Lol good catch. That head is truly massive now I look at it again. That CT area must be huge as it will include most of that.
This mech is going to be a min/maxer's wet dream. Similar to the Kodiak IMO. Sort of how the Warhammer is a smaller Mauler in terms of performance. Cannot wait to get my hands on it. Here are some initial builds I put on paper months ago: 4x UAC5, 2x ERML 3x UAC10, 2x ERML 2x UAC10, 4x SRM6+A 2x Gauss, 4x ERML Many other combinations that were not possible before on a Clan Heavy.
Yeah the quirks are totally unmissable due to the set of 8 restrictions. PGI did the Viper well as there were good advantages to keep all 8 components in many cases - in total contrast the Night Gyr quirks are so weak that theres no relative advantage to keep them versus upgrading hardpoints.
Currently I am completely underwhelmed by this mech. Besides the logical mini-Kodiak, the only viable build I've able to come up with in an 8 piece setting is this pressure cooker (dibbs called ): So far the builds I come up with are either too hot or undertonned,... frustrating! Even this ludacrous missile boat is undertonned: