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[occusoj]

Hello,
Thanks to some decent events and the current sale I finally could afford the only hero I ever was after, the Jester, wanted one since its release about 4(?) years ago.
Old but very nice mech to play. It seems however that the camo got changed by a little detail. Back then it had a pair of bright green eyes on its back. In PGIs video about the CPLT-J they are briefly visible at 0:29 and 0:58.

Its of course not a big deal, the mech still looks awesome but I was wondering if those eyes are currently somehow available and if so where? Scrolled through the decals and camos but couldn't find them.
Am I blind or have they become lostech?

[ThreeStooges]

Those eyes are part of the jester camo. Should be able to just turn your mech in the lab and see them or go 3pv. I doubt pgi change the camo as they almost never mess with a mech once it's been out for a while. jester is a nice mech and really good if you can aim ppcs. Going mixed lasers is fun plus you have dual ams for event lrm shielding. Just don't use lams or it will constantly jack up your heat every time it fires.

[occusoj]

ThreeStooges, on 09 March 2018 - 04:55 PM, said:

Those eyes are part of the jester camo. Should be able to just turn your mech in the lab and see them or go 3pv.

This is how it currently looks in my mechlab, bone stock camo. All mad but no eyes


2xLL plus 4ML and 2xAMS is great for QP, quite cool running, quick enough, jumps and adds to the teams LRM protection.
The rescaling of catapults and light engine improved it a ton btw.
Yes, dual LAMS is indeed no fun. One is already too much for some of my mixed laser/ballistic K2 loadouts, two of them on a laser boat would totally boil me.

[xRatas]

Bought another Jester in the last sale but didn't even check stock camo.

I prefer 3 LPL and 3ERML.

[Glaive-]

The texture was probably changed when they updated the Catapult model (the removing of the vcr missile boxes)
Which is rather unfortunate.

I suppose you could get the same effect with decals, which is probably why they removed the original eyes.

[occusoj]

armyunit, on 09 March 2018 - 05:39 PM, said:

I suppose you could get the same effect with decals, which is probably why they removed the original eyes.

The only two "eye" decals currently available don't look anywhere like the original ones. Yeah I know, its nitpicking .

xRatas, on 09 March 2018 - 05:34 PM, said:

I prefer 3 LPL and 3ERML.

Looks like a nice build too, Ill try it out. So far my pulse laser build was 2LPL+4MPL, less damage at range, a tad more sustained DPS and, most important for me, roughly similiar burntimes on all lasers.

[sycocys]

They mucked up the camo when they did the rescale on Catapaults from what I've been told. It used to have one of the better, if not best hero patterns in the game.

[Koniving]

Yeah that's right it used to have eyes on the back of the mech.

I was kinda bleh about them personally. But I hadn't noticed that they poofed. Huh.

I do seriously miss the old C4 versus C1/A1 arms. Yes the C1/A1 arms were skinnier but more importantly, they used to say different things under the Buccaneer camo.

Now they're all the same.

Currently its Warning: Incoming Missiles.

Before there was also


The unique things said on different variants was one of the awesome things about the Buc pattern. But then they got standardized...

[FireDog]

I'm glad the "eyes" are gone. They made excellent bullseyes for the rear torsos. The Jester mech was know for carrying XL engines at that time.

Edited by FireDog, 09 March 2018 - 08:42 PM.

[Simbacca]

The old Jester camo using Grey, Black, and Red colours gave the mech a really nice "toothy" appearance - almost like that invisible cat from Alice in Wonderland. But after the remodeling and new camo skins that is unfortunately no longer the case.

With its pair of AMS being almost like horns - it was (and still is) appropriate naming mine - "The Oni" - The Devil.

[occusoj]

FireDog, on 09 March 2018 - 08:28 PM, said:

I'm glad the "eyes" are gone. They made excellent bullseyes for the rear torsos. The Jester mech was know for carrying XL engines at that time.

Such well aimed shots to individual components are by large and all not an issue in QP .

Not only is it running mostly light engines now, the mech also has such a wide torso twist range that, especially coupled with its JJs, it should never show much of its back to an enemy.

Getting reat ST/CTs destroyed is extremely rare for any CPLT unless it got surrounded or makes a big mistake in positioning.

[Turtlefish]

The camo and stock decals can also change depending on the weapon loadout. Tasty little easter eggs on some mechs.

Edited by Turtlefish, 10 March 2018 - 11:58 AM.

[Eirik Eriksson]

With or without eyes, this is still one of the best looking mech in the game for me. Still have to equip it with the new tech though......

[Chados]

Base Jester livery was changed greatly after the resize. Originally it had grey stripes along with the orange, blue, and green, and eyes on the back instead of the words “All Mad.” You couldn’t see the Cheshire Cat face as clearly, either.

[ForceUser]

My little clown fish:



I'm getting a LOT of mileage out of those eyes I got with the Nightstar pack.

[Revis Volek]

We are missing Miss Bamlett already it seems...

[Escef]

Revis Volek, on 12 March 2018 - 01:56 PM, said:

We are missing Miss Bamlett already it seems...

This change predates her leaving by a fair amount, iirc. The rear eyes have been missing for months.

I used to have my Jester in white, green, and... red? or was it purple? Anyway, yeah, I made it up as an homage to The Joker, and even named it JackNapier (The Joker's original name in the old Tim Burton Batman movie). I swapped it over to the Championship Supporter camo recently.