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Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« on: 11 November 2017, 20:11:21 »
So not one post on the Piranha cuz?

Meh?



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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #1 on: 12 November 2017, 05:08:42 »
It dropped while I was overseas and nobody else stepped up to post about it I guess.



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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #2 on: 12 November 2017, 06:27:52 »
I am just waiting to buy it.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #3 on: 13 November 2017, 21:09:11 »
I would care more if it were a Firemoth.  A MechWarrior game has yet to feature all sixteen of the original Clan omnimechs as playable units.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #4 on: 14 November 2017, 09:04:09 »
The machine gun one must be a beast if they get close range with it.  Machine guns, no heat, bam bam bam bam.
Good Luck surviving long enough to use them though!

Sadly, the main purpose of the Mech isn't a part of the game, Infantry. Its a cool image but i don't know how well this thing will do. Sexy as picture is.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #5 on: 17 November 2017, 11:14:12 »
Yawn. Would rather have a Falconer, Penetrator, Crusader, or Fafnir. Actually, I can think of a lot of mechs just off the top of my head that would, well... anyway.  :-X

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #6 on: 19 November 2017, 07:08:17 »
The Vatborns did need a 'Mech in this weight band and sadly Dasher is still off the table :(

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #7 on: 22 November 2017, 12:11:13 »
Well, I like the concept art.

But I'm not interested in this mech at all...just seems too "gimicky" to me for some reason, although I do find the potential of some of the loadouts/hardpoints interesting.

Maybe in a year when its available for C-Bills I'll try one out.

Did the reinforcements mechs not sell well?  Haven't seen much of the Osiris, Nightstar (blech), Arctic Wolf (the only time I saw one it went down so fast to combined fire there wasn't much to look at) nor the Nova Cat, which looked interesting.

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #8 on: 22 November 2017, 19:24:22 »
Nightstar could be good machine depending on what quirks it has.  I think NovaCat is classic shoe in to be best of the herd.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #9 on: 24 November 2017, 05:45:59 »
Nova Cat has low mounts but a good shield arm.

Nightstar... I dunno. Fat side torsos may have killed it. I see the Osiris just as little.

As for the Arctic Wolf, that's the only one I still see consistently. I see a few Nova Cats here and there, but... They always seem to be running incredibly bad builds that would be better used by, say, a Hellbringer.

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #10 on: 29 November 2017, 20:10:41 »
I would care more if it were a Firemoth.  A MechWarrior game has yet to feature all sixteen of the original Clan omnimechs as playable units.

Putting the Fire Moth in would require PGI to do actual work and fix a speed glitch.  It's easier to grab cash.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #11 on: 03 December 2017, 20:44:50 »
Just remembered this thing I made a while back. It's going to be the best thing about this mech.

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #12 on: 05 January 2018, 15:59:37 »
PGI have a small preview video on their Instagram feed - very flashy...

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #13 on: 05 January 2018, 16:44:20 »
I suddenly have a desperate desire for melee combat in this game.


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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #14 on: 05 January 2018, 17:20:35 »
Are you frightened by LRMs? Triple AMS still not enough? You need Quad AMS mate - https://www.instagram.com/p/BdlIbB_AysG/?taken-by=mechwarrioronline

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #15 on: 05 January 2018, 18:27:09 »
Proving to be more interesting each day.

Liked the concept art and the in game model looks pretty damn good too.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #16 on: 05 January 2018, 19:42:24 »
I wonder how it performs though.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #17 on: 05 January 2018, 22:33:15 »
Are you frightened by LRMs? Triple AMS still not enough? You need Quad AMS mate - https://www.instagram.com/p/BdlIbB_AysG/?taken-by=mechwarrioronline

What's with the CO² bottles on the back?  ???

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #18 on: 05 January 2018, 22:59:28 »
What's with the CO² bottles on the back?  ???

That's how MWO renders anti-missile systems.

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #19 on: 06 January 2018, 17:41:41 »
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #20 on: 07 January 2018, 08:12:15 »
When you positively need to kill those infantry.  :o

Too bad there none to shot.  #P
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #21 on: 09 January 2018, 21:45:20 »
When you positively need to kill those infantry.  :o

Too bad there none to shot.  #P

not even out yet and already doing a fine job!  O0
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #22 on: 17 January 2018, 15:45:00 »


Today is desktop patterns/variant show off.

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Piranha B in Phraken pattern


Piranha A in Clan Wolf pattern


Piranha B in Clan Smoke Jaguar pattern


Piranha 3 in Clan Jade Falcon pattern


Piranha 1(S) pattern


Space Poor Piranha 1 in Clan Ghost Bear pattern

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #23 on: 19 January 2018, 17:15:21 »
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #24 on: 20 January 2018, 02:43:44 »
It looks like a screaming child.

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #25 on: 20 January 2018, 22:34:22 »
And its as big a child - its proper tiny. Wow.









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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #26 on: 21 January 2018, 13:18:43 »
That Firemoth looks so wrong :(

Seriously, though, it'll be another person's toy for me to shoot at.
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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #27 on: 31 January 2018, 07:23:02 »
That Firemoth looks so wrong :(

Probably because it's a Mist Lynx  ;)

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #28 on: 18 February 2018, 21:11:50 »
I got the collector's pack but have been relucant to play with it. My assumption was that the Piranha was going to be an easy kill. Paper thin armor, no ECM, and a bank of ammunition dependent weapons. Even the laser heavy variants just looked like a shutdown and immediate death.

Having played with the primary variant a bit, I am impressed with it. I think this Mech is going to be very underappreciated. In fact other players seem to ignore it altogether. It's definitely a different animal than most other Mechs I have played with. It's a knife in the back. While the enemy team is focused on the Atlas or Kodiak, the Piranha runs in behind them and rips open their CT then runs like hell before anyone notices. Sure that's the game plan for a lot of fast/light Mechs. But the speed at which 12 MGs can open up a Mech and start eating internal components is scary. Late in the match when everyone has holes in their torsos the Piranha feels like cheating.

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Re: Piranha - Nobody Cares?
« Reply #29 on: 19 February 2018, 09:29:50 »
Quite honestly, I hate the lil bugger. Lost my Timberwolf to one TWICE.  It's tiny, difficult to spot and fast. Runs up behind you and chews through the rear armor before you can turn around quick enough to dispatch it.  Nasty bastard.
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