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[Donner]

It looks like a Jenner and a Bushwhacker had a baby.

[Ralphriverrat]

Interesting to look at, but my experience is that it's a bit fragile, unless you are a top notch mech jock.

[Omega59er]

Belial, on 25 April 2012 - 08:21 PM, said:

Raven? Clan? Since when?

This bird has been around in the IS since 3039.

I guess I always thought the Raven to look "Clanny" from Mechwarrior 4.

[Spiderwire]

Beagle Active Probe is a terrible way to die. Missiles... missiles, everywhere.

[Codius Dakanius]

Actually that would be the NARC missile beacon. TROLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO's all around.

[Odanan]

I edited the Raven to look more "classic".



New beak, new cockpit and more green.

Edited by Odanan, 02 May 2012 - 05:08 AM.

[Dihm]

Yeah, that doesn't improve it in my view. To each their own.

[Odanan]

Dihm, on 02 May 2012 - 04:57 AM, said:

Yeah, that doesn't improve it in my view. To each their own.

Are you saying my Raven wasn't an improvement? That's... disappointing.

[Dihm]

Don't worry, I'm a well known opponent to the "gonzo" nose, which makes it look LESS like an actual raven.

[Adridos]

Odanan, on 02 May 2012 - 05:19 AM, said:

Are you saying my Raven wasn't an improvement? That's... disappointing.

He's someone from FRR. They like mead and beards, but don't design mechs.

[Odanan]

Adridos, on 02 May 2012 - 05:42 AM, said:

He's someone from FRR. They like mead and beards, but don't design mechs.

I bet he will love my Raven if I say there is room now in the cockpit for a sauna...

[Lt Ilmarinen]

The raven is an excellent recon mech. But the new art... not too bad, but not loveable. I preferred the big cockpit and the smoother nose and bird-like legs.

I think the cockpit might offer a flawless panorama lookout, which is a fair advantage of the lighter mechs. I understand that edges are more easily modelled and rendered in 3D than curves, but we have to get in love with the mechs wich requires them to look more identical and unique. Not like if they were made in the same year on the same planet in the same factory by the same engineers. Catapult and Raven lack the characteristic of some curve, arc, bend and etc.

I will play the game ragardless everything though.


-Il-

P.S.: Odanan, I prefer your version above the one announced. Make the "butt" of the mech smaller and probalbly I am OK with it. I agree, that the decreasing angle of the nose part is necessary. This is what makes a Raven, named after the bill of a raven. Looking on the announced version, the mech would have been nemed Rat.

Edited by Lt Ilmarinen, 02 May 2012 - 11:23 AM.

[Solis Obscuri]

Odanan, on 01 May 2012 - 07:25 PM, said:

I edited the Raven to look more "classic".



New beak, new cockpit and more green.

Kind of looks like someone left it on a hot stove and it began to melt...

[Ravn]

Odanan, on 01 May 2012 - 07:25 PM, said:

I edited the Raven to look more "classic".

New beak, new cockpit and more green.

Love It!

[Fiachdubh]

Odanan, on 01 May 2012 - 07:25 PM, said:

I edited the Raven to look more "classic".



New beak, new cockpit and more green.

Love it! just need to alter the tip so does not look like a canine snout.

Dihm, on 02 May 2012 - 05:34 AM, said:

Don't worry, I'm a well known opponent to the "gonzo" nose, which makes it look LESS like an actual raven.

If you just take the upper section of a Raven's beak it does have a pretty pronounced curve like the classic Raven mech design.

[pursang]

Fiachdubh, on 03 May 2012 - 01:33 AM, said:

Love it! just need to alter the tip so does not look like a canine snout.




If you just take the upper section of a Raven's beak it does have a pretty pronounced curve like the classic Raven mech design.

Oh, like this pronounced curve?



Wait a minute...



You sure about that?

[Lt Ilmarinen]

Yes here you go:

But, seriously I think the curve remnance comes from the ravens head-posture like this.


BTW I don't like where all this is going, so let's state:
I prefer the unique, charismatic curved nose of a Raven mech.
I really hope that a Cry engine 3 could handle that much trouble.

<fingers crossed>

-Il-

[Joben]

I saw a Raven this weekend. It was in a theater though. And it starred John Cusack.

[Odanan]

Fiachdubh, on 03 May 2012 - 01:33 AM, said:

Love it! just need to alter the tip so does not look like a canine snout.

What about this?



Looks stealthy, looks vicious, looks more like a real raven.

Edited by Odanan, 03 May 2012 - 09:44 AM.

[minty]

Looks good, it's nose reminds me of a dog's
I think I prefer the one from MechCommander though, time will tell.