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[1453 R]

So I've been away for a chunk, recently caught wind of the fact that Piranha (or Piranha Lite, depending on) is pulling the trigger on the Fire Moth. Y'know, the 'Mech legendarily so fast that MWO's riff on CryEngine cannot handle the thing. It causes hitreg nightmares and plays very poorly with Host State Rewind, and would be the Arctic Cheater era all over again except vastly worse. They couldn't add the Fire Moth in its lore-canonical guise as the fastest thing on two legs, and they weren't going to release a "Fire Moth" that had been kneecapped down to be just mostly Flea-equivalent in speed, which is why it's the only Invasion-era 'Mech we never got.

What changed? Clearly something did because they're committing to the Fire Moth in February. Did they slow it down, or did they give up on making it play nice and are just putting it in for the PokeMech people and letting everyone else cope? I know for an ironclad fact they didn't fix CryEngine to get the damn thing working properly, so it kinda has to be one or the other. For people who're more in the loop than I am, anyone have the scoop on this bugger?

[epikt]

There was a mech speed test last fall, and it seemed satisfying enough.
Afaik the Firemoth will be a little slower than canon, though still 200+kph. But its mobility won't be as good as other 20 tons.

Edited by epikt, 21 January 2025 - 08:49 AM.

[martian]

1453 R, on 21 January 2025 - 07:59 AM, said:

So I've been away for a chunk, recently caught wind of the fact that Piranha (or Piranha Lite, depending on) is pulling the trigger on the Fire Moth. Y'know, the 'Mech legendarily so fast that MWO's riff on CryEngine cannot handle the thing. It causes hitreg nightmares and plays very poorly with Host State Rewind, and would be the Arctic Cheater era all over again except vastly worse. They couldn't add the Fire Moth in its lore-canonical guise as the fastest thing on two legs, and they weren't going to release a "Fire Moth" that had been kneecapped down to be just mostly Flea-equivalent in speed, which is why it's the only Invasion-era 'Mech we never got.

This is the thread that you are looking for: Fire Moth Confirmed

Specifically, this post (Variants) and this post (Speed).

Also, this post (more details).


Have a picture of the Dasher:

1453 R, on 21 January 2025 - 07:59 AM, said:

What changed? Clearly something did because they're committing to the Fire Moth in February. Did they slow it down, or did they give up on making it play nice and are just putting it in for the PokeMech people and letting everyone else cope? I know for an ironclad fact they didn't fix CryEngine to get the damn thing working properly, so it kinda has to be one or the other. For people who're more in the loop than I am, anyone have the scoop on this bugger?

As for the February release, check this post here.

[PocketYoda]

This mech will probably be a nightmare for Aussies on the US servers..

[1453 R]

Thank you kindly for the information, Martian.

[w0qj]

Firemoth Mech Pack just announced!
https://mwomercs.com/fire-moth
https://mwomercs.com...r-available-now

It's got MASC! (and some have ECM too!!) XD

Edited by w0qj, 30 January 2025 - 10:56 AM.

[1453 R]

Yep! Looks like it can get a silly number of energy hardpoints, but it also only has five free tons of pod space when maxed out on armor. If you want ECM, you have to do micro lasers in some of that mess. Mock-up on MecHDB says five heavy smalls and six ER micros with the ECM, which is a whole lotta heiney-chewing going 200+kph. Dunno if that's really the way to go, though. If ever MWO had a true hit-and-run 'Mech it's gonna be this one. Heh, feels like taking inspiration from Incubus loadouts might be the key.

[LordNothing]

mech go fast annoy fatties

[Will9761]

Rare Fire Moth Gameplay: