Posted 15 July 2015 - 10:57 AM

Luscious Dan, on 15 July 2015 - 10:44 AM, said:

I suspect the 2x energy hardpoints on the arms will be like the Thunderbolt - one on the side and one below the hand. I am definitely expecting the missile pods to disappear from the arms that don't equip them. The arms themselves, maybe they will just move below the elbow? Static upper arm will make the missiles aim more easily. The IIC mechs will face similar design issues.



Either way the upper arm is just plain thicker than expected. The art had me expecting skinny arms on a thicker torso, not the other way around.



The 2x energy torso is the one I'm really curious about. There isn't much room above the orange box for a second gun. Would it stick out of the orange box (possible weird angles here), or maybe mount in the little rectangle between the chin and the armpit?

Yeah, it will be interesting to see what they did... I mean, what goood is having them mounted where they are if they can't aim higher/lower than the torso? But, it would look odd if the whole arm pivoted at the shoulder, only because no other mechs do it... Like you said, I imagine whatever design choice they made will cary over to thr Orion IIC...I'm curious how much arm size will change sans missiles... I'll guess the shoulders will still be square under the missiles. And that the top outer corner will be just past the central missile tube. It would be aesthetically pleasing if, instead, they followed the line down from the torso peaks, and slashed across the arm at the same angle. Would certainly smallen-up the hitbox, too.I don't think the 2x energy torso will be used much, if at all... That's the torso the ECM goes in. And I think ECM > one more energy hardpoint. It might sidecar up top there... Though, if I were a betting man, I'd say the extra energy hardpoint would be bolted on like the Atlas A/C.

Edited by Twilight Fenrir, 15 July 2015 - 11:10 AM.