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[ThermidorFallen]

Spoiler

Tennex, on 04 July 2013 - 03:55 PM, said:

They should be facing each other, like a showdown!

Edited by ThermidorFallen, 08 July 2013 - 05:26 PM.

[Dawnstealer]

I want the Guardian. Come on: FIFTEEN ton mech!

[Phobic Wraith]

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.

Except that Harmony Gold deserves nothing and I will refuse to put a dime towards anything they make. I would rather stop playing this game than have the originals here and know that we're supporting Harmony Gold by doing so.

Paying what I'm sure would be an obscene amount for unseen designs is not what I want from the battletech universe. We deserve our own designs that are owned by our own community. No more trying to get Harmony Gold to "play nice."

[Mech Wrench]

So, is the Flea next!?!??!?!

[Blue Footed Booby]

Phobic Wraith, on 09 July 2013 - 09:43 AM, said:

Except that Harmony Gold deserves nothing and I will refuse to put a dime towards anything they make. I would rather stop playing this game than have the originals here and know that we're supporting Harmony Gold by doing so.

Paying what I'm sure would be an obscene amount for unseen designs is not what I want from the battletech universe. We deserve our own designs that are owned by our own community. No more trying to get Harmony Gold to "play nice."

Uh, they aren't owned by the community; they're owned by PGI. These are corporations we're talking about. If you think PGI or FASA wouldn't do the same in HG's position then I don't know what to tell you.

This is setting aside the fact that by many accounts the mess was the fault of the folks who licensed the designs to both FASA and HG, and by other accounts is entirely FASA's fault. Every article, wiki page, etc disagrees with the others, which is enough right there to tell you painting it as black and white "these guys screwed those guys" is simplistic.

[Bitslizer]

Mech Wrench, on 13 July 2013 - 06:54 PM, said:

So, is the Flea next!?!??!?!

Flea will not be release until MASC can be release, this was from a dev post

[Davila Sombre]

I'm frustrated about light mechs useless (exept Raven 3L). Flea and Locust cant do any serious damage. Special build for capwarriors. Put more heavy-assaulties.

[Team Leader]

Davila Sombre, on 15 July 2013 - 09:18 AM, said:

I'm frustrated about light mechs useless (exept Raven 3L). Flea and Locust cant do any serious damage. Special build for capwarriors. Put more heavy-assaulties.

Noob detected

[Warge]

Dawnstealer, on 09 July 2013 - 07:32 AM, said:

I want the Guardian. Come on: FIFTEEN ton mech!

Roadrunner!

[ThermidorFallen]

Warge, on 15 July 2013 - 09:28 AM, said:

Roadrunner!

Aww! It looks so cute with its little T-rex arms. It should definitely be the next light mech!

[Warge]

ThermidorFallen, on 15 July 2013 - 09:35 AM, said:

Aww! It looks so cute with its little T-rex arms. It should definitely be the next light mech!

It would be CapWarrior Online for sure.

[ThermidorFallen]

Warge, on 15 July 2013 - 09:36 AM, said:

It would be CapWarrior Online for sure.

Nah, I would take on Atlases with this thing, it would only take a couple of hours to bring one down with those mlas's!

Plus, those T-rex arms will be invaluable with collision and melee!

[Mech Wrench]

Bitslizer, on 15 July 2013 - 09:13 AM, said:

Flea will not be release until MASC can be release, this was from a dev post

Bummer man...

[Strum Wealh]

Warge, on 15 July 2013 - 09:28 AM, said:

Roadrunner!

Saw the name, and thought of the Roadrunner HERC from Earthsiege.

[Strum Wealh]

Also, as some special anniversary event (or perhaps as part of the Launch event), every currently-registered account should receive a free, fully-mastered Ambassador.

[Tennex]

When are we going to see this bad boy

[Tennex]

pilots are already spilling out the cockpit in commandos

how will you ever get a person into one of these things ?!


guess they'd have to be practically laying down on their back lol

Edited by Tennex, 28 July 2013 - 05:16 PM.

[Revinix]

Haha, I remember the Flea from MechWarrior 2, it was a human walker then. Welcome bcak Flea!

[Fraktur]

I want a Flea!

[Koniving]

Following my basic rules for mech design:

The Flea is going to be taller than the Locust, which puts it at about the height of a Jenner.

The way I see it:
The wider your front profile and the longer your side profile, the shorter you should be (Jenner for example. Locust fits in this category too).
If your front profile is wide but your side profile is stubby, you should be average height. (Commando)
If your front profile is narrow but your side profile is long, you should be average height. (Raven)
If your front profile is narrow and your side profile is narrow, you should be taller. (Flea).

So despite being 20 tons, the Flea should be as tall as a 25 ton mech of average height Commando, which is still shorter than a Jenner. Meanwhile, with so much more surface area horizontally on both axis (wide and long), the Locust should thusly be shorter than an average 20 ton mech.

But that's just how I would have done it.