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#1 John1352

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 07:58 PM

Hello, I'm thinking about buying the Arctic Cheetah while the 4th variant is a bonus extra and I have some questions about what I'll get. If parts have been explained somewhere (I looked at FAQs) then you can just post the link.

1) Will I get an AS7-S, and if so, when will it arrive?

2) Do you expect the Arctic Cheetah to be a top tier mech? How is it likely to perform? Firestarter with ECM?

3) The site mentions delays in payment processing. Credit card should be nearly instant right?

The Australian dollar has gone down vs the USD recently, so I want to make sure I'm getting plenty of stuff.

#2 FupDup

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:03 PM

2. The hardpoints will look like this:

Posted Image

Other stats:
  • Tonnage: 30
  • Speed: 142 (with speed tweak)
  • Number of 2.0 Trudubs: 9 (one external Poordub)
  • Endo
  • Ferro
  • Hardwired stuff: 6 JJ
  • Pod space: 8 tons

All in all, it will most likely be a great light. Worst case scenario is roughly Jenner level if hitboxes suck, best case scenario is about equal to the Firestarter if hitboxes are good. Beating the FS9 would be hard but it's within the realm of possibility.

Edited by FupDup, 26 February 2015 - 08:04 PM.


#3 John1352

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:13 PM

I've seen the hardpoints and stats, I'm more interested in opinions of what it will be like to run.

"Using all 6-7 energy hardpoints with 8 tons available will give you an overheating mess, the jumpjets will only make it worse. You won't be able to use more hardpoints than an Ice Ferret"

"It will be a miniature Stormcrow with jumpjets, it will be the new subject of all clans are OP threads."

#4 Greenjulius

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:24 PM

View PostJohn1352, on 26 February 2015 - 08:13 PM, said:

I've seen the hardpoints and stats, I'm more interested in opinions of what it will be like to run.

"Using all 6-7 energy hardpoints with 8 tons available will give you an overheating mess, the jumpjets will only make it worse. You won't be able to use more hardpoints than an Ice Ferret"

"It will be a miniature Stormcrow with jumpjets, it will be the new subject of all clans are OP threads."

Some silly fools will run it with 6xERML and simply bake. The combo of choice will be either 6xERSL (30 damage) or 6xSPL. (36 damage)

A combo of ERML for extra range and ERSL/SPL might also be nice. Either way, it basically can't suck, because it is reasonably fast and should be able to boat smaller lasers well.

I am sure someone will make a 2xERLL + ECM build, but that would be a little hot for my taste.

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:42 PM

View PostGreenjulius, on 26 February 2015 - 08:24 PM, said:

Some silly fools will run it with 6xERML and simply bake. The combo of choice will be either 6xERSL (30 damage) or 6xSPL. (36 damage)

A combo of ERML for extra range and ERSL/SPL might also be nice. Either way, it basically can't suck, because it is reasonably fast and should be able to boat smaller lasers well.

I am sure someone will make a 2xERLL + ECM build, but that would be a little hot for my taste.


The lack of 10th true DHS will probably make 6 x SPL a bit hot for any kind of sustained use. I think I might try 4 x CSPL/2 x CERSL to get another DHS in there.

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:47 PM

If 6 proves too hot, 5 will be tried. I expect it to be excellent.

#7 Kain Demos

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 08:53 PM

View PostTerciel1976, on 26 February 2015 - 08:47 PM, said:

If 6 proves too hot, 5 will be tried. I expect it to be excellent.


5 is pretty effective on my IFR-D so I would definitely not feel underequipped for backing with "just" five.

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 09:09 PM

View PostKain Thul, on 26 February 2015 - 08:53 PM, said:



5 is pretty effective on my IFR-D so I would definitely not feel underequipped for backing with "just" five.


I agree. It's still damage eauivalent to 5 IS ML, plenty OK for a light. I'm SO looking forward to this mech.

#9 Levi Porphyrogenitus

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 09:28 PM

ECM, cSRMs, and cSPLs on a fast, JJ light? Pure murder.

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 09:39 PM

Based on the stats we have now, it'll be very impressive.

High speed (over 140 kph with speed tweak), ECM, at least the same hardpoints as a Jenner-D, and jump-capable.

