BattleMech 10: Cicada
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 06:53 PM
#262
Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:10 PM
Punisher_1, on 09 May 2012 - 06:53 PM, said:
killing a cicada is one thing but an assault mech or a heavy going against a light or a medium that isnt trying to be something its not is another bring it i say i for one can show you fighting a light mech that isnt piloted by an ai is a whole different ball game.
#263
Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:18 PM
Also wondering what's going on with the multi-barrelled thingy in the left torso. Going from previous designs (the Dragon and the Hunchback, for example) the green lensed round thing above that is the medium laser, and the Cicada doesn't carry anything else except a small laser (seen under the cockpit). An empty ballistics mount, perhaps? Seems a little big for a machine gun.
Edit: Ok, yeah, it's the -3M with a UAC/5. That'll teach me for just reading the front page.
Edited by Sparks Murphey, 09 May 2012 - 07:26 PM.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:19 PM
#267
Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:27 PM
Insidious Johnson, on 09 May 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:
um, I'm from the south, and I pronounce it correctly. I know you were'nt meaning to be prejudist, I am only stating that not all southerners have pronunciation issues. (but quite a few do ) haha I hate being from the south
#268
Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:34 PM
Akaryu, on 09 May 2012 - 05:38 PM, said:
Perhaps when I said better I should have said 'more to my taste'. YMMV.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 07:36 PM
Garth Erlam, on 09 May 2012 - 09:23 AM, said:
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:05 PM
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:10 PM
#272
Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:36 PM
#273
Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:54 PM
#274
Posted 09 May 2012 - 09:15 PM
Still would have taken a Blackjack over it...
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 09:38 PM
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 09:44 PM
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 09:48 PM
#278
Posted 09 May 2012 - 10:01 PM
Straylight, on 09 May 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:
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.
Actually I think that's supposed to be a Rotary AC 2 or 5, which makes no kind of sense whatsoever, 60's tech on a mech in a 50's game? Clearly the artist needs to be flogged for this mistake.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 10:01 PM
#280
Posted 09 May 2012 - 10:20 PM
KageRyuu, on 09 May 2012 - 10:01 PM, said:
Actually I think that's supposed to be a Rotary AC 2 or 5, which makes no kind of sense whatsoever, 60's tech on a mech in a 50's game? Clearly the artist needs to be flogged for this mistake.
I believe Garth confirmed It's a UAC/5
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