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[FupDup]

Bombast, on 02 October 2017 - 03:27 PM, said:

6 Ballistic, 9 Energy on the hero. Only two arm mounted hardpoints. The Hell.

It's not surprising that PGI made the cheesiest variant be premium-only. That's been a trend for a while now...

[Requiemking]

Ah well. Overspecialised junk mech is overspecialised junk.

[Zergling]

I'm totally gonna buy this one.

[Hit the Deck]

That's an interesting looking 'Mech (in a good way).

I especially dig the head design. <3 Alex!

[El Bandito]

Steve Pryde, on 02 October 2017 - 03:29 PM, said:

I hope people now will finally aim for legs on lights and not shoot off useless shield arms LUL.

Cheetah and Lynx both have majority of their weapons on the easy to shoot off arms.

[WrathOfDeadguy]

The only question is whether or not to wait until this year's loyalty rewards drop so that the package will apply to next year's batch. This one's a guaranteed buy from me. It wasn't at the top of my wishlist- not even in the top five- but it has so much trolling potential that it can't be ignored. Y'all think you hate MGs now?

Bad heavies and lurmboats will learn to fear the little fishies. Ooooh yes.

[El Bandito]

WrathOfDeadguy, on 02 October 2017 - 04:56 PM, said:

Bad heavies and lurmboats will learn to fear the little fishies. Ooooh yes.

Even meta mechs such as the Hellbringer and Battlemaster will have to fear this little guy. Their high mounted torsi hardpoints simply can't aim downwards enough to reach the Piranha, once it bites their ankles.



Which is bad news for me.

Edited by El Bandito, 02 October 2017 - 05:01 PM.

[MischiefSC]

This is the IS' fault for having the Locust not actually worthless and having a niche relative to the Myst Lynx.

The only possible result from that is a Clan 20 tonner that's vastly superior to the Locust in every way.

Fortunately I expect PGI to fix that by nerfing, what, IS assaults. Also IS ERMLs. Because **** you, that's why.

Same way they 'fixed' the KDK 3. By nerfing all the good IS heavies.

This will go well.

[Y E O N N E]

I will be amused if the Piranha has all the handling of a dump truck to compensate for that firepower.

[Carl Vickers]

Yeonne Greene, on 02 October 2017 - 05:06 PM, said:

I will be amused if the Piranha has all the handling of a dump truck to compensate for that firepower.

Not until it comes out for space bucks, up till then, it will be indestructible, you know how these things work with PGI

[Pariah Devalis]

Well, that $50 just vaporized faster than the rear torso of an Atlas come January 23.

[LT. HARDCASE]

Yep, it's just as obscene as I expected. Sacrificing children to the Meta Gods has finally paid off.

That hero is just STUUUUPID powerful.

Then the 4x AMS variant for that extra little bit of **** you sprinkled on top.

[El Bandito]

Promessa, on 02 October 2017 - 05:14 PM, said:

The locust has extra mobility doesn't it? I know some have more than others though. Wondering what the base agility is or if the Piranha will be lower than base. Could end up being a very easy to hit bro. Oh, and nearly all torso mounted means you might be right to expect fire starter like torso pitch.

I was kind of hyped for this mech last year, but balancing by making mechs unfun to drive has kind of killed that.

20 tonner sized mech is very very hard to hit, especially when it is moving at 150+ kph with skill tree. It is gonna be smaller than the Commando. And unlike the Commando, there are no oversized arms to shoot off. I will be flipping tables if Piranha gets any kind of durability quirks.

Edited by El Bandito, 03 October 2017 - 02:56 AM.

[Pariah Devalis]

LT. HARDCASE, on 02 October 2017 - 05:19 PM, said:

Yep, it's just as obscene as I expected. Sacrificing children to the Meta Gods has finally paid off.

That hero is just STUUUUPID powerful.

Then the 4x AMS variant for that extra little bit of **** you sprinkled on top.

Perfect, absolutely perfect mech candidate for LAMS, too. Zero heat primary weapon systems. Sidesteps having to cram enough ammo to feed four AMS. Might be toasty, but the instant LRM/SRM/SSRM/ATM obliteration is going to be insanity.


But not as insane as the 15 Flamer lockdown Piranhas you can expect in scouting group play. XD

[Archangel.84]

Pariah Devalis, on 02 October 2017 - 05:22 PM, said:

Perfect, absolutely perfect mech candidate for LAMS, too. Zero heat primary weapon systems. Sidesteps having to cram enough ammo to feed four AMS. Might be toasty, but the instant LRM/SRM/SSRM/ATM obliteration is going to be insanity.

Quad LAMS will absolutely cook you without any weapons fire. Like... instantly.

[GrimRiver]

Inb4 all the "Omg itz op pls nurf, muh back Rmur iz strip in 0.002planck".

And then PGI will respond with massive nerfs to MGs and they'll go unused by anyone for 3 years again.

All because people fear dinging on their armor from MGs more than the BOOM of an AC20.

Edited by GrimRiver, 02 October 2017 - 05:29 PM.

[Marquis De Lafayette]

Happy New Years IS pilots!

Sincerely,

The Clans

[Pariah Devalis]

GrimRiver, on 02 October 2017 - 05:28 PM, said:

Inb4 all the "Omg itz op pls nurf, muh back Rmur iz strip in 0.002planck".

And then PGI will respond with massive nerfs to MGs and the'll go unused by anyone for 3 years again.

All because people fear dinging on their armor from MGs more than the BOOM of an AC20.

And then suddenly the -2 with 15 ER Micros gets to work. 8/7 firing pattern. Honestly probably just as scary. XD Finally a mech that can make good use of the Micros. That, and the Phantom, if we ever got that thing.

[Hawk819]

Well, I guess the Firemoth will never see the light of day. . . ever!

[nehebkau]

hmm 12 lmgs, 4 micros .... 16 dps while your 1/2 ton of ammo lasts lol