Announcements – Page 5 – Island of Misfit Mechs

Alpha Strike Sale

Published by Spectral Jester on July 11, 2018

Champion

Published by Spectral Jester on July 11, 2018

Countdown to Hellfire

Published by Spectral Jester on July 9, 2018

Drop ship deals! Updated!

Published by Spectral Jester on July 6, 2018

Piranha for C-Bills and Black Lanner for MC

Published by Spectral Jester on July 3, 2018

Mech Release July 3rd

Piranha for C-Bills

PIRANHA PIR-1 3,721,292 C-Bills

PIRANHA PIR-2 3,972,792 C-Bills

PIRANHA PIR-3 3,930,792 C-Bills

PIRANHA PIR-A 4,262,000 C-Bills

PIRANHA PIR-B 3,786,500 C-Bills

Black Lanner for MC

BLACK LANNER BKL-PRIME 4,925 MC

BLACK LANNER BKL-A 5,005 MC

BLACK LANNER BKL-C 4,825 MC

BLACK LANNER BKL-D 4,755 MC

BLACK LANNER BKL-E 4,870 MC

BLACK LANNER BELLONARIUS 5,160 MC

Countdown to Flea

Published by Spectral Jester on June 12, 2018

Roadmap Update – June

Published by Spectral Jester on June 9, 2018

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.

Roadmap Update – July – August

Published by Spectral Jester on June 9, 2018

ROADMAP UPDATE!

Welcome to the Roadmap update!

July

July brings even More 3060 Weapon retrofits and Bolt-ons! Additional content will be released to all 2018 Tournament Pack Supporter owners and it is so good I can’t even… Meanwhile, a brand new Season begins in the Solaris 7 games! You can look forward to some division changes and a reset of the Leaderboards. We’ll also be seeing some improvements in the Solaris Season seeding process and Reward item changes in its Supply Caches. The new Build Profile Saving and Sharing feature from June’s patch will be receiving additional improvements. Finally, the flaming Hellfire ‘Mech releases during this summery month too.

New ‘Mech:

Hellfire

3060s Weapons Retrofits for 10 ‘Mech Chassis:

Awesome
Cataphract
Cicada
Commando
Dragon
Javelin
Jenner
Quickdraw
Thunderbolt
Vindicator

More Bolt-on Retrofits to ‘Mech Chassis

Bonus Item for 2018 Tournament Supporter Pack Owners

New Summer Themed Cockpit Item

New Solaris Season – July to October 2018

Resetting Solaris Leaderboard and set new season end date.
Updating Solaris ‘Mech Division assignments.
Revising item pools for Solaris Supply Caches.

Solaris Improvements:

Improving Season seeding process.

Build Profile Saving and Sharing Improvements:

Allowing players to try out imported ‘Mech loadouts using Testing Grounds.
Showing invoice for extra cost of using imported loadouts.

August

These are the current items targeted for August, but you can rest assured that this roadmap will receive a few updates as more items line up for the August release. Here is what we know so far. Another “Hot” ‘Mech is coming in time to enjoy the remainder of the summer, Trial ‘Mechs are getting an update, more 3060 weapon and Bolt-on retrofits, and a fresh item for 2018 Tournament Pack Supporters! We will keep you posted as we get more details in the coming months!

New ‘Mech: