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[Herr Vorragend]

Lord Mortak, on 27 February 2013 - 09:40 PM, said:

No one gets it "X-5". It is designed by BMW. Leather seats, touch screen infotainment and teutonic engineering. Those are KC lights on the front for offroading in the Bavarian Alpine Region. Vundabar!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!! so true! It´s a BMW!
The cheapest X5 I will ever get in my entire life. I have to customize it a bit. Need a fridge in the cockpit for some cool beers

[Sangue]

Polojilarious, on 28 February 2013 - 01:04 AM, said:

I mean, yeah, it'd just be an 5 ton heavier jenner D or raven 3L respectively, but cicadas have way more style than jenners or ravens.

Hehe I completely agree. Jenner is as great as it's ugly and feels more like driving a scooter than a mech.

[John MatriX82]

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?)? Maybe they might also be laser ports, but they definitely are not ballistic.

4 energy hardpoints, 1 in each arm, 1 in each side torso. In each side torso there's 1 missile hardpoint with 2 tubes each.

No ECM on this thing please, otherwise it will be near to be a pay-to-win big raven 3L with dual streak and 4 ML.

Without ECM it would be interesting (4 mlas, ENDO, FF, XL 300, dual SRM4+2 tons), but still you'd end up getting tore down by any raven 3L seeing you. Nothing to see here, move along I'd say (as with the AWS-PB).

[LordDante]

JG52Krupi, on 27 February 2013 - 12:21 PM, said:

AWESOME!

no its a cicada

ur welcome

[Der BruzZzler von Wiesndoof]

Henry Pride, on 27 February 2013 - 11:49 PM, said:

ECM on a Hero Mech would be P2W, i think 3 Energy and 2 Missle Hardpoints would be a good mix, but still just a better armored jenner...

Yup! I agree 100%.
It's just a JR7-D on steroids. Jump Jets and ECM on that thing would be definitely P2W and a huge Sh*tstorm would come over PGI!

[Iacov]

it definately looks interesting!
i would enjoy having an ecm mech at last - but guess it wont have ecm

yet i do not understand that p2w whining...
as if an ecm mech would be that OP
if you can't adapt you're only cannon fodder

love the paint job!

[Inertiaman]

Lucky Moniker, on 27 February 2013 - 12:51 PM, said:

if it did in fact have ecm and 2 missle points, it would NOT eat the 3L like everyone believes, not any more than another 3L would really. it would have an advantage yes, but not one that a good 3L pilot (yes they exist beyond the cheese pilots that rely on the mech to do all the work) can't overcome. it would be a slightly heavier version of the same mech, more compact and a bigger target, but possibly having one extra laser hardpoint.
if it doesnt have ECM then its a glorified Jenner-D without jumpjets but with the weight to make more use of the hardpoints

If it has ECM this will not be the last time I quote you on that.

[EarlGrey83]

Even if it had ECM, this woul not be pay to win. Raven 3L would basically be the same mech, just better looking.

[StonedVet]

Its Optimus Prime!

[aptest]

Pale Jackal, on 27 February 2013 - 12:21 PM, said:

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.

if it has ECM PGI can kiss goodbye to any future investment of money from me into this game.

[Obeast]

aptest, on 28 February 2013 - 05:15 AM, said:

if it has ECM PGI can kiss goodbye to any future investment of money from me into this game.

If it has ECM, I will buy it. If not,I won't. So I guess we just cancelled each other out.

[StandingCow]

Fred013, on 27 February 2013 - 12:18 PM, said:

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.

It wouldn't be P2W... stop using that word, you obviously have no idea what it means.

[Terror Teddy]

John MatriX82, on 28 February 2013 - 03:35 AM, said:

4 energy hardpoints, 1 in each arm, 1 in each side torso. In each side torso there's 1 missile hardpoint with 2 tubes each.

No ECM on this thing please, otherwise it will be near to be a pay-to-win big raven 3L with dual streak and 4 ML.

Without ECM it would be interesting (4 mlas, ENDO, FF, XL 300, dual SRM4+2 tons), but still you'd end up getting tore down by any raven 3L seeing you. Nothing to see here, move along I'd say (as with the AWS-PB).

Hmm, small energy X2 in center torso perhaps?

[FerretGR]

John MatriX82, on 28 February 2013 - 03:35 AM, said:

4 energy hardpoints, 1 in each arm, 1 in each side torso. In each side torso there's 1 missile hardpoint with 2 tubes each. No ECM on this thing please, otherwise it will be near to be a pay-to-win big raven 3L with dual streak and 4 ML. Without ECM it would be interesting (4 mlas, ENDO, FF, XL 300, dual SRM4+2 tons), but still you'd end up getting tore down by any raven 3L seeing you. Nothing to see here, move along I'd say (as with the AWS-PB).

Here's my speculation:



For me, there's no question about the 4 energy hardpoints; 2 in the arms and 2 in the L/R torsos. The missile pids are pretty clear too, they look like the pods on the AWS. Green light above them seems to be Artemis. However, I see two small energy port looking things on the CT: maybe two energy hardpoints there too? (see pic).

[Terror Teddy]

FerretGR, on 28 February 2013 - 05:43 AM, said:

Here's my speculation:



For me, there's no question about the 4 energy hardpoints; 2 in the arms and 2 in the L/R torsos. The missile pids are pretty clear too, they look like the pods on the AWS. Green light above them seems to be Artemis. However, I see two small energy port looking things on the CT: maybe two energy hardpoints there too? (see pic).

Yea, Im voting for center torso energy mounts with 2 small lasers.

Still, if that's the case it could be about 6 energy points and X2 missile pods. so perhaps:

LR/ARM: Medium Laser X2
LR/Torso: Med PULSE X2 perhaps
CT: Small Laser X2
LR/Torso: SSRM X2

I dont think the blue ones are anything.

Edited by Terror Teddy, 28 February 2013 - 05:54 AM.

[John MatriX82]

FerretGR, on 28 February 2013 - 05:43 AM, said:

For me, there's no question about the 4 energy hardpoints; 2 in the arms and 2 in the L/R torsos. The missile pids are pretty clear too, they look like the pods on the AWS. Green light above them seems to be Artemis. However, I see two small energy port looking things on the CT: maybe two energy hardpoints there too? (see pic).

I saw those two little lights there too, but they are common in any other cicada (take a look here http://mwomercs.com/...m/cicada/cda-3m ) the 3M has a dedicated red lens in the middle, and those two little red leds are there as well in any other variant that doesn't bear any CT hardpoint.

Therefore there's no hardpoint in the CT

If it was like what you believe, then do you really think that devs will allow a 6 ML + dual missile cicada? It's a tad over even compared to the 2A which is the only one bearing 6 hardpoints.

Edited by John MatriX82, 28 February 2013 - 06:00 AM.

[Inertiaman]

Dreamslave, on 27 February 2013 - 06:32 PM, said:

There is a MAJOR problem with the game if ECM on hero mechs is being associated with "p2w". This is ridiculous.

Tell that to Armando. He's all over feedback telling everyone you lot are too good to be bothered by ECM.

[FerretGR]

John MatriX82, on 28 February 2013 - 05:55 AM, said:

I saw those two little lights there too, but they are common in any other cicada (take a look here http://mwomercs.com/...m/cicada/cda-3m )

You are correct sir. I was going to compare to other CDAs but I was too lazy I think we can definitely say 4 energy, 2 missile.

[MustrumRidcully]

Terror Teddy, on 28 February 2013 - 05:53 AM, said:

Yea, Im voting for center torso energy mounts with 2 small lasers.

Still, if that's the case it could be about 6 energy points and X2 missile pods. so perhaps:

LR/ARM: Medium Laser X2
LR/Torso: Med PULSE X2 perhaps
CT: Small Laser X2
LR/Torso: SSRM X2

I dont think the blue ones are anything.

Or...
Red Energy Point = Small Laser
Blue Energy Point = Large Laser!

...mech collapses from weight...

[Liberty]

My prediction is 6E and 2M hardpoints. 4 Medium Lasers 2 Small Lasers and 2 SRM2 Launchers. No ECM and No JumpJets. This will be the stock version as I am sure players will upgrade the standard SRM2 Launchers to Streaks.