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[Bombast]

https://mwomercs.com/flea



I can't believe it.

Edited by Bombast, 01 March 2018 - 01:47 PM.

[The Lighthouse]

It is not Hollander, but this is the mech everyone should buy.

[Angel of Annihilation]

What a waste. I really don't see anything here that can't already be accomplished with the Locust, in fact it looks like a Locust. Can't believe so many people have been wanting this where there are so many more interesting mechs we could have gotten instead.

[Bombast]

Viktor Drake, on 01 March 2018 - 01:49 PM, said:

What a waste. I really don't see anything here that can't already be accomplished with the Locust, in fact it looks like a Locust. Can't believe so many people have been wanting this where there are so many more interesting mechs we could have gotten instead.

It has an 8B variant. So it looks like the IS can finally try their hand at Machine Gun spam.

[Lorian Sunrider]

Please tell me the max speed of 97.2 is a mistake.

Why would I EVER want to go that speed in a 20 tonner?

Edit: for stock engine I guess. Guess I don't pay enough attention to how the past packs have been setup. Immediately looked there to check because of the past rumor of why it wasn't in the game because of literal game breaking speed.

Edited by Lorian Sunrider, 01 March 2018 - 01:56 PM.

[The Lighthouse]

Viktor Drake, on 01 March 2018 - 01:49 PM, said:

What a waste. I really don't see anything here that can't already be accomplished with the Locust, in fact it looks like a Locust. Can't believe so many people have been wanting this where there are so many more interesting mechs we could have gotten instead.

It is not a waste. It was always promised to appear in the game, and at least PGI held the promise.

[Grus]

smaller torso than the locust but bigger legs for MASC... ok.

[The Lighthouse]

Lorian Sunrider, on 01 March 2018 - 01:50 PM, said:

Please tell me the max speed of 97.2 is a mistake.

Why would I EVER want to go that speed in a 20 tonner?

It is not max speed. It is the speed of the stock engine speed, which is 120. You can upgrade it to 170 engine.

[Grus]

ill have to set a reminder to buy a Jenner 2c and load a bunch of streaks on it and chase these down

[- World Eater -]

I hope this means we'll get the Firemoth

[Bombast]

Lorian Sunrider, on 01 March 2018 - 01:50 PM, said:

Please tell me the max speed of 97.2 is a mistake.

Max speed with max engine is 137 kph. Not as fast as a Locust, but fast. The -17 will have MASC. Not sure what the percentages on the light MASC is.

[Metus regem]

Lorian Sunrider, on 01 March 2018 - 01:50 PM, said:

Please tell me the max speed of 97.2 is a mistake.

Why would I EVER want to go that speed in a 20 tonner?

it uses a 120 stock... so applying a 1.4 to that gives us a 168 so if PGI is feeling mean, they give a 170 cap....

That gives us a speed of:


170 cap: 137km/h


So not horrible, but not fantastic... how ever when coupled with MASC on most of the variants it gets Locust-ish. So much for the Flea being dead to Russ....

[Kin3ticX]

before you get excited about all dem MG hardpoints you better have a look at how well 4xMG fits on a Locust-1V

[ramp4ge]

The hero looks like it's perpetuation of cancer.

1 energy hardpoint on the head, 1 energy in each side torso, 6 MGs in the arms.

[N0ni]

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S CRYING!

[Jackal Noble]

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little....

[FupDup]

They must really be running out of ideas if they want to re-release the Locust.

Anyways, for speed calculations...
Base: 137.7
MASC: 20%
Tweak: 7.5%

MASC'd speed without tweak: 165.24
Maximum possible speed: 175.5675

Looks like we've either got a new speed cap for the game, or PGI is gonna nerf the MASC and/or the Flea's speed to make it work (which defeats the entire purpose of even having it).

For reference, the current highest speed is 167.1625 kph on a Commando with speed tweak.

[Bombast]

Kin3ticX, on 01 March 2018 - 02:00 PM, said:

before you get excited about all dem MG hardpoints you better have a look at how well 4xMG fits on a Locust-1V

7.5 tons available on the Non-MASC variants. That's 3.5 tons of ammo for 8 Machine Guns. Not great, but probably fun.

[FupDup]

Bombast, on 01 March 2018 - 02:04 PM, said:

7.5 tons available on the Non-MASC variants. That's 3.5 tons of ammo for 8 Machine Guns. Not great, but probably fun.

How much armor are you stripping?

8 MG Flea Impersonator

[EnochsBook]

So PGI's way to address the concerns regarding the Piranha is to give the IS an equivalent?
I'm not sure how I feel about this.