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[ogy]

The Jester is a complete Joke (pun intended). Its completely confused as to its role ... not enough punch to be a sniper ... but to fragile to be a brawler too slow to be a fast interceptor . . . Any one found a good role to suit it

[Wintersdark]

You know that's there's more options in gameplay than fast striker, brawler, and sniper right?

The Jester is actually fairly decent at midrange fire support, being fast and maneuverable enough to stay away from brawlers while laying down solid firepower. It's a lot more fun than playing ridgehumping peekaboo/poptart sniper, too.

[Roughneck45]

5 builds that I think work the best IMO.

4 LL

2 ERLL 4Mlas

2PPC 4Mlas

2Lpulse 4Mlas

6 Mpulse.

None of them are that outstanding, I feel bad for people that purchased this mech.

Edited by Roughneck45, 09 November 2013 - 12:36 PM.

[Wintersdark]

It's not a spectacular mech, but it's not bad either. I've long played my K2 with a Jester-compatible build (2PPC, 2LL, 2MG)... Ditch the MG, add JJ's, and it's entirely worthwhile. Downgrading the LL's to 4ML's provides lots of tonnage for a substantially larger engine too.

All in all, it's not bad. If you're a Catapult fan, particularly a K2 fan who longs for jump jets, it's great.

It's still a Catapult, of course, so if you don't like them then obviously it's not going to appeal.


Edit: For clarity, I certainly wouldn't buy it to use it competitively, but anyone playing competitively would know that before they bought it anyways. It's a perfectly cromulent pugmech.

Edited by Wintersdark, 09 November 2013 - 12:36 PM.

[Escef]

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Pretty much enough firepower and speed to engage at whatever range the pilot wants. I could see it as a decent striker/multi-role machine.

[Wintersdark]

Yup. Essentially a compact Quickdraw with better cooling but a huge ct.

[MonkeyCheese]

I don't understand all the hate for this Mech. It is identical to a k2 but 2hardpoints, JJ and a bigger engine. Did people really expect different hotboxes or something else special to make it ptw??

[Biglead]

5 large pulse lasers.

[Sephlock]

We were hoping for some ballistic hardpoints in the torso.

@ TC: Just make it a fast harasser, with a bunch of ML to melt face in emergencies (or when you are chasing down a lighter mech).

[HeavyRain]

inb4 compulsory humblebrag screenshot showing 9 kills, 1300 damage with the Jester.

[NRP]

People hating on new mechs is nothing new.

The important thing for Jester pilots to remember is drive into to rubble pile of their victim and do a couple short bunny hops/twists to show them they got wrecked by the ugliest mech in the game.

[Clit Beastwood]

Wasn't so hot when I tried to brawl in it, so I went xl350 4ml 2ll and played it as a giant Jenner. After eliting it it's a lot of fun, averaging 550 dmg/match. It puts down pain, but is too squish to stick around after unloading damage. Try using it as a striker! Channel your inner Jenner!

If I get carried away and Rambo into battle it's not very survivable, but zoom in, unload damage, and loop around to hit from another angle. And I painted it all black, I was worried the visible mouth would make my cockpit easier to aim at.

Edited by Fierostetz, 09 November 2013 - 03:40 PM.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

I can say with confidence that the Jester is in fact worse than a Pretty Babi.

New lows have been set with this mech.

[Blurry]

I do like the paint it sure is purdy. That is what I can say.

Oh and its speed is decent.

Edited by Blurry, 09 November 2013 - 03:49 PM.

[Wintersdark]

NRP, on 09 November 2013 - 03:23 PM, said:

People hating on new mechs is nothing new.

The important thing for Jester pilots to remember is drive into to rubble pile of their victim and do a couple short bunny hops/twists to show them they got wrecked by the ugliest mech in the game.

You know, it can actually look pretty badass with the right colours. I thought it was horrendously ugly as well, but since then I've seen a few that actually look pretty dangerous and awesome. You just need to make it not look like a clown; it's not so hard, really, as the pattern is actually pretty snake-like.

mwhighlander, on 09 November 2013 - 03:45 PM, said:

I can say with confidence that the Jester is in fact worse than a Pretty Babi.

New lows have been set with this mech.

Ok, I won't argue that it's a great mech, but worse than the pretty baby? Yeah, that's a touch of an exaggeration.

[DarkDevilDancer]

Its a laser boat in a meta where lasers and ppc's are weaker than other weapons due to heat, given the high likely hood of getting a hot map that almost instantly puts you at a disadvantage.

I've killed a number of jesters that have had to retreat instead of fight because they are too hot to fire the next volley, at the moment any mech using ballistics has a real advantage over the jester.

[Carrioncrows]

Where the mech falls down for me is the limited torso range.

It's noticeably less than the K2 which causes me all sorts of problems while fighting, especially when tracking targets with lasers only to "Clank" into your max torso twist range.

it can be frustrating and my performance drops because of it.

[Wintersdark]

DarkDevilDancer, on 09 November 2013 - 04:25 PM, said:

Its a laser boat in a meta where lasers and ppc's are weaker than other weapons due to heat, given the high likely hood of getting a hot map that almost instantly puts you at a disadvantage.

I've killed a number of jesters that have had to retreat instead of fight because they are too hot to fire the next volley, at the moment any mech using ballistics has a real advantage over the jester.

Sure, no argument here. It's not what I'd call a really competitive mech, but it's absolutely usable. It's not a great mech, but that doesn't make it a terrible one. It's definitely not like the Pretty Baby

[Otto Cannon]

It's not an easymode mech, so if you're a bad pilot look elsewhere. It is, however, great fun and pleasingly fast compared to standard Cats. There's also the fact that there are few things more humiliating for your enemies than being slaughtered by a 'support' mech with bad hitboxes and a big cheesy grin.

[Kyynele]

mwhighlander, on 09 November 2013 - 03:45 PM, said:

I can say with confidence that the Jester is in fact worse than a Pretty Babi.

New lows have been set with this mech.

I'm sure it's not for everyone, but I'll have to disagree with that statement.

For me it has so far outperformed my Ilya Muromets, Flame, Death's Knell, Pretty Baby, X-5, Dragon Slayer, Golden Boy, Protector and Boar's Head.

It hasn't exceeded my Misery, Heavy Metal, Wang or Firebrand, but I do expect it to catch up some - now that I'm not trying to make it work in a brawl anymore. It's pretty hard to fail with high mounted PPCs and JJs.

Edited by Kyynele, 09 November 2013 - 05:33 PM.