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Indeed. Atlases, or Assaults in general but Atlases in particular, are basically the "tanks" on the battlefield. It's their job to go over that hill first and draw enemy attacks, so that smaller, less heavily armoured machines can advance in their wake or pull off a successful flanking manoeuvre without being picked off by half the enemy team's focus fire one by one.

For a good Medium, I would suggest a Centurion - it can be reasonably fast and it has 2 energy slots in the center torso, meaning you can run him as a "zombie"*, provided you use a standard rather than an XL engine.

*: The term "zombie" refers to BattleMechs that just keep moving on in spite of having several components shot off. With a standard engine and two lasers in the CT, a Centurion can still be a threat even if all that's left of it are the middle torso, the head, and a single leg.

But, do try out every single weight class to see what's more to your liking / general playstyle!

And it's Atlaii for the plural.

Never!

I can't handle either, it's just Atlas no more no less.

 Lynata wrote:
Never!

The poll looks out of your favor, but amazingly balanced with over 1000 votes.

edit: I agree with you however stupid the argument is if only to support the underdog.

If you are ever in a position to worry about the plural of Atlases/Atlai, you are either a Lyran or having a very bad day.

It is a great time to join, the trial mechs are all excellent Champion variants, which will give you a feel for fully upgraded machines.

Test each weight class, and see which one feels right to you, then choose your preferred weapons, and find a chassis that is in the right bracket of durability and speed that uses the weapons you love. Your cadet bonus should allow you to pick one up when you're ready to move off of the trials.

If you are ever in a position to worry about the plural of Atlases/Atlai, you are either a Lyran or having a very bad day.

Love this^^^

For those interested and holding out for it, the UI 2.0 beta beta test is today. I don't think I'll be participating, but it should be interesting to see what it looks like. Also, cockpit glass effect is in- which should be very interesting. I'm curious to see if the effect of certain weapons will make them worth including as blinders- flamer Locust puts a fat black streak all over an Atlas's face!

Been having fun with my Raven 3L. Not sure about the engine though. I just know the 210 is way too slow.

Well I decided to buy a Battymaster, only played 1 round so far but I think it went well.


Mech' Matches Played Wins Losses Ratio Kills Deaths Ratio Damage Done XP Earned Time Played

BATTLEMASTER BLR-1G 1 0 1 0.00 4 1 4.00 765 810 00:08:05


Just noticed I lost the match, so maybe not the best, but I did quick reflex kill a few lights that round. I do believe I have the vid on my hdd, maybe Ill upload it.

Is it just me or are artillery strikes complete fething bs in this game?

They do 40 damage on a direct hit which has killed me before while in a jenner (bam headshot!), but fat chance of that happening to most other mechs.

It's not the damage that really bothers me (I run an Atlas atm, so), it's the lack of time you get to avoid it, coupled with how much it disorients you.

Like, playing last night, I was on Frozen City advancing from cover to cover toward cowards ridge with my lance following behind when that little red smoke came down right in front of me. Literally the moment I saw it touch down I threw my mech into full-reverse, but because Atlas acceleration is kind of slow, I had only just started backing up when the artillery strike came.

Staggered out of the explosion with my body full yellow and my screen jerking to hell right into a flanking Cataphract and a Jaegermech who promptly shredded me with their AC's. The entire incident took about 8 seconds from the moment the red smoke popped up to my death.

So like, I'm not the best player, I'm mediocre in fact, but it's bs that you can react to something near-instantly and still be too slow to avoid getting hit by it. Artillery strikes as I see them aren't supposed to be a DPS feature (though the damage is fine), but area-denial. With that being the case, it should give you enough time to get the hell out when you notice the smoke, and punishing anyone who remains in the blast-radius.

Frankly, I think an additional 5 seconds or so should be added to the countdown before the strike touches down.

Haven't seen arty yet, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been used in my games.

Finally got my Raven tooled up the way I want. It's no longer a Light with Medium speed. Gonna run it a few time then fine tune things.

Remember that a lot of people running arty are probably also running it with the Improved Artillery module- which does in fact speed up the drop time, I think. Unless I'm thinking of accuracy, though that I think is only from the real-money version.

