Not that it affects gameplay any outside of visibility, but which Mech do you guys think has the best cockpit design / layout? Personally I'm liking the Cataphracts, feels unique to me compared to the others. Long vertical windows instead of the usual horizontal pane or tri-pane in most others, plus it has a top window. Makes for better visibility when pitching up and down I'd think. Also no huge console of controls in front of you would be another visibility plus. Almost feels like you're sitting up against the glass when you're piloting a Cataphract. And for vanity points the cockpit items show towards the center (yes, I know this detracts from visibility), not on the side barely out of sight like on some of the other chassis. To be fair though, I've only tried about half of the Mechs in this game so far..
I've piloted Jenners, Centurions, Cicadas, an Atlas, and a Cataphract. Of those, the Cataphract has my favorite cockpit so far, has the most "open" feel to it. You summed it up pretty well.
I agree about the cataphract cockpit being nicely open. But I don't like how the frame are HUGE and in the middle of the screen, I can't help to see it. My favorite might be the spider's, it's kind of a light version of the phract's (with even more frames, snif). I also like when I can see my big autocanon from the cockpit (on a blackjack for example). Who know, I might feel insecure somewhere PS: for reference I took screenshots for almost all mechs cockpit (just lacks the Awesome, can someone capture it?). Commando: Spider: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060340pit-spider.jpg[/img] Jenner: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060340pit-jenner.jpg[/img] Raven: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060341pit-raven.jpg[/img] Cicada: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060342pit-cicada.jpg[/img] Blackjack: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060343pit-jack.jpg[/img] Centurion: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060344pit-cent.jpg[/img]
(multi-post because of image limitation) Hunchback: Trebuchet: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060351pit-treb.jpg[/img] Dragon: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060345pit-dragon.jpg[/img] Quickdraw: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=22061932pit-quick.jpg[/img] Catapult: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060346pit-pult.jpg[/img] Jaggermech: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060347pit-jagg.jpg[/img] Cataphract: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060348pit-phract.jpg[/img]
Victor: Stalker: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060349pit-stalker.jpg[/img] Highlander: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060349pit-high.jpg[/img] Atlas: [img width=650 height=365]http://www.images-host.fr/view.php?img=12060350pit-atlas.jpg[/img]
Long nose on the Dragon makes me wonder if you coukd even see a Spider parked in front of you.. then again, can you even see a Spider from an assault without pitching down?
I really like all the little touches they put into the cockpit design and the way everything matches up with the real views on the mechs. I really want to know what is/was in the missing panel in the blackjack cockpit though, if you look down and right you can see a little hole with a wire hanging out of it where it looks like something got yanked out. My theory was that someone broke in and stole the stereo but people I was with on TS apparently thought that might not be accurate. :tongue:
I love the view from the Dragon cockpit, I feel like I'm driving something sporty. Honorable mentions: Hunchback, simple and elegant. Cataphract, welcome to the future, we have knobs! Atlas, jaunty monocle cockpit!
I like Jenner (Tight & Comfy) and Blackjack (wich i think feels even more open than the Cataphract ones).
In my opinion, the Altas cockpit is the worst of all of them, it has such a narrow field of view, , and it really means you have tunnel vision, I prefer the cockpit of the Spider, Hunchy, Raven, anything which can provide a good view and increase the situational awareness.
Gallery edited with the Quickdraw cockpit view. Pretty similar to the Highlander's, but without the side views blocked.
I'd have to go with the Awesome. Wide open view, nothing in the way. Feels like I'm sitting on the couch looking out my front window.. lol
No way Atlas is the best of all of them. Maybe not from a comfort- or viewingfield-perspective, but very so from a style perspective. When I am inside my Atlas the edged cockpit transports the feeling of a giant unstoppable steampunk warmachine very lifely to the pilot. The angles windows and the insane amount of firepower on your HUD. Just incredible, but probably not every man´s taste. I agree on your other point: most light Mechs have really fancy looking cockpits. I should buy one some time
Stalker for the win. something about the shape of the glass and how you see out of it makes me feel like im going on a hunt.
