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[Almeras]

Wow i have seen that kind of stereo typing since the last Hollywood Flopbuster. Maybe we need the next chapter of him deep-frying a mars bar with a whiskey filled flamer..

Any way pleased for the highlanders appearance!

[zer0imh]

[Adrienne Vorton]

yes, yes you are right, that´s me when i was younger and still using steroids
now look at me, i´m in a wheelchair, and age made me skinny like a coke-addicted supermodel...

Edited by Adrienne Vorton, 17 October 2012 - 11:00 AM.

[TrentTheWanderer]

As a Highlander, I support this post

'Bout time...

[RagingOyster]

Hallelujah, a new Assault! I love me some Highlanders

Edited by RagingOyster, 17 October 2012 - 10:57 AM.

[verybad]

Eldragon, on 17 October 2012 - 10:54 AM, said:

Wait, the Highlander's pilot is scottish? I thought it was piloted by an axe carrying dwarf!

It is. A scottish dwarf apparently. Most irritating, I will behead this creature and place a trophy on the wall.

[Hauser]

Mmmmh.

Being able to talk on other peoples comms. Shutting down other peoples comms.

Can I get a bagpipe music module?

Edited by Hauser, 17 October 2012 - 10:58 AM.

[ASC]

YES!

love it or hate it, the highlander is such an interesting and iconic mech it already feels like the game is better for it.

Just need to tweek the collision mechanics and we'll have highlander burials all over the place.

(love it btw)

[Bryan Kerensky]

I hope the cockpit in game will not be that large, or at least the hitbox. It would be way too easy to headshot.

Edited by Bryan Kerensky, 17 October 2012 - 10:58 AM.

[Adrienne Vorton]

Bryan Kerensky, on 17 October 2012 - 10:58 AM, said:

I hope the cockpit in game will not be that large, or at least the hitbox. It would be way too easy to headshot.

taking bets?^^

[clutchgetspaid]

Brings a tear to me eye.
The Windbourne Highlanders approve. Thank you, devs.

[DrnkJawa]

Magic Murder Bag, on 17 October 2012 - 10:51 AM, said:

For some reason I read the Highlander pilot's speech with the demoman's voice.

I actually poured meself a glass of whiskey and went throu demomans profile to make sure

[Duncan Morales]

let it say me short....


YES !

[Morang]

BTW having all artwork in one folder allows me to make quick comparisons. I agree with Bryan Kerensky on the cockpit and I want also to notice that while cockpit is big, the 'mech looks small. I understand that artwork comes not in the same scale, but when compared with Atlas looks like it would've been better to draw the Highlander a bit larger, so that antennas would be partially behind the MWO logo.

[ithilkir]

Errr, interesting but pretty well done if a bit cringeworthy at the streotype and the mix of regional dialects in the same sentence but all good fun

[Endarius]

Well played. Well F***ing played.

[Nacon]

WOOT, time to tackle Repaint Concept Art thread with this.

[Iphariel]

cool

[Omdra]

really nice 1

thx!

[Sir Roland MXIII]

InnerSphereNews, on 17 October 2012 - 10:30 AM, said:

Their lance was damaged, but operational. The enemy they had been hunting, a single opposing lance, had already destroyed two others. Though their Mechs had been battered in the fighting, only one opponent remained. As they hunted it down, their coms suddenly barked to life.
“Ach ye ken ye have me cornered dun ye laddies? Ye ‘ave no idea what ye don’ do ye? Ye’ve dun’ raised a bessie ‘fore’n ye now!” sneered a distinctly amused female voice.
“How the hell is that coming through to our channels?”
“Cut the chatter!”
“That’s what we’re trying to d-“
“Not one o’ ye is gun ta survive this, ye puggled hing-oot numpty!”
The pilot’s headsets suddenly blared bagpipe music, the shrill tones of what these pilots would never know as ‘Scotland The Brave’ piercing their skulls.
“Ye ken a’ve ‘ad it ‘cause ye havin’ me in the cor’na wit’ me friends onna groond?”
The bagpipes blared as the pilots desperately switched channels in an attempt to remove the music from their ears. Finally the commander shouted “Coms off!” in an attempt to regain some composure.

Of course, in doing so, he’d never hear the screams of the Centurion pilot in the back of the Lance who received a Gauss/SRM-6/medium laser alpha strike that absolutely shattered the LRM in the Left Torso, lighling off the ammunition and flinging the Mech to the side. He’d also hear the screeching of the bagpipes bouncing off the canyon walls more loudly than he’d expect.
The Dragon pilot then signaled a ‘negative’ to his commander as he scouted the frontal hills. And then frantically waved behind him. As the Commander turned, he saw the smoking hulk of his lance mate on the ground, as the Trebuchet beside him suddenly lurched forward, missing its right arm and right torso. “Emergency coms on!" he shouted.
His remaining lance mates flicked back on, “Sir I'm hit bad! Rear armour's-“ as the bagpipes cut back in, followed by the enemy pilot.
“Enough o’ yer whinin’ ye boggin wally doolie!” he heard as the Gauss and SRM6 punctured the already weak rear armour of his lance mate, the explosion rocking his Awesome backward.
The Dragon pilot had pulled behind him, and they formed up in a back-to-back defensive stance.
“I'm hurt sir! I'm not sure-“
“Stay together! Whoever spo-“ the commander tried to shout overtop of the still-blaring bagpipe music. This time, another song he’d never know, ‘Maple Leaf Forever’.
“Ye’ve ‘ad it now ye clatty doaty donkie!” came over their coms as the commander nearly toppled forward, something colliding with him from behind. The torso of a Dragon came into view at his feet.
“’Ave got a confession. Ar’ ye listenin’? ‘Ave got no ammo. I’m plum oot!”
“Are you surrendering then!? Then turn off that damn noise!”
“Noise? Noise?! Ye glaikit howlin hackit bampot, ‘Ave got somethin’ special for ye, ye mince pap!” She shouted, twin medium lasers raked his torso as he looked up, straight into the legs and feet of a Highlander, in time to watch them crush right through his cockpit.

Love it. So, we have confirmation we'll be able to play music externally from our mechs, right ON.

PS I actually dig bagpipe music. If I wanted to play a song or two as psych' warfare I'd play I'm A Barbie Girl or It's A Small World. And then mute my sound, of course...