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[E_Crow]

They should've picked the locust... sigh...

[Fiona Marshe]

AstroTiki, on 10 June 2013 - 07:15 PM, said:

They should've picked the locust... sigh...

Unfortunately, they can't due to Copyright disputes with Harmony Gold.

[Belorion]

White Bear 84, on 02 June 2013 - 04:57 PM, said:

Love to see one of these take a dual gauss to the face.

They actually would fare just about as well as any other mech.

[Belorion]

Fiona Marshe, on 10 June 2013 - 07:55 PM, said:

Unfortunately, they can't due to Copyright disputes with Harmony Gold.

While the Locust is one of the unseen. Harmony Gold is not the entity in question for a change. There are only 12 designs which come into conflict with HG, but 36 some unseen. Designs like the Locust, Battlemaster, Crusader, Shadow Hawk, Griffin, Thunderbolt, Wolverine, and all the Clan unseen are only unseen because FASA overreacted from the backlash of the unseen designs. While those other designs are "safer" the licenses have probably expired. If PGI were to experiment with changing the images enough to be considered a different design it would probably be with one of those.

However, don't hold your breath.

[Grendel408]

Unfortunately for one to pass a design along that differs from the original, it has to have a 70% change in everything relating to the design... copyright protection laws for intellectual property and such... All in all... it'd be a completely different 'Mech at that point, and many of the oldskool fans wouldn't dig on that happening... although BT has newer designs for some of these unseen 'Mechs... which miniatures were released for TT and the MWDA Clix version years ago... again, it's a licensing issue, but not with Harmony Gold, as Belorion stated.

[Helsbane]

Has anyone proposed a cooperative solution? HG and the other companies that hold rights to the imagery of the unseen would probably love it if they could profit from those mechs in some way, even if a small amount. PGI could offer the unseen in the store, sold for MC, and give the repective companies a portion of the profit. PGI profits from income generated by classic 'mechs that a lot of us would love to see in game, HG and the others profit from individual purchases of classic mechs (instead of not profitting at all, as they are now), and we, the players, profit by having access to classic mechs... Win across the board.

[Belorion]

Yes, I think that's been talked about from the very beginning... who knows if that is even possible. Would be nice, but one of the more improbable things to happen. Other improbable things have happened in the past, like Aliens vs. Predator, but its a super long shot in the dark.

[Strum Wealh]

Helsbane, on 13 June 2013 - 08:52 AM, said:

Has anyone proposed a cooperative solution? HG and the other companies that hold rights to the imagery of the unseen would probably love it if they could profit from those mechs in some way, even if a small amount. PGI could offer the unseen in the store, sold for MC, and give the repective companies a portion of the profit. PGI profits from income generated by classic 'mechs that a lot of us would love to see in game, HG and the others profit from individual purchases of classic mechs (instead of not profitting at all, as they are now), and we, the players, profit by having access to classic mechs... Win across the board.

Catalyst Game Labs, the BT rights-holder, tried just that with HG a few years ago, and it didn't pan out.

Dougram and Crusher Joe (the source of the bulk of the rest of the Unseen) are owned by Sunrise (the same company that owns Gundam, among other properties), which licenses its products to a number of NA companies.

[C E Dwyer]

The Flea is the Locust...

Look at it, chin mount, side wings only big difference is the cockpit is on top not slung on the underside..

Just say Locust when you think Flea and..there you are..

[Ngamok]

Khanahar, on 01 June 2013 - 02:21 PM, said:

This would certainly be preferable to launching it without MASC. Any particular light you had in mind?

Considering that we know have 6 Heavy Mechs, one would think that there should be 6 of each chassis. Or they can do whatever they want I suppose. Anyways, we have a few options:

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Javelin

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Hussar

And everyone's favorite:

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/UrbanMech

[E_Crow]

Cathy, on 13 June 2013 - 10:29 AM, said:

The Flea is the Locust... Look at it, chin mount, side wings only big difference is the cockpit is on top not slung on the underside.. Just say Locust when you think Flea and..there you are..

Yeah...

But the Locust is so much cooler....

[Red squirrel]

A Hussar would be great if they implement the large laser properly.

Possibly add the cockpit to the CT and have the laser in the head with additional x-axis movement?

[-Muta-]

where the f is the flea?!

[CG Oglethorpe Kerensky]

Red squirrel, on 24 June 2013 - 01:34 PM, said:

A Hussar would be great if they implement the large laser properly.

Possibly add the cockpit to the CT and have the laser in the head with additional x-axis movement?

I fully support the Hussar, any mech with 1.5 tons of armor is a winner! Perhaps the best trial mech that could ever be implemented.

[E_Crow]

I knew I would get me a locust!


F*** YEAH!!!!

[CannonFodder86]

Locust in. Still gonna get a flea though.

[Ace Selin]

Really like design of this Flea!

[-Muta-]

not even better than a jenner ...
and ravens will crush them.


mmm correct me if I am wrong please

[Sephlock]

Das, on 02 May 2013 - 07:46 AM, said:

How much lighter of a mech are you gonna give us PGI? And are we really going to get MASC with this when it comes out? Or will it be similar to how we got collision damage with the highlander?

Well....

[Tennex]