>>21662405The aquatic predator theme was taken into account, but the Pirana is also a very small mech with a large payload of lasers. It's an anklebiter that runs very fast and carves up larger mechs in close range combat.
>>21662442Part of the reason was due to the name, the other reason was due to the reliability of the chassis. The most common loadout for a Summoner is all energy weapons with little to no ballistic weapons, which I interpret as pettanko.
