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Post by threl on Oct 28, 2017 11:26:50 GMT -5
It's recently come to my attention that evil Pixonic intends to replace our BELOVED TOASTER  with this pseudo-futuristic GARBAGE  Our precious toaster is in danger! We can't let him die like little brother schutze did! If you love the toaster, write to pixonic, put on their facebook, post on their reddit, thumbs down on their google forums, do anything to protest this massive downgrade. I'm aware that they don't care at all, but the slightest 1% chance of saving our beloved toastey is worth it. I've put up with Dash bots, I've put up with embers, I've put up with components, but this is not going to stand. They passed on this GARBAGE DESIGN last time it passed through the head of some wayward designer a year before, and they need to do that again! #SaveOurToaster #SchutzeNeverForget #NotMyToaster |
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Post by sanr on Oct 28, 2017 12:16:03 GMT -5
I despise this ugly 「bum-bum」 inbred offspring of Rhino and Destrier.
They better not screw up the Boa.
(They're going to have their way anyway)
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Post by +DethHilt+ on Oct 28, 2017 13:43:51 GMT -5
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 13:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by Шɑɡɡɪή on Oct 28, 2017 13:52:01 GMT -5
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Ball gag ... Okay now that right there is funny ... LoL
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Post by Kanshou on Oct 28, 2017 13:53:59 GMT -5
To be completely honest, I like the new design. It adds to the cool, "I want it mommy!" appeal. However, I do believe that the design should be optional, as a sort of skin. Kinda like a paint job. That way, people can play what they think looks better.
Just my loose change.
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Post by bronzeknee on Oct 28, 2017 15:29:06 GMT -5
My Toaster!
I'm glad I won't be running my Boa anymore now that I am leveling my Carnage. Sad that it came to this.
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Post by _psychø on Oct 28, 2017 17:26:52 GMT -5
I KINDA like it but I also want the tanky look to stay, the new one looks like a Gepard from the back and a Haechi from the front, if they could add a way to use the new or old design to keep everyone happy, everyone would Be happy.
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Post by Cdr. Crimmins on Oct 28, 2017 17:54:10 GMT -5
 Who could replace a cutie like this? Just look at him! SO HUGGABLE. I'm playing a hangar with all four of my Boa's, to get in as many games as I can with them looking good, before Pix takes it all away and leaves me with nothing but memories. So far, funnily enough, I'm 3 and 1 with them. |
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Post by Mechman-Mechout on Oct 28, 2017 19:37:38 GMT -5
This isn't a popular opinion by any stretch of the imagination, but I always thought the Boa's design was simple to the point of being utterly bland. It looks lazy, with its sharp angles and dull colors. It looks more like a piece of construction equipment than a war machine, and those pointless hazard stripes certainly don't help. The new design isn't perfect either, but from a single glance you can definitely tell this thing kicks ss. It's fat and chunky, but still oddly slim, perfectly conveying the bot's remarkable endurance and speed. The menacing red eye is also a nice touch. |
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Post by threl on Oct 28, 2017 19:41:25 GMT -5
This isn't a popular opinion by any stretch of the imagination, but I always thought the Boa's design was simple to the point of being utterly bland. It looks lazy, with its sharp angles and dull colors. It looks more like a piece of construction equipment than a war machine, and those pointless hazard stripes certainly don't help. The new design isn't perfect either, but from a single glance you can definitely tell this thing kicks ss. It's fat and chunky, but still oddly slim, perfectly conveying the bot's remarkable endurance and speed. The menacing red eye is also a nice touch. HERETIC!!! >  Take your pick of being boiled in hot oil, burnt at stake, or baked in a toaster. |
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Post by infraviolet on Oct 28, 2017 21:36:52 GMT -5
I'll be the devil's advocate here and say that I actually approve of the redesign. The new Boa is sexier looking. The old one is widely regarded as the "Battle Toaster"...to me it looks like a walking gumdrop.
Oddly enough though I still prefer the old design of its little brother Schutze.
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Post by anjian on Oct 28, 2017 22:41:58 GMT -5
The old Boa looks like its going off to a construction site to work.
