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[Vexgrave Lars]

Demona, on 29 February 2012 - 07:09 PM, said:

I think it looks like a puma.

Your making that up.

[Tsen Shang]

Demona, on 29 February 2012 - 07:09 PM, said:

I think it looks like a puma.

"What's the name of that Mexican lizard?"

"Uh, Chipucabra, sir?"

"Yeah, Chipathingy, how bout that?"

[Karyudo ds]

Looks like the Dark Age Aurora in a way (the back). Though it says Leopard to me, maybe more realistic take on the wings there though. No fighter bays, but in space you could just use the mech doors anyway. Assuming we even see them in game at all or not.

Zakatak, on 29 February 2012 - 07:33 PM, said:

Leopard is the sexiest dropship in BTech! I wonder what the startup checklist for that thing looks like.
It's actually a fair bit smaller then the An-225, but weighs 6 times more. Probably because of all that armor and the fusion engines.

Traditionally maybe, but the tradition Atlas was in the 10 meter range I thought, not the Gundam sized 18 meter monster in the trailer. I would bet the leopard has also been given growth hormones to compensate.

[MaddMaxx]

Karyudo-ds, on 01 March 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

Looks like the Dark Age Aurora in a way (the back). Though it says Leopard to me, maybe more realistic take on the wings there though. No fighter bays, but in space you could just use the mech doors anyway. Assuming we even see them in game at all or not.

Traditionally maybe, but the tradition Atlas was in the 10 meter range I thought, not the Gundam sized 18 meter monster in the trailer. I would bet the leopard has also been given growth hormones to compensate.

The Leopard is listed as 22.4 meters in height. Assume from Floor to Ceiling. If the Teaser is scaled at all properly, then that Atlas is no where near 18M tall. Unless that Lift Crane is alot less than 4 meters above its head while not scraping the ceiling as it turns.

Edited by MaddMaxx, 01 March 2012 - 11:24 AM.

[Mason Grimm]

Tsen Shang, on 01 March 2012 - 10:54 AM, said:

Hey, you get grumpy when someone makes you unlock a thread, he's allowed to be bitter!

This is true, and it's only happened once so feel special!!!!

[Tsen Shang]

Mason Grimm, on 01 March 2012 - 01:12 PM, said:

This is true, and it's only happened once so feel special!!!!

Hooray! I guess I'm 'the one that got away.'

[Maurice]

Yes an biger yet is the colossus

[flyingdebris]

you guys think i'd forget the fighter bays? for shame

i pushed them forwards on the design and stuffed them into either side of the nose down by the front to give the mech bay a little more room.

it'd be suicide to release aeros while dropping in atmosphere anyway, so it's largely immaterial whether the aeros launch to the sides or slightly to the front since you'd be doing it in space anyway.

[BarHaid]

Okay, so the turn signals are the Aero bays. Cool!

[FinnMcKool]

Anyone ever play Tribes 2 ? now they had transport for moving players across their huge maps,

I wish we could have something like that as a dropship, just a way of
picking up and moveing players mechs across the map, I envision saveing guys who are red all over.

Maybe somewhere in the future ?

[Karyudo ds]

@MaddMax I've seen enough Gundam sir, its also been confirmed on here (trailer thread) that this Atlas is larger than that canonically has been. The Leopard also looks a bit bigger.

[Thorn Hallis]

The Leo looks more like an Ahab with its wings replaced at the back to me.

Or just like a bread with wings.

[Solis Obscuri]

Thorn Hallis, on 01 March 2012 - 02:34 PM, said:

The Leo looks more like an Ahab with its wings replaced at the back to me.

Or just like a bread with wings.

So just replace the PB and bananas with Atlas 'mechs?

[Orzorn]

I don't understand where the idea comes from that the Atlas is too big. The Atlas is canonically somewhere around 15 (if I recall correctly) meters tall. If you'll look during the first part of the trailer when the camera moves to the second technician, you can clearly see that the technician is as tall as the entire upper arm of the Atlas.

The Atlas is the correct proportion.

Edited by Orzorn, 01 March 2012 - 06:00 PM.

[TheRulesLawyer]

FinnMcKool, on 01 March 2012 - 02:17 PM, said:

Anyone ever play Tribes 2 ? now they had transport for moving players across their huge maps,

Yah, I worked on that one. RIP Dynamix.

[Wyzak]

only the lights and some mediums are 10 meters tall; some lights are even shorter than that. Heavies and assaults are 12-20 meters in height.