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[Raven]

When it compares.. the gun barrels look shorter to me in the older model.

Edited by Raven, 09 November 2011 - 11:49.

[Sgt. Rho]

The barrels on he old on are in fact shorter.

[Sgt. Rho]

[Destiny]

Hmm, texture is a bit...dark It looks good though, I can really get the very-tough-tank feeling from it.

[Sgt. Nuker]

Still has those two barrels of destructive goodness. For being larger, it doesn't seem to be that much taller. Great for GDI, very bad for NOD. I really like the new turret.

[Sgt. Rho]

I would have to check, but antennae aside, I think it's in fact overall lower than the old one.

[Raven]

would love to see the railgun upgraded look

[Sgt. Rho]

[Destiny]

That is...awesome

[Raven]

That is like Awesome 100x. Looks damn well fitting for Mammoth tank. btw what is the building at the back. I assume its the war fac since it has repair drones.

[Sgt. Rho]

Yeah, it's the old WF model with a crappy texture. I'll redo that eventually.

[Sgt. Nuker]

Not too keen on the house colour being on the muzzle, but the overall look is quite fetching. Kind of a subtle upgrade though, don't you think? I mean, appearance wise it has that whole "I'm not that much different from my traditional shell lobbing brother". Then again, I guess that's the idea.

[Sgt. Rho]

yeah, nearly all the systems to accomodate the railguns are already there - after all, it's standard weapon is a pair of gauss cannons - so all that's needed is to put the railguns in place.

[Sgt. Nuker]

So it "upgrades" from Gauss to Rail? I thought those words meant basically the same thing?

[Sgt. Rho]

No, they are both electromagnetic weapons, but there end the similarities.

A gauss cannon uses a set of electromagnets which are switched on and off to create a moving electromagnetic field. A railgun has two conducting rails used to fire a conducting projectile. The projectile itself may as well rest in a conducting sabot, and doesn't have to conduct by itself.

[Sgt. Nuker]

So just as the saying goes "it's all in the wrist", so the same can be said of this upgrade then. That is, if "wrist" is a metaphor for the projectile.

[Sgt. Rho]

Firehawk replacement, the Firehawk isn't buildable anymore, but still used for off-map airstrikes, etc.:

[Destiny]

Hmm...it looks nice, but interceptors need swept-back wings >:



Winglets would do nice too...

The cockpit block looks a bit odd though. The shape...

Edited by Destiny, 24 November 2011 - 20:54.

[Raven]

hmm...saw a similar thing in the Tib Essence mod a few days ago..but it was a repair drone in that case. Is this only for AA or does it have switchable load out like the firehawk. (I guess not since its called the "interceptor")

[Sgt. Rho]

No loadout switch, Fighter and Bomber would make that redundant.

Also About the TE Orca: Same concept art.

[Raven]

On a better look, it looks like shell casings. Does it fire a cannon, instead of missiles? or both?

[Sgt. Rho]

Both. It has 2 miniguns on top, and fires missiles. It doesn't have to reload the miniguns, but it does have to return to base to reload the missiles.

[Sgt. Rho]

[Raven]

Is that the rocket soldiers in the 1st image? The launchers look too big for my liking. I mean as almost as big as the trooper.

[Sgt. Rho]

It carries a launcher similar to a Javelin. That stuff is huge.