There's a question that keeps bugging me. Why does Monarch and Vanguard titans look so similar yet so different.
Well to answer that lets take a look at them side by side. Here we have BT and a standard issue Monarch.
As you can see, Vanguards have short and flat hatch doors while Monarchs have elongated ones. Measure the thickness of their doors, you can see the difference.
Don't believe me?
As you can see, the top hatch door is thicker than BT's. A theory I have is that the devs need to add in a critical hit mark, for those northstars and ions out there, that's why the hatch has a massive girth. Another theory of mine is that they need to shift the cockpit assembly forward a bit so they can add in the battery port in the top back. Another thing worth noting is that the hatch doors don't align properly,
Now I can unsee it.
Monarchs have flatbacks and only two Boosters.
Vanguards have thick top backs and a whopping 5 boosters, this would explain why they are able to "hover" like northstars and be as fast as a Ronin. One main booster (presumably for thrust), two little ones (presumably for control and balance), and two on their shoulders (for an extra kick into their speeds). It seems like Monarch's side boosters are covered up by her armatures as seen on Observation 4, a design flaw perhaps?
That's all I have to say, I hope this observation was informative. See yah later pilots.