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[Bhelogan]

Curse you and your logic Thontor....

[RavensScar]

Huntsman, on 24 September 2013 - 09:49 AM, said:

Looks like:

5 energy
1 ballistic
1-2 missile

Pretty sure that's 6 energy. There are 3 MLas beams coming from each hand.

[ExplodedZombie]

Malsumis, on 24 September 2013 - 09:14 AM, said:

Hmmm....6 laser Atlas, plus ballistic, plus missiles? This can't be done with any other Atlas....so does this mean PTW Atlas? Similar to the Misery Stalker.

Since when does "unique" equal "P2W" ?

I WELCOME unique Hero Mechs. They need to give me at least something interesting for my money (ahem, ECM).

ECM would not be P2W on Hero Mechs.

[Dawnstealer]

Hm - probably should have looked closer at the larger image I linked to. Okay - so it's the same layout as most Atlasessiesisissies, then.

But still...6 arm lasers...

[ExplodedZombie]

Malsumis, on 24 September 2013 - 09:17 AM, said:

Wonder if they will top it off with ECM to make all other Atlases obsolete.

No, I doubt it. I'm sure they will give it a lower arm actuators to keep all the babies from crying "p2w!" over an AC/20 in the arm. The D-DC will probably still be win even though Hero Mechs should get ECM, too.

[New Breed]

If only they had replaced the missile tubes with another ballistic..

damn!

[Dawnstealer]

Ghost Bear, on 24 September 2013 - 10:03 AM, said:

If only they had replaced the missile tubes with another ballistic..

damn!

ahahahaa - a dual AC20, six ML Atlas. That would be pure evil in a brawl.

[Jetfire]

ExplodedZombie, on 24 September 2013 - 10:00 AM, said:

Since when does "unique" equal "P2W" ?

I WELCOME unique Hero Mechs. They need to give me at least something interesting for my money (ahem, ECM).

ECM would not be P2W on Hero Mechs.

Especially since the Battlemaster is on its way.

[Dawnstealer]

Jetfire, on 24 September 2013 - 10:05 AM, said:

Especially since the Battlemaster is on its way.

Good point - I guess I have a couple weeks to level this thing up to master before the Phoenix mechs hit.

[Royalewithcheese]

MFW boar's head:
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I'll have to see hardpoints/engine to actually form an opinion.

[Dawnstealer]

I'll be slapping six PPCs and a gauss in it.

[Hex Pallett]

Not really impressed.

The number of arm lasers is pointless. You gotta have some sort of long-range combat weaponry on a slow 'Mech, and since only MLas makes sense to boat and a Gauss on an Atlas would be a disaster, that leaves only LRM.

[Thoummim]

I'm not convince by this hero, the other atlas already generate monstruous amount of heat, 6medlaser wont help.

Plus it look like he only have 1missile, so no srm which are the best brawling weapon in the game.

[Rick Rawlings]

EmperorMyrf, on 24 September 2013 - 09:31 AM, said:

The poor RS though, the only thing it has on the BH will be the extra missile HP assuming I'm right. If I'm not then it'll have nothing on the BH.

You don't have to pay an insane amount of real money for the RS?

[Dawnstealer]

I dunno, my RS with 4LL and an AC20 absolutely owns on the battlefield. I'd even consider dropping an AC10 on this thing for range, but you might be surprised at how sneaky you can be in a Fatlas.

[Rascula]

I may have had a little sex wee at the thought of this beast.... Want one now pls!!!!

[Gralzeim]

Edit: Oops. Okay, just now somehow noticed the autocannon firing. I'll just...go over here now.


Sweet paint job though.

Edited by Gralzeim, 24 September 2013 - 10:53 AM.

[EmperorMyrf]

Rick Rawlings, on 24 September 2013 - 10:20 AM, said:

You don't have to pay an insane amount of real money for the RS?

Cost, either by in-game or real-life currency, should not be a factor when balancing variants/mechs.

it is insane though.

[RavensScar]

Thoummim, on 24 September 2013 - 10:13 AM, said:

I'm not convince by this hero, the other atlas already generate monstruous amount of heat, 6medlaser wont help.

If a Hunchie 4P can run cool enough to be effective with 9 MLas, you can definitely fit enough heatsinks on something twice the weight to deal with 6 MLas.

6 MLas are a seriously brutal weapon. The Boar's Head also has the advantage of mounting them in arms with lower actuators. This will give them a better range of movement than any other mech capable of boating MLas.

Ok, so the downside is it will still be slow as hell. You'll need to work to get those MLas into range, but I expect it will be an absolute monster if you do.

[Thoummim]

RavensScar, on 24 September 2013 - 10:34 AM, said:

If a Hunchie 4P can run cool enough to be effective with 9 MLas, you can definitely fit enough heatsinks on something twice the weight to deal with 6 MLas.

6 MLas are a seriously brutal weapon. The Boar's Head also has the advantage of mounting them in arms with lower actuators. This will give them a better range of movement than any other mech capable of boating MLas.

Ok, so the downside is it will still be slow as hell. You'll need to work to get those MLas into range, but I expect it will be an absolute monster if you do.

I agree 6ml are brutal but remember a hunch can retreat not an atlas, combat are a lot longer and once you are at 80% heat (about ~2alpha) your 6ml are useless, the 3srm6 of the ennemy DDC are not.