MechWarrior Online

Introduction

In the latest round of weapon adjustments, the developers have taken a closer look at the performance of various firearms. Brace yourselves, gamers, because some exciting changes are coming your way! First up, the Autocannon 10 and Clan Autocannon 10 have received a slight boost with a decreased cooldown time of 2.15 seconds, down from 2.25 seconds. This means you'll be able to unleash your firepower just a tad faster, giving your opponents less time to react. But that's not all! The Autocannon 20 and Clan Autocannon 20 have undergone some significant improvements. Not only has their cooldown time been reduced to 3.75 seconds from 4 seconds, but their velocity has also been increased to a whopping 1100 m/s, up from 900 m/s. Get ready to rain down destruction with even greater precision and speed! Last but not least, the Heavy Gauss Rifle has received some love as well. Its cooldown time has been decreased to 4.5 seconds, down from 5 seconds. This means you'll be able to fire off those powerful shots more frequently, making you an even deadlier force on the battlefield. So, gear up and get ready to experience these weapon adjustments firsthand. Whether you're a fan of the Autocannons or prefer the raw power of the Heavy Gauss Rifle, these changes are sure to shake up the game and keep you on your toes. Happy hunting, gamers!

NEW PLATINUM CUSTOM COLLECTION

We've added 10 more Inner Sphere variants, and you'll now see a Platinum Custom Collection (which will be available on Patch Day) where you can select a Light, Medium, Heavy, and Assault 'Mech of your choice and create your own custom Platinum Collection.

10 NEW INNER SPHERE PLATINUM 'MECH VARIANTS ADDED!

Firestarter FS9-A(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Firestarter variants
Javelin JNV-10P(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Javelin variants
Vulcan VL-5S(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Vulcan variants
Dervish DV-6MR(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Dervish variants
Kintaro KTO-19(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Kintaro variants
Champion CHP-3N(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Champion variants
Awesome AWS-8Q(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Awesome variants
Highlander HGN-732B(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Highlander variants
Victor VTR-9B(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Victor variants
Banshee BNC-3S(P) + Platinum Pattern Unlock for all Banshee variants

MAP ADJUSTMENTS

Level Designer Krazzdaxx continues to play the game and gather feedback on all the maps, resulting in adjustments and fixes to 13 maps this month:

CANYON NETWORK

2 new ramps added to the south/east gorge (scrap ramp and bridge ramp)

CAUSTIC VALLEY

Out of bounds area adjusted to line up with the map boundaries
Invisible wall moved outside of play area

CRIMSON STRAIT

Invisible wall placed on the center mountain
Conquest: capture points and spawns moved

EMERALD VALE

Center buildings replaced with buildings that have better hitboxes
Floating shipping container removed
Building placed to block sniper angle
Hatchetman came in and chopped some trees down in the city center

FOREST COLONY

Goat path carved into the north/east mountains
Minimap adjusted to be more zoomed in

FROZEN CITY CLASSIC NIGHT/SNOWSTORM

Invisible walls placed to prevent players from reaching certain areas
Out of bounds area adjusted to line up with the map boundaries

GRIM PLEXUS

Invisible walls placed to prevent players from reaching certain areas

HIBERNAL RIFT

Invisible walls placed/adjusted to to prevent players from reaching certain areas

HPG MANIFOLD

Level of detail asset issue fixed
Small mechanical box removed from ramp

POLAR HIGHLANDS

Rocks adjusted to block a rendering issue when viewing an area from a certain angle
Stuck point blocked off

RUBELLITE OASIS

Invisible wall placed to prevent player from getting stuck in a crevasse

VIRIDIAN BOG

Floating tree removed
Invisible walls placed to prevent players from reaching certain areas
Northern pathway carved into the mountain for smoother traversal in that section

VITRIC STATION

Replaced middle ramp/bridge so that viewing that section at a certain angle no long makes that ramp/bridge invisible
Floating building attached to wall
Ledge overhang replaced to prevent viewing the underside of the roof
Middle power connector level of detail changed to look better when viewing at a distance
Lowered roof near spawn ramp to prevent viewing the underside of the roof

