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[Dee Eight]

Cathy, on 17 January 2018 - 02:31 PM, said:

Battlemaster streak boat, with full sensor suit, bap, and targeting computer anyone ?

Roughneck would be my choice. The 1B with a LB10, 2 MGs, 3 Streak 2s. Its till JUST a 20 ton light afterall. They're not about to give it any structure/armor quirks greater than they gave the lynx-G.

[stealthraccoon]

Nema Nabojiv, on 17 January 2018 - 02:37 PM, said:

I keep seeing this, please help.

Now none of us can unsee that!!!

Look, can we all just agree that the Pirahna is just a way for us to get enough cXL180 engines for our UM-IIC packs that will be announced next month?

Edited by stealthraccoon, 17 January 2018 - 02:48 PM.

[K19]

The mech is even ugly with the hit points ...

[MovinTarget]

Dee Eight, on 17 January 2018 - 02:41 PM, said:

Roughneck would be my choice. The 1B with a LB10, 2 MGs, 3 Streak 2s. Its till JUST a 20 ton light afterall. They're not about to give it any structure/armor quirks greater than they gave the lynx-G.

Whacker w/ 6 ssrm4s

[Valyknir]

So. Freakin'. HYPED!!

[Star Colonel Silver Surat]

Dee Eight, on 17 January 2018 - 02:41 PM, said:

Roughneck would be my choice. The 1B with a LB10, 2 MGs, 3 Streak 2s. Its till JUST a 20 ton light afterall. They're not about to give it any structure/armor quirks greater than they gave the lynx-G.

Not a great choice. Because of its high cockpit and high mounts, the Roughneck has a giant blind spot underneath the cockpit if a light mech gets right up in its face and hugs it. And MG boats are all about huggin'.

[Dee Eight]

Star Colonel Silver Surat, on 17 January 2018 - 05:21 PM, said:

Not a great choice. Because of its high cockpit and high mounts, the Roughneck has a giant blind spot underneath the cockpit if a light mech gets right up in its face and hugs it. And MG boats are all about huggin'.

1B has the balliistics in the arms... the missiles are side torso and being streaks they're gonna shoot downwards to the thing in front of you just as well as they shoot upwards to dispatch UAVs. A piranha hugging me is gonna get a face full of LB10.

[Conner Ward]

stealthraccoon, on 17 January 2018 - 02:45 PM, said:

UM-IIC packs that will be announced next month?

I think you mean the Blood Asp pack?

[El Bandito]

Will9761, on 17 January 2018 - 10:07 AM, said:

Now that the Piranha is coming to PGI needs to capitalize on this mech for PGI events like these:

• Kill a Pirahna - Kill a Dev, but PGI members are in Piranhas
  
• Piranha Swarm - Devs are in 12 mans but in Piranhas

Make it so PGI, use this mech to your advantage for events, color them in company colors and the decal if you have had to!

Considering the average skill level of devs, it will end very quickly and badly for them.

[Electroflameageddon]

So many lasers. So many guns.

I will be shooting so many Streaks.

[Tier5 Kerensky]

I will take out a bunch of LRM assults and see how great that 4xams really is.

[IllCaesar]

shopsmart, on 17 January 2018 - 12:20 PM, said:

Can't wait to see the size of this thing compared to a locust.

Scale should've been some of the very first details about the mech. I can sort of let it slip by on a mech that is supposed to be bigger, like the upcoming Fafnir. Not excusable on a 20-tonner, where size and speed is life.

[AgBaphomet]

shopsmart, on 17 January 2018 - 12:20 PM, said:

Can't wait to see the size of this thing compared to a locust.

Given the screenshots of caustic valley and compared to the tree stump, the Piranha will be as tall as a commando, but a bit slimmer. ... imho

[Doctor Dinosaur]

Everyone whining about alllll the MGs, until they realize how fast the ammo will be gone and how little damage you can deal with it to armor.
The PIR2 on the other hand will be the only mech able to use the er-micro laser, but with a staggered alpha and a lot of heat for such a little mech. Might become the meta PIR though.

[Curccu]

Daggett, on 17 January 2018 - 09:54 AM, said:

We will probably have a day or so then everyone will mount streaks and atms. The real fun begins one or two weeks later when things have normalized and players are using meta builds again.

What if every Piranha owner runs 4xAMS builds? might be tough day for ATM fellows...
I'd run Gauss/HG or other heavy FLD weapons... fun against light mechs

[Curccu]

Doctor Dinosaur, on 18 January 2018 - 01:19 AM, said:

Everyone whining about alllll the MGs, until they realize how fast the ammo will be gone and how little damage you can deal with it to armor.
The PIR2 on the other hand will be the only mech able to use the er-micro laser, but with a staggered alpha and a lot of heat for such a little mech. Might become the meta PIR though.

10000(+ammo nodes) LMG ammo = 700dmg against armor 8,4DPS
8000(+ammo nodes) MG ammo = 800dmg against armor, 12DPS

I think Cipher will be nice with enough dakka to chew internals and lazors to insta poke through that back armor.

[Daggett]

Curccu, on 18 January 2018 - 01:22 AM, said:

What if every Piranha owner runs 4xAMS builds? might be tough day for ATM fellows...

And a free kill for everyone else because the 4xAMS Piranha won't have much tonnage left for weapons.

[Doctor Dinosaur]

Curccu, on 18 January 2018 - 01:30 AM, said:

10000(+ammo nodes) LMG ammo = 700dmg against armor 8,4DPS
8000(+ammo nodes) MG ammo = 800dmg against armor, 12DPS

I think Cipher will be nice with enough dakka to chew internals and lazors to insta poke through that back armor.

10000 rounds hm? Have you even looked at that mech? Out of stock there's 2500 rounds, that's not even 200 damage...pre skill, of course.
Really frightening.

EDIT: Had the numbers wrong in my head, still does not change much.

Edited by Doctor Dinosaur, 18 January 2018 - 02:56 AM.

[Genesis23]

jah i think i will just play something else until about 2 weeks after the PIR dropps... cant be bothered hunting that bugger or gettin' wrecked by it.

[Curccu]

Doctor Dinosaur, on 18 January 2018 - 02:54 AM, said:

10000 rounds hm? Have you even looked at that mech? Out of stock there's 2500 rounds, that's not even 200 damage...pre skill, of course.
Really frightening.

EDIT: Had the numbers wrong in my head, still does not change much.

OK stop there, yes right there where you used word "stock"
Who the **** plays stock anything? Yes I know some weird PPL mostly tier 5 to 4 throwing haxxusations everywhere.

PS. What does not change much?