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[Booran]

Atlas is the top tier assault-class mech, not the end game mech period.

[Onmyoudo]

Booran, on 25 September 2013 - 01:31 AM, said:

Atlas is the top tier assault-class mech, not the end game mech period.

Which is still ********, and basically just an excuse for them to call Awesomes "bottom tier assaults" and not bother fixing them. They should not at any point be aiming to classify mechs into tiers, within a weight class or not - and especially not when they all cost the same amount of c-bills after a ridiculous grind.

[Mike Getsome]

Native, on 24 September 2013 - 09:04 AM, said:

ya.. it looks to have 3 energy hp on each arm, missiles on the RT instead of LT, and I dont see a ballistic.

TV, soda and fast food completely killed your brain, amurican, if you are not able to see huge ballistic cannon.

Edited by Mike Getsome, 25 September 2013 - 02:30 AM.

[Alistair Winter]

MustrumRidcully, on 25 September 2013 - 01:26 AM, said:

If it's the Boar, and the Boar was an Atlas scout...
Does that mean it comes with ECM and BAP and a high-rated engine?

If it has ECM, the forums will explode.

I expect it has something like this, 6 medium lasers, AC20, LRM15, STD360 engine and BAP. Or maybe even something weird, like an XL400 engine.

[Booran]

Onmyoudo, on 25 September 2013 - 02:22 AM, said:

Which is still ********, and basically just an excuse for them to call Awesomes "bottom tier assaults" and not bother fixing them. They should not at any point be aiming to classify mechs into tiers, within a weight class or not - and especially not when they all cost the same amount of c-bills after a ridiculous grind.

Not defending anything, just clearing up the statement from PGI.
And their aim is still to have every chassis useful in the game.

[Morang]

Mendes 85, on 24 September 2013 - 01:55 PM, said:

its me or we getting a hero atlas and a locust which has the same attributes as a hero mech, so pgi is giving us 2 MC only mechs next month? isnt this a bit too much mc mechs?

Phoenix Locust is not a Hero Mech - it's just an exterior facelift of a variant available for CBs. Hero Mechs are unique variants. And you can't just buy Phoenix Locust for MCs, only as a part of Phonix Pack.

I believe that October 1 will bring the Boar's Head, then (October 8, nopatch) they will make standard Locust variants available for MCs only and then deliver Locusts for CBs and Phoenix mechs at October 15. October 22 and 29 will be just the days of crappy sales or events, nopatches.

[Toong]

Gaan Cathal, on 24 September 2013 - 09:54 PM, said:

In other news, Balkan ******** a-ok because {Godwin's Law} were worse.


Edit: Really? REALLY? I get the {Godwin's Law} thing, although that's more properly used in reference to {Godwin's Law}, but really? ********? It's a noun, and not an inherently inflammatory or offensive one. Especially what with it being a thing in the setting.

Your difficulty in conveying your words seems oddly appropriate, given how you were just going to try to insult me anyway.

[juxstapo]

Love it. Means we might get Hero variants of all the Founder's machines.... cept mebbe the JR7 .

The arm laser arrays will offset a lot of the Fatlas's inherent torpidity, this thing will be a beast in the middle of a formation. Perhaps with a DDC bro to one side.

[Kai Allard-Liao]

What model Atlas is this based on? I don't want to buy an Atlas, then get this one, to find all my Mech XP is for the same model when I could have gotten a different model for my 3. Did that make sense? I don't think that made sense...

[GrandLocomon]

ShadowHammer, on 25 September 2013 - 09:05 PM, said:

What model Atlas is this based on? I don't want to buy an Atlas, then get this one, to find all my Mech XP is for the same model when I could have gotten a different model for my 3. Did that make sense? I don't think that made sense...

Hero mechs are completely seperate variants. You will earn mech xp for the boars head seperately to any other atlas variant. Only champion mechs (and the special sarah's jenner) earn mech XP toward a pooled chassis type. (eg. atlas-RS and atlas-RS(c) earn xp both as atlas-RS).

[Soloun]

I'll take 2, one to swap to when I get shot out early after my team goes off to play chase the shinny spider, its only money, you can't take it with you, /shrug.
I still think they should give it masc or something with a heat penalty so I can run around chasing lights and generally scaring the {Scrap} outa everyone only to shut down at a bad time, but that's just me.
Looking forward to it, it won't be perfect, but it looks like fun The reason I bother to play after all.

c r a p is a dirty word? changed to scrap above? Glad I toned myself down, gosh, jolly.

Edited by Soloun, 26 September 2013 - 07:32 PM.

[Frost Lord]

Diewire, on 24 September 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

Locust is in October isn't it?

yep

[Frost Lord]

PanzerMagier, on 24 September 2013 - 09:55 AM, said:

Well that was super anti climatic. The hero atlas, 6 lasers 1 B 1 M...
Good variant, should have been a stock one. But it's a hunk of junk for it's value/hero status.
expected so much more from the Hero atlas, like jump jets or ballistics in each arm.

that would be a bit over the top 100T mech with an AC 20 in each arm that can fly.
I think it should have had a laser in the eye socket, something iconic (pun not intended) like the misery's ballistic hard point or the Heavy metals music.

Edited by Frost Lord, 27 September 2013 - 01:12 AM.