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[Darian DelFord]

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Reminds me of Jenners of old!

[Prototelis]

It's amazing how much damage you can just duck out of in the FLE.

Definitely my favorite light mech at the moment.

[Darian DelFord]

Prototelis, on 27 January 2019 - 12:31 PM, said:

It's amazing how much damage you can just duck out of in the FLE.

Definitely my favorite light mech at the moment.

Not only duck but give out if specced right. Thing is a DPS machine.

Edited by Darian DelFord, 27 January 2019 - 09:10 PM.

[Verilligo]

Darian DelFord, on 27 January 2019 - 12:29 PM, said:

Reminds me of Jenners of old!

So you're saying we need to re-scale it to the size of a Cicada. It's the only way to stop him...!

[Prototelis]

Darian DelFord, on 27 January 2019 - 05:29 PM, said:

Not only duck but give out if specced right. Thing is a DPS machine.

Yes I agree. I've been doing very well with the 17 this season.

Much salt.

[El Bandito]

Next patch:

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• Flea durability quirks removed.

The patch after that:

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• Flea torso yaw reduced by 20.

On the third patch:

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• Flea can no longer torso twist.

Edited by El Bandito, 27 January 2019 - 11:25 PM.

[JediPanther]

Keep all the attention on that one. My seven other 20 toners will be fine.

[Darian DelFord]

El Bandito, on 27 January 2019 - 10:12 PM, said:

Next patch:





The patch after that:





On the third patch:

HUSH YOU!!!!!!!!



A great match last night..... Great.... The only bad thing I have to say about this match, is the complete lack of VOIP when I was dueling the last two mechs. No idea what the summoner was doing, nor did anyone pipe anything else up. Even when I asked where the back up was at,

All in all an awesome match on all sides though



EDIT::: If you have a seizure disorder be careful the last three minutes of the match ;pp

Edited by Darian DelFord, 28 January 2019 - 04:28 AM.

[Kells hounder]

buying this next
8

[Darian DelFord]

Kells hounder, on 28 January 2019 - 05:08 PM, said:

buying this next
8

Its worth it..... Cause then you can do stuff like this!!!!



Once more unto the breach my friends.... CHARGE!!! FOLLOW THE FLEA!!!!!!!!!!!

[jjm1]

*Results may vary.

If it was Real Life™ where I only had one life to give, I don't think I would want to ride into combat in a Flea.

It usually takes a few obliterations each day before a decent killing spree unfolds.

[Prototelis]

You just have to know what you can pick on, when to leave, etc.

Streaks, like all auto-aim, are pretty much your biggest concern. IS med pulse boats are a close second.

[Darian DelFord]

jjm1, on 28 January 2019 - 10:05 PM, said:

*Results may vary.

If it was Real Life™ where I only had one life to give, I don't think I would want to ride into combat in a Flea.

It usually takes a few obliterations each day before a decent killing spree unfolds.

This is true of any mech. Based on your skill with said mech

Currently in the flea I have 174 matches avg 398 damage 3.01 K/D and 2.8 W/L ratio.

[Marquis De Lafayette]

Darian DelFord, on 29 January 2019 - 06:03 AM, said:

This is true of any mech. Based on your skill with said mech

Currently in the flea I have 174 matches avg 398 damage 3.01 K/D and 2.8 W/L ratio.

The Flea (particularly the 17) is capable of semi-absurd (for the majority of players) numbers like this. So, I don’t doubt you at all. I got it for c-bills and have 131 QP matches in the Flea 17 averaging 477 damage a match. Some folks might have trouble getting that kind of average output out of it, but it’s probably just not mech that fits their play style (we all have mechs like that to some degree). Anyway, the flea is as potent as you say and will probably get nerfed. My qp stats (and jarls list rank) spiked due to flea usage in December. I just checked your December jarls and didn’t see your good flea stats reflected although it says you ran lights basically all of December ....did you get it only in January?