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Post by Muhlakai on Oct 30, 2017 11:23:43 GMT -5
I wasn't thrilled with the new design, but I have to admit that thanks to this thread all I can see now is a blind, prenatal rhino with a ball gag in its mouth.
At least I'll be looking at it from behind... ?
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Post by mechtout on Oct 30, 2017 11:42:44 GMT -5
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Post by Anon O. Mous on Oct 30, 2017 12:23:25 GMT -5
The new design should be given another hardpoint and dubbed "Boa Mk II". Or give it a new name altogether. I said it in an earlier string, I said it in my test server feedback, and I'll say it now: "If it aint broke, don't fix it." Sure the old design is awkward and boxy, but that's what we're used to, and have come to prefer. More importantly, it gets the job done. It's one of the toughest medium bots available. Leave it the [firetruck] alone!
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Post by Koalabear on Oct 30, 2017 12:39:24 GMT -5
Too bad they shot themselves in the collective foot with the whole Mk II thing. They could have had another $300 bot here.
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Post by javelinaut717 on Oct 30, 2017 12:45:08 GMT -5
This new boa is definitely not from Germany. I don't get it why pix wanted to redesign the old to new? This new one really didnt fit the whole Germany family bot. And insulting the Germany engineer.
Save the old boa, save the Germany engineering bot, save our little toaster!!!
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Post by AzureAura on Oct 30, 2017 13:43:38 GMT -5
MUH BOA IS GONNA CHANGE?  I loved the toaster design of this, especially since it was my personal favorite among the mediums back then. Before my Leo was the Boa. Still packs a punch in lower leagues where dashes and heavies aren't as dominant. If they go through with this the Boa is gonna sit there as an unattractive bot. |
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Post by moody on Nov 30, 2017 14:36:10 GMT -5
Who could replace a cutie like this? Just look at him! SO HUGGABLE. I'm playing a hangar with all four of my Boa's, to get in as many games as I can with them looking good, before Pix takes it all away and leaves me with nothing but memories. So far, funnily enough, I'm 3 and 1 with them. Sorry for thread necromancy. While I love the design and do not want it changed, change is needed. Please don't tell me that that model would be able to stand up in real life. Even disregarding the recoil from the gun it would fall over backwards . The legs need to start in the centre, not the front of the body. |
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Post by [CK]erazor on Nov 30, 2017 14:54:57 GMT -5
Who could replace a cutie like this? Just look at him! SO HUGGABLE. I'm playing a hangar with all four of my Boa's, to get in as many games as I can with them looking good, before Pix takes it all away and leaves me with nothing but memories. So far, funnily enough, I'm 3 and 1 with them. Sorry for thread necromancy. While I love the design and do not want it changed, change is needed. Please don't tell me that that model would be able to stand up in real life. Even disregarding the recoil from the gun it would fall over backwards . The legs need to start in the centre, not the front of the body. You're talking about realism in a game where a weapon exists, that bounces off other bots and travels through bots with a metal shielding? Aha. Since they have made Shocktrain, they can basically do everything to the game as no further explanation or plausibility is needed anymore. Heck they even could make a pink ballerina bot and as long as it's OP enough, people would buy it. You know what? I even found it with some digging into the private cloud servers of Pixonic. Here's fresh from their dev team: The new and improved Pink Rhino-of-Death. Special abilities include: - Blind your opponent for 10 seconds with your beauty - Ram them with your horn - Rush and Ram combined for extra combo points Here it goes:  |
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Post by Shahmatt on Nov 30, 2017 21:26:20 GMT -5
It's interesting that the heavy point is offset slightly to the right. This could help with corner-shooting. Also the slimmer profile may help it to catch less bullet or thunder spray improving toughness - especially useful for Muhlakai famous Boa tactics. I like the old design. It seems the new design will improve the Boa's potential and so, provided there's no stats change, I think I will like it as well. |
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Take your pick of being boiled in hot oil, burnt at stake, or baked in a toaster.
"Kill'em all."
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