WEAPON ADJUSTMENTS

As a continuation of our assessment of weapon performance, the following changes have been made:

BALLISTIC WEAPONS

Autocannon 10

Decreased cooldown to 2.15s (from 2.25s)

Clan Autocannon 10

Decreased cooldown to 2.15s (from 2.25s)

Autocannon 20

Decreased cooldown to 3.75s (from 4s)
Increased velocity to 1100 m/s (from 900 m/s)

Clan Autocannon 20

Decreased cooldown to 3.75s (from 4s)
Increased velocity to 1100 m/s (from 900 m/s)

Heavy Gauss Rifle

Decreased cooldown to 4.5s (from 5s)

SKILL TREE ADJUSTMENTS

Reduced Enhanced ECM skill node value to 20% per node (from 22.5%)
Increased Jump Jet Heat Shielding skill node value to 12% per node (from 6%)

'MECH AGILITY ADJUSTMENTS

'Mechs with max torso pitch angle less than 30 degrees are now normalized to 30 degrees pitch
Torso pitch speed for all 'mechs are now set to 72% of yaw speed

'MECH QUIRK ADJUSTMENTS

As a continuation of our assessment of 'Mech quirk performance, the following changes have been made:

MIST LYNX

All Variants (Except G and ED):

Reduced LT, RT Armor bonus to +8 (from +15)
Added +7 LT, RT Armor bonus to SO8

MLX-G:

Reduced LT armor bonus to +8 (from +15)

MLX-ED:

Reduced LT armor bonus to +8 (from +15)
Added +7 LT armor bonus to SO8

INCUBUS

INC-1:

Removed -10% Energy cooldown

INC-2:

Reduced LT, CT, RT armor bonus to +5 (from +10)

INC-3:

Removed 25% Machine Gun rate of fire

INC-5:

Removed -10% Laser duration
Added 20% Weapon velocity
Added 15% Missile velocity

INC-SA:

Removed 25% Machine Gun rate of fire
Reduced cooldown to -5% (from -15%)
Increased Missile cooldown to -20% (from -7.5%)
Added 25% Missile velocity
Added -10% Missile spread
Added 10% Missile range

RAVEN

RVN-3L:

Increased LT, RT structure bonus to 12 (from 8)
Increased seismic sensor range to 200m (from 100m)
Increased sensor range bonus to +200m (from +100m)
Increased missile cooldown to -15% (from -10%)
Added 30% Capture accelerator
Added 50% NARC ammo per ton
Added 10% NARC velocity
Removed NARC duration

RVN-2X:

Increased LT, RT structure bonus to 12 (from 8)
Added 40% Target info gathering speed
Added 10% STD/ER Medium laser range
Added 10% Medium pulse laser range
Added -10% Laser duration

RVN-4X:

Increased LT, RT structure bonus to 12 (from 8)
Added +6 LA, RA armor bonus
Increased range to 15% (from 10%)
Added -5% heat

RVN-H:

Added 40% Jump Jet initial thrust
Added 30% JJ burn duration
Added +10s UAV duration

PANTHER

PNT-10P:

Converted -25% Ballistic cooldown to -25% Cooldown
Converted 25% Ballistic range to 25% Range
Converted 20% Ballistic velocity to 20% Weapon velocity
Removed -10% Missile cooldown
Removed 10% Missile range
Removed 10% Missile velocity

PNT-8Z:

Added 10% STD Laser range
Increased Laser duration to -20% (from -10%)

VIPER

VPR-Prime, -A, -B, -D:

Reduced CT armor bonus to +5 (from +10)

VPR-C, -F:

Reduced CT armor bonus to +2 (from +4)

VPR-M:

Reduced CT armor bonus to +5 (from +8)

ARCTIC WOLF

ACW-1:

Reduced CT armor bonus to +9 (from +12)
Reduced LL, LT, RT, RL armor bonus to +7 (from +10)

VINDICATOR

All Variants:

Increased armor bonus on arms by 50%

CRAB

CRB-20:

Added -10% Energy heat

CRB-27:

