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[razenWing]

Just noticed this today...

Picture:

Why is there a webcam installed on top of the EBJ, LAWLZ!

I checked other mech (ok, 1 other mech), and there is no webcam installed on it.

So, what the heck? Does the EBJ have a special unlockable ability that PGI is not telling us??!!??!!!

(It's so blatant too, like white and everything. I can't believe I never noticed that before)

[vandalhooch]

I view it as part of the sensor package that all mechs carry.

Adder has a grey one on the left torso.
Crab has a white one on the left torso.
Night Gyr has a grey one in center torso.
Rifleman has a white/yellow one in center torso.

If you look closely at every mech, there are lots of shared "elements" in their construction. Makes the artists' jobs easier and makes all the mechs feel as if they are from the same universe.

[PhoenixFire55]

I don't even ... ugh ...

[kesmai]

Well, it's some kind of nipple.
rub it hard for a reaction.

Edited by kesmai, 03 April 2017 - 02:10 AM.

[Rakshasa]

That? It's part of a [REDACTED] which lets the experimental [DATA EXPUNGED] interfaces with the pilot's [REDACTED]. Once the [REDACTED] achieves peristalsis [REDACTED] growth of multiple [DATA EXPUNGED] releases spores across an area of [REDCATED] square kilometres, completing the [DATA EXPUNGED] can only be eliminated with airborne dispersal of viral [DATA EXPUNGED].

Hope that clears things up

Edited by Rakshasa, 03 April 2017 - 02:25 AM.

[Tatula]

It's a GoPro man! The pilot's gotta record his kills for the c-bills.

[Jackal Noble]

Yep.. The Ebon Jaguar was the flagship mech for the AOL webcam, which flopped. Lost tech indeed.

assuming the default answer is going to be sensor.

Oh oh! I got it! It's a sensor so you don't step on those cute little elementals.

Edited by JackalBeast, 03 April 2017 - 09:19 AM.

[Bishop Steiner]

Raytheon says you are welcome. Now instead of being upside down on a plane belly, slap it on top of a robot.








so.....next?

Information is ammunition.

[Metus regem]

It's called a F.L.I.R.

Forward
Looking
InfraRed

It's a targeting system...

[Mole]

OP, you've made a fool of yourself. Put on your dunce cap and go sit in the corner.

[razenWing]

Mole, on 03 April 2017 - 10:26 AM, said:

OP, you've made a fool of yourself. Put on your dunce cap and go sit in the corner.

Nah, I figured the answer is sensor, that much is obvious. I just don't see the same thing on 1 other mech that I bothered to check. Also, it's like a weird color juxtaposition that doesn't mesh with the rest of the mech. (Not covered by pattern, decal, color, etc)

[Snowbluff]

vandalhooch, on 01 April 2017 - 12:09 PM, said:

I view it as part of the sensor package that all mechs carry.

Adder has a grey one on the left torso.
Crab has a white one on the left torso.
Night Gyr has a grey one in center torso.
Rifleman has a white/yellow one in center torso.

If you look closely at every mech, there are lots of shared "elements" in their construction. Makes the artists' jobs easier and makes all the mechs feel as if they are from the same universe.

It's in the Marauder's nose, I think.

Probably an IR sensor. Bishop made a good collection of the cameras. Some air craft have them concealed, like the F117 or F35
https://a85519687727.../eots__main.jpg
Others will have similiar equipment in a pod.

[Pyed]

Aloha, on 03 April 2017 - 08:11 AM, said:

It's a GoPro man! The pilot's gotta record his kills for the c-bills.

No the GoPro is in the Kitfox, and it's for pilot reaction shots.

[mouser42]

It's the wifi extender for faster mech porn, cat videos and salty mwo forum rants while in the heat of battle.

[Snazzy Dragon]

It's Angry Clam Man's tactical camera, to monitor the battlefield from afar

How else would he know when to shout that kappa is taken, or that the gates have been opened

[razenWing]

Snazzy Dragon, on 03 April 2017 - 05:39 PM, said:

It's Angry Clam Man's tactical camera, to monitor the battlefield from afar

How else would he know when to shout that kappa is taken, or that the gates have been opened

Rich man's GoPro... or Poor man's GoPro? O_o

Think about it....

Edited by razenWing, 03 April 2017 - 07:29 PM.

[Bishop Steiner]

razenWing, on 03 April 2017 - 02:09 PM, said:

Nah, I figured the answer is sensor, that much is obvious. I just don't see the same thing on 1 other mech that I bothered to check. Also, it's like a weird color juxtaposition that doesn't mesh with the rest of the mech. (Not covered by pattern, decal, color, etc)

Urbie haz, too. Dunno about others off top of me head.

[Ted Wayz]

It is a sensor array used to detect surroundings. If you haven't noticed or didn't know most mechs are self driving. Just press alt+F4 to activate.

[razenWing]

Ted Wayz, on 04 April 2017 - 02:37 AM, said:

It is a sensor array used to detect surroundings. If you haven't noticed or didn't know most mechs are self driving. Just press alt+F4 to activate.

I think new Window removed the instant restart shortcut to prevent that from happening. But, next time in game, you should try alt-f4 to find out.

Report finding back to us please.

[vandalhooch]

Snowbluff, on 03 April 2017 - 04:09 PM, said:

It's in the Marauder's nose, I think.

Probably an IR sensor. Bishop made a good collection of the cameras. Some air craft have them concealed, like the F117 or F35
https://a85519687727.../eots__main.jpg
Others will have similiar equipment in a pod.

The internalizing of the sensor package is to decrease radar cross section (stealth).