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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Jul 30, 2021 3:25:29 GMT -5
Koko Bop Thx for the reply, but no offense had been taken my friend, I just felt I had to call it out, cuz a moving Fafnir is impossible to hit with any consistency using flames, and Vortex class homing weapons require Fafnir to be still to really land a hit. Best anti-Fafnir weapons I'm finding are things like Hel class, Scourge class, and things like Wasp and Pulsar. If you're gonna use homing Vortex class, wait until the Fafnir is still or just disengaged flight, then stagger the shots.
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Post by ismsean on Jul 30, 2021 13:28:15 GMT -5
Still getting the feel of mine. But a maxed out Fafnir is a pain. Now with the Nuc Amp module, monster. Top build I have run and faced, 4x Skadi MK3, Paralysis drone w/ lockdown chip, 2x damage on repair, and mild absorber, running nuc amp, 2x overdrives and healing. Keep distance until Nuc Amp is maxed, then flight to lockdown and melt/freeze everything. I think that Pix is going to drop the cool down between landing and flying to make this even more attractive. Maybe add its own pilot that adds to the shield time.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 2, 2021 9:04:33 GMT -5
Comparison of "charging up" the Fafnir's Retribution ability.
Before charging:
After charging: (OMG! - OP!!!)
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 4, 2021 9:52:41 GMT -5
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Post by freerιde on Aug 10, 2021 9:25:18 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to win a fafnir and am just beginning to level it.
Curious what weapon combos work well besides the snaer (I don’t have any)
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 11, 2021 14:37:09 GMT -5
And here's the pilot, I dunno when it'll be released.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 11, 2021 14:53:32 GMT -5
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Post by ismsean on Aug 13, 2021 9:29:07 GMT -5
I have removed mine from the lineup. If this pilot is does come out, will put back in the lineup. I found that the best time to drop this bot is very close to the Titan drop phase. Somehow, you need to get folks to shoot your purple shield on take off. Folks are getting better at not shooting Fafnir until shield drops which does not charge the weapon up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2021 17:55:56 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to win a fafnir and am just beginning to level it. Curious what weapon combos work well besides the snaer (I don’t have any) I just got one myself…. I have one med. froodles, so what is the best med choices other than froodles? Sidenote: anyone else thinking froodles are changing the game, maybe back to M/R fighting?
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Post by Koko Bop on Aug 14, 2021 9:00:42 GMT -5
What is/are “froodles”?
I seem to have missed the memo
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Post by Koko Bop on Aug 14, 2021 9:09:15 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to win a fafnir and am just beginning to level it. Curious what weapon combos work well besides the snaer (I don’t have any) ‘Skadi’…Snaer is a light weapon. I’ve had good luck with Scourge & Atomizer…PunsT can work, but very situational, I think. Advise against any with range 350 and under. Wasps significantly underperform (for me) on Fafnir.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 9:34:34 GMT -5
What is/are “froodles”? I seem to have missed the memo The new freeze ray weapons….frozen noodles, or Froodles, is what it looks like while firing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 9:37:08 GMT -5
I was lucky enough to win a fafnir and am just beginning to level it. Curious what weapon combos work well besides the snaer (I don’t have any) ‘Skadi’…Snaer is a light weapon. I’ve had good luck with Scourge & Atomizer…PunsT can work, but very situational, I think. Advise against any with range 350 and under. Wasps significantly underperform (for me) on Fafnir. Froodles is what the cool rich kids use these days, but I’m pretty happy with leveled Pun Ts atm! Cheap, effective, 2 full clips upon landing while the other 2 reload…..pretty good IMO
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Post by Koko Bop on Aug 14, 2021 14:17:13 GMT -5
‘Skadi’…Snaer is a light weapon. I’ve had good luck with Scourge & Atomizer…PunsT can work, but very situational, I think. Advise against any with range 350 and under. Wasps significantly underperform (for me) on Fafnir. Froodles is what the cool rich kids use these days, but I’m pretty happy with leveled Pun Ts atm! Cheap, effective, 2 full clips upon landing while the other 2 reload…..pretty good IMO Maxed PunsT are quite nice…but I like ‘em best on my Nightingale - bird comes on like the Spanish Inquisition when landing. I may have some ‘froodles’…but I’m still reeling from the expense (neither cool nor rich…and no ‘kid’ anymore, dammit) Q for you: do the ‘retracted’ weapons reload in that mode, or like Fenrir do they wait until they shift back to active?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2021 15:58:24 GMT -5
I have blasted with all 4 on ground, then took flight, the 2 tucked away did reload while flying.
