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[Norris J Packard]

I am talking about Humanoid and non-Humanoid designs.

To be more specific, there are a lot of Mechs that are extremely anthropomorphic in design (the Atlas, Commando, Centurion, etc.) with very well defined hardpoints and sections.

And then there are Mechs that look like someone took a submarine and gave it legs. Like the Catapult, the Daishi, the Stalker, etc.

I was just curious if there was a set of terms that segregated these two types.

[Karl Streiger]

Avoid - humanoid?

While there are no real drawback in term of the Board Game - its just the design.
Duno if you are able to make some perks and quirks to have a difference

[dal10]

the catapult is occasionally referred to as a chicken walker.

[RFMarine]

dal10, on 15 October 2012 - 06:12 AM, said:

the catapult is occasionally referred to as a chicken walker.

sometimes the term reverse jointed is used.

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That's another reason why the Rampart Armor is more plausible: the "legs" and "arms" are permanently significantly flexed. The joints never straighten out. Hydraulic actuators extend between the two structural members, and they're significantly offset from the joint. That means they only have 2:1 or 3:1 leverage working against them.

http://www.denbeste....mw/mechas.shtml

[EGG]

The common terms are humanoid / chicken-walker (or avian). More specific terms relating to the type of mechanised movement are plantigrade / digitigrade, although not used so much. The MW2 manual referred to chicken-walkers as digitigrade.

Edited by EGG, 15 October 2012 - 06:51 AM.