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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 27, 2021 10:12:23 GMT -5
Anybody seen the new Fafnir pilot in the wild yet? It's been a whole 24 hours.
If past performance is anything to go on I'll get mine on the guaranteed 130th spin. I dunno.... that's a lot of spins...
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Post by ismsean on Aug 27, 2021 10:20:29 GMT -5
I got the Rev pilot. I will get that bot and the Faf pilot when the coin deals better towards end of event.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2021 18:31:10 GMT -5
I saw one in a loot chest….but, it was in the prize list….
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Post by 079 on Aug 29, 2021 14:26:17 GMT -5
I feel this pilot’s presence is hindered by the fact the bot is not super common yet. Only spenders and a few lucky people have them, and since Shells are still top dog, there is not a massive influx of this pilot like there was with Yang Lee when Ao Jun was everywhere.
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Post by Method Games[YT] on Aug 29, 2021 15:17:07 GMT -5
I've come across a couple of them now, one was on blue team and ended up with a, crazy amount of kills.
Of course all the bells and whistles didn't hurt.
Buzzing around at warp speed with that ludicrous nuclear amplifier that does more damage than 3 overdrive units and mk3 with drones is no fun to face.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Aug 30, 2021 13:00:36 GMT -5
I have a Mk3 Fafnir: Around 2 or three times now the reds have tried to hit me hard when I initially took to flight. I went on an absolute tear. Way more deadly than Hawk ever was/is. Adding the new pilot to this is over-kill. On the second go-round I killed a Nodens in around 3 or four seconds.
DO NOT shoot a just-launched Fafnir. Fair warning.
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Post by Loganspawn on Aug 30, 2021 13:41:20 GMT -5
I have a Mk3 Fafnir: Around 2 or three times now the reds have tried to hit me hard when I initially took to flight. I went on an absolute tear. Way more deadly than Hawk ever was/is. Adding the new pilot to this is over-kill. On the second go-round I killed a Nodens in around 3 or four seconds. DO NOT shoot a just-launched Fafnir. Fair warning.  |
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Post by 079 on Aug 30, 2021 14:18:45 GMT -5
I have a Mk3 Fafnir: Around 2 or three times now the reds have tried to hit me hard when I initially took to flight. I went on an absolute tear. Way more deadly than Hawk ever was/is. Adding the new pilot to this is over-kill. On the second go-round I killed a Nodens in around 3 or four seconds. DO NOT shoot a just-launched Fafnir. Fair warning. It’s the problem of people shooting Pantheon bots and Leech during their abilities all over again… |
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Post by 079 on Sept 5, 2021 13:47:27 GMT -5
Just had my first confirmed encounter with a Fafnir with the new pilot. It was an absolute nightmare! It was TDM on Factory, the guy dropped the bot, flew directly to our spawn, and single-handedly spawn raided my entire team. He just flew in circles and zigzags to evade fire and took no longer than 30 seconds to kill a bot. My team and I had drones and Pantheon bots, but of course they were useless. Despite how reckless the guy was playing the bot was still at half health after several minutes thanks to a drone spawning a shield literally every 10 seconds. I ended up rage quitting the battle after only 4 minutes (something I do not do often!) thanks to the Fafnir and the Scorpions that were mopping up survivors. Based on how it performed when I was there, I bet the Fafnir easily got more than 10 kills and survived more than 5 minutes of my entire team focusing on it. I knew the Fafnir had the pilot because it permanently had the shieldbreaker icon and my full health Ares lasted 3 seconds against it, even with my ability shield up.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2021 21:09:52 GMT -5
Just had my first confirmed encounter with a Fafnir with the new pilot. It was an absolute nightmare! It was TDM on Factory, the guy dropped the bot, flew directly to our spawn, and single-handedly spawn raided my entire team. He just flew in circles and zigzags to evade fire and took no longer than 30 seconds to kill a bot. My team and I had drones and Pantheon bots, but of course they were useless. Despite how reckless the guy was playing the bot was still at half health after several minutes thanks to a drone spawning a shield literally every 10 seconds. I ended up rage quitting the battle after only 4 minutes (something I do not do often!) thanks to the Fafnir and the Scorpions that were mopping up survivors. Based on how it performed when I was there, I bet the Fafnir easily got more than 10 kills and survived more than 5 minutes of my entire team focusing on it. I knew the Fafnir had the pilot because it permanently had the shieldbreaker icon and my full health Ares lasted 3 seconds against it, even with my ability shield up. If the SB pilot was onboard, it sounds like that was not a factor. A high level Faf, leveled weapons and a tricked out drone sounds like the factor. I’ve said it before, Faf can fall fast after the panties come off, SB or no SB. I really do not think this SB pilot will be a big deal, unless a player depends on shields to play. |
