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[Scumbag MadBro]

unfortunately no hunchback. :-/

[Rizzelbizzeg]

X5... X-wing... red 5... must be LUKE SKYWALKER'S MECH!

Scuffed red paint, has a port for a Death's Knell (aka R2-D2 mech) on top.

Gotta be it.

[Ngamok]

Well, the next Hero Mech will prob be a Light or an Assault.

[Multitallented]

I won the bet. It's a Cicada. Pay up Cartman.

[Monsoon]

Trauglodyte, on 27 February 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

Jump jets? 2x ballistic + 2x energy + 8jjs would be freaking awesome

Sorry JJ just wouldn't do it for me, I'd stick with my Trebuchet. 2B+2E is nice, but not enough to drop 15+ dollars on.

[Trauglodyte]

Monsoon, on 27 February 2013 - 02:22 PM, said:

Sorry JJ just wouldn't do it for me, I'd stick with my Trebuchet. 2B+2E is nice, but not enough to drop 15+ dollars on.

Eh, its all about what you like to play and how you like to play it. I dropped the "bug" for a while to play other things. The Dragon disappointed, the Catapult was way to broken, and I'm currently playing and loving the Awesome. But I'm looking forward to coming back to the Cicada again. So, to me, jump jets would add another dimension to meneuverability and thus survivability. The damage potential is already there.

[Joe Mallad]

I'm going to lol if the X means its an experimental variant from the new tech read outs that are being released now and those head light pod looking things are in fact remote sensor dispensers. Look it up.

[RANSARI]

Man, I hope I am right that this was a XXX-move ordered by The Suits and not something the DEV team thought would be a great idea to keep us happy until we get some real change around here. Now, if this was a proposal started by the DEVs, I am seriously starting to lose my religion in them and believe they are some seriously feckless wunderkinds.

Just saying... Reality just ain't very pretty.

Edited by RANSARI, 27 February 2013 - 02:29 PM.

[Fiachdubh]

Well of the first 10 announced mechs the Raven (announced 9th ahead of Cicada) is the only one without a founders or heros variant so must be the overwhelming favourite. Unless you take into account the amount of controversy surrounding it at the moment and that maybe it is such an obvious choice the Devs might like to mix it up a bit.

[Stingz]

Very sure the X-5 has Energy/Missile (x2 Streak-2) but no ECM. The 3C and 3M have ballistics covered.

Putting ECM on the 5-X would result in "P2Win", since it would be a 40t Raven.

Edited by Stingz, 27 February 2013 - 02:41 PM.

[Terror Teddy]

Stingz, on 27 February 2013 - 02:40 PM, said:

Very sure the X-5 has Energy/Missile (x2 Streak-2) but no ECM. The 3C and 3M have ballistics covered.

Putting ECM on the 5-X would result in "P2Win", since it would be a 40t Raven.

Yea, giving ANY hero mech the ability for ECM or special equipment would make them GOOD instead of just different flavor.

[LONGINUS]

Looks for me like a Cicada with 4 energy and 2 missile hardpoints ..... a Cicada with missiles (srm or ssrm) would be really cool.

[Devil Fox]

Stingz, on 27 February 2013 - 02:40 PM, said:

Very sure the X-5 has Energy/Missile (x2 Streak-2) but no ECM. The 3C and 3M have ballistics covered.

Putting ECM on the 5-X would result in "P2Win", since it would be a 40t Raven.

A 40t Raven with a billboard hitbox in comparison to the Raven... it'll be much easier to broadside then a Raven. I'm going to wait for more info... haven't bought one hero mech yet because they don't offer anything a normal Cbill chassis can do. Whilst I'm a medium mech pilot I'll have to see what it has. Streaks might make it good... but it's still out-ruled by ECM Raven's, unless it run's PPC's.

[Slater01]

Goose, on 27 February 2013 - 02:01 PM, said:

What are you seeing? I went into the older screen shots and them to small red dots below the cockpit are already there …

I'm going with 4 energy and two missile hard points, but no ECM, and a standard 320: The heatsinks will be crap come hell or high water, and the quest will be to stick on a PPC and TAG to get the streaks up and running …

Perhaps PGI is making a Raven 3L hunter/killer? Could be good and bad. Another superfast mech with Streaks and Lasers, we haven't seen that before

[Budor]

PGI Dev1: Hey guys the cicada is the least played mech in the game lets do a hero variant and see if it gets bought less than the TDK.

PGI Dev2: Thats like the worst idea since putting ECM on missile-hp lights. Lets do this!

PGI Dev3: Thread about it cannot maintain page 1 for any prolonged time allready. Mission accomplished!

Edited by Budor, 27 February 2013 - 03:37 PM.

[Grrzoot]

Its going to be this mech:

[color=#000000]CDA-3P - An upgrade of the 3M, the 3P lowers the 'Mech's top speed to 119 km/h to upgrade the autocannon to a [/color]Heavy PPC[color=#000000]. The lasers are replaced with four [/color]ER Medium Lasers[color=#000000]. Additional armor is added, though not as much as with the 3MA. BV (1.0) = ??, BV (2.0) = 1,502 [/color]<sup>[2]

upgraded 3m from sarna


*thats a guess not a quote</sup>

Edited by Grrzoot, 27 February 2013 - 03:38 PM.

[JDH4mm3r]

Mech kinda looks like Optimus Prime.

[CH103]

I wonder if this is a garth hero mech.
There was a discussion about it dunno if everyone saw it so here.

[Tarman]

JDH4mm3r, on 27 February 2013 - 03:39 PM, said:

Mech kinda looks like Optimus Prime.

Forum QQ is the right of all sentient beings.

I may be paraphrasing. >____>

[Headlessnewt]

Agree that a Cicada Hero is kinda the devs saying "Hey let's see if we can get people to play Cicadas more."

Giving it ECM would only make it pay to win if it were noticably better than anything else you could acquire with normal money. Pretty sure it won't be, but if they're unwilling to make Hero Mechs with ECM then maybe they're more aware of the problems with ECM than I give them credit for.

Curious blow one up and see what kind of candy comes out.