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[Draco Harkins]

Simple question, when is the Fafnir coming?

[Jay Leon Hart]

If you trust your fellow MechWarriors, as soon as next month?

That's only based on votes from the competition in my signature, AFAIK no-one has confirmed (or denied) the Fafnir.

I hope it's soon, I need faith in IS 'mechs after the Nightstar.

[B0oN]

Fafnir ?
Nice target for ERPPCs

Gimme ...

[MeiSooHaityu]

I was never a big fan of the mech visually, but hey, more the merrier

[Glaive-]

Ah yes, the LRM landing pad to surpass all landing pads

[Stonefalcon]

Don't expect it for years, we just got the Annihilator. Don't know why you would want the Fafnir anyway, it would need even more quirks than the atlas to be viable and it would need some serious hardpoint inflation.

[Darrious Quinn]

Technically the Fafnir is within our new tech window.. I personally hope to never see it. Though Sarna does show 4 base models and a potential Hero.. one of the variants is invalid because it uses Plasma Rifles. It would in fact be the Crown Prince of LRM Magnets though. To slow to risk open areas, too tall/wide for common cover (Imagine a Fafnir trying to hide behind a tree in Forest Colony) and its flat top design gives me the image of it waiting for Keith to swoop in with his Black Lion to "Form the Head"!

Right now IS has 13 assaults. True they could use a new one or two to bring that number up (3rd lowest on IS side with lights at 11 mechs) I feel there are much better candidates.....
... or maybe I just hate the f'ing thing.

[Humpday]

You just saw the thanatos release, with its giant hitboxes...why would you even want the Fafnir? It'll be absolutely terrible, the only way to make that thing not squishy AF is to significantly change its geo...which makes it..

...not a fafnir. Or god quirk it with like they did to the annihilator(which, mind you, got nerf later on).

In before people act all "surprised" that the hitboxes are going to be bad, then proceed to blame PGI for matching the artwork.

[The Basilisk]

Humpday, on 23 November 2017 - 03:47 PM, said:

You just saw the thanatos release, with its giant hitboxes...why would you even want the Fafnir? It'll be absolutely terrible, the only way to make that thing not squishy AF is to significantly change its geo...which makes it..

...not a fafnir. Or god quirk it with like they did to the annihilator(which, mind you, got nerf later on).

In before people act all "surprised" that the hitboxes are going to be bad, then proceed to blame PGI for matching the artwork.

Well the ppl called for the MadCat MkII and it came.
I expected it wiould be as unplayable as it was in MW4Mercs....but its one of the go to Clan assaults at the moment.
Becaused PGI desided to not stick to its design as Mech with wide Arms and huge shoulders.
Instead it became a 90t Mech with the frontal area of a 50t Uziel.
So chances are with that voluminous boxy torso and leggs, the Fafnir could be pretty tiny regarding its frontal area... not bigger than a Thanatos or even smaler.
Remember Volume tonnage ratio and stuff.

Edit: that is if they reframe from effin it up like the poor Nightstar that got the oposite treatment.

Edited by The Basilisk, 23 November 2017 - 04:04 PM.

[FupDup]

PGI is currently going down the MW4 nostalgiamech checklist, so I think that the Faffy is a very likely candidate for either next IS assault or second to next IS assault.

In terms of the hitboxes, PGI could technically save it very easily by giving it absolutely gigantic armor quirks like they did for the Annihilator. However, that depends on how much faith you want to put in our Balancing Overlord™...

Edited by FupDup, 23 November 2017 - 04:34 PM.

[Draco Harkins]

Why people never do their homework is beyond me... THIS is the fafnir not that shoebox that MW4 brought. It would rein supreme as a City fighter.

[Dudeis2kool]

Draco Harkins, on 25 November 2017 - 10:58 AM, said:

Why people never do their homework is beyond me... THIS is the fafnir not that shoebox that MW4 brought. It would rein supreme as a City fighter.

To hell with that. MW4 is way more aesthetically pleasing.

[Jay Leon Hart]

Lord Dude, on 03 December 2017 - 08:33 PM, said:

To hell with that. MW4 is way more aesthetically pleasing.

Nope.

[Steel Raven]

Draco Harkins, on 25 November 2017 - 10:58 AM, said:

Why people never do their homework is beyond me... THIS is the fafnir not that shoebox that MW4 brought. It would rein supreme as a City fighter.

,,, Yeah, that totally wouldn't have the same problem as the Awesome : P

Between the Annihilator, Night Star and King Crab, I don't see the Fafnir being a game changer.

If you want to see it as a fan of the mech, I'm all for it but don't think it's going to be the best 100 ton machine in game (unless you take allot of liberties)

[Khobai]

fafnir is a total waste of a potential new assault, it does nothing other mechs dont already do

I would rather see the thunder hawk get added (as well as the naga and catapult-c3)

along with a hardwired ARROWIV system

that would be the best 100 tonner IMO

we could have actual artillery mechs then and get rid of the broken consumable strikes

Edited by Khobai, 05 December 2017 - 04:35 PM.

[Karl Streiger]

Khobai, on 05 December 2017 - 04:32 PM, said:

fafnir is a total waste of a potential new assault, it does nothing other mechs dont already do

the voice of reason is wasted in any MW4 hyped Mech-Topic.

There were dozens of better Heavys or Mediums for Uziel, Hellspawn and Thanatos and still we got those

[Black Ivan]

Indeed, but all the people cried for their MW4 Mechs and here they are, mostly terrible as hell

[Fiachdubh]

I want the Bandersnatch.

[StoneRhino]

Fafnir wouldn't do something that other assaults already do? How many I.S. assaults are capable of mounting twin Heavy Gauss Rifles? Point them out to me so I can go buy them instead of waiting for the Fafnir. :/

[Y E O N N E]

stonerhino, on 09 December 2017 - 04:41 PM, said:

Fafnir wouldn't do something that other assaults already do? How many I.S. assaults are capable of mounting twin Heavy Gauss Rifles? Point them out to me so I can go buy them instead of waiting for the Fafnir. :/

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