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[FuzzyNova]

I have been sticking with my usuall mechs for along time . whenever I would try out a new mech I would hate it. I kept on trying and kept on failing. So i just decided hunchbacks were my thing. Until I piloted an Ebon Jaguar. I had never really given the EJ a shot before. I was instantly better as a pilot. I felt right. It felt better piloting that mech than my ever so admired Grid Iron. I thought maybe this will only last a short while. But I still do better in the EJ than ever before. Think I found my next new fav mech. I purchased teo variants. The Ebon Jaguar A, and the trial version one. Forget which one that is. But all in all its a good solid mech. I look forward to seeing some of you on the battlefield.

[Scout Derek]

Nathaniel Johns, on 09 December 2015 - 01:38 PM, said:

I have been sticking with my usuall mechs for along time . whenever I would try out a new mech I would hate it. I kept on trying and kept on failing. So i just decided hunchbacks were my thing. Until I piloted an Ebon Jaguar. I had never really given the EJ a shot before. I was instantly better as a pilot. I felt right. It felt better piloting that mech than my ever so admired Grid Iron. I thought maybe this will only last a short while. But I still do better in the EJ than ever before. Think I found my next new fav mech. I purchased teo variants. The Ebon Jaguar A, and the trial version one. Forget which one that is. But all in all its a good solid mech. I look forward to seeing some of you on the battlefield.

Ebon Jaguar is a bit fragile, however, and that is one thing one must be careful with when piloting one.

Ideal for Community Warfare, with it being 65 tons with 28-29 tons of pod space to boot.

I love it as well, but only for CW, other than that I'd use another mech, it just feels to fragile, but I'm glad you're enjoying it.

[xXBagheeraXx]

and it hasnt been negative quirked to hell. Enjoy while that lasts.

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

I originally piloted Hunchbacks back in beta, found the Ebon Jaguar to be one of my favorite mechs also. Has more armor, more firepower, and similar speed to the Hunchback. I've suggested them to people often.

[0bsidion]

Scout Derek, on 09 December 2015 - 01:40 PM, said:

Ebon Jaguar is a bit fragile, however, and that is one thing one must be careful with when piloting one.

Ideal for Community Warfare, with it being 65 tons with 28-29 tons of pod space to boot.

I love it as well, but only for CW, other than that I'd use another mech, it just feels to fragile, but I'm glad you're enjoying it.

I've used it in MM pretty much exclusively, but other than that I have to agree. It seems like a couple of giant leg hit boxes attached to a giant CT hitbox. But I love the variety of loadouts you can put on it, and it's fun if you can stay below the other team's radar.

I find it best if you use long ranged weapons and basically skirmish and poke whenever possible. I wouldn't recommend getting in brawler range until mid or late game, otherwise your armor will be stripped in a flash and you'll be cored and/or legged not to long after.

[Scout Derek]

0bsidion, on 09 December 2015 - 01:55 PM, said:

I've used it in MM pretty much exclusively, but other than that I have to agree. It seems like a couple of giant leg hit boxes attached to a giant CT hitbox. But I love the variety of loadouts you can put on it, and it's fun if you can stay below the other team's radar.

I find it best if you use long ranged weapons and basically skirmish and poke whenever possible. I wouldn't recommend getting in brawler range until mid or late game, otherwise your armor will be stripped in a flash and you'll be cored and/or legged not to long after.

Yeah, for CW I go in with the 1st ebon a gauss, a small laser and 2 large pulse for sniper. An easy 900-1400 damage and 6 kills just from poking with its nicely placed torso mounts, then I go in with a streakcrow, then a Dual UAC/10 and 4 small laser ebon jaguar, and then finally a cheetah or a laser vomit mech.

[Aiden Skye]

Scout Derek, on 09 December 2015 - 02:01 PM, said:

Yeah, for CW I go in with the 1st ebon a gauss, a small laser and 2 large pulse for sniper. An easy 900-1400 damage and 6 kills just from poking with its nicely placed torso mounts, then I go in with a streakcrow, then a Dual UAC/10 and 4 small laser ebon jaguar, and then finally a cheetah or a laser vomit mech.

6 small pulse 2 lbx-5. My favorite can opener.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Yep, Ebonjag is a great mech to have, especially elited up.

And it stays that way pretty much up to the point where you try to Torso twist, the thing is literally all CT and leg, just like Kitfox, just like the Adder.

Even when you crank it like a madman, then you'll get rear torso clipped as well as CT cored

Paper tiger, but its a nice ride and carries a crapload of punchback.

[Jun Watarase]

Only issue i have with the EBJ is the dumb hit boxes. Side torsos are really easy to single out and the CT can be hit even at a 90 degree angle just by aiming for the nose....

Oh yes and the add on guns make the EBJ almost as tall as the tbolt and are a huge "SHOOT ME" sign.

[Champion of Khorne Lord of Blood]

Jun Watarase, on 09 December 2015 - 03:09 PM, said:

Only issue i have with the EBJ is the dumb hit boxes. Side torsos are really easy to single out and the CT can be hit even at a 90 degree angle just by aiming for the nose....

Oh yes and the add on guns make the EBJ almost as tall as the tbolt and are a huge "SHOOT ME" sign.

See, at least when I have the gun hitboxes on the torsos people aim there instead of punching me in the nose to kill my CT. Rather be crippled than dead in a mech.

[Aiden Skye]

Jun Watarase, on 09 December 2015 - 03:09 PM, said:

Only issue i have with the EBJ is the dumb hit boxes. Side torsos are really easy to single out and the CT can be hit even at a 90 degree angle just by aiming for the nose....

Oh yes and the add on guns make the EBJ almost as tall as the tbolt and are a huge "SHOOT ME" sign.

It doesn't seem to have a lot of internal structure. My Catapults are immortal by comparison. And it's quite easy to get damage aimed at the CT or arms, going to the legs...which is not always a good thing. I remember instances where I made a bad move and got pummeled by LRMS, only to have most damage go to a leg and destroy it.

It does have a couple of nasty brawler builds but I prefer to keep it off the front line.

[MeiSooHaityu]

I only have 1 EBJ so far (so nothing elited), but it is a pretty nice mech.

To me the Ebon Jaguar is basically a Clan Catapult. It has a similar design (with the soft CT), it is the same tonnage, similar speed and mobility, and can mount similar loadouts. About the only big difference is the arms are down low (vs the Cat's up high), but even then, the EBJ's main weapons are always mounted high anyway.

Like the Catapult, i'd treat it more as a direct fire support mech. There is the rather obvious 2 PPC/Gauss build (all high mount). I run mine the sleezy laser vomit way (2 LPLasers, 6 ERSLasers). I've even seen LRM variants.

Overall I like it, and I think it is a solid fun heavy.

[Macster16]

With the exception of dual ballistic builds, I prefer to build my EBJs without any of the side-torso weapons pods jutting out (so ballistic goes into an arm and only one laser in each ST). I find the survivability of my EBJs improved when I built them to have no weapon pods and the rest of the hardpoints are all pretty much cockpit level anyway.

[FuzzyNova]

It's the Ultra Ac 20s that sold me