[UmaroVI]

On a less tangential note: you can make a quite effective Pixie Adept (or Mystic Adept, depending on your priorities) command rigger. Command rigging depends on Intuition (which Pixies have the only bonus to, unless you start getting even wierder), and isn't 'ware-dependant. Lack of 'ware means a pixie will never be the best at hacking, but it's easy to be "good enough" on the side as an Adept rigger.

[Tarnish]

Minor thread necromancy away!
Earlier you had mentioned that armed pixies would be better, didn't you?
Moreover, if your pixie didn't have a thing for fashion, would you recommend pushing your body up a bit higher and grabbing Milspec for the incredible amounts of larfs that would cause?

[UmaroVI]

Yes. Unarmed combat is only good if you (a) have a high strength, (b) are willing to install either Bone Lacing or Bone Density Augmentation and (c) are willing to blow significant amounts of PP on Critical Strike.

If you wanted to be an optimal pixie melee character (which is not necessarily the best thing pixies can do, to be clear; I mean that if you were definitely going to be a melee pixie and wanted to work around that) the way to go would be to use fixed-damage melee weapons - ie, a Monofilament Whip or electrical melee weapons. Which exactly depends on whether Martial Arts are allowed (if they are not, the whip is a viable weapon. If they are, you want to be dual-wielding electrical clubs so you can use +clubs Martial Arts and so you can use TWS).

I don't think 2 Body is a good idea. There's various options for what you do about that, ranging from "suck it up until you save up some karma," hardcapping with BP, softcapping and then taking IPA Body to get 3, and sustaining the Increase Body spell.

Milspec is at its biggest payoff in the low-body range that Pixies inevitably wind up in. I do think it's worth owning a suit, although how useful it is depends on what sorts of things your runs typically involve (it being F and obvious). I don't think it's worth a Restricted Gear, though.

[_Pax_]

I don't care that at 55 HP they're costing as much as a Wolf `shifter or Elf Magician for less benefit...

  Pixie costs only 35BP, not 55.

[Tarnish]

I do think it's worth owning a suit, although how useful it is depends on what sorts of things your runs typically involve (it being F and obvious). I don't think it's worth a Restricted Gear, though.

Good point, but you already have Distinctive Style: Pixie. If someone notices you you already stand out like a sore thumb, and moreover you probably don't have any rights unless you have a corporate SIN (generally a bad idea) or a faked corporate SIN (Which is more likely to be double checked. Uh-oh.) In any case, you don't seem to favor the unarmed or even armed melee pixie. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but aren't pixies a distinct flavor of ass when it comes to shooting guns? I mean they've definitely got the aim and skill for it but I have a hard time seeing a pixie haul around a Panther XXL, or even an assault rifle at 18 inches tall.
Left with few other options... Pixie technomancers or hackers? They have to buy off the uneducated NQ but that still leaves them with a bunch of bonus mental stats, a useless str stat and a body  that only matter if someone sneaks up behind you while you're programming. The obvious is of  course Pixie Magicians - pixies are made for astral combat, with that ludicrous mental statline, though they lose out when it comes to drain if they don't manage to resist, and they have trouble getting trauma modules and platelet factories, restricting their options to hoping for the best, and, well, not casting  big spells. (Barring the use of the cybercritters mechanic, which I suppose you could make work for pixies if your GM rolls with that)  Unless I'm missing something?
(Edit: Quoted post I was referring to. Opps.)

[_Pax_]

[...] you probably don't have any rights unless you have a corporate SIN (generally a bad idea) or a faked corporate SIN (Which is more likely to be double checked. Uh-oh.) [...]

  Be French, from the Broceliande Autonomous District.  Poof, SIN.  (Or at least, get a fake SIN that _claims_ you're from Broceliande ... hah!)

Pixie technomancers or hackers?

  Hacker yes, technomancer no.  They have a Magic Rating racially, so they can never have a Resonance rating. 

[Tarnish]

  Hacker yes, technomancer no.  They have a Magic Rating racially, so they can never have a Resonance rating. 

Good catch. I'm a moron.
Anyways, yes, I got the French thing... If you like being a SINner, yes, it's a good idea.
 But your SIN is gonna get searched every time, remember. Pixies are weird. Dragons, no one will even try. Centaurs... maybe. Probably not. But pixies are tiny, strange looking, and an easy target. They'll be checked.

[UmaroVI]

Oddly enough, Pixies can shoot heavy weapons just fine. They do have to get them customized, but yeah, they can use Panther XXLs just fine due to the well-thought out firearms rules. There's nothing wrong with melee pixie though, mind you. Other things they can do well are pure magician of either a Charisma or Intuition tradition, physical-combat oriented Mystic Adept, face mystic adept, and adept rigger. They actually aren't very good hackers because hackers don't care much about stats but do care about being able to use cyberware; Intuition is important for riggers, though, and Pixies are one of very few ways to get an Intuition bonus.

There's a big difference between "that's a pixie, it doesn't have civil rights" and "that's a pixie wearing a super illegal set of armor." If your GM isn't going to enforce that difference, then yes, you definitely want MilSpec.

[_Pax_]

Anyways, yes, I got the French thing... If you like being a SINner, yes, it's a good idea.
 But your SIN is gonna get searched every time, remember. Pixies are weird. Dragons, no one will even try. Centaurs... maybe. Probably not. But pixies are tiny, strange looking, and an easy target. They'll be checked.

Yes, but an R4 Fake SIN that says you're from France (really helps if you can speak the language convincingly-well, and not via a linguasoft) is still a good idea.

[Tarnish]

Oddly enough, Pixies can shoot heavy weapons just fine. They do have to get them customized, but yeah, they can use Panther XXLs just fine due to the well-thought out firearms rules.

Augh. I am noticeably new to Shadowrun but that just strikes me wrong. The section even says you can't give pixies guns.

There's a big difference between "that's a pixie, it doesn't have civil rights" and "that's a pixie wearing a super illegal set of armor." If your GM isn't going to enforce that difference, then yes, you definitely want MilSpec.

You are correct, sir, that is very true. The first is one that is in no way imposing. The second is over the top nuts. Human in milspec armor? Call the security. Troll in milspec armor? Back away slowly and THEN call the police. Pixie in milspec armor? Just pass on by and hope he doesn't see you.
Honestly the concept of a pixie in milspec was for a pink mohawk game anyways.