"Progenitor" Commander...what do you think it will look like

Just how different will this guy look, I wonder?

Are Uber going to go with their crazy whacked out sense of humour and give us a giant robot Cheston? Or a certain AWOL SMNC announcer?

Or go more serious with a nod back to the TA era? (I don't know who owns the rights on this.)

Anybody have thoughts, amusing pictures of robot cats they have put together?


(I'm leaving that last question open-ended for comedy value, btw.)

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I really hope they go for a more serious design in PA. While SMNC is cool to be crazy this wouldnt suit to a game, where "machines of war" fight to annihilation. Wouldnt make sense for them to have fancy looks^^

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The progenitor commanders will have big BALLS of STEEL(tm). :lol:

And I love the style from the concept video. It's perfect, like Total Annihilation with Legos. Oh the fond memories...

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First off, it's LEGO, it's a Company Name, you don't make it plural, you do something like "LEGO Bricks" instead.

Second, I dunno, I think I like LEGO SupCom more;



Mike

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I meant Lego, as in Cola, not LEGO as in COKE, or Tempo as in TEMPO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego

Anyway, awesome things there.

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I think the block esthetic is spot on. Although, cubes versus cylinders, anyone?

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Blocky/rounded/spiky ftw

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I like to think about the Commander not only as another building unit and my true weakness. The commander has some divine element in it. It is the ancestor of all the k-bots and the rest. It the original unit.
Now... think what could possibly be an ancestor of that? What could the progenitor be?
In terms of looks, I imagine it to be clumsy, with the moving parts clearly visible, perhaps on four legs, smoking all the time. After all, the progenitor may be using some ancient type of propulsion, different than the regular commander does.
In the terms of armament I imagine it to be using some primitive, slow and inaccurate, longdistant cannon with a large splash radius and damage. Our progenitor is obviously using the regular ammo, not some lasers and plazma.
Building capacity must be on par with that of a commander, otherwise it would be too powerful.
Last, but not the least: the D-gun. Since the D-gun is what the divine elemnt is granting to the ones who possess it, I believe that it should be exaggerated for the Progenitor. How about firing a D-shotgun upwards and annihillating both allies and enemies? This is something I am uncertain of.
Finally: I would love for a progenitor to grant its owners the possibility to build an ancient structure, creating even more ancient unit, perhaps? How about making an iron golem? Or a heavy, slow weapon platform firing equally inaccurate and deadly bullets as the progenitor does?

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Well, the definition of progenitor is

Which could be a nod to the fact that you kickstarting the game technically means you came before, but I'm willing to bet that it's probably going to be modeled after the Core commander from TA.

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Why CORE?

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Judging by your avatar, I figure your question is in jest, but there are a few reasons.

First, because the CORE came before the ARM, and if they are taking the meaning of Progenitor literally, it would make sense.

Second, it's Mavor's favorite faction.

Third, it seems that, at least judging from the trailer, they're going with lasers over EMGs as weapons, which would imply that they're drawing inspiration primarily from the CORE (although there were also Peewees, so who knows).

CORE 4 LYFE

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And suddenly his avatar has added

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Oh, the Irony!

Fair points on why Core, although it may just be circumstantial. It being Mavor's favourite faction is a decent reason though.

Just saying, ARM were victorious.