The current level of satisfaction according to this thread's poll doesn't make that seem necessary. A significant majority is either happy with the Mech as it is or thinks minor adjustments might do it.

IMHO, i felt that CBT look weak.. however it is canon and thats what folks want to see.. When i started playing MW4 i was like ok.. Mad Dog II..  Heavier punch, upgraded weapons.. Comes from the Mad Dog heritage.  then I saw the Hybrid..  the Arms .. hmm.. too me it looked like someone just merged the two arms together.. but after reading through this thread I realize it is the Arm and Pod position that rankled me.. I think Keeper had it best it in his..  Maybe make the legs more CBT..(since we dont have a Madcat modeled (MWLL) to see its legs) but in the end..  It would be nice to keep CBT in mind.. but hey.. New Artists bring new flavor..  May I point out to One and all to look at the MWLL Kodiak that was built.  It looks closer to CBT then MW4 did but still it is not spot on.  However I feel that the the MWLL Kodaik has the fearsome look that has always brought to my mind.. much more so then CBT or MW4 (ESP MW4.. i thought they took the head of a Flat Nosed Mack Truck for the MW4 Model)

so in the end I gave it a fine because i like the what the modeler did with it and could very well live with it and consider it a Mad Dog III..  after all.. New mech designs are still hitting the books and this could be one of them.

In the end i say let the people decide and whether or not the CBT, MW4 or Hybrid is used I would still love to pilot it.

I still think it should have the same number of guns as the stock model that is proposed in the Factions Section.

2 ER Large Lasers + 2 ER Medium Lasers on the arms and 2 LRM-20s on the Torsos.  Unless the model changes what the loadout is in the Factions Section, then I don't see a reason to keep 6 cannons on a mech that only has 4.

The arms just don't look very natural to me.  The center, left, and right torso are fine don't change those.  The arms look you snap them off with one shot from a lbx autocannon 20.  I would also have to agree with some of the other posts the position of the arms isn't very relaxed.  I'd personally rather have the old mechwarrior 4 design but thats probably because thats what I expect a vulture to look like.  I would rate it 3 out of 5.

Aurora Paradox

I agree start a new poll and make the choices: CBT, MW4, or Hybrid.

Aurora Paradox

^Agreed.  The marauder should be clown to shreds if you think about it. Long skinny arms and legs.

Do you know that scene in Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedis, where those Imperial AT-ST Walkers rush through the forest of Endor and one gets smashed inbetween two trees? The Vulture in general to me seems a lot like that AT-ST scout walker and like it's almost screaming for special treatment like that, in particular the fragile CBT version.

To the extent that the CBT version of the Vulture looks totally unworthy of a heavy class Mech and that some of the concessions made in the Hybrid version just bring back some of those unworthy elements, among them the fragile look of arm-body-connection and the legs?
Yes, I tend do agree. It doesn't bother me though. As mentioned by others numerous times, much of the things in the BT universe don't make sense or were created with other things in mind than physics, real warfare requirements or even logic. I think the current hybrid is a good compromise between the two versions that were available initially.