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[Nyte Kitsune]

Can't.... stop... laughing.....

How does a Dire Wolf get that close to you? Unless you are blind (in which case why are you playing MWO?). I do have a Dire Wolf, and I notice almost everyone tries to engage it from as far away as possible, preferably with cover nearby, which, honestly is a good idea, since mine has 2 UAC/20, 2 LPL, LRM 20 (Planning on replacing that) and something else.. forget what else I have on it, as I don't pilot a lot of clan mechs as I'm in a Davion Unit, and it doesn't "Sneak Up" on anything. If you're a Sniper or LRM'er I could understand "Getting snuck up on", but that's only because of having "Tunnel Vision" in those builds, and it's your own fault in those cases for not equipping a Seismic Sensor Module to prevent that from happening (I'm guilty of that myself, which I recently remedied)

[Aetes Nakatomi]

As the great Humungus once said "Just walk away".

Edited by Aetes Nakatomi, 20 March 2016 - 06:38 PM.

[Wiley Coyote]

It's official. Firewhale OP!

[kesuga7]

You would better off with this:
50 Single heatsinks - 8 flamers
52.2 kph

http://mwo.smurfy-ne...178fe425d7b0a2f
(You can do Standard 275 for 1 more ton of armor with only 2 kph speed loss)

Edited by kesuga7, 20 March 2016 - 06:39 PM.

[FupDup]

[Chimera_]

"As the flamer dire approached, I could feel my impending doom. It lumbered along furiously, moving like a beached whale. I watched it run towards me. I knew there was nothing I could do...in mere hours, it would arrive and rip me apart limb from limb. I contemplated moving, but decided that was a noob strat and realized that real men facetank assaults. In the time before my doom, I read up on all the latest Mercnet gossip and started flirting with a young Kuritan pilot by sms."

"But then, as I knew it would..."

"It got within range"

[Thunder Child]

This reminds me of that scene in Austin Powers, where Austin runs over that henchman with the Steamroller.
Or that scene in Deadpool where he is gonna run over that guy with the Ice Sweeper, in like, 5 mins.

[Davegt27]

Ok let me get this story right

There are Ninja Dire Whales out there sneaking up and grieving players with flamers


I got to see the video

[Damia Savon]

Hindel, on 20 March 2016 - 01:54 PM, said:

Nothing much to say about getting hit by 8 flamers, instantly hitting 90% heat and just watching the Dire slaughtering you. You shoot back you shutdown and die. You don't shoot you die. Who ever thought of this in PGI team should get FIRED! .. by 8 flamers or more.

Last I checked flames had a short range and Dires were slow...so umm run away?

[Fox With A Shotgun]

Chimera11, on 20 March 2016 - 06:40 PM, said:

"As the flamer dire approached, I could feel my impending doom. It lumbered along furiously, moving like a beached whale. I watched it run towards me. I knew there was nothing I could do...in mere hours, it would arrive and rip me apart limb from limb. I contemplated moving, but decided that was a noob strat and realized that real men facetank assaults. In the time before my doom, I read up on all the latest Mercnet gossip and started flirting with a young Kuritan pilot by sms."

"But then, as I knew it would..."

"It got within range"

Dire Chef lives only to serve grilled Locusts. Now if only he could get some raw ingredients, that would be even better...

Edited by Fox With A Shotgun, 20 March 2016 - 06:53 PM.

[Damia Savon]

Sorbic, on 20 March 2016 - 03:00 PM, said:

While I'm sure that fight was frustrating you have to tip your hat to the the DW pilot brave (or foolish) enough to devote 8 of his energy hardpoints to something that he would rarely get to use.

Forget the Direstar, The B33f has been outdone by the Firewhale.

[Carl Vickers]

OP felt the burn from the whale and is now feeling the burn from the community.

[Damia Savon]

Chimera11, on 20 March 2016 - 06:40 PM, said:

"As the flamer dire approached, I could feel my impending doom. It lumbered along furiously, moving like a beached whale. I watched it run towards me. I knew there was nothing I could do...in mere hours, it would arrive and rip me apart limb from limb. I contemplated moving, but decided that was a noob strat and realized that real men facetank assaults. In the time before my doom, I read up on all the latest Mercnet gossip and started flirting with a young Kuritan pilot by sms."

"But then, as I knew it would..."

"It got within range"

Omg..I'm dying...dying....the Uber Firewhale has claimed another victim.....gasp

[Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kerensky]

I thought ac40 cicadapocalypse was the most powerful mech in the game...

But i was wrong... I want to buy a dire wolf now! So did the dire wolf have any other weapons? How do i build this monstrosity?

Im not smart enough to build such perfection by myself! Please teach me the ways!!!

In the mean time, I shall practice my victory cackle and search for the perfect warhorn to mount!

[Dremnon]

........and Hindel, new to the forums was never seen nor heard from again. His legacy; a post that brought the MWO community together, united in agreement that the 8 flamer DWF death was the lamest/funniest/saddest death ever overshadowing the courage it took to write a thread admitting it happened in the first place.

Truly, #neverforget Hindel.

[kesuga7]

Im doing xl 400 boars head with 6 flamers and 44 single heatsinks
and Banshee with 8 flamers 44 single heatsinks at 70 kph

If i get close i shutdown people pretty quick so far

[Bishop Steiner]

Hindel, on 20 March 2016 - 01:54 PM, said:

Nothing much to say about getting hit by 8 flamers, instantly hitting 90% heat and just watching the Dire slaughtering you. You shoot back you shutdown and die. You don't shoot you die. Who ever thought of this in PGI team should get FIRED! .. by 8 flamers or more.

wow. You let a 48 kph mech with zero turning capability catch and toast your with weapons with like a 90 meter range?

Did your steering wheel fall off?

Screen grabbing OP for Proof that Tier Rankings mean absolutely NOTHING.

Edited by Bishop Steiner, 20 March 2016 - 08:03 PM.

[Destructicus]

NERF DWF MOBILITY WAKE UP AMERICA

[Davegt27]

I just looked and I own 17 flamers guess what I am going to do lol

I don’t have a DW but I should be able to find something

[sycocys]

Mcgral18, on 20 March 2016 - 01:59 PM, said:

...you let a Whale get within 100M of you?

He's got a point, especially with your T2 badge proudly displayed.