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[Morang]

On the Facebook a new cover picture of the MWO page shows us a custom "Megadeath" loadout of an Atlas AS-7K!

[Aldinvor]

oh grandma' what big guns you have!

[William Petersen]

An assault that mounts an AC/2 has no right to be called "Megadeath". More like "Megaderp".

[Aldinvor]

William Petersen, on 26 May 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

An assault that mounts an AC/2 has no right to be called "Megadeath". More like "Megaderp".

Yes, that AC2 totally negates the purpose of that LB 10-X AC.

[Cur]

William Petersen, on 26 May 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

An assault that mounts an AC/2 has no right to be called "Megadeath". More like "Megaderp".

you beat me too it!

[TheFreeman]

Nice find! More 'Mech variants, please!

[Midgie]

You guys are missing the point. That Atlas has an XL engine. Does this confirm that destruction of that torso will put the mech out of commision?

Edited by Midgie, 26 May 2012 - 01:54 AM.

[jayg20769]

It's looks more like an as7-d with a cannon slapped on

[William Petersen]

Midgie, on 26 May 2012 - 01:53 AM, said:

You guys are missing the point. That Atlas has an XL engine. Does this confirm that destruction of that torso will put the mech out of commision?

All it confirms is that an XL-engine protrudes into the side torso restricting available crit space in exchange for extra tonnage. It doesn't necessarily mean that XL-engine mechs will be destroyed upon destruction of the side torso. I'd say it's highly probable, but we don't know for sure until they say so or we play it and find out.

Edited by William Petersen, 26 May 2012 - 01:57 AM.

[Midgie]

William Petersen, on 26 May 2012 - 01:56 AM, said:

All it confirms is that an XL-engine protrudes into the side torso restricting available crit space in exchange for extra tonnage. It doesn't necessarily mean that XL-engine mechs will be destroyed upon destruction of the side torso. I'd say it's highly probable, but we don't know for sure until they say so or we play it and find out.

True

[Sleeping Bear]

This goes to show that anyone who loads an AC2 on an assault mech should be shot on sight. If said individual named their variant/mech Megadeath, they should be shot dead by paperclip firing squad so that they can bleed to death by a thousand pin-pricks.

[Sparks Murphey]

And then there's the fearsome Mauler, with its FOUR AC/2s...

On topic, though, good find, Morang!

[trycksh0t]

The only thing that really hurts me about that is they dropped a GAUSS RIFLE for an LB-10X and AC/2....really?

Good catch on the variant there, I avoid Facebook like the plague so I would never have seen that.

[Fooooo]

Did anyone else notice that the speed for that atlas is 437.5

Obviously we don't know what that number means exactly, I just thought it was funny thinking of an atlas going 437km/h.

[Kanatta Jing]

This is actually pretty big.

The AS7-K and the AS7-D have the same hard point lay out. Lasers in the arms and torso, Missles in the right torso and a big gun in the Left.

The only difference is the oh so expensive XL engine.

So we can now predict the variants based on the Engine as well as the slot lay outs.

And the Founders Atlas was the 22 million C-bill AS7-K and not just a repainted AS7-D.

[Morang]

No, Founders Atlas is the AS-7D. AS-7K doesn't have SRM-6, but it has AMS. Founders Atlas has his SRM in place and no AMS turret visible. And all of his lasers have the same green lens of Mediums we've seen before, while the K version carries a pair of ER and a pair of Pulse lasers - I think, the beam colour would be different at least for one of these types.

It's strange though that the gun rack on the Facebook picture looks the same - while the DRG-5N's Ultra AC/5 is different from DRG-1N's AC/5, here the Gauss rifle of the AS-7K looks just like the AC/20 of the AS-7D.

[Phelan Kerensky]

This is really awesome, I seriously cannot to see what more they have in store for us...

[WiCkEd]

William Petersen, on 26 May 2012 - 01:49 AM, said:

An assault that mounts an AC/2 has no right to be called "Megadeath". More like "Megaderp".

The loadout was probably meant for anti-infantry or even anti-vehicle. Try to remember that the machines weren't necessarily built to just blow each other up. The battlefield scenarios of the B-Tech universe were quite expansive and you can find rules for personnel, buildings, ground/air/sea vehicles, and even land mines. My point being you wouldn't waste an LB 10-X shot on a Jeep or troops in the open because it just is not cost effective. Try not to "gamism" too much guys.

[UnLimiTeD]

Wait.
I'm not too involved in the background, but isn't the K a 3050's variant?

[WiCkEd]

Fooooo, on 26 May 2012 - 02:49 AM, said:

Did anyone else notice that the speed for that atlas is 437.5

Obviously we don't know what that number means exactly, I just thought it was funny thinking of an atlas going 437km/h.

? ? ? Feet/hour ? ? ? lol