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[Jman5]

When the cataphract first launched it had a massive cockpit. Pilots were being 1-shot KO'd left and right. PGI quickly toned it down and the mech became more viable.

However recently, I came across an AFK cataphract and wanted to figure out once and for all where the cockpit hitbox was. So I aimed at the face and shot.

Center Torso lit up.

I adjusted a little left and shot.

Center Torso lit up.

I aimed up well above the cockpit glass and fired.

Center Torso lit up.

Finally I raked it with lasers and somehow managed to brush the cockpit, but I had no clue where.

Question: Where exactly do you aim to hit the cockpit on a Cataphract?

[MoonUnitBeta]

the left leg behind the knee

[siLve00]

get with some1 who owns a catap into a match...

and test it till you found the head... thats to hard ? thought so.

[bloodnor]

same deal with an atlas but i think they might be remote controlled from 20 miles away and have no head or cockpit. the head is a hologram

Edited by bloodnor, 12 January 2013 - 12:19 PM.

[siLve00]

bloodnor, on 12 January 2013 - 12:17 PM, said:

same as an atlas but i think they might be remote controlled from 20 miles away

lol... oh my... this is just... sad.

[Jman5]

siLve00, on 12 January 2013 - 12:13 PM, said:

get with some1 who owns a catap into a match...

and test it till you found the head... thats to hard ? thought so.

I tried doing it with AFK cataphracts but I couldn't find it. That is why I am asking the knowledgeable and helpful people of the forum.

Edited by Jman5, 12 January 2013 - 12:22 PM.

[Merky Merc]

siLve00, on 12 January 2013 - 12:13 PM, said:

get with some1 who owns a catap into a match...

and test it till you found the head... thats to hard ? thought so.

Reading is hard isn't it?

[siLve00]

Jman5, on 12 January 2013 - 12:22 PM, said:

I tried doing it with AFK cataphracts but I couldn't find it. That is why I am asking the knowledgeable and helpful people of the forum.

silvertablet.. i know....it is way easier.
I bet if you would join ts3 right now... you would find some1 who would grp with you to test it ^^.

Merky Merc, on 12 January 2013 - 12:25 PM, said:

Reading is hard isn't it?

he did test it with 1 ( ! ) afk enemy... yeah thats alot of testing... just wow lol.

Edited by siLve00, 12 January 2013 - 12:28 PM.

[bloodnor]

siLve00, on 12 January 2013 - 12:19 PM, said:

lol... oh my... this is just... sad.

its true i shot an atlas 6 times in the face with dual gauss rifles head lit up all nice and bright. and all dmg was to the CT. i will render file and upload tomorrow

[Weaselball]

http://tinypic.com/v...pic=23u60dc&s=6

As a cataphract pilot, and one who has tested it, that right there is the cockpit. You hit the sidebeams of that box and it hits torso. Gotta hit glass.

Edit: This is information I needed to know, as I've had the CTD hit me a few times and I wanted my friends, whom I was in TS with, to headshot me to save me repair bills (back when they existed). Knowing where your own mechs cockpit is can be a lifesaver ;-)

Edited by Weaselball, 12 January 2013 - 12:30 PM.

[Jman5]

Weaselball, on 12 January 2013 - 12:26 PM, said:

http://tinypic.com/v...pic=23u60dc&s=6

As a cataphract pilot, and one who has tested it, that right there is the cockpit. You hit the sidebeams of that box and it hits torso. Gotta hit glass.

Next time I get a chance, I'll try to make sure I hit center glass. But I'm pretty sure that is where I first aimed.

[siLve00]

bloodnor, on 12 January 2013 - 12:25 PM, said:

its true i shot an atlas 6 times in the face with dual gauss rifles head lit up all nice and bright. and all dmg was to the CT. i will render file and upload tomorrow

yeah do that... head doesnt mean head in this game... you need to hit certain spots.

*besides that.. if you just need to hit the head.. oh my this game would be over for random skilled player in no time... it is good like it is*

Edited by siLve00, 12 January 2013 - 12:31 PM.

[Weaselball]

Yeah you gotta be pretty precise to hit that thing - it's like trying to hit a Dragon's cockpit. The glass looks larger than it actually is.

[Merky Merc]

Weaselball, on 12 January 2013 - 12:32 PM, said:

The glass looks larger than it actually is.

It's like that on quite a few mechs, it's odd. If they wanted cockpit hit boxes to be so small, I don't know why they didn't just scale the models to reflect that.

[siLve00]

Merky Merc, on 12 January 2013 - 12:39 PM, said:

It's like that on quite a few mechs, it's odd. If they wanted cockpit hit boxes to be so small, I don't know why they didn't just scale the models to reflect that.

and fear a shitstorm here ? imagine how much we see alrdy about TT and then different models.. owww
i prefer real models and know where to shot at ... as "voodoohead mechs "

Edited by siLve00, 12 January 2013 - 12:43 PM.

[Merky Merc]

siLve00, on 12 January 2013 - 12:42 PM, said:

and fear a shitstorm here ? imagine how much we see alrdy about TT and then different models.. owww
i prefer real models and know where to shot at ... as "voodoohead mechs "

..... wat

[Coole]

I didn't know robots had heads

but seriously, it does have a cockpit
I hope your jaw broke from the laughter...because jaws were meant to be broken.

Submitted 10 puns with the hope that one will win me a comic competition, but no pun-in-ten-did.
HAHA, thank you

[p4r4g0n]

Atlas cockpit = Atlas left eye.

[WVAnonymous]

On the Atlas head hit-box, it is the glowing eye on the right side (mech's left). Not the non-glowing eye.

Head shotting an Atlas is a definite victory cry moment. I will have to try shooting the glass out of a Cataphract now...