[Darian DelFord]

No December was my first month back for almost 6 months and I got back into the game with my Jenners. Ugh!!!. I was a tad rusty and did not pick the flea up till late late December or early January.
January is almost all flea with the exception of some "I'm Bored" moments

Edited by Darian DelFord, 29 January 2019 - 11:37 AM.

[tutzdes]

I actually was testing other lights after playing fleas almost esclusively for a month or two just to check if it is OP or something.

And:
Mist Lynx MLX-G - feels a tiny bit spongy to handle but packs quite a punch. I'd proably get stats comparable to that of Flea FLE-17 with it, if decided to play more. I'm not a fan of MG-lights, it still did very well.

Urbanmech K9 - very spongy, durable, higher firepower. Not really a light mech by its role. Did almost just as well as Flea.

Kit Fox Purifier - during the event farmed 500+ scores like hot donuts. K/D was lower, W/L was the same if not higher.

Osiris OSR-2V - taken as a "definitely not OP" marker. I changed the loadout a bit so it would be closer to that of FLE-17 (ie 5xML->3xMPL+2xSL, Flea had 2xMPL+5xSL). Got gifted by a fair share of "vertical" maps by matchmaking and it did perform, was almost just as fun as FLE-17. W/L, AMS and K/D were comparable. I really can't say if I got better at piloting lights, or enviroment during events beeing more lights-friendly, or this mech is just better than I thought it to be.

I didn't pilot Grinner and TDK,as I know what these are able to do. My Flea and TDK stats are almost the same.

Verdict: I can't say that Flea is heads above other lights that I consider to be top of the line. In my opinion, it is probably better, yeah (for me), but is not heads above.

[jjm1]

tutzdes, on 29 January 2019 - 12:08 PM, said:

I actually was testing other lights after playing fleas almost esclusively for a month or two just to check if it is OP or something.

And:
Mist Lynx MLX-G - feels a tiny bit spongy to handle but packs quite a punch. I'd proably get stats comparable to that of Flea FLE-17 with it, if decided to play more. I'm not a fan of MG-lights, it still did very well.

Urbanmech K9 - very spongy, durable, higher firepower. Not really a light mech by its role. Did almost just as well as Flea.

Kit Fox Purifier - during the event farmed 500+ scores like hot donuts. K/D was lower, W/L was the same if not higher.

Osiris OSR-2V - taken as a "definitely not OP" marker. I changed the loadout a bit so it would be closer to that of FLE-17 (ie 5xML->3xMPL+2xSL, Flea had 2xMPL+5xSL). Got gifted by a fair share of "vertical" maps by matchmaking and it did perform, was almost just as fun as FLE-17. W/L, AMS and K/D were comparable. I really can't say if I got better at piloting lights, or enviroment during events beeing more lights-friendly, or this mech is just better than I thought it to be.

I didn't pilot Grinner and TDK,as I know what these are able to do. My Flea and TDK stats are almost the same.

Verdict: I can't say that Flea is heads above other lights that I consider to be top of the line. In my opinion, it is probably better, yeah (for me), but is not heads above.

My OSR-4D quickly developed a K/D ratio of 9.00, and I'm afraid to use it any more so It stays there. They seem to be a bit under represented in the game even as far as lights go.

[NRP]

@tutzdes
What do you mean by "spongy"? For example, you describe the K9 as very spongy, but durable. What do you mean?

Are you referring to its mobility (accel, decel, etc)?

Edited by NRP, 30 January 2019 - 06:53 AM.

[tutzdes]

NRP, on 30 January 2019 - 06:51 AM, said:

@tutzdes
What do you mean by "spongy"? For example, you describe the K9 as very spongy, but durable. What do you mean?

Are you referring to its mobility (accel, decel, etc)?

Yeah, in my post I used this word first when describing Mist Lynx agility. So I thought that the same meaning would be obvious when applied to Urbie. After Flea (and some other lights with acceleration of 80+) K9 does feel like there is some input lag.

Surprisingly, this does not apply to Kit Fox. Probably due to it being more of mid-range support than a brawler.

[Darian DelFord]

You can't win them all with special guest Protoelis!!

One legged flea vs Spider. Great match over all