34 replies to this topic

[The Blood God]

i get that the dire wolf is a hundred tons of hard point wielding doom and that you need to be more skilled than i am to be a threat when piloting it but i'd like one iddy biddy tincy wincy little change to the big fella nothing to serious difficult or game breaking just a few extra degrees of torso twist just enough to twist say80/ 85 degrees in each direction once twist x is unlocked pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase xxxxxxx its not much to ask really that still wouldn't be enough for it to engage an enemy off to the side with out turning the legs a bit and it could better defend against the ridiculus amount of lrms they attract even if its just a couple of degrees less than the atlas i'd be happy

[l33tworks]

PGi seems to hate assault mechs so they'll probably buff the timberwolf before they do this.

[Thorn Hallis]

l33tworks, on 12 July 2014 - 02:26 AM, said:

PGi seems to hate assault mechs so they'll probably buff the timberwolf before they do this.

Yeah, thats why they gave the DDC ECM. So full of hate.

[Karamarka]

No thanks the Direwolf is already easy-mode in pug games.

You want balance instead of just buffing the already strong for domination? Ask them to look into the Summoner or something

Edited by Karamarka, 12 July 2014 - 02:38 AM.

[Scurry]

Have you even doubled your basics yet?

Anyways, that's the price you pay for outgunning every other Mech in the game.

[Wolfways]

Direwolf speed is 53kph (after tweeks) which is the same speed as my Stalker. You should have no issues with LRM's.

[Bishop Steiner]

thus

is the price

you pay

the tax

as it were

for witnessing

the firepower

of this

FULLY OPERATIONAL

Battle Station

(with legs)

one does not

get to be

the Deathstar

AND

a ballerina

all at the same time

it's called

BALANCE

as such

use the Whale

correctly,

and your Problems

will fade away

[Wolfways]

Bishop Steiner, on 12 July 2014 - 03:19 AM, said:

Stuff all over there ---------->>>

Why?

[Bishop Steiner]

Wolfways, on 12 July 2014 - 03:31 AM, said:

Why?

why not?

made you look

made you stop

and ponder

for a second more

than one might

be so inclined

otherwise?

Ignoring

the conventions

dragging

the rest

of the forums

down

like a millstone

tied to one's neck,

whilst

struggling to swim

is liberating

[Wolfways]

Bishop Steiner, on 12 July 2014 - 03:34 AM, said:

More stuff over there ---->

"Because i'm a looney" would have sufficed

[The Blood God]

Karamarka, on 12 July 2014 - 02:37 AM, said:

No thanks the Direwolf is already easy-mode in pug games.

You want balance instead of just buffing the already strong for domination? Ask them to look into the Summoner or something

dude the summoner is quite mobile stick some jj's and lpl's on it and its a killing machine its no timber wolf but still deadly, the whale is occasionally a killer in pug games only, provided ya team doesn't run off on ya and the enemy stands in front of ya and there's no missile boats to screw ya over coz its to slow to make use of radar derp and can't twist enough to spread the damage to the arms, im not asking much just a couple of degrees, then again still got elite efficency to go yet that'll double the twist x skill

may be i'm a better pilot than i credit my self ............... may be

[Wolfways]

MAX909, on 12 July 2014 - 03:38 AM, said:

...and there's no missile boats to screw ya over

may be i'm a better pilot than i credit my self ............... may be

Contradiction

[Imperius]

My average damage in the Dire Wolf is 460ish and I often break the 1000's easy. It's fine as it is anymore buffs and I might as well just auto-win.

Note: My Dire Wolf is gold so I'm usually a number 1 target.

[WhiteRabbit]

Imperius, on 12 July 2014 - 03:48 AM, said:

My average damage in the Dire Wolf is 460ish and I often break the 1000's easy. It's fine as it is anymore buffs and I might as well just auto-win.

Note: My Dire Wolf is gold so I'm usually a number 1 target.

yeah keep the DW like it is right now....buff it and the whine will flow and fill the rivers of angst until they flow over and flood the fields of butthurt.

btw. Do you guys really notice that a mech is golden? For me mechs are brownish until about 300m....i couldn't tell if the mech is golden or yellow or brown until i ram my mech up their bumm (and that's unpleasant for both of us trust me )

[El Bandito]

MAX909, on 12 July 2014 - 02:07 AM, said:

i get that the dire wolf is a hundred tons of hard point wielding doom and that you need to be more skilled than i am to be a threat when piloting it but i'd like one iddy biddy tincy wincy little change to the big fella nothing to serious difficult or game breaking just a few extra degrees of torso twist just enough to twist say80/ 85 degrees in each direction once twist x is unlocked pleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaase xxxxxxx its not much to ask really that still wouldn't be enough for it to engage an enemy off to the side with out turning the legs a bit and it could better defend against the ridiculus amount of lrms they attract even if its just a couple of degrees less than the atlas i'd be happy

No. If you can't do well with in a mech with that amount of pod space and hardpoints, then get better.

Edited by El Bandito, 12 July 2014 - 04:45 AM.

[FupDup]

You get to carry a metric fuckton of firepower, which is why the mech's lack of speed/agility is justified.

However, I could potentially see giving a +5% or so speed boost quirk to the Prime and A side torsos, because everyone just uses the B side torsos for the dual ballistics. This would give a choice between wanting moar dakka or a little more speed (but still being very slow).

[Sephlock]

No, the slow + lumbering + high firepower motif is best for assaults! There is no need for high agility!

[Angel of Annihilation]

Honestly as it stands now, despite many claims otherwise, the Dire Wolf is pretty well balanced. Its amazing firepower is offset by its lack of mobility which makes it very vulnerable. Basically it can kill very fast but can also be easily out maneuvered and killed itself.

Give it more mobility however and then you will have a overpowering, game dominating mech. This needs to be avoided.

[Malcolm Vordermark]

Nah, DW is fine. It has enough twist to defend with, all else is made up for by that 50.5 tons of pod space.

[Triskelion]

Imperius, on 12 July 2014 - 03:48 AM, said:

My average damage in the Dire Wolf is 460ish and I often break the 1000's easy. It's fine as it is anymore buffs and I might as well just auto-win.

Note: My Dire Wolf is gold so I'm usually a number 1 target.

There is absolutely nothing like double gauss headshots as something peeks you and realizes that not only are you a whale, but you are also a dire whale.


And then they die.



And then you get hate mail in chat.

(I've been trying to get another person with the gold dire wolf, I've already got another guy, we just need a golden timber wolf to complete a small group. Honestly, I'd like to get a full group together just for the screenshot value, I've already seen a kit fox and an adder, so they have to exist.)