46 replies to this topic

[Rhialto]

The Panther must be close to be the one... this chassis is for sure the worst I ever got. I bought 3 with last sale and was trying to work on keeping at least one like I usually do but after trying to get basic on all of them I think I will just sell them all, they are very slow, crappy mobility, not much fire power and fragile.

I do much better in the not so popular Spider 5V with 11JJ and 2ML.

I had to vent, now I feel better.

[Snazzy Dragon]

If they could take a cXL they would be rather nifty mechs but ISXL dooms them

[Battlemaster56]

Their Achilles heel is that the majority of their weapons are stuck in the right arm and once that thing get hit , and torn off that thing is near useless. Rescale didn't help either making them more a pain in the *** to pilot.

The best bet to make them work is to play as a long range harasser with dual erppc, or erll. I personally run 2mpl and med laser on a few with good sucuess but sold them for mech bays for more clan mechs.

[Davegt27]

they had a few show up in comp play last year but still its all about which bucket your in

I am sure someone will be along talking about how they got 1000 dmg in a panther and how great

the Mech is

Edited by Davegt27, 06 January 2017 - 10:03 AM.

[TercieI]

Davegt27, on 06 January 2017 - 09:34 AM, said:

they had a few show up in comp play last year but still its all about which bucket your in

I am sure someone will be along talking about how the got 1000 dmg in a panther and how great

the Mech is

LegoPirate was their biggest fan and even he finds them frustrating after the embiggening.

[Teslar Kain]

I love my Panther...

[Snowhawk]

Here is the worst Music Video for the worst mech.....

[C E Dwyer]

Rhialto, on 06 January 2017 - 09:04 AM, said:

The Panther must be close to be the one... this chassis is for sure the worst I ever got. I bought 3 with last sale and was trying to work on keeping at least one like I usually do but after trying to get basic on all of them I think I will just sell them all, they are very slow, crappy mobility, not much fire power and fragile.

I do much better in the not so popular Spider 5V with 11JJ and 2ML.

I had to vent, now I feel better.

They used to be very good, I enjoyed all of them.

Mine have been gathering pixel dust since the size increase.

[Bud Crue]

Rhialto, on 06 January 2017 - 09:04 AM, said:

The Panther must be close to be the one... this chassis is for sure the worst I ever got. I bought 3 with last sale and was trying to work on keeping at least one like I usually do but after trying to get basic on all of them I think I will just sell them all, they are very slow, crappy mobility, not much fire power and fragile.

I do much better in the not so popular Spider 5V with 11JJ and 2ML.

I had to vent, now I feel better.

-Sarcasm font engaged-

What? I'm so sick of you IS scrubs with your easy win quirks. Have you even looked at the Panthers' quirks? There is no reason why, with that level of help, you people aren't, walking...literally walking... right up to every Kodiak-3 (which lost all of their quirks thanks to all your scrub whining) you see and just face tanking them. Not even shooting...just stand there and bash them with that OP right arm. It like the arm of medium mech! There is no reason for you not to win every engagement with that kind of crutch. Every one. And I am so sick of the "oh boo hoo, rescale ruined my Panthers". GOD! Where to you people get off? Do you have any clue as to how hard it is to kill a Panther with a Cheetah now?! Thanks to its new gigantic profile I have to actually take time to realize that those are side torsos I am shooting at and not barn doors; and that moment of lapsed concentration might make me need to take two alphas to kill it! TWO!! How is that even fair!?

-Sarcasm font off-


God I miss playing my Panthers.

[C E Dwyer]

Snowhawk, on 06 January 2017 - 10:00 AM, said:

Here is the worst Music Video for the worst mech.....

How can you hate that piece of 80's tat.

[Battlemaster56]

Snowhawk, on 06 January 2017 - 10:00 AM, said:

Here is the worst Music Video for the worst mech.....

Yes the Urbanmech is a terrible mech, and waste of cbills/mc to waste and should be used as a actually garbage can...

[RestosIII]

Snowhawk, on 06 January 2017 - 10:00 AM, said:

Here is the worst Music Video for the worst mech.....

Pfffft. That music video is actually good. Here's the REAL worst one.

[Redinator]

As far as i know the Vindicator is one of the worst chassis, but i don't own and never testet one.

