Greetings MechWarriors,

A Hot-Fix is scheduled to occur on Thursday, April 26th at 2:00PM PST (21:00 UTC), to address the following fixes:

Front End Loading Time Optimization
Over the years MWO has grown significantly. Where you once existed in one localized area of the front end, we have since added Faction Play, Comp Play and Solaris making it possible to be in some areas and not others. For example, you may be in the Quick Play area all the time and never go into Faction Play, Comp Play or Solaris areas. The way the system operated was to load the entire front end experience whether you visited those other areas or not and under this scenario, you’d be loading Quick Play, Faction Play, Comp Play, Solaris, MechLab and the Store.

We have found a way to optimize what gets loaded when you enter the game and navigate through your play areas. The system will no longer load the entirety of the front end and will only load what is necessary for what you are wanting to view. The initial load will be to the Quick Play Home Screen as usual and as you are used to after all these years. It will not however, load Faction Play, Comp Play, Solaris or the Store. This is a major reduction in load time for the initial load into MWO. If you choose to check out Faction Play, it will trigger a short load to load the Faction Play part of the front end. This one time load will now allow you to switch between Quick Play and Faction Play seamlessly. If you enter Comp Play, this will trigger a short load of the Comp Play part of the front end. You can now switch between Quick Play, Faction Play and Comp Play seamlessly. Essentially each load will load that area into memory and will stay persistent until unloaded/dumped by dropping into a match or leaving the front end in general.