeil and Mad Cat ii

Edited by United Airlines Security, 13 July 2017 - 05:22 AM.
Cleaned up long quote.

[charliedelta76]

Man 5 days left.

[Ch_R0me]

Hey PGI, I hope RAC's will be a viable weapon, along with PPC's below 90m (reversed falloff rule used in HPPC)

[Thorn Hallis]

The Annihilator looks so happy.

Twilight Fenrir, on 12 July 2017 - 03:24 PM, said:

Warhawk?
We need the Turkina next <3

Indeed we do! The King Crab can't stand alone as the widest 'Mech!

ManganMan, on 13 July 2017 - 02:34 AM, said:

Hey PGI, I hope RAC's will be a viable weapon, along with PPC's below 90m (reversed falloff rule used in HPPC)

If your target doesn't move the RAC rocks.

[Arkhangel]

Thorn Hallis, on 13 July 2017 - 02:41 AM, said:

The Annihilator looks so happy.



Indeed we do! The King Crab can't stand alone as the widest 'Mech!




If your target doesn't move the RAC rocks.

and knowing most Clanners i've run into, RACs and MRMs are going to MURDER them. not sure what it is with Clan pilots and standing in the open to fire, specifically the Kodis. them, and everyone who uses ECM... it's like those guys think ECM = "No one can see me!" ...because, you know, it's not totally like they're in a 30 to 60-foot tall Robotic War Machine that stands out like a sore thumb to the naked eye or anything.

[Myke Pantera]

Annihilator is just ugly requires getting used to ^^ But it's exactly as ugly as the concept intended it to be

BloodAdder looks really cool. Is it intended that the Collectors Cougar camo is missing?
Belial is stunning! Collectors Uziel is a bit disappointing after the concept for it was really really good. I am glad I didn't just buy it right away.

MKII looks pretty good, although i am not a big fan of mechs with lipsticks.

In general the models are all very nicely done. :thumbsup:

[Lupis Volk]

Grey Death Storm, on 13 July 2017 - 01:14 AM, said:

As strange disturbing and weird as this may sound Ive got a hard on................

Is it just conquincidence this package just happens to be coming out on my birthday cant wait test drive my Uzeil and Mad Cat ii

This is my first BT game. So i don't have nostalgia blinding me. But dam i love All these mechs.

Well you get a great present, two mechs your excited for and nutech.

[-Ramrod-]

I'd love to see the Stone Rhino. The Turkina or Kingfisher would be nice too.

[Aramuside]

-Ramrod-, on 13 July 2017 - 03:51 AM, said:

I'd love to see the Stone Rhino. The Turkina or Kingfisher would be nice too.

Crossing my fingers but isn't the Stone Rhino one of the "problem" mechs?

[Sucy Manbavaran]

Arkhangel, on 13 July 2017 - 03:19 AM, said:

and knowing most Clanners i've run into, RACs and MRMs are going to MURDER them. not sure what it is with Clan pilots and standing in the open to fire, specifically the Kodis. them, and everyone who uses ECM... it's like those guys think ECM = "No one can see me!" ...because, you know, it's not totally like they're in a 30 to 60-foot tall Robotic War Machine that stands out like a sore thumb to the naked eye or anything.

And with the new OneHour Duration lazorsss ... it's not going to change

[Keulenkommando]

In the current model the Annihilator arms allmost hang in a 90° angle from the shoulder. I'd love to see the shoulders get a lot thinner and then mount the arms in a 80° or 70° angle. That way it looks more like this

Edited by Keulenkommando, 13 July 2017 - 06:59 AM.

[CK16]

So is today faction camos or size compare?

[BEARDOOM]

DEATHSTRIKE mz preciouse!!! What we gona put on you?

Edited by BEARDOOM, 13 July 2017 - 07:23 AM.

[Tordin]

CK16, on 13 July 2017 - 07:08 AM, said:

So is today faction camos or size compare?

I guess size comparisons.

[CK16]

Tordin, on 13 July 2017 - 07:16 AM, said:

I guess size comparisons.