Removed 10% Energy range
Removed 30% Weapon velocity
Removed -15% STD Laser cooldown
Removed -10% STD Laser heat
Added 60% PPC Family velocity
Added 10% PPC Family range
Added -10% Energy cooldown
Added -10% Energy heat

HUNCHBACK IIC

HBK-IIC-A:

Reduced LT, CT, RT Structure bonus to +6 (from +12)

HELLFIRE

HLF-1:

Removed +5 Structure bonus from LT, CT, RT

HLF-2:

Removed +5 Structure bonus from LT, CT, RT
Removed -5% Heavy Laser heat

CRUSADER

CRD-6T:

Removed +5 armor bonus from LL, LT, CT, RT, RL

HELLBRINGER

HBR-F:

Removed +5 armor bonus from LT
Increased LT armor bonus to +10 in SO8 (from +5)

RIFLEMAN IIC

RFL-IIC-A:

Removed -5% UAC5 Cooldown
Added -20% UAC jam chance
Added -10% UAC jam duration

RFL-IIC-CH:

Removed -5% UAC Cooldown
Added -20% UAC jam chance
Added -10% UAC jam duration

SUN SPIDER

SNS-AMB:

Removed +5 armor bonus from LT, RT
Added +5 LT, RT armor bonus in SO8

SNS-ML:

Removed +5 armor bonus from LA, RA
Added +5 LA, RA armor bonus in SO8

TIMBER WOLF

TBR-Prime:

Reduced CT armor bonus to +4 (from +8)
Added +5 CT armor bonus to SO8

TBR-WAR:

Reduced CT armor bonus to +4 (from +8)
Added +5 CT armor bonus to SO8

TBR-A:

Removed +5 armor bonus from LT, CT
Added +5 LT, CT armor bonus to SO8

TBR-BH:

Removed +5 armor bonus from RT, CT
Added +5 CT armor bonus to SO8

TBR-C:

Removed +5 armor bonus from CT
Added +9 CT armor bonus to SO8

TBR-D:

Removed +5 armor bonus from CT
Added +5 CT armor bonus to SO8

TBR-S:

Removed +5 armor bonus from CT
Added +5 CT armor bonus to SO8

ORION IIC

ON1-IIC-SK:

Removed -5% Heat
Added -5% ER PPC heat

WARHAMMER IIC

WHM-IIC:

Removed -5% Energy heat

WHM-IIC-3:

Reduced Laser heat to -5% (from -10%)
Added -5% Heavy laser heat

MARAUDER IIC

MAD-IIC:

Removed +7 armor bonus from LT, RT

MAD-IIC-2:

Removed +7 armor bonus from LT, RT

MAD-IIC-8:

Removed +7 armor bonus from LT, RT

MAD-IIC-B:

Removed -5% Laser heat
Added -5% ER PPC heat

WARHAWK

WHK-C:

Removed -2.5% Energy cooldown from LT, RT
Removed -5% Pulse laser duration from RA

Patch Files (Direct Download)

To make the patching process easier for players with limited download caps, we'll be providing direct download links for the patch file(s) that comprise this patch. This will allow you to download the patch file(s) elsewhere, for manual injection into the MWO patcher through a Patch Cache folder. Aside from allowing you to download the patch file(s) elsewhere, on another connection, there are no additional benefits to performing the patch this way; the patching process itself will be the same. This direct patch download process will only work for players running the standalone client. It does not apply to players running MWO through Steam.

Download the above file(s)
For sake of ease, we recommend creating a dedicated folder for the patch file(s), such as 'MWO Patch Cache'
You do not need to unzip or unpack the patch file(s)
Launch the MWO Portal
Select the three horizontal lines in the top left of the Portal Window
Choose the 'Specify Patch File Cache' option
In the field that appears, paste or enter the location in which you saved the patch file(s) and hit OK
For example, C:\Users\<username>\Documents\MWO Patch Cache
Click the blue Patch button
The launcher will now check the Patch Cache folder you defined. If it locates the required patch files, it will unpack and use those files to apply the patch.
Once the patch is complete, launch the game