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[Knighthawk149]

I've bought myself an Awesome, threw 3 ER PPCs in it and jammed as many heatsinks as possible in it.nothing unusual. Had a great time and I've always loved the chassis in the old mechwarrior games as well, but getting to my point, THE MWO AWESOME IS THE UGLIEST LOOKING SHORT, FAT, NEGLECTED Assault Mech in the game. When I look at it I do not think ''oh hey thats Awesome!'' The design is simply not visually pleasing. If you look at the MW3 model or the picture that is used as reference to the awesome on sarna, you'll see a beast of strength and majesty. The Awesome should boast a prominent height and a vertical face from the cockpit with rounded out right and left torsos that angle up working their way from the CT out and with way less inward pointing shield arms. As its stands now we have a short fat awesome with this weird angular beer gut. Seriously the ol awesome looks like she really let herself go in her mid 40's and her better years are behind her. I just cant help but think what the chassis would look like if the modelling team took the references listed as inspiration instead of what im assuming they took the mw4 model with a pgi sharp angular MWO twist on it. (which isnt always a bad thing, I think the Raven is a very good example of that design style) But I just dont think it works with the awesome. Instead of hashing out another mech pack i think it would be cool even as a side project to see the awesome re designed into what it is meant to be.http://www.sarna.net...050_Awesome.jpg
Agree? Disagree? i'd love to hear what the rest of the community thinks. And before you say it, I already know my remodeling idea is probably a pipe dream and will never happen as spending time and resources on a mech thats been in the game forever will never yield them any monetary value what so ever, but a guy can still dream.

[oldradagast]

Yeah... the Awesome has a host of problems, viability being one of them, and the wide, squat nature being another that relates to the lack of viability.

As hard as it is to believe, they used to be truly hideous. Back in the day, the missile launchers that now sit on the shoulders were mounted in huge, low, sagging-gut placed launchers that looked like cardboard boxes with a Pop-Tart texture plastered on them. It was hideous and made the already oversized torsos even bigger... oh, and the missiles were, of course, low-mounted to better hit terrain. At least the Awesomes of today mount their missiles at a respectable height. Ah, well...

Edited by oldradagast, 18 April 2018 - 05:46 PM.

[PocketYoda]

Everything is Awesome...

[yrrot]

Those new missile hardpoints are sexy.