Before, we had an impossible set of factors - speed, jump jets, weapons payload, and ECM. At best, you could only have 3. Kit Fox lacked speed. Mist Lynx and Spider lacked payload. Firestarters and Jenners had no ECM. Commando, Raven and Cicada lacked jump jets.

Now you have a mech with all 4. The only possible weak areas I can see are the marginally lower armor of 30 tons compared to 35, hitboxes and Clantech cooling issues.

Edited by Scurry, 26 February 2015 - 09:40 PM.


#11 John1352

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 10:32 PM

Sounds good, a few things came up there that I hadn't thought much about.

Has anyone read something about that Atlas?

#12 LT. HARDCASE

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 10:49 PM

View PostJohn1352, on 26 February 2015 - 10:32 PM, said:

Sounds good, a few things came up there that I hadn't thought much about.

Has anyone read something about that Atlas?

1. Have you read what it takes to qualify for the loyalty mechs?

2. $55 = 4 mechs ($13.75 per), while $120 = 16 mechs ($7.50 per). The latter is the far better deal.

Edited by Kevjack, 26 February 2015 - 10:50 PM.


#13 El Bandito

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:05 PM

View PostFupDup, on 26 February 2015 - 08:03 PM, said:

2. The hardpoints will look like this:

Posted Image


I'm gonna buy the Scat-P, put seven Machine guns on it, and die happy. :D

#14 Mcgral18

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:10 PM

View PostEl Bandito, on 26 February 2015 - 11:05 PM, said:


I'm gonna buy the Scat-P, put seven Machine guns on it, and die happy. :D


Hm....well, I'm not sure if 8.5 tons of ammo will be enough.

I guess a few extra heatsinks for an ERPPC? Strip a quarter ton off the single MG arm.

#15 El Bandito

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:11 PM

View PostMcgral18, on 26 February 2015 - 11:10 PM, said:


Hm....well, I'm not sure if 8.5 tons of ammo will be enough.

I guess a few extra heatsinks for an ERPPC? Strip a quarter ton off the single MG arm.


Perhaps a single CERLL or LRM15 for assist whoring. If the enemy managed to let me live until I burned all my MG ammo, then we already won the match. ;)

Edited by El Bandito, 26 February 2015 - 11:12 PM.


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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:15 PM

View PostEl Bandito, on 26 February 2015 - 11:11 PM, said:


Perhaps a single CERLL or LRM15 for assist whoring. If the enemy managed to let me live until I burned all my MG ammo, then we already won the match. ;)


cERLL would let you take 10.5 tons; a full Twenty-One-Thousand machine gun bullets.



I would like that. I'm going to use that. (I think I'd still go ERPPC, since the ERLL might be completely heat neutral)

Edited by Mcgral18, 27 February 2015 - 11:41 AM.


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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:37 PM

View PostKevjack, on 26 February 2015 - 10:49 PM, said:

1. Have you read what it takes to qualify for the loyalty mechs?

2. $55 = 4 mechs ($13.75 per), while $120 = 16 mechs ($7.50 per). The latter is the far better deal.

Who the hell would buy the Arctic Cheetah a la carte when the package is $30?

#18 MonkeyCheese

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Posted 26 February 2015 - 11:51 PM

View PostGreenjulius, on 26 February 2015 - 08:24 PM, said:

Some silly fools will run it with 6xERML and simply bake.



I WILL gladly volunteer for this role and I will perform it honorably.

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Posted 27 February 2015 - 02:11 AM

I keep mistaking the arctic Cheetah for Ithink its the Arctic Fox, some little ugly critter that packed in alot of SRM slots in Mektek mod...

#20 Lily from animove

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Posted 27 February 2015 - 02:32 AM

View PostFupDup, on 26 February 2015 - 08:03 PM, said:

2. The hardpoints will look like this:

Posted Image

Other stats:
  • Tonnage: 30
  • Speed: 142 (with speed tweak)
  • Number of 2.0 Trudubs: 9 (one external Poordub)
  • Endo
  • Ferro
  • Hardwired stuff: 6 JJ
  • Pod space: 8 tons
All in all, it will most likely be a great light. Worst case scenario is roughly Jenner level if hitboxes suck, best case scenario is about equal to the Firestarter if hitboxes are good. Beating the FS9 would be hard but it's within the realm of possibility.


6mgs and 2 LPL on the shadow cat P with Prime RT XD

cauldron born will be nice many E hardpoitns in high locations.





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