Damnedtroll, on 13 December 2017 - 05:08 AM, said:
Yeah size problem is a pain...It's all below 18m for battlemech. The size of a medium mech is like a mbt tank standing on his rear. Look like they have done it again in mw5.
MWO does keep it below 18 meters.
The issue is as admitted in the 1st somerset strikers companion guide in "From the developers", most fictional narrators from the books are 'unreliable' in that their narration works from their opinions, their knowledge (or lack thereof) and their emotions. (As an example, this is not from the guide) tA terrified pilot narrating an encounter against an Atlas, for example, once described the Atlas when it appears seemingly from nowhere as over 25 meters... later when he is feeling more confident as if it could be defeated, he then describes it as 15 meters. However, the average description of an Atlas's height by actual pilots of Atlases seem to range between 13 and 14.2 meters. Meanwhile the tallest mech in Battletech (until 3065 because at that point I stop giving a ****) is 14.4 meters (the Executioner). The Victor in
Heir to the Dragon is described as 14 meters tall.
I know the sizes can be a bit wild, but there is actually a pattern to be found here...
The tallest and/or FATTEST mechs have both endo steel and ferro fibrous.
The shortest mechs do not have a pelvis.