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Post by alphaomega001 on Aug 16, 2021 21:31:51 GMT -5
What exactly is the chip or socket that gives these things the endless purple shield? Every time I fly near one it is an envelope of purple. Tried to look I didn’t see an answer but its the absorber chip on a drone.
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Post by ismsean on Aug 17, 2021 10:32:02 GMT -5
What exactly is the chip or socket that gives these things the endless purple shield? Every time I fly near one it is an envelope of purple. Tried to look I didn’t see an answer but its the absorber chip on a drone. On Mild Damage chip. I heard that Pix is nerfing the duration of it though. Giving everything a "purple" shield was stupid in the first place. This is why this pilot and Fafs will be everywhere. Wonder how long the shieldbreaker effect will last during the flight?
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Post by freerιde on Aug 18, 2021 6:21:34 GMT -5
Any suggestions on modules for this bot?
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Post by ismsean on Aug 18, 2021 13:10:31 GMT -5
Any suggestions on modules for this bot? Nuclear Amp, Anti-Control/Overdrive and Last Stand or you can str8 damage with Nuclear Amp and ODs x2. The drone varies on how you tend to use it. I am running Persephone right now after switching from Paralysis. Thing is, if you are lucky enuff to get folks to fully charge the purple bubble during take off, you have no reason to ever land so the constant heal and on repair defense helps.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 19, 2021 14:32:02 GMT -5
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Aug 19, 2021 21:43:16 GMT -5
Trying to fight Fafnir with an unsuitable build: Trying to fight multiple Fafnirs with an unsuitable build: Dropping in at match start only to see all Fafnirs on enemy team:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2021 17:18:52 GMT -5
I am loving playing this bot! For those who, like me, are ok with being at the game in the bleachers: Since the eye is a mini gun, why not use it on a gunship!
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Post by wrmechanoid01 on Sept 9, 2021 7:24:45 GMT -5
I want a fafnir so badly. But in the special delivery I’m too far to be able to get in in 13 days. Even if I paid
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Post by Jeb on Sept 9, 2021 7:42:55 GMT -5
Seeing one with permanent shieldbreaker (hi, Oliver Kloesov!) really focuses the attention. It's like suddenly hard cover is valuable again and you've got to keep some distance and time those shots JUST right. Actually, the last flying Fafnir I killed (again, hi Oliver Kloesov!), I was in my Kid and just laid a wall of fire for him to fly into. You can't chase them around when they're flying, but most Fafnirs get up in the air and circle around, so if you've got a weapon with sustainable output, fill the air with trash and let them eat it.
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Sept 11, 2021 11:30:14 GMT -5
FAFNIR WITH ECU A few things I’d say: 1. I never knew Ecu was hard point versatile. Since I equip on Hellburner light hard point, didn’t think I could equip the same Ecu on Faf medium hard point, but it worked. How long I’ve been playing and didn’t know this lmao 2. A lot of people (I’ll just generalize and call them noobs) think low of the Ecu, but they underestimate how powerful and helpful it is. I guarantee my Hellburner lasts way longer than people running it with all weapons! With all the Hawks and Fafnirs as well as arc/taser and quick-strike weapons assisted by effect chips out there, and sudden ambush by sonic Scorpions, my Ecu blocks all of it. So nay-sayers should stop underestimating it. And now we come to a refutation of the counter-argument that “it isn’t worth it to give up one of Fafnirs weapons”: Both me and Bob Dylan have always argued that a durable mech = combat longevity = more time to keep doing damage, and that even if you have maxed weapons, if the mech that holds them dies too quickly, those maxed weapons become worthless at that time. In the case of Ecu Hellburner, it allows me to continue blowing up so many times that entire teams will go after me and I have people messaging me in Discord to tell me what a beast my Hellburner is. Anyone who has dealt with a really hard to kill Fafnir will know the Ecu build is going to make Faf a greater threat, cuz now all your anti-Faf weapons aren’t able to accomplish their purpose so easily!