I think that you backing up was actually the reason you got hit- like you said, Atlaii don't have the best acceleration, so the time to slow to a stop and start reversing probably cost you- I bet if you just kept going straight, you'd have gotten out ahead of the strike.

Anyone given the new hero Hunchback Grid Iron a spin? What do you think? I'm still getting the hang of it, but I think it's an interesting take on the chassis.

Kind of lost as to why you should get any warning at all, its artillery, not like the enemy wants to advertise where it is going to hit. I think the strike should last longer, alloweing you time to run out of it while its coming down but there should not be any initial warning. No one firing the artillery can see the smoke anyway.

Preferebly it should hit somewhere in the area the targeter is trying to hit and the Improvement mod should let it be more accurate. Still no silly smoke in advance.

The air strike, however, makes perfect sense to use smoke for. Thing for that is that, since it's in a line, you can't know which way it'll go and might not be able to escape.

Just started customizing my Cicada. First step was to replace the Ultra AC5 with a standard AC5, I then removed the Small Pulse Laser which I don't use anyway for an AMS, using the ton saved switching from Ultra to Standard to give it a ton of ammo. I also got to upgrade my armour a bit so I hopefully won't die as quickly.

Hey guys,

Just downloaded this. Do you have to purchase all the mechs with real money or can you just use in game cash like WoT's etc?

in game cash and money

Most mechs can be acquired with in game cash. The only ones that can't are the Hero mechs, and special promotion mechs like the Phoenix mechs and the upcoming Clan packages.

Ah brill, all I could see is the MC requirement.

So when it says MC then has CB underneath does that mean you can use either currency or you need both?

Sorry for noob questions lol.

Will probably buy a mad cat when they are out as I have fond memories of them in MW2

Daston wrote:
Ah brill, all I could see is the MC requirement.

So when it says MC then has CB underneath does that mean you can use either currency or you need both?

Sorry for noob questions lol.

Will probably buy a mad cat when they are out as I have fond memories of them in MW2

The MC price is just the price in MC, and the CB price is just the price in C-Bills. You only pay with one or the other, not both.

Might want to grab a Snickers bar , because the madcats not going to be out for a long time.

 Deathshead420 wrote:
Might want to grab a Snickers bar , because the madcats not going to be out for a long time.

Oh, I don't know. If you start earning money now, you may have enough C-Bills when it is released to get one. 24,233,124 C-bills would take a very long time to harvest.

24,233,124 C-bills would take a very long time to harvest

See I'm sure it will be the last one to be released out of the clan pack, If they do it just like they did the last pack you will have to wait more then enough time to save for one.

 Deathshead420 wrote:

24,233,124 C-bills would take a very long time to harvest

See I'm sure it will be the last one to be released out of the clan pack, If they do it just like they did the last pack you will have to wait more then enough time to save for one.

I'm wondering if they will do an add-on pack (like they did the Saber pack with the Griffin and Wolverine), with the Mad Dog and another Clan mech (maybe the Hellbringer or Gargoyle or something...personally I'd hope for the former).

Well spent a bit more time on it yesterday and having a blast

I take it they are still working with the graphics engine as it does seem a little basic for the cry3 engine (when you compare it to the likes of crysis, star citizen etc)

Also you battletech fans will know much more than I do (my knowledge really only comes from the MW games).
Why was the Timberwolf changed to Madcat? Are they different chassis or was it a Licence thing?

Daston wrote:
Well spent a bit more time on it yesterday and having a blast

I take it they are still working with the graphics engine as it does seem a little basic for the cry3 engine (when you compare it to the likes of crysis, star citizen etc)

Also you battletech fans will know much more than I do (my knowledge really only comes from the MW games).
Why was the Timberwolf changed to Madcat? Are they different chassis or was it a Licence thing?

It's actually just a fluff thing. The Timber Wolf is the Clan name for the mech, and the Madcat is what the Inner Sphere called it when the Clans first invaded. Most of the Clan invasion-era mechs have two names, a Clan name and an Inner Sphere name. So for example, the Mad Dog is called the Vulture by the Inner Sphere, and the Kit Fox is called the Uller.