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Post by 079 on Sept 5, 2021 23:05:23 GMT -5
Just had my first confirmed encounter with a Fafnir with the new pilot. It was an absolute nightmare! It was TDM on Factory, the guy dropped the bot, flew directly to our spawn, and single-handedly spawn raided my entire team. He just flew in circles and zigzags to evade fire and took no longer than 30 seconds to kill a bot. My team and I had drones and Pantheon bots, but of course they were useless. Despite how reckless the guy was playing the bot was still at half health after several minutes thanks to a drone spawning a shield literally every 10 seconds. I ended up rage quitting the battle after only 4 minutes (something I do not do often!) thanks to the Fafnir and the Scorpions that were mopping up survivors. Based on how it performed when I was there, I bet the Fafnir easily got more than 10 kills and survived more than 5 minutes of my entire team focusing on it. I knew the Fafnir had the pilot because it permanently had the shieldbreaker icon and my full health Ares lasted 3 seconds against it, even with my ability shield up. If the SB pilot was onboard, it sounds like that was not a factor. A high level Faf, leveled weapons and a tricked out drone sounds like the factor. I’ve said it before, Faf can fall fast after the panties come off, SB or no SB. I really do not think this SB pilot will be a big deal, unless a player depends on shields to play. As I said, my team had bots with drones with shield chips and several Pantheon bots. Had it been a normal Fafnir, the drones would have limited its damage and the Pantheon bots would be able to do a bunch of damage and possibly force it to land (it never did, stayed in the air the whole battle). But thanks to pilot, none of that was able to happen. The pilot was 100% a factor. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2021 6:42:43 GMT -5
If the SB pilot was onboard, it sounds like that was not a factor. A high level Faf, leveled weapons and a tricked out drone sounds like the factor. I’ve said it before, Faf can fall fast after the panties come off, SB or no SB. I really do not think this SB pilot will be a big deal, unless a player depends on shields to play. As I said, my team had bots with drones with shield chips and several Pantheon bots. Had it been a normal Fafnir, the drones would have limited its damage and the Pantheon bots would be able to do a bunch of damage and possibly force it to land (it never did, stayed in the air the whole battle). But thanks to pilot, none of that was able to happen. The pilot was 100% a factor. If you can’t shoot it down, then yes….bypassing shields is quite handy. Rarely I fly a long time, and any Titan zappers kill me fast. I evade rockets with ease, usually Taser and Froodles force me down or end me. I still say the lack of your team to knock this guy down is more of a factor than his full time SB……when my Faf rules, I’m the Alpha hangar, which is a rare happening. Fun, but rare! |
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Post by doubledeuce on Sept 6, 2021 8:58:18 GMT -5
Just got the new pilot with my first and only special crate so far. I haven’t used him yet but I don’t see what the big deal is. From the description it says he only bypasses energy shields. How often do you see an energy shield? I see a lot of yellow, purple, and white shields but not the blue.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Sept 6, 2021 9:06:24 GMT -5
Just got the new pilot with my first and only special crate so far. I haven’t used him yet but I don’t see what the big deal is. From the description it says he only bypasses energy shields. How often do you see an energy shield? I see a lot of yellow, purple, and white shields but not the blue. Energy shields are the ones that are displayed on/under the enemies’ health bar. Blue for Ancile type, Yellow/gold for Aegis type, Purple for Absorber type. |
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Post by doubledeuce on Sept 6, 2021 9:37:44 GMT -5
Oh ok, I thought only the blue one was considered an energy shield. Thanks for clearing that up. Yeah that’s rough
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Post by Loganspawn on Sept 6, 2021 13:53:56 GMT -5
Just won it on a free pull (I have cut Pix off from my money) Since I am only playing a couple games a day at most I was surprised. I used up the gold I had already put aside and got going on upgrades.
