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[VulkanNo1]

sad highlander noises

[The6thMessenger]

D V Devnull, on 28 September 2023 - 05:10 PM, said:

We're getting that "C-MASC Mk. I" in trade for having lost extra weapons hardpoints. It will make another interesting way to play the Piranha for those who get strange ideas regarding constructing one. You realize that eventually has to happen.

And as for having a Missile Piranha added, perhaps that would make a good second addition around the same time.

IDK, Piranha is already a cheeky poker. A more cheeky but less poker isn't something I can see doing that much better than the basic Piranha, unless it's running objectives very fast.

My go-to Piranha is the A btw, 6 SPL + 9 EuL, going down to just 1 E-uL is gonna hurt the close-range poke so much, which is just 32.4 alpha. I can see it doing maybe ERML, HML, ERLL, or HLL, but the beauty of the first build is that it's very fast due to low-commitment and pretty incognito.

The other Piranha I liked is the one with 4 SPL and 10 EuL, with the 4 SPL on the arm makes it easier to run and poke.

With PIR-D, I can see the longer-range longer commitment working, but it wouldn't be as effective as a 51.6-pt alpha under 0.6s

Edited by The6thMessenger, 28 September 2023 - 08:38 PM.

[The Brewer]

Tarogato, on 28 September 2023 - 04:07 PM, said:

Then I hereby dub the Ice Ferret, "Jalapeño"

Jalapeño, the Spice Ferret!

[MrFatBard]

why would you lock the masc to the ice ferret variant? like dude its not even that good

[Hawk819]

MrFatBard, on 28 September 2023 - 07:54 PM, said:

why would you lock the masc to the ice ferret variant? like dude its not even that good

Because they can't port the Supercharge over from MW5.

Me, I would just add another HS, or a ton of ammo. But, that's just me.

[martian]

Frost_Byte, on 28 September 2023 - 02:41 PM, said:

Greetings everyone!

Been working on this for a bit, and I wanted to share with you all the stats and quirks for the new variants coming in the 2023 Rewards Program!

Thanks for posting those stats.

[MrMadguy]

Jagermech was only 'Mech, that interested me. And you know. I just hate, when new variant is just scrap of existing one. This isn't interesting, as it doesn't allow brand new builds.

[Poseidolon]

Frost_Byte, on 28 September 2023 - 02:41 PM, said:

Jagermech Duelist JM6-DE(L)


Weapons and Equipment

Head: -
Left Arm: Heavy Gauss Rifle
Left Torso: Double Heatsink
Center Torso: Engine
Right Torso: Double Heatsink
Right Arm: Heavy Gauss Rifle
Left Leg: Heavy Gauss Rifle Ammo x2
Right Leg: Heavy Gauss Rifle Ammo x2

Hardpoints

Head: -
Left Arm: 1 Ballistic
Left Torso: 1 Energy
Center Torso: -
Right Torso: 1 Energy
Right Arm: 1 Ballistic

How do you fit Heavy Gauss and IS LB20X into the arms? Are they permanent arm lock without upper actuators?

Edited by Poseidolon, 28 September 2023 - 10:39 PM.

[Aidan Crenshaw]

Thanks for posting the stats! It seems to me that the UM-R shows the wrong number of DHS.

[martian]

MrMadguy, on 28 September 2023 - 10:15 PM, said:

Jagermech was only 'Mech, that interested me. And you know. I just hate, when new variant is just scrap of existing one. This isn't interesting, as it doesn't allow brand new builds.

This new JagerMech allows brand new builds. Show me any other MWO JagerMech that can fit a pair of Heavy Gauss Rifles or a pair of LBX-20 Autocannons.

[Boiled Peanut Dealer]

50 kph XL brawler jager? We already have the JM6-A with the AC 20s and better cooldown. Now the same, but potentially worse with no actuators (maybe). . . yay.

DOA

Really disappointed, this is the only loyalty mech I wanted this year. Think I'm done spending money on this game for a while. . . should have waited for these stats. . . honestly feels like a (dis)loyalty mech.

Too bad they didn't give us a jager with clan tech. . would have been awesome with HAGs. Already off "lore" so . .

Edited by Boiled Peanut Dealer, 29 September 2023 - 12:07 AM.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Jager is going to be one mean SOB for the 3 seconds it lasts because its an XL mech and notoriously easy to cheese torso's.

Might want to think about Crit change reduction, or structure to counter the XL vulnerability.

On a side note, I like Jagermechs, and its about time we get a variant of it that can use LB20 or HGR.
I like the general idea of it, but I know its going to be extremely squishy.

[Boiled Peanut Dealer]

martian, on 28 September 2023 - 11:33 PM, said:

This new JagerMech allows brand new builds. Show me any other MWO JagerMech that can fit a pair of Heavy Gauss Rifles or a pair of LBX-20 Autocannons.

and how useful will a 50 kph XL jager be in that role? This is a meme mech.

[martian]

Boiled Peanut Dealer, on 28 September 2023 - 11:48 PM, said:

and how useful will a 50 kph XL jager be in that role? This is a meme mech.

If you do not like it, then do not buy it.

[the orc]

What is the idea of the Janner? - One large laser, that is firing an almost continous beam? (If cooldown is -99,9% for a laser)

[BumbleBee]

Andrewlik, on 28 September 2023 - 06:15 PM, said:

Did you just make a Red vs Blue reference?

I thought it was a brrrrt reference

[martian]

the orc, on 29 September 2023 - 12:20 AM, said:

What is the idea of the Janner? - One large laser, that is firing an almost continous beam? (If cooldown is -99,9% for a laser)

Yeah, that is the intent.

[rjsc2006]

WOOOOO!!! thanks pgi for these sick new mechs! Definitely looking forward to them! I don't know much about the workings going on, but I know that tiyos has been doing a great job modeling it all.

[Oberst Jaime Wolf]

The Jaegermech is bs. Heavy Gauss can only be installed in the torso. Its recoile would rip the Arms clean off in lore. Pls keep some lore intakt.

Edited by Oberst Jaime Wolf, 29 September 2023 - 03:59 AM.

[martian]

Oberst Jaime Wolf, on 29 September 2023 - 03:58 AM, said:

The Jaegermech is bs. Heavy Gauss can only be installed in the torso. Its recoile would rip the Arms clean off in lore. Pls keep some lore intakt.

Checking various 'Mech, equipment and weapon stats ...

Lore? What is it?