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[InnerSphereNews]

Welcome back! We've got another screenshot for you guys, this one taken in a playtest we had. The Atlas is clearly having a bad day - man, what a headache. Our hero in his Hunchback seems to have made quite a mess of his opponent - why do you guys think that was? (I still love those explosions!)

 

 

If I were to guess, it'd be because he jumped out at the last minute and stole a kill. Or maybe, the Atlas already dealt with his 'friend'. Thoughts? Post them below!

See you again next week! 

[Chuckie]

Need to see a new map.. and maybe even an Awesome

BTW First !!!!!!

Edited by Chuckie, 21 June 2012 - 09:03 AM.

[Kenyon Burguess]

thats a lot of lasers. he prolly only needed one shot to kill it.

[Red Duck]

Hunchback without any AC? What sort of bad messing is this?

[Fresh Meat]

BOOM- head shot, i love the "skull" fragments. Also I like that we get xp for destroying components.

Edited by Fresh Meat, 21 June 2012 - 09:09 AM.

[Spartan]

Swayback.

When in doubt, add more lazerz.

Edited by Spartan, 21 June 2012 - 09:04 AM.

[Lumpi]

Red Duck, on 21 June 2012 - 09:03 AM, said:

Hunchback without any AC? What sort of bad messing is this?

Spartan, on 21 June 2012 - 09:04 AM, said:

Swayback.

When in doubt, add more lazerz.

[Accuso]

laserhunchback ???

what happend to big holes caused by big shells shot by big guns...
spare the ac20... spoil the child isn't it ?

[collosus]

Sounds like somebody defending the dropship and suddenly this wounded atlas pops up, trying to capture it, thinking nobody is defending it... BOOM HEADSHOT!

[Blastkowitz]

Lots of Med lasers or testlab01 is just better than testlab03.

Edited by Blastkowitz, 21 June 2012 - 09:12 AM.

[Atayu]

It looks like the swayback did a great job of focusing all his fire on the center torso. Also by the reload time things on his weapons it looks like he is using his weapons efficiently and has them set up in more then 1 group to manage his heat better. Also the swayback has took very little damage so ether the atlas was already very damaged or was a very bad aim.

[xti]

i´d guess testlab03 was afk since the hunchback looks unharmed

maybe testlab03 was paul, maybe he went afk to kick the server again *cough*

Edited by xti, 21 June 2012 - 09:23 AM.

[TheFreeman]

Wow, I see they're making lots of progress:
1. The Swayback, of course.
2. It's the first screenshot showing the XP system (a little)
3. I may be wrong but the counter in the upper part of the screen had always shown 0:0, now it's 1:1.
Keep up the good work!

[HoldinJohnson]

Ouch, that laserboat Hunchback just blew the Atlas' face off.

[Solis Obscuri]

Looks like the HBK-3P runs a bit cooler than we were lead to believe. Or has it been refitted to use DHS?

[GT32]

Pew pew! kaboom the ground shake beneath you lol.

[Agaster]

Looks like we also earn XP for destroying components. I wonder if different components give different amount of XP. (Destroying the cockpit vs. destroying an arm or a leg)

Edited by Agaster, 21 June 2012 - 09:32 AM.

[Solis Obscuri]

As for what happened, best guess is that whatever friendly is back by the green base softened the Atlas up with a few salvos before the Swayback closed over a small ridge to punch out the torso with a few well-aimed salvos of laser fire.

[Alaric Wolf Kerensky]

collosus, on 21 June 2012 - 09:11 AM, said:

Sounds like somebody defending the dropship and suddenly this wounded atlas pops up, trying to capture it, thinking nobody is defending it... BOOM HEADSHOT!

Why do so many people keep assuming there are dropships in the game? The one time I recall them mentioned was when they announced a plan for a 4 - 'Mech respawn 'Hotdrop' game mode a few months ago. But even then, the dropship is just supposed to drop you onto the battlefield. Nothing was ever said about defending it.

[Rainrix]

That explosion looks fairly satisfying!

And that Hunchback setup looks perfect for me!