21 replies to this topic

[Tterrag]

So yeah the jaggermech is awesome very excited BUT! I'm a little worried about how similar it looks to the rifleman (like a lot ). So are they inviting law suits or what I sincerely hope not but this is a sue happy world we live in. I would hate for the mech to be changed or gods forbid the game dies. Thoughts?

[TriggerhappySOB]

Yea Ive been having the same worry. But then I thought...

F&@# Them and their sue-happy a**es, leave this game alone. weve been waiting too long for it.

I dont know maybe its just me?

[Elizander]

I think they are still different enough

[Roger Wildcat]

If it did look too similar to the rifleman then the Jagermech would have been an unseen also. Nothing to worry about.

Edited by Roger Wildcat, 04 July 2012 - 10:16 AM.

[Tterrag]

Hopefully since it's not a rifleman they won't even notice but yeah it would be nice if they didnt make noise even with a real rifleman

[Space Coyote]

IMO, it looks totally different. Almost no similarity at all!

[Schrecken]

you do realize that the jager was built as an upgrade to the rifleman right?

[Monsoon]

Personally, I'm not too worried about it. How many car designs are similar to other company designs?

Similar is still not the same.

Hell I've seen patents that are essentially the same are a predecessors design but for one function moved to a deferent location.

Edited by Monsoon, 04 July 2012 - 10:24 AM.

[Adridos]

Jagermech never got shut down... we don't have anything to worry about.

[xZaOx]

It looks way different, though personally I wish ours had longer cannons

[MrMasakari]

I think its got some characteristics, but not enough to say omg its a rifleman in my opinion. I wouldn't worry too much.

[Elizander]

xChaoSx, on 04 July 2012 - 10:31 AM, said:

It looks way different, though personally I wish ours had longer cannons

It's okay. Everyone secretly wishes that they did.

[Tterrag]

Artaire, on 04 July 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

I think its got some characteristics, but not enough to say omg its a rifleman in my opinion. I wouldn't worry too much.

It's not the size of the canon it's the load it holds

[Thorgar Wulfson]

if i remember the TRO correctly the Jagermech was a cheaper "upgraded" version of the Rifleman, less weight, less armor, and less firepower. On the upside a bit faster if i remember correctly. The Jagermech is a damn good scout hunter, and with Ac's hitting at LRM ranges it definitely gets sniper detail till the Gauss rifle becomes more prevalent. Like the rifleman though its primary role was anti-aircraft, which the ac/5's and ac/'s were perfectly suited to. my favorite mod is to get them xl engines and replace the ac/2's with LB10x's and leave the ac/5s as is.

[Xandre Blackheart]

Without the name "Rifleman" it would have to look almost exactly like the trademarked design to have any chance of a successful lawsuit. Of course, that doesn't mean they won't try to sue, given that their business model is built on collecting money from lawsuits.

I wonder how Chuck Conners feels about his TV show name being stolen by Macross translators...

Edited by Xandre Blackheart, 04 July 2012 - 11:30 AM.

[IceSerpent]

Thorgar Wulfson, on 04 July 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

if i remember the TRO correctly the Jagermech was a cheaper "upgraded" version of the Rifleman, less weight, less armor, and less firepower.

It's the other way around - Jag is 65t, Rifleman is 60t.

[Seabear]

Given that it has 2 legs, 2 arms and mounts weapons, HG will probaly TRY to claim it as theirs. Not much hope of success there though.

[Thorgar Wulfson]

IceSerpent, on 04 July 2012 - 11:38 AM, said:

It's the other way around - Jag is 65t, Rifleman is 60t.

heh was thinking the other way with the rifleman at 65 tons and the jagermech at 60 lol

[Fear Radick]

Thorgar Wulfson, on 04 July 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

if i remember the TRO correctly the Jagermech was a cheaper "upgraded" version of the Rifleman, less weight, less armor, and less firepower. On the upside a bit faster if i remember correctly. The Jagermech is a damn good scout hunter, and with Ac's hitting at LRM ranges it definitely gets sniper detail till the Gauss rifle becomes more prevalent. Like the rifleman though its primary role was anti-aircraft, which the ac/5's and ac/'s were perfectly suited to. my favorite mod is to get them xl engines and replace the ac/2's with LB10x's and leave the ac/5s as is.

Mostly correct, the Jagermech was made to cover up the perceived flaws of the rifleman, mostly the ammo limitation. It's the heavier of the two mechs though, but has significantly less armour.

[Beep Pop]

a repost from the battlemech announcement:
why everyone think it look like the unseen rifleman ? the leg look a bit like the rifleman... I guess, but the rest of the mech look pretty much like the good old jagermech (I think people want so much to have the unseen in the game that they will see unseen in any design that remotely look like one)