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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 12:35    Post subject: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

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On 2004-04-30, ralgith wrote:
I would give this a 3.5 or 4, but where the heck are the hands? I would have given it hands instead of leaving 2 empty crits at the bottom of each arm.



The Cicade doesnt have hands, i thought that you should stick with the basic design of a mech.

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 13:31    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

While this may be true of all canon variants, there are other canon mechs that have variants both with and without hands, so why couldnt this have em too? The benefits outweigh the ideal of keeping it near canon.

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 13:47    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

Have you seen the cicada? Where would the hands go? That would be like putting hands on a Locust. You have to have arms on a mech in order to have hands. Otherwise you have the t-rex syndrome. (Just imagining a hand welded directly to the outside of the torso. Anyone remember the character Damon Wayans played on Living Colour that was just a head with feet and hands?)

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 13:57    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

A minor problem, just restructure the arms slightly. Keeps the original overall design intact and gives the thing the ability to PUNCH that locust to death as well as outshoot it.

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 15:05    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

HAven't they done that with several designs, if the design isn't an omni your basically creating a new mech.
Its the fluff and canon stuff that makes bt so good, realism.

As i proved by making myself sound stupid with the CASE-XL debate

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 18:00    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

To my knowledge Ralgith, of the armless designs in the TRO's, only the UrbanMech has a varient with arms and hands. And as I recall it leads you to believe that the armless version is actually a varient of the armed version and is less common than the armed version.
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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 18:55    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

Why is it whenever I go into one of these User Review threads there is always a reply in the original post? If this is from another thread or board, keep it there.

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 19:03    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

Ummmm, that original quote is the user review being discussed.

And even if it were a quote from another board it's a mod's job to worry about it and not your's...

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PostPosted: 04-May-2004 20:38    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

Well yes, but since this is a new variant anyways, and has Great fluff it coulda had hands Especially with no weapons in the arms.

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PostPosted: 05-May-2004 07:15    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

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On 2004-05-04 13:47, Oafman wrote:
Have you seen the cicada? Where would the hands go? That would be like putting hands on a Locust.



I've always wanted hands on my Jenners...
That's the only thing they lack.

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PostPosted: 05-May-2004 08:15    Post subject: RE: User Review: Cicada CDA-3X Reply to topic Reply with quote

ROFLMAOPIMP@Nightmare, that was great man. Jenner with hands would be neat

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