MWO Roughneck unveiled

[Cyc]

Hello,



Countdown begins - https://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/248620-countdown-to-roughneck-release-april-18th/

Standard Title - The Wrench


Collector Title - The Roughneck

[Cyc]

Paint scheme time (and config hardpoint reveals)

[Caedis Animus]

Kind of regretting not preordering it; That is one sexy mech.

[IAMCLANWOLF]

Damn... I really enjoyed the Roughneck concept when it actually looked like a walking piece of industrial equipment from the BTU. They shrunk up the arms so much that it just looks like "X" generic PoS mech to my eyes. Super grateful I didn't swoon myself into a pre-order for this one... #P #P #P #P #P #P

[worktroll]

So, IndustrialMech in DBOG colours?

[Burning Chrome]

It is not as "svelte" as I had hoped, and the cockpit plus the ugly "BLOCK" mount for the MG under the AC are disappointing, I'm still looking forward to it on the 18th.

The Assassin is fun, and I hope this will be as well.

[Cyc]

Scale comparisons - Price of those shield arms, among the tallest in the 65 ton weight bracket

[Burning Chrome]

They shrunk up the arms so much that it just looks like "X" generic PoS mech to my eyes.

With the comparison pics, do you still feel the same way? 

I tried to post them yesterday but I couldn't get it to work cuz my "img-fu" sucks so eventually Cyc did it...   :-[

[Cyc]

Not really insane quirks (and Mech Bay shots, again showing off the variant hardpoint placement)

[Burning Chrome]

Some of the quirks are really odd choices.

I'm glad to see the armor and structure bonuses to reflect the "rugged" nature of the chassis.

Cockpit and the Hero strutting vids are up on MWO.

[Cyc]

Like most of recent 'Mechs, they are avoiding quirks that would amplify the effects of boating massed numbers of weapons, and try to make any single hardpoint more worth using in the first place. The structure quirks will make it a beast though.

Animation preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x4Bawmyn3Q

Cockpit preview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii--ueudefo

[Caedis Animus]

Gotta say, they nailed the cockpit view. Not normally one for big, open cockpits, but the Roughneck's nails the sci-fi industrial tone.

[Cyc]

and last up - youtube version of the NGNG preview stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRAopCpn9s

[Wrangler]

Cockpit reminds of Megabot that suppose to use irl fight a japanese piloted robot in a melee battle.

[Mech42ace]

Cockpit reminds of Megabot that suppose to use irl fight a japanese piloted robot in a melee battle.

I could see that... especially seeing that Iglesias also did the concept art for Megabots.

[Burning Chrome]

Fun ride so far.

Still tinkering with weapon configurations, but believe the Roughneck will have a more efficient use of hardpoints and effective loadout with the oncoming 3060 tech a few months from now.