ROADMAP UPDATE!
Welcome to the Roadmap update!
June
The June Patch notes will be here very soon but we wanted to give you a sneak peek of Rubellite Oasis’s new capture points on Conquest. These changes improve the map balance for the opening season of Competitive Play leading to the World Championships at Mech_Con. The long-awaited Flea finally jumps into MWO and is sure to infest the servers. We have several mechs receiving 3060 Weapon retrofits and Bolton support. There are nice improvements to look forward to in Solaris, as well as a new long-awaited feature release for MWO…Build Profile Saving and Sharing! You can look forward to the full June Patch notes Next week with the Patch releasing June 19th.
New ‘Mech:
- Flea
3060s Weapon Retrofits for 11 ‘Mech Chassis:
- Assassin
- Battlemaster
- Blackjack
- Catapult
- Centurion
- Cyclops
- Locust
- Hunchback
- Jagermech
- Raven
- Stalker
Bolt-on Retrofits for 31 ‘Mech Chassis:
- Annihilator
- Arctic Cheetah
- Arctic Wolf
- Black Lanner
- Blood Asp
- Cougar
- Ebon Jaguar
- Executioner
- Fafnir
- Gargoyle
- Hellbringer
- Hellspawn
- Highlander IIC
- Hunchback IIC
- Ice Ferret
- Jenner IIC
- King Crab
- KitFox
- Mad Cat MK II
- Mauler
- Mist Lynx
- Nightstar
- Nova Cat
- Osiris
- Orion IIC
- Piranha
- Shadow Cat
- Sun Spider
- Thanatos
- Uziel
- Wolfhound
Changes to Conquest Capture Points in Rubellite Oasis Map
BEFORE: (old)
AFTER: (new)
New Feature: Build Profile Saving and Sharing
- You will be able to save and load ‘Mech loadouts and Skill Tree builds with ease with this new feature!
- You can export your favorite ‘Mech loadout and Skill Tree builds to share with other fellow MechWarriors or even choose to import other MechWarriors’ builds for your own use.
- Sharing build codes has been made much easier as well with a small update to the Floating Chat system.
Comp Play Queue Changes for Upcoming MWOWC 2018:
- Re-enabling access to Comp Play queue.
- Updating map selection in Comp Play: Canyon Network, Rubellite Oasis, Mining Collective, Caustic Valley, Grim Plexus.
- Updating Comp Play rules.
- Allowing Consumables to be used with Stock mode option in Private Lobby
Solaris Improvements:
- Adding Solaris events to the Special Events system.
- Adding ability to search pilot names in Solaris Leaderboards.
GDPR Compliance:
- Adding ability to accept Terms of Service from in-game pop-up.
- Adding “Withdraw Consent” functionality through website log-in.
General Balance Tuning:
There will be two major balance changes directly aimed at improving core pieces of equipment for the MWOWC 2018 season. However these changes will not be limited to competitive play:
- Heat Sinks:
Standard heat sinks will see a minor improvement to provide a bit more flexibility in stock play. Specifics to come with the June Patch Notes.
- Ammo:
Autocannon and Missile ammo will be increased to provide better overall potential damage-per-ton compared to the current game. And provide a bit more damage potential from ammo based weapons in the upcoming MWOWC comp queue. Specifics to come with the June Patch Notes.