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Post by perky on Sept 11, 2021 14:35:07 GMT -5
Preach it ogre...the ecu when leveled way up there has a surprisingly high amount of HP...its kinda like strappin another bot on ur side to take all the damage. And as we saw during the HB death squad period...and for me most notably with the more recent hawk heyday the ecu is definitely worth it. And yes...the HB 2.0 is quite the menace as an opener and the biggest pains always have the ecu. Which is why i equipped LD on my blaze blitz...so they are a game changer
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Sept 11, 2021 16:49:57 GMT -5
Here is my recent response to Ollie about his query/suggestion regarding Ecu Faf:
“Ok, I gave it a few hours. Ecu is mk3 but no Knight Errant, shield booster, or Fortifier. And mind you, my Faf is 2.4, my Nuke Amp only L2. My verdict though is that it works really well for capping beacons. But oddly, I find I was more combat efficient and had greater longevity with both weapons and careful ‘forward focussed’ tactics. For some reason I found the Ecu suboptimal for Faf as assault playstyle. It may be more effective if you have fully maxed Faf, mods, and weapon, but I can’t speak for that level of performance yet, so my conclusion is Ecu for Faf as capper, quad weapons for Faf as aggressor.”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2021 12:03:13 GMT -5
I may try this out, but 2 nearly Mk3 Pun Ts is just too good to give up.
My personal observations are Titan Tasers are quick death, landing with no cover-death depends on what red(s) may be around, and flying after the panties come off means watching red weapon ranges or get swatted out of the sky.
I also had 17 1.1 Pun Ts laying around, and put 2 on the other hard points and am leveling them to Mk 3 now, my current project. I just like them better than other med. weapons I have tried.
If the two top guns fired in flight, then I would possibly like an ECU, but pretty sure ECU won’t fit up there, lol
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Sept 21, 2021 19:53:46 GMT -5
So this is the fastest I’ve ever had a top meta bot in my main hangar, running Froodles/Scourge w Nitro, AC, NA and Basic Heal modules. Cheap, end of event coins have been good to me lately. ѻﻭɼﻉ , Oliver Kloesov and anyone else running this OP beast in Champions League, what say you on skills? I have the 3 speed skills, Destroyer and AE. On promotion to Major, I got T3 Modules Expert and the free skill. Worth keeping for that extra healing pulse? I was originally planning on just selecting Fool Crack User and be done with promotions. Edit - It is a high priority target and sometimes it doesn’t last long, but when it all comes together…damn. I’ve never gotten so many multi-LL kills this early in the learning curve of a bot.
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Sept 21, 2021 20:06:29 GMT -5
Rollo Tomasi Congrats. Tbh, I only run Destroyer, Armor Expert, and Dodger skills, Advanced Repair, and either Persephone or Paralysis drone, and it does just fine (for the amount of time I care to be in it lmao). Paralysis has : Lockdowner, On Damage Dealt: Damage x2, and On Mild Damage: Absorber It performs best if you frequently fight on the ground with all four weapons, at certain points intentionally stepping into the line of fire and taking flight to charge up the built-in, doing some work then landing to repeat. I realize other pilot skills will improve certain types of perfomance, but it already does so well most of the time that I can’t be bothered to get more skills!
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