Anniversary CN9-AH & AS7-S

Anybody knows if this is their unique camo pattern? Because they look AWESOME! (pun intended)

 

I think it's a pretty safe bet that that is indeed the loyalty skin, but there is really no way of knowing until the mechs are actually previewed/released.

 

Something bothering me: wasn't the old CN9-AH without lasers on CT?
I won't say no to zombie hardpoints, but iirc hardpoints used to be 3 ballistics on right arm and 2 missiles on left torso.

 

Russ did mention on twitter that its a custom skin/geometry and that cent doesn't have missile doors:

Russ Bullock ‏@russ_bullock 19h19 hours ago
@BishopSteiner @MechWarriorF2P @HerbuRola not decals but custom skin and custom geometry. New shield is cool.

Russ Bullock ‏@russ_bullock 19h19 hours ago
@BishopSteiner @MechWarriorF2P @HerbuRola missile doors were very technically challenging when your talking like 2 tubes to 18+ dynamically

 

That is the AS7-S according to some admin replying. Cent dunno.

 

AS7-S already sighted ingame (pilot is a noob)

 

Well at least he knows to torso twist a bit.

 

Can't be any worse than the Direwolf pilots currently.

Spent Sunday trying to save some....

 

I've had a few pugs recently with direwhale lances. Never felt safer before in my KFX

It can't be AH, it has lazors on the CT. Probably a refresh job of the Cent, as far as i remember they did the same with the Spider

 

It was supposed to be the -AH and every PGI posts announcing the release of theses "anniversary" variants refer to it as the -AH.
That's why we were surprised by the image they released.

Actually, it might be a CN9-D (2 ballistics on the arm, 2 energy on CT and 2 missiles on left torso).
As well as the Atlas might not be a -S but a D-DC (the -S variant does not have 3 missiles on the left torso, only 2)(as well as it does not have lasers on CT). Still that "laser eye" remains a mystery but it might just be a feature of the new skin just like the founder skin has a different head design.
PGI might have used these variants as basis for the skin design at a time the actual new variants were not completed yet, and/or used it for the promotional images thinking nobody would notice (which is underestimating the fanbase nerdism) and thinking it wasn't important enough that they'd waste a designer time to make an second image matching the actual hardpoints of the new variants.

 

The paint scheme on the altas tempts me to buy an a-la-cart package just so I can has it. So pretty....

 

I thought buying MC and getting mechbay count as spending also?

Well, getting extra hardpoints for it maybe?
I mean, we are missing the backwards pointing hardpoints. So getting them forward pointing may be ok I guess. (I wish they give us those energy hardpoints in regular atlas)

 

That's also what I'm thinking. Rear-facing slots will not be avialble any time soon.....
And the Atlas S has two rear-facing laser-hardpoints, which will be forward-faced.
The left torso has 2 missileslots forward and 2 missileslots rear-faced... just do the math ....
If they translate the TRO 101 with all the hardpoints facing fwd this would mean
RT - 1B / LT - 4M / CT - 2E / RA - 1E / LA - 1E for the Atlas.

The CN9-AH just had the AC20 in one arm and the LRM10 in one torso. Guess two E-Slots in the center are being added to make it more competitive.

 

You get the Centurion for buying MCs (or get some from a founder package) but to get the Atlas you need a founder/phoenix/invasion package.
http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/171263-1-year-customer-appreciation-program/

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I remember correctly the lasers on the AS7-D torso are on the rear too. PGI turn them on the front, they'll probably do the same with the -S' backward pointing missile hardpoints (that would make 2 on the CT and 2 on the LT).
And won't add any non-canon hardpoint, as far as I know they never did.

 

What do you mean they don't have their correct loadout? Looks right to me. Of course the DS gets away with things because it's not a lore Mech, but they already said that not all hero mechs will be from lore.

 

Forget where it was posted, but someone put up a list of mechs in game that differ from canon hardpoints. If I recall correctly, it's always been by providing additional hardpoints, sometimes in a new location but usually turning things like 1 ballistic into 2, or 2 missiles into 3, etc.

 

Wait, I thought these were supposed to be delivered by now...? Now I can't seem to find a date. I patched the client to see them but I don't have mine. Too soon?