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[JFlash49]

No love for the Mauler?

[verybad]

Buda, on 13 August 2012 - 08:35 AM, said:

I don't think you'll get your Phoenix Hawk any time soon due to it's legal status...

Don't be sad... here! have this potato

That's one mighty fine looking potato. Best looking posted picture on this thread I would have to say. There should be a mech called the Potato Hawk!

Edited by verybad, 13 August 2012 - 12:39 PM.

[enoofu]

Its not owned by Harmony Gold, its owned by Studio Nue, as a recent ruling in Japan gave them the rights.

[Xeven]

enoofu, on 13 August 2012 - 01:37 PM, said:

Its not owned by Harmony Gold, its owned by Studio Nue, as a recent ruling in Japan gave them the rights.

We can hope

Edited by Xeven, 13 August 2012 - 02:00 PM.

[Maximillian Ares]

I dunno... LAMs are fragile creatures.... and the whole flight thing with no other air support?

[Star Ace]

JFlash49, on 13 August 2012 - 12:29 PM, said:

No love for the Mauler?

I like the Mauler's chassis, but not its original configuration. :/

[Saurok]

Harmony Gold (or whatever) only owns the art for the original Phoenix Hawk. Not rights to stats.
Mech would get a facelift anyways, so HG cannot sue PGI for using the name and stats.

Phoenix Hawk is perfect machine, it is fast enough to act as scout or scout hunter. We are really missing a good
jump capable medium, and Phoenix Hawk is the perfect fit for that category.

Furthermore, Phoenix Hawk has many, many variants which span for the entire Battletech timeline.


Give us the Phoenix Hawk!
Thanks.

[CocoaJin]

I want my Snow Fox!

[wanderer]

Snapster, on 13 August 2012 - 05:07 AM, said:

What's more gracious on the battlefield than this?
This guy, for a medium, is really agile. Maybe not as much as Light Mechs, but you see the comparison.
If you want a good harass unit without falling into the Light category, this is your 'Mech.

Note that not one of the MWO 'Mechs is one of the Unseen, even in it's Reseen artwork.

In fact, they've even gone out of their way to use something close, like the Jagermech for the Rifleman.

It ain't happening.

[Snapster]

wanderer, on 13 August 2012 - 06:16 PM, said:

Note that not one of the MWO 'Mechs is one of the Unseen, even in it's Reseen artwork.

In fact, they've even gone out of their way to use something close, like the Jagermech for the Rifleman.

It ain't happening.

Yo. A man can still hope. Stop crushing this man's hopes will ya? Thank you very much.

[High Priest Dre]

Maximillian Ares, on 13 August 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

I dunno... LAMs are fragile creatures.... and the whole flight thing with no other air support?

Only the PHX-HK2 version of the P Hawk is a LAM. None of the others transform.

[FaustianQ]

wanderer, on 13 August 2012 - 06:16 PM, said:

Note that not one of the MWO 'Mechs is one of the Unseen, even in it's Reseen artwork.

In fact, they've even gone out of their way to use something close, like the Jagermech for the Rifleman.

It ain't happening.

The 55t category weeps silently.

[Murphy7]

FaustianQ, on 15 August 2012 - 03:18 AM, said:

The 55t category weeps silently.

This. So much this.

As for them not having been announced yet meaning they will never appear in MWO.... that is one interpretation.

I prefer to think that the Unseen might be worked on as a package to be unloaded en masse some time after the game has "gone gold" and been active for a short while. Certainly amongst the fan community, being able to pay for early access to those designs could potentially be a significant moneymaker, and there is little reason to eke them out one at a time now and disperse the thunder, when that could be harnessed to make a large and loud impact on the game some time after it had gone live, and either well before or sometime after the arrival of the clans. For my money, that is how I figure the clans will arrive - a good number of mechs released en masse, and potential to pay for early access / faction change to the clans.

[Pheonix Hawk]

Wish it would happen!

[Mikhalio]

Actually it really should happen.

This game is going heavy against Hawken for the same mecha market, and to be honest this game is banking ALOT of it's nostalga factor.

If they really want to tap the Animu audience, which is and was the core MechWarrior demographic for 20 years, placing as many iconic mechs in the game at launch for promo's and open beta will only help them. Regardless on what tabletop sperg's say.

On another note, make mine a PHX Hawk. it will applease those slighted by the nerf of the lunchback.

http://www.mechgroun...570&Itemid=2070

[Bagua]

Cathy, on 13 August 2012 - 05:55 AM, said:

no griffin, no crusader, no battlemaster, no pheonix hawk, etc etc

No Warhammer.

[Mikhalio]

Well, if they elect to not put the mechs in the game I strongly doubt most players will blink twice given the market saturation of F2P WvWvW games out in the market going into 2013. It would be as stupid as electing not to throw the USS Enterprise in a Starfleet Battles game, just because it would require 'effort' to redraw the iconic brand flagships.

[Dataman]

at least this is not another 'I want my mad cat!!'

[Blackfire1]

*sigh* Ok folks I'll explain it one more time.

NOTHING is stopping them from remaking the unseen. In fact they CAN use a "variation" of the original artwork as long as they change up to 25% of the original design. Changing the color and the proportions alone would legally be enough.

FlyingDebris's art style changed 50-75% of the design anyways.

Harmony Gold only own North American rights to the original artwork. Not artistic license remakes. Nor do they own the names of the battlemechs.

Anything FB makes would be 100% ok in a court of law.

[OverTrue]

Phoenix hawk looks like amix between a centurian and starscream. Are there any pictures that are more flattering out there?