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[InvictusLee]

Why cant we have them?

What prevents an Atlas from boating 4 LB10s, either in the torsos/arms or 2HGR + 2UAC5s?

I'm just throwing ideas out there.

[FupDup]

How about something that stands out from the crowd rather than being yet another generic twin HGR assault when we've already got 4 and will soon get a 5th?

[El Bandito]

November11th, on 15 March 2018 - 06:44 PM, said:

Why cant we have them?

What prevents an Atlas from boating 4 LB10s, either in the torsos/arms or 2HGR + 2UAC5s?

I'm just throwing ideas out there.

Why should PGI give us quad ballistic Atlas, when they are trying their best to sell the Fatnir to us?

[InvictusLee]

El Bandito, on 15 March 2018 - 06:56 PM, said:

Why should PGI give us quad ballistic Atlas, when they are trying their best to sell the Fatnir to us?

Because they can be twin heros like the much hated dragon twins!

[Zergling]

Sounds like this would be a change from typical Atlas loadouts, without being another dual HGR boat:

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AS7-K2 Atlas Jedra Used by Lord Jedra Kean of Vega this variant of the Atlas removed the standard weaponry. Each arm carried a Light Gauss Rifle. The right and left torsos each carried a pair of ER Medium Lasers and a single SRM 4. The center torso carried a single ER Medium Laser. The armor protection, heat sinks, and ground performance remained identical to a standard AS7-K2. BV (2.0) = 1,971^[38]

So... how about 2B in each arm, 2E/1M in each side torso, and 1E in the CT?

[N0ni]

If we didn't already have the Cyclops (Sleipnir), Mauler, Nightstar, Annihilator and King Crab (including the upcoming Fafnir) with quad or more ballistics i wouldn't be opposed to it. But since we have these things, we need to get a bit more creative.

Quite honestly, what we should've had for a second Atlas hero is the K2 Jedra. LA/RA Ballistics, LT/RT Missile/Energy. Tech we already have. It breaks the norm for the Atlas in a good way.

[InvictusLee]

N0ni, on 15 March 2018 - 07:45 PM, said:

If we didn't already have the Cyclops (Sleipnir), Mauler, Nightstar, Annihilator and King Crab (including the upcoming Fafnir) with quad or more ballistics i wouldn't be opposed to it. But since we have these things, we need to get a bit more creative.

Quite honestly, what we should've had for a second Atlas hero is the K2 Jedra. LA/RA Ballistics, LT/RT Missile/Energy. Tech we already have. It breaks the norm for the Atlas in a good way.

I'm down for more atlai!

[El Bandito]

Zergling, on 15 March 2018 - 07:44 PM, said:

Sounds like this would be a change from typical Atlas loadouts, without being another dual HGR boat:

So... how about 2B in each arm, 2E/1M in each side torso, and 1E in the CT?

Atlas has hand actuators, so the best you can do is to put 2xAC5 per arm. Meh.

[PocketYoda]

Four machine gun atlas for the win.

[InvictusLee]

Samial, on 15 March 2018 - 09:08 PM, said:

Four machine gun atlas for the win.

8 mg atlas + 2HGR or +HPPC?

[TheMadTypist]

Is it really an atlas at that point though? I mean, we're getting the Fanfir which offers what you're looking for, why duct-tape that onto an atlas? I could understand not liking the Ani due to the speed issue, but there will soon be an alternative that does exactly what you're asking as its specific flavor.

Why crowbar the atlas into something it's never been?

[Zergling]

El Bandito, on 15 March 2018 - 09:01 PM, said:

Atlas has hand actuators, so the best you can do is to put 2xAC5 per arm. Meh.

Yeah, I can't see it being great or anything, but it'd be different to other Atlas at least.

[PocketYoda]

November11th, on 15 March 2018 - 09:31 PM, said:

8 mg atlas + 2HGR or +HPPC?

I run 6 machine guns and 2x mrm40s on my mauler and it mauls atlai, took down two Atlas and an Annihilator earlier today.. Mgs aren't broken, yea right haha

Edited by Samial, 15 March 2018 - 10:40 PM.

[Zergling]

Samial, on 15 March 2018 - 10:38 PM, said:

I run 6 machine guns and 2x mrm40s on my mauler and it mauls atlai, took down two Atlas and an Annihilator earlier today.. Mgs aren't broken, yea right haha

And I got solo kills on a Zeus and two Catapults, along with MDD assists on another Zeus, a Supernova and a Cataphract with my 2x MRM40 Catapult last week.

If I'd been running a mech that had MGs alongside those MRMs, I'd have died with much fewer kills and damage because:
A: I would have tried to get closer to enemies, increasing the damage I received
and
B: I would have been staring at them to do damage with my MGs, allowing the enemy to focus my CT much easier.

Seriously though, you probably shouldn't bring up your anti-MG crusade in unrelated topics. If you want to discuss it, either stick to an existing one or make your own.

Edited by Zergling, 16 March 2018 - 12:13 AM.

[Curccu]

November11th, on 15 March 2018 - 06:44 PM, said:

Why cant we have them?

What prevents an Atlas from boating 4 LB10s, either in the torsos/arms or 2HGR + 2UAC5s?

I'm just throwing ideas out there.

Annihilator is good enough for that, I'd rather take some hardpoint mixes that we do not have yet.

[Eisenhorne]

I'd like to see an IS assault with an insane number of laser hardpoints. Maybe make an energy atlas with 15 or so? 6 in each arm, 3 in an upper torso location, and maybe a single ballistics hardpoint.

[evilauthor]

How about an Atlas with TWELVE ballistic hardpoints... all stuffed into one Side Torso?

[Variant1]

we could have a quad balistic atlas, 1 in arms and side torsos either ac2 or ac5 kind of like the atlas in mechassault. would need 1 missile harpoint on each side and 1 energy for arms and sides for the mechassault look though

[GrimRiver]

I'd rather have the Atlas-II as an extension on the Atlai line, just with modified visuals and hitboxes.

Same with the Grand Dragon in the Dragon mech line.

[Juodas Varnas]

GrimRiver, on 16 March 2018 - 08:00 AM, said:

I'd rather have the Atlas-II as an extension on the Atlai line, just with modified visuals and hitboxes.

Same with the Grand Dragon in the Dragon mech line.

And a Hatamoto-Chi for the Charger line.

Also a Charger.
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