Post by D00mLiger on Jun 28, 2007 19:37:44 GMT -5
As for the whole 'Republic using clear canopies and the Empire using armored ones' thing, I thought it was more a design thing; Imperial zoids thend to have more eye-shaped canopiy-bits then Republic zoids. Imperial zoids also tend to lean towards a more organic look (Saber Tiger vs. Shield Liger, Berserk Fuhrer vs. Aro Saurer, etc.) so hence the Imperial 'eyes'.
True, heavy- and melee-zoids tend to have armored cockpits, but what about aerials or aquatic designs? Raynos is naked, as are Hammerhead and Jet Falcon. Zooming around at Mach 3 (or 3.3 for Raynos) or swimming at who knows how deep (Wardick.Warshark has a max diving depth of 12 kilometers (I think) and -it's- got and armored cockpit...) would seem like things to make you want to protect your pilots...
(did that make sense.....?)
True, heavy- and melee-zoids tend to have armored cockpits, but what about aerials or aquatic designs? Raynos is naked, as are Hammerhead and Jet Falcon. Zooming around at Mach 3 (or 3.3 for Raynos) or swimming at who knows how deep (Wardick.Warshark has a max diving depth of 12 kilometers (I think) and -it's- got and armored cockpit...) would seem like things to make you want to protect your pilots...
(did that make sense.....?)
