Blah blah blah, your thoughts? This is in regards to: http://www.mechspecs.com/forum/index.php?topic=6490.0
rather this here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec5L04muw9k p.s. i like the look of the mech (if i just blind out the tiny hands, the crabpaws look nice though )
they totally ruined the entire design on this one. the biggest offenders are the arms(why the hell did they go with such a thick of a sideways mounting on a mech that's supposed to have a narrow profile?) and cockpit(way too small). from the design proportions this, in hitbox terms, is either going to have a massive(think jenner with missile pods as side torsos) or a tiny center torso. also, it appears the missile doors hinge downwards. i wonder what effect this will have in first person. 22 double heatsinks and this armament on a XL330 will make the mech pretty OP, even if it doesn't have a tiny center torso as i had predicted before the screenshots.
You all wrong. Alex Iglesias did it much close to BT concept and it is gorgeous! Hands good, cockpit good - much better than BT:
This is the only mech I consider buying from the a lá carte choices, the Thor and Timberwolf being close seconds.
My sexy stormcrow and summoner Honestly though, I would rather take the summoner package and get a better deal. Still those hands are killing me, canon or not they still look ugly as all hell.
It looks a bit broad in the arms.. and cockpit too narrow.. but basically.. not bad. I guess we get omnipods with missile hardpoints for the torso sides froom the alt comfigs. The lasers are far appart, but at least about in cockpit hight... the could have done worse.. see Centurion.
I do like the loadout possibilities though...I've always been a bigger fan of energy weapons in MW games, so having a mech with a good symmetry like this makes me approve. HOWEVER, I keep coming back to this one thing...the Nova, at 50 tons, has 12 energy hardpoints (though in the arms only), allowing for a much more potent alpha in a lot of cases. It will likely run much hotter than the Stormcrow, but it will be interesting to see which of those mechs matches up better in actual combat.
ignoring pelvis regions, here's how i thought the hitbox would look like before the reveal: the original BT concept had arms much closer together, and arm shields absent.
The mech looks beautiful to me (except for the hands). The shields on the arms are a nice touch, and should be there i think. They should help you shield the CT from fire from the flanks.
I hate the fist, not because it is tiny, it should be tiny. The little arm-fists should be SHORTER not sticking out like that being a prick, and the hand config does not match other mech. So far the mech in MWO follows the format of TWO THUMBS per hand, and you get your 3-4 fingers in the middle. This one does not. Torso are nice, head is great, legs are nice also. In the end, I kinda still like it.
If MWO only had implemented Melee Attack.. Those 'Spears' would be really deadly! ... STAB THE ENEMY IN HIS COCKPIT!!!
