IGN MWO article

[keisukekun]

Just read this article over on IGN and it has a nice gameplay video attached.  One thing I noticed was a Catapult K2 chassis with lazors in place of the Missile pods  cant wait!

http://pc.ign.com/articles/122/1224425p1.html

[martian]

In the video I have seen that pretty much all hits on the Catapult landed in the center torso with its prominent cockpit. Won't be there higher percentage of cockpit hits in comparison with Hunchback or Dragon?

[Spheroid]

Argghh...! You beat me to press.  I just saw this up on IGN.  Looks incredible.

[Spheroid]

dupe

[Scotty]

In the video I have seen that pretty much all hits on the Catapult landed in the center torso with its prominent cockpit. Won't be there higher percentage of cockpit hits in comparison with Hunchback or Dragon?

Isn't that a 'feature' of the design?  If all 'Mechs of the same size are identical in all aspects except hard-points, there's not really a reason to prefer one over the other.  That kind of 'feature' also can influence how players use a given 'Mech.

I don't think it's a bad thing.

[martian]

Isn't that a 'feature' of the design?  If all 'Mechs of the same size are identical in all aspects except hard-points, there's not really a reason to prefer one over the other.  That kind of 'feature' also can influence how players use a given 'Mech.

I don't think it's a bad thing.

I understand that.

I just remembered MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries game in which Jenner, Sentinel and Catapult were very easy kills just because of their big cockpits. While CPLT-C1 Catapult could be used for indirect fire, CPLT-K2 Katapult must face the enemy, it can't hide behind some obstacle.

[Stahlseele]

Hmm, so slots for ammo/heatsinks/electronics but none for weapons? O.o
Interesting concept . .
Still pretty miffed that it's again not a visual representation of the chosen weapon on the model . .
Seems nobody is capable of "being inspired by MWLL" in that regard . .
Oh, wait, i forgot, Mechwarrior: Tactics, does this.

[Rebel Yell]

It's a Beta placeholder .  There will be visible differences in configurations when the game is complete.

[CoffiNail]

Yep, cannot wait! That footage makes me want to play it even more now.

[Orin J.]

looks like that pinpoint targeting's still in there at the moment.... i do like the LRM flights though. even though i doubt they're much like actual missile flight patterns (need to look into that) they've very pretty.