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[Jack Gallows]

Wow, this concept of the Cicada is great looking! It's better then the original art!

[Malikai Constant]

I am really impressed with all of the concepts done so far and think that they are the best versions yet. Well done!

[AceTimberwolf]

I love the Design on this. Maybe some DC Blue and Red? I probably Wouldn't Pilot one but I do Like it. So far the Light Mechs have nice designs.

[Cold3y3s]

I like this one a lot, I would be particularly happy if the -3M variant made it in, I would run that.
EDIT: I meant -3C

Edited by Hawk3y394, 10 May 2012 - 12:47 PM.

[Randal Waide]

AdamBaines, on 09 May 2012 - 09:41 AM, said:

This was an awesome surprise. It is an ugly mech, but it fits with its name sake :-) Its not supposed to be pretty, but deadly, which it is for a light.

No such thing as an "Ugly" mech. Some are just "big boned."

I am working furiously on my time machine so I can leap into the future and play this...anyone got any dilithium?

[Nav]

Great mech. Love the look!

[Lyon]

This is a good model for a highly adaptable medium scout. I do like the artwork, and it stayed true to canon.

The Cicada is a mech I don't think I'll pilot much before upgrading it to the PPC hauler variant. The base loadout is just too weak. On the other hand, if there is charging damage here, then 40 tons moving at 129kph will ruin someone's day...This constitutes a guided missile.

[Broad5ide]

needs more Uziel

[Joe Mallad]

SquareSphere, on 09 May 2012 - 10:37 AM, said:

... wait... the 3M wasn't introduced until 3050! Does that mean we'll have some variants that from the "future" ie we're in 3049 at launch.

the 3M was in production in 3049 so its not a far stretch.

Broad5ide, on 09 May 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

needs more Uziel

not for a while my friend. Uziel came some time after the clan invasion.

[WaZzA]

Claw55 8 hours ago, said:
Confession time: Did not see this coming. How do you pronounce Cicada anyway?

Garth Erlam 8 hours ago, said:
Chick-ah-dah.

WaZzA Now hours ago, said:
Pronunciation "tends" to be: See-kaa-daa.
Np.

Edited by WaZzA, 09 May 2012 - 05:22 PM.

[Akaryu]

Kifferson von doober, on 09 May 2012 - 02:17 PM, said:

I used to drop the engine down a knotch double the med lasers and double the armour which is about all the chassis can take. you wind up with something thats got most of a jenners firepower and twice the armour for durability at the same speed.
Akaryu has a point though, what about physical size. On table top it didn't matter but here it might. I mean is it gonna be a bigger target to aim at than the jenner?

its a medium odds are is that it will be bigger then a light mech thus the advantage of its speed means nothing and its just a big fast target that when push comes to shove wont be able to take a hit or defend itself properly. way i see it leave scouting scout destroying sabotage and harrasment to light mechs as they are small enough and quick enough and have enough electronics to do there job well.

[Akaryu]

Eximar, on 09 May 2012 - 02:28 PM, said:

I don't generally like lights, but I'd buy that for a dollar. (/obscure reference off)

its not a light its a medium that thinks its a light i call it a light with a growth problem.

[Yakumo]

Here you go this is how it is pronounced.

http://media.merriam...dc11/c/cicada02

[Win44]

Whatever you call it, whatever it's namesake, this mech gave me a chubby... Alex ya killin me kid!

[Ensign Expendable]

Quick call the factory and cancel my Jenner order. I've found something better.

[Akaryu]

Ensign Expendable, on 09 May 2012 - 05:32 PM, said:

Quick call the factory and cancel my Jenner order. I've found something better.

hope you dont mind getting hit then in your new medium mech thats armed like a light but almost twice the size! hope i made my point dont like to be too whiney. but fellow light mech pilots do your research this thing isnt a light mech its a medium mech that is armed like a light mech and given the engine and armor of a light mech.

Edited by Akaryu, 09 May 2012 - 05:39 PM.

[Hardac]

That's a nice design. FD does not disappoint with his interpretations. Good on ya.

[Cattra Kell]

Anyone else notice the G2GFST on the right leg? (left if you are looking on it)

Damnit FD, you always Got 2 Go Fast or you are not doing it right... VGS

Edited by Cattra Kell, 09 May 2012 - 06:27 PM.

[Straylight]

I admit: I did not predict this.

I guess it makes sense as a "heavy recon" unit (I'm guessing at this point that we'll see threeish of each Role represented in our theoretical dozen launch 'mechs), but I admit I'm surprised we didn't get something like the Hermes (II) or the Assassin instead.

I do have to wonder what the Cicada brings to the table that the Jenner doesn't. Both pack four tons of armor and the Jenner has more firepower and Jump Jets, for only slightly less speed (in practical experience, the difference between 118 km/h and 129 km/h is negligible except over very long distances). The additional five tons is all eaten up (and then some) by the engine for no real advantage.

I like the look of the design, but it feels misplaced among a lineup of generally more-capable machines. Give us the 3C or 3M and it's a different story (since long-range strike capability on a fast platform is something we currently lack), but the 2A just seems incongruous.


EDIT:

Actually, despite the fluff piece describing a 2A, this is a 3M we're looking at. I see a Small (pulse) laser lens in CT under the cockpit and both Mediums on the side torsos. That triple-barrel thing in the LT has to be the UAC/5.

So, interesting to see that we will have some proper 3050's tech available to us at launch, then. The design also implies to me that lighter autocannons are going to be of the "machine gun" variety that will spit small shells at a high rate for as long as you hold down the trigger. At least, I hope so. I can't figure how a triple-barrel arrangement would make sense otherwise.

Edited by Straylight, 09 May 2012 - 06:50 PM.

[Eradicator]

this mech was so confusing in mechwarrior 2 mercs, you couldn't tell based on the wireframe if it was looking at you or away. also it had terrible torso twist radius, this version appears to not have this problem.