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[dr3dnought]

That's one small profile for a 60-tonner

[The Boneshaman]

i know we dont have 5 days but it feels like it

Edited by The Boneshaman, 14 October 2018 - 11:10 AM.

[MechaBattler]

I feel like they missed an opportunity by not giving it jump jet quirks and the first RAC5 rate of fire quirk. So that it can truly emulate the A10 Warthog it's clearly modeled after. So we can get that awesome flying Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrtt feel.

[Abaddun]

Mmmmm this is genuinely suprisining.

[FLG 01]

Abaddun, on 14 October 2018 - 04:41 PM, said:

Mmmmm this is genuinely suprisining.

Well, it's a pod-design like the Marauder, they tend to have a small frontal profile. Also, it has huge arms eating even more mass, making the torso smaller thanks to volumetric scaling.
I'd say it was not entirely unreasonable hoping for good scale.

[theta123]

I have to say i am really surprised with the champion. The scaling and geomtry looks very good. And damn sexy ingame looks aswel

The quirks are decent but sufficient. Probaly going for
1N with ac 20, 2ml and 1 LL. LFE 280 with sufficient heatsinks
1n2 with uac 10 and 5 ML
1nB with PPC, 3 mls and gauss rifle
2N with mrm 30 and uac 5
3n with gauss rifle and 6 MLs.
INV with 2 LL and 4 streak srm 4s

[Bluttrunken]

PGI please take a look at the pictures with the Cent and *especially* with the Jenner. Don't you think there's something wrong there? Could you please reconsider all your glorious rescaling efforts and take a close look at lights, mediums and outliers in the heavy/assault category.

Edited by Bluttrunken, 15 October 2018 - 09:42 AM.

[MechaBattler]

You know what would really be cool? If they gave the warhorn for it the BRRRRRRT sound effect from the A10 warthog's 30mm. Damn would be absolutely amazing. Just BRRRRRRRRTT. Right after downing a mech. How good would that feel?

Edited by MechaBattler, 15 October 2018 - 10:46 AM.

[The Boneshaman]

Bluttrunken, on 15 October 2018 - 09:42 AM, said:

PGI please take a look at the pictures with the Cent and *especially* with the Jenner. Don't you think there's something wrong there? Could you please reconsider all your glorious rescaling efforts and take a close look at lights, mediums and outliers in the heavy/assault category.

I dont know. I think it looks short becuse its so wide.
ALSO







is it tuseday yeat? i wanna play my champion. one of my top favoret mechs from BT

Edited by The Boneshaman, 15 October 2018 - 12:19 PM.

[Buenaventura]

While still not as useful as the old shots from the mech hangar, the scale comparisons this time use a better angle than the last ones.

[theta123]

Buenaventura, on 15 October 2018 - 12:21 PM, said:

While still not as useful as the old shots from the mech hangar, the scale comparisons this time use a better angle than the last ones.

ye. Its scale is pretty spot on

Side note...wauw. check out that sexy cockpit. And the huge arms shield the side torsos well from the sides

[D V Devnull]

MechaBattler, on 14 October 2018 - 11:27 AM, said:

I feel like they missed an opportunity by not giving it jump jet quirks and the first RAC5 rate of fire quirk. So that it can truly emulate the A10 Warthog it's clearly modeled after. So we can get that awesome flying Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrtt feel.

It NEVER had JumpJets until the Clans got their hands on it and refitted the Loadout with their technology. Those various Factories of the Inner Sphere did NOT even incorporate JumpJets into the design originally. So that's why you're not seeing JumpJets in the MWO Edition.

~D. V. "Sorry about that... It just wasn't in the cards." Devnull

[MechaBattler]

Clans taking our mechs again! D:<

[Arkhangel]

D V Devnull, on 15 October 2018 - 02:52 PM, said:

It NEVER had JumpJets until the Clans got their hands on it and refitted the Loadout with their technology. Those various Factories of the Inner Sphere did NOT even incorporate JumpJets into the design originally. So that's why you're not seeing JumpJets in the MWO Edition.

~D. V. "Sorry about that... It just wasn't in the cards." Devnull

There's also the fact that up until roughly Operation Bulldog, the Champion was actually a nearly extinct mech in the IS, apart from the ComGuard "ClanBuster" Variants from Tukayyid. They started being produced again around then.

Champion's basically an IS Ebon Jaguar. decently fast, decently agile, heavy firepower, low but wide profile.

[LT. HARDCASE]

Every mech since the beginning of time has been shown scaled against mechs of their exact weight bracket. Why break tradition now?

[FupDup]

LT. HARDCASE, on 16 October 2018 - 12:50 PM, said:

Every mech since the beginning of time has been shown scaled against mechs of their exact weight bracket. Why break tradition now?

To show just how cray cray our scaling system currently is.

[Bolter01]

Seems to be tanking quite well so far! o7
Great 'little' mech and reasonably fast too, can really take a hit

[Jonathan8883]

Those wide side torsos are easier to isolate than the STs on a Roughneck. +10 armor may not be enough.

I don't have one, but I've shot at some Champs.

[Arkhangel]

FupDup, on 16 October 2018 - 03:28 PM, said:

To show just how cray cray our scaling system currently is.

actually more to show how short and wide the Champion is. they're shown with mechs of similar height, not weight. always have been.

[Frozen Spirit Jac]

1st day i got these, they appeared tanky, now I am having second thoughts and thinking the armor is really paper mache with glitter on it. Beautiful mech, but damn i have seen more lights take serious damage and still not go down as fast as the champion. Probably why I am not seeing anyone using them now, even though it has only been a week since launch. MW4 version appeared a lot more tankier. Oh well after this challenge another group of mechs to shelf.
Actually correcting this, Just played in an Assassin and that can take more direct fire than these new Champion mechs. Disappointed.

Edited by Frozen Spirit Jac, 21 October 2018 - 04:56 AM.