KrazedOmega, on 04 February 2013 - 12:16 AM, said:
A five story building with snow covering the third floor, with a mech walking at the level of the snow, is still equal to a two story building with no snow at all.
which would be...30 ft?
Are the mechs out of "canon" scale? Certainly. None should be over 14 meters according the Catalyst, who currently owns the IP. And yes, some in mech models are definitely out of scale.
Jaded Jasper, on 04 February 2013 - 12:09 AM, said:
The worst thing to me is that mech scaling is so inconsistent, often ignoring mass to volume ratios. This is most striking for the light mechs, which should all be bigger relative to medium and above mechs.
The easiest example is a Commando, which is half the tonnage of a Huncbhack and yet only half as big in every dimension -- that's just plain wrong! It should be ~80% as big in every dimension.
Worse, compare it to a Centurion.
actually, to be quite accurate, all of the other mechs should be smaller. The Jenner is actually probably closest to correct size for tonnage. Go pull up a 35 ton tank or piece of earth moving equipment.. they are actually pretty small. A 20 meter Atlas would be many times over 100 tons.