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[Oni Ralas]

Is not a hunchback. (I knew it wasn't going to happen...but one could dream)

Edited by Oni Ralas, 27 February 2013 - 12:14 PM.

[FupDup]

I can spot 3 energy hard points so far (LT, RT, RA). There's a pretty good chance of there being another energy point in the LA. I dunno what those "headlight" things are, maybe missile ports (1 hardpoint per side torso with 2 tubes each?)? Maybe they might also be laser ports, but they definitely are not ballistic.

Edited by FupDup, 27 February 2013 - 12:18 PM.

[Exoth3rmic]

Saved me some MC there, *phew*

[Voridan Atreides]

Knew it was a Cicada.

[Raalic]

If this thing has missile hardpoints, it is mine.

[Fred013]

They cannot be missiles, because then this cicada would be the only one to have missiles. And that's P2W.

edit: is there an announcement about this somewhere? All i can see is the ad on the homepage.

Edited by Fred013, 27 February 2013 - 12:19 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

FupDup, on 27 February 2013 - 12:15 PM, said:

I can spot 3 energy hard points so far (LT, RT, RA). There's a pretty good chance of there being another energy point in the LA. I dunno what those "headlight" things are, maybe missile ports (1 hardpoint per side torso with 2 tubes each?)?

Looks like 4 energy(am guessing symmetry and a 4th laser in the left arm) and a pair of SRM2 or Streak 2.
That COULD be enough to make it interesting, but still sounds like a non jump capable Jenner to me.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 27 February 2013 - 12:19 PM.

[Ghogiel]

3 energy, 2 missile...

[Phlyk]

So.... ECM?

[Voridan Atreides]

Wonder what the X-5 means?

[Joe Mallad]

Lmao! A cicada with head lights. Looks like it has 4 head lights.

[JG52Krupi]

AWESOME!

[General Taskeen]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 12:20 PM, said:

Wonder what the X-5 means?

eXperimental perhaps.

[Pale Jackal]

If it has ECM, I'll buy it. ECM, with 3 or 4 energy hardpoints and 2 missile racks... well, it'd be roughly on par with the Raven 3L, though missile hardpoints would make it superior to any other Cicada variant if it also has ECM.

So if it has ECM, I buy it, and I have a fast 'mech with a bonus to C-bills. Good. However, it'd be the best Cicada variant in the game, and only available via MC. Bad.

Still might be worth buying if it lacks missile hard points and has ECM.

Edited by Pale Jackal, 27 February 2013 - 12:23 PM.

[FupDup]

Voridan Atreides, on 27 February 2013 - 12:20 PM, said:

Wonder what the X-5 means?

Maybe experimental? The mech does look fairly high-tech compared to the other Cicadas.

Edited by FupDup, 27 February 2013 - 12:22 PM.

[JG52Krupi]

You can see three lasers in the pic, one in the arm... not sure what I think about that I hate the B2 Cicada...

Jump jets or ECM and this is mine ALL MINE!!!!

Edited by JG52Krupi, 27 February 2013 - 12:23 PM.

[FactorlanP]

Yawn...

Would much rather have a Hero version of the Atlas..

[Nathan Foxbane]

I must have it. I do not care what it mounts, I must have it.

Edit: It looks like it has a pair Artemis IV enhanced SRM2s and 3, maybe 4 medium lasers. Probably takes an XL 320 and decent armor as well.

Edited by Nathan Foxbane, 27 February 2013 - 12:27 PM.

[Kaarde]

Doubt it would have ECM. That appearing on a hero mech would melt the forum servers down.

[FupDup]

I just looked the full-size picture again. If you look just above the left set of headlights (upper left corner), you can see part of another energy hardpoint in the left arm. So that confirms 4 energy points (and we still have those weird headlights holding who knows what).

Edited by FupDup, 27 February 2013 - 12:26 PM.