PIR-1 'Heavy Ripper' (3xcHSL, 12xcMG, cXL180)
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Thread in 'PIR-1' started by Remover of Obstacles, Jan 30, 2018.



  1. I am moving away from the micro lasers to Heavy or ER Smalls. Up to your preference on range, duration, heat and alpha between the two.

    I am not noticing a big difference on losing arms with 9 vs 12 armor.

    The trade off here is less ammo then the Ripper. I find the extra lasers helpful if you live long enough to run out of ammo and you are damage ahead if you didn't use all your ammo before the match ended for you.
     
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  2. Aylek

    Aylek Administrator Staff Member

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    Awesome build. A little bit short on ammo, so spamming MGs is dangerous, but the laser punch takes away a little bit from this.

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  3. Aylek

    Aylek Administrator Staff Member

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    Working on it...

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  4. Falconium

    Falconium Administrator Staff Member

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    I've never run these things, so I don't know how much difference a loss of 8 kph (pre-skills) will make. But if ammo is a serious concern, one could always drop the engine to an XL170, to pick up an extra half-ton.

     
  5. I feel this is more along the lines of the Locust, speed>fire power>armor.

    I tried a few experimental runs with stripped armor on arms and stripped back armor on the torso and that "seemed" safer than taking the slower 170 engine. Just my opinion based on a small sample size. I would lose arms more often, but would still almost always died to leg loss.
     
  6. CarloArmato

    CarloArmato Professional Potato Carrier

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    This build is the reason why you should get a Piranha 1. It is very nasty, especially if you manage to sneak up from behind and crit weapons / ammo in a second...

    12 dmg/s from MGs are really a concern if you find yourself on the wrong side of the barrells and you have no more armor to protect you.
     
    Last edited: Mar 23, 2018
  7. ShooterMcGavin80

    ShooterMcGavin80 MechSpecs Addict

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