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[Abaddun]

Hi guys.

The quality of the mech aside, what is your favourite cockpit to be in during a match?

And conversely, what's your least favourite cockpit?

[VonBruinwald]

Favourites:
Urbie is the most "fun" the post-it notes and NOS always make me smile.
Cyclops if you hail from the days of X-Wing vs. Tie.

Least Favourite:
Not sure. Many cockpits are meh but the spinning blade aimed at my crotch in the Huntsman is most uncomfortable.

[Tom Sawyer]

I agree on the Urbbie. Duct tape, open lines, a box with a radioactive symbol warning do not open that is actually cracked lol. And the slow, even slower gauge

Least favorite are those that make you feel as though you are staring out a tiny porthole.

[Daggett]

I have no favorite but i really hate the Piranha's claustrophobic cockpit. It looks like PGI thought:
"Crap, dat Piranha will be bonkers. How can we limit it's performance without negative quirks or violating the lore? I know! Let's make the cockpit tiny so players will have limited peripheral vision and run into strikes and friendly firelines more often."

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Edited by Daggett, 03 October 2018 - 05:34 AM.

[process]

Favorites are the ones that are unobstructed, like Griffins and Hellbringers. I also like certain cramped ones using a wide FOV like Shadowhawks for that mech-sim-feel.

Least favorites have too much junk obstructing the radius of the arm actuator reticle, like Locusts. Also Atlases because asymmetry.

Edited by process, 03 October 2018 - 05:26 AM.

[DarthHias]

Adder feels like home. Griffin has nice overview.

[El Bandito]

I like Mauler cockpit the most. I hate Locust cockpit the most.

[Felbombling]

Favourite cockpit:

Cyclops... Limited for side checking, but for overall sightlines, excellent.

Least favourite cockpit:

Roughneck... The @$#@ing monitor in the top right bounces up and down with each step the Mech takes. So distracting.

[Marauder3D]

Haven't played one in ages because they were fun before all the power creep started, but....


I'll second the Griffin. That is just one of the best cockpits in game, period.

[Funky Bacon]

I like Cataphract's cockpit. Feels so open and immersive in away but still robust. Honorable mention to the Zeus for giving such a clear view of your arms and how they move as you aim around, makes it seem very newbie friendly.

Worst cockpit is probably anyone that have stuff in the upper middle that prevents you from aiming at UAV's, like the V-shape the Orion's cockpit.

[Leone]

Locust cockpit. Really makes me feel like I'm crammed into the tiniest thing.

~Leone.

[Eisenhorne]

My favorite cockpit lately is Pieper Perri.

Wait... what was the question?

[FireStoat]

Favorites for clan / inner sphere - Marauder IIC, Wolverine.
Hated for clan / inner sphere - Arctic Wolf, Battlemaster.

Marauder IIC makes you feel that you're in the cockpit with how it looks / shape of glass in comparison to the outside. Wolverine gives you all the open field of vision you could ever ask for.

I'm used to the classic Battlemaster art with the big bubble canopy, and strongly dislike what PGI went with. It's a matter of taste. I feel the same way about the cockpit interior. The arctic wolf for its part has one of the most tunnel vision, restrictive fields of view in the game beaten only by the Piranha which honestly serves no practical purpose other than to piss the owner off. I never bought a fish mech just because of this.

[Abaddun]

I love how open and uncramped(ironically) the assassin cockpit feels with the overhead view.

I have to agree I don't like how cluttered the locust cockpit feels, but I think the hellspawn takes the biscuit for making me feel like I'm looking out from inside a television from the 1980s.

[Prototelis]

The huntsman, but only because the engineers decided that sweaty crotch was a large enough concern to mount a ball cooling fan.

Nah though, I really dig the Flea's cockpit. Makes it feel like a fighter plane that sounds like a ferrari.

Edited by Prototelis, 03 October 2018 - 10:42 AM.

[- World Eater -]

Favorite: Cyclops, Atlas and Urbie.

Least Favorite: Piranha because it's claustrophobic but the eye slits are cool.

[Tordin]

Shadow Hawk. Who the frack needs side-windows? Sharpen your situational awarness by NOT having them, because you ARE the awareness!
Also your 90 degree focus fire will be top notch!

Edited by Tordin, 03 October 2018 - 10:35 AM.

[MrXanthios]

roughneck, it is one of the cockpits with least visual obstruction

[Eirik Eriksson]

Easily the IS jenner cockpit! Just because there is no other mech that even come close to the number of games I have in this mech. Winning or losing really did not matter, every match felt like a win just becase it was so fun to play.

Then someone decided to make a water tower out of the mech and I decided to stop playing it and keep it as a fun memory.

[Battlemaster56]

Favorite Cockpit: Timberwolf, Summoner, Marauder(IIC), and Battlemaster. IDK why it just feel like I'm in a helicopter or plane whenever in it plus I can easily view the world around me in free look.