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[BigBenn]

Just another shout out to have the canopy of our beloved Battlemaster remodeled in to a more proper representation. Since the good ol' FU was given to those entities who put their panties on backwards (with the introduction of the Marauder, Warhammer, etc), I think it is safe to give the Battlemaster a rounded canopy. Thank you.

Oh.. and I simply cant buy a Dragon with the fugly right arm either. Please fix that travesty. I'm sure there is a freshmen in some college somewhere who needs a graphics modeling project that will do it for free. Heck, give a 5yo and a crayon and they'll come up with something better than what we currently have. I swallowed hard and finally was able to stomach the Centurion, but the Dragon is pure and simple fugly, as in coyote fugly. Please fix it. Thank you.

... and since I've got your attention... GET RID OF THE GAUSS CHARGE UP!

as you were.

[Tarogato]

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[Angel of Annihilation]

Got to admit, I really wish the Battlemaster looked more like a Battlemaster. Usually, with most mechs in this game I can sorta see the resemblance from the TRO art but the Battlemaster we have is nothing like the relatively sleek, more curves and angles than blocks look of the TRO art.

[- World Eater -]

Yes please.

[Ethanlol]

I sold all my Battlemasters after fully eliting them because I couldn't stand how ugly they looked. I thought I could get over how it doesn't resemble the concept art, but in the end, I just couldn't. Not only is the cockpit wrong, the shoulders also looked wrong somehow. It is hideous, the most unfaithful and poorly-done translation from 2D to 3D in the whole game to my eyes.

[ocular tb]

I'm all for it. But I do know some people like the way it looks now more than with the bubble canopy and wouldn't want it changed. How do we appease both groups? Custom geometry for MC perhaps?

P.S. The dragon arm would be nice as well.

Edited by ocular tb, 10 November 2017 - 10:25 PM.

[DaZur]

ThoseWhoFearTomorrow, on 10 November 2017 - 10:00 PM, said:

Yes please.

I'd go all poke'mech on this....

[Juodas Varnas]

I would totally buy a bubble canopy as custom geometry for the Battlemaster.

Aaaaand the Dragon totally needs the high-mounted right arm (and the arm to be less ugly in and of itself too)

[Y E O N N E]

Please no.

[Rakshasa]

I could never shake the feeling that the original bubble canopy was a disaster waiting to happen - it practically screamed "HERE! SHOOT THIS! SHOOT IT NOW!!" in the original artwork. The remodels look better, but I still think I prefer Alex's version. It seems slightly less...well, suicidal.

[Appogee]

Of all the things this game urgently needs ... this isn't one of them.

[Juodas Varnas]

Appogee, on 11 November 2017 - 05:53 AM, said:

Of all the things this game urgently needs ... this isn't one of them.

True enough.

It's no quad after all!

[Jay Leon Hart]

I, er, prefer the MWO version. Sorry folks, no nostalgia for the BattleMaster here.

[Unnatural Growth]

Appogee, on 11 November 2017 - 05:53 AM, said:

Of all the things this game urgently needs ... this isn't one of them.

FFS, THIS!

You guys stop prattling on over this or that cosmetic change to some random mech that's already in the game.

What we need is some actual content. Hell it would be nice if they actually produced the game that they pitched at the Founders. Or even produced the game that they pitched at the end of open beta.

But I guess I'd settle for more than one or two maps every two years.

[Tarogato]

OldOrgandonor, on 11 November 2017 - 06:05 AM, said:

FFS, THIS!

You guys stop prattling on over this or that cosmetic change to some random mech that's already in the game.

What we need is some actual content. Hell it would be nice if they actually produced the game that they pitched at the Founders. Or even produced the game that they pitched at the end of open beta.

But I guess I'd settle for more than one or two maps every two years.

Content like what? New mechs? The people who model mechs are not the people who make maps or game features. The only resources pulled by remodeling mechs are the resources that would have been used to model new mechs.

BigBenn, on 10 November 2017 - 07:14 PM, said:

Oh.. and I simply cant buy a Dragon with the fugly right arm either. Please fix that travesty.

ocular tb, on 10 November 2017 - 10:23 PM, said:

P.S. The dragon arm would be nice as well.

Juodas Varnas, on 10 November 2017 - 10:32 PM, said:

Aaaaand the Dragon totally needs the high-mounted right arm (and the arm to be less ugly in and of itself too)

(pssst, y'all should go upboat my reddit post, it's at like 52-to-6 votes, lel. Maybe tweet it at russ if you care enough.)

[Sunstruck]

ThoseWhoFearTomorrow, on 10 November 2017 - 10:00 PM, said:

Yes please.

Now this is a real Battlemaster, then after that the Thunderbolt.

Jay Leon Hart, on 11 November 2017 - 06:05 AM, said:

I, er, prefer the MWO version. Sorry folks, no nostalgia for the BattleMaster here.

A sign of mech failure madness.

[Juodas Varnas]

Sunstruck, on 11 November 2017 - 11:48 AM, said:

then after that the Thunderbolt.

Only thing wrong with the Thunderbolt is the wimpy Right-arm Laser Mount.

[Spheroid]

There is nothing wrong with the MWO look. The official tabletop illustration was forced to deemphasize the cockpit for many years under the unseen issue. The current look is heavily influenced by the related Warlord design.

In any case it is a non-issue. Bolt on geometry will fix whatever you deem wrong with it.

[MechaBattler]

Perhaps they'll make Custom Geo that is a bubble cockpit for the battlemaster.

[Y E O N N E]

Sunstruck, on 11 November 2017 - 11:48 AM, said:

A sign of mech failure madness.

Or common sense.