Played 3 games on my lunch break and didn't even use my fav..... LOL I assume it will be good.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Sept 7, 2021 8:54:46 GMT -5
I just had a sighting this morning... On MY Fafnir. Oh boy. No crazy runs with it yet but it's early days.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2021 18:01:42 GMT -5
I don’t want that pilot, ever…..forever ever……
Maybe now a I’ll score one!
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Post by Browncoats4ever on Sept 7, 2021 19:01:37 GMT -5
I won one, too.
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Post by Loganspawn on Sept 8, 2021 8:29:16 GMT -5
It seams there will be many out there. Which I think is as it should be, everyone should have access to the same stuff within a reasonable amount of time after the whales get them. After all they will also have the resources to max them and load gear up with any chips/ mods same day. At the same time they will have a hangar full of OP while the rest are grateful to have one. |
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Post by ismsean on Sept 8, 2021 9:17:47 GMT -5
I have run into them quite a lot now. Not that many Fafnir pilots though. The best time to take off is in a melee where everyone is just shooting anything, like the tunnel on map. If not charged up, bot is pretty mehhh. All you need is the weapon loadout to shoot them while in flight. They are also a liability due to not being able to cap beacons while in flight if too high. We 4 capped a full squad when they launched their Fafnirs and we were in tanks. They had to didtch them or land to fight for beacons.
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Sept 8, 2021 9:33:49 GMT -5
I have run into them quite a lot now. Not that many Fafnir pilots though. The best time to take off is in a melee where everyone is just shooting anything, like the tunnel on map. If not charged up, bot is pretty mehhh. All you need is the weapon loadout to shoot them while in flight. They are also a liability due to not being able to cap beacons while in flight if too high. We 4 capped a full squad when they launched their Fafnirs and we were in tanks. They had to didtch them or land to fight for beacons. Good points. Flying in a Fafnir without a care in the world is gonna get you killed, especially by [WICK].  |
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Post by Browncoats4ever on Sept 8, 2021 10:34:43 GMT -5
It seams there will be many out there. Which I think is as it should be, everyone should have access to the same stuff within a reasonable amount of time after the whales get them. After all they will also have the resources to max them and load gear up with any chips/ mods same day. At the same time they will have a hangar full of OP while the rest are grateful to have one. I have the Pilot but only 1/2 a Fafnir  |
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Post by Loganspawn on Sept 8, 2021 12:15:24 GMT -5
It seams there will be many out there. Which I think is as it should be, everyone should have access to the same stuff within a reasonable amount of time after the whales get them. After all they will also have the resources to max them and load gear up with any chips/ mods same day. At the same time they will have a hangar full of OP while the rest are grateful to have one. I have the Pilot but only 1/2 a Fafnir That is totally 100% a common Pix feature! No soup for you!  |
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Post by 079 on Sept 8, 2021 12:44:57 GMT -5
It seams there will be many out there. Which I think is as it should be, everyone should have access to the same stuff within a reasonable amount of time after the whales get them. After all they will also have the resources to max them and load gear up with any chips/ mods same day. At the same time they will have a hangar full of OP while the rest are grateful to have one. I have the Pilot but only 1/2 a Fafnir Half a Fafnir? So, would that be a Rog then? |
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