[JediPanther]

The best builds I leveled the panthers were two or three med lasers, a single srm 2 and one ton srm ammo to focus on getting that much needed xl 250. Avoid the panther 10-p as it is ammo depended with only ballistics and missiles in poor locations.What is worst is that one out of all the panthers has the biggest engine cap. The panther is slow as snot speed compare to a lot of the other is mechs. Especially when you are use to 130-156kph. Here's a few builds to try.You need to really pay a lot of attention to the enemy id info and let your team mates be front line. You need to be second line and vulture in to deal damage at enemy mechs already fighting one of your team mates. Never fight one to one with the panther.

PNT-10K lpl srm good with the -20 energy generation and energy cool down.

panther 8z can play like a skirimisher or hit and run pretty well with the laser duration -25percent PNT-8Z mpls srms

9R has great lrm/srm quirks of 15% coold down and 10% speed boost. PNT-9R mobile lrm 10

Edited by JediPanther, 06 January 2017 - 10:22 AM.

[The Unstoppable Puggernaut]

I found the cataphract terribad. But it was the very first mech I'd ever purchased in this game. But for me it was still very bad.

[Battlemaster56]

RestosIII, on 06 January 2017 - 10:08 AM, said:

Pfffft. That music video is actually good. Here's the REAL worst one.

Sacrsam mode:on
Best song ever.

Sacrsam mode:off

Edited by Battlemaster56, 06 January 2017 - 10:42 AM.

[Bud Crue]

The Unstoppable Puggernaut, on 06 January 2017 - 10:37 AM, said:

I found the cataphract terribad. But it was the very first mech I'd ever purchased in this game. But for me it was still very bad.

God damn you people are just out to trigger me today.
Okay, I have 5 Panthers because I loved them so I needed a second 10K for a different build because I got sick of having to reconfigure the one. Then PGI ruined them (along with Wolfhounds and Firestarters).
.
I have 7 Cataphracts. My first heavy, and until I discovered Quickdraws, they were my favorites. Power creep in the form of the the Black Widow eliminated the 4X. The Marauder and its damn jump jet variants killed my 3D. The reduction of the ECM bubble killed any need to bring an 0xp.

-starts weeping openly-

And look what they did to my Quickdraw 5Ks...look what they did! (see past nerfings this last year).

What's next PGI? What's next!? Maybe the Jagger DD needs another kick huh? Maybe the phracts arm mounts need to go lower than knee height? Hey I still like Thunderbolts...should they get a negative heat quirk!?

Stop ruining what little I still enjoy of this game you cork sucking bastages!!!

Edited by Bud Crue, 06 January 2017 - 10:56 AM.

[TercieI]

JediPanther, on 06 January 2017 - 10:19 AM, said:

The best builds I leveled the panthers were two or three med lasers, a single srm 2 and one ton srm ammo to focus on getting that much needed xl 250. Avoid the panther 10-p as it is ammo depended with only ballistics and missiles in poor locations.What is worst is that one out of all the panthers has the biggest engine cap. The panther is slow as snot speed compare to a lot of the other is mechs. Especially when you are use to 130-156kph. Here's a few builds to try.You need to really pay a lot of attention to the enemy id info and let your team mates be front line. You need to be second line and vulture in to deal damage at enemy mechs already fighting one of your team mates. Never fight one to one with the panther.

PNT-10K lpl srm good with the -20 energy generation and energy cool down.

panther 8z can play like a skirimisher or hit and run pretty well with the laser duration -25percent PNT-8Z mpls srms

9R has great lrm/srm quirks of 15% coold down and 10% speed boost. PNT-9R mobile lrm 10

Um. No. The best PNTs have always been the ranged pokers (dual PPC, triple (ER)LL, etc.)

Edited by TercieI, 06 January 2017 - 10:57 AM.

[JediPanther]

TercieI, on 06 January 2017 - 10:56 AM, said:

Um. No. The best PNTs have always been the ranged pokers (dual PPC, triple (ER)LL, etc.)

Until you get up close and lose your gun arm then you just became useless. Pity I don't have the pc hardware or we could do some fun duels or even mirror builds and see how they fare at range vs up close. It would make for interesting videos on youtube.

Maybe join up with the OP with this idea and record it for me? It would teach the op how to use the mech better and solve that riddle of how panthers fair at ranges with long vs short or long vs long. Private lobby and 1vs 1 should work unless you have a unit for the op to drop with. No way i could do it using my current hardware.

[Juodas Varnas]

Snowhawk, on 06 January 2017 - 10:00 AM, said:

Here is the worst Music Video for the worst mech.....

What the hell, dude?
Zlad is awesome!