October 15th Patch Notes (Phoenix Pack & Patch Day)

PATCHNOTES:

Greetings MechWarriors!

It’s an exciting day! Today we’re releasing pre-ordered content to all players who purchased Project Phoenix. You’re among the first to pilot these mean machines! Project Phoenix is still on sale for a limited time with an end-date to be announced soon. Moving forward, Project Phoenix packages will be delivered during the regular maintenance period following your order (typically Tuesdays and Fridays around 10am PDT). We’re already drooling over Sabre Reinforcements...

Phoenix Loyalty Rewards hit the third and final phase, which means you're getting extra goodies as a small token of our gratitude. Please note the "Flame" pattern has been renamed Hotrod. Project Phoenix Faction Medallions can be claimed by visiting your profile on the website and selecting your preferred medallions.

More about today’s patch:

Halloween items have arrived! Deck out your cockpit with some spooky business. I'm excited to pilot my BattleMaster with our raging Hotrod skin and a smiling pumpkin to keep me company.
We've been reading your feedback and have tweaked the end-of-round screen. We hope you'll find that it’s easier to read the breakdown with this revision. Bug fixes include a slew of map stuck bugs and visual issues, so be sure to check out those in the verbose notes below.

Our special thanks to everyone who continues to submit feedback and bug reports. We've seen posts from many players giving us their suggestions from all over our forums, tickets and social media and we can’t reiterate enough how much we appreciate your contributions.

And of course, a huge thanks to our Talon, Storm, Guardian, and Overlord owners for your overwhelming support.

Tonight we’ll be raising a glass to you… and then we’ll be blasting out your cockpit.

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New Mechs

Locust LCT-1V

Tonnage: 20

Engine: 160 Standard
Top Speed: 129.6 kph
Max Engine Rating: 190

Torso Movement:
130 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.

Arm Movement:
0 degrees to each side.
60 degrees up and down.

Armor: 128 (Standard)
Internal Structure: Standard

Weapons & Equipment:
Left Arm: Machine Gun
Center Torso: Medium Laser
Right Arm: Machine Gun

Hardpoints:
Left Arm: 2 Ballistic
Center Torso: 1 Energy
Right Torso: 1 AMS
Right Arm: 2 Ballistic

Heat Sinks: 10 Single

Jump Jets: 0 (0 Max)

ECM Capable?: No

Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Tiny

Locust LCT-3M

Tonnage: 20

Engine: 160 Standard
Top Speed: 129.6 kph
Max Engine Rating: 190

Torso Movement:
130 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.

Arm Movement:
0 degrees to each side.
60 degrees up and down.

Armor: 106 (Ferro-Fibrous)
Internal Structure: Endo Steel

Weapons & Equipment:
Left Arm: Small Laser x2, AMS
Left Torso: CASE
Center Torso: Medium Laser
Right Arm: Small Laser x2

Hardpoints:

Left Arm: 2 Energy, 1 AMS
Center Torso: 1 Energy
Right Torso: 1 AMS
Right Arm: 2 Energy

Heat Sinks: 10 Single

Jump Jets: 0 (0 Max)

ECM Capable?: No

Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Tiny

Locust LCT-3S

Tonnage: 20
Engine: 160 Standard

Top Speed: 129.6 kph
Max Engine Rating: 190

Torso Movement:
130 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.

Arm Movement:
0 degrees to each side.
60 degrees up and down.

Armor: 88 (Ferro-Fibrous)
Internal Structure: Endo Steel

Weapons & Equipment:
Left Arm: Streak SRM 2
Left Torso: CASE
Center Torso: Medium Laser
Right Arm: Streak SRM 2

Hardpoints:
Left Arm: 2 Missile
Center Torso: 1 Energy
Right Torso: 1 AMS
Right Arm: 2 Missile

Heat Sinks: 10 Single

Jump Jets: 0 (0 Max)

ECM Capable?: No

Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Tiny

'Mech Customization:

Halloween Cockpit items.
New Hot Rod skin.

Gameplay

Light Mech Tuning

Commando COM-1B, -1D, -3A:
Increased maximum engine size to 240
Increased turning rate by 10%
Increased maximum reverse speed to 75% of forward speed

Commando COM-TDK:
Increased maximum engine size to 240

Raven RVN-2X, -4X:
Increased maximum engine size to 275
Increased turning rate by 10%

Spider SDR-5K, -5K©, -5V:
Increased maximum engine size to 285
Increased maximum reverse speed to 75% of forward speed

Weapons

Impact shake when being hit by the following weapons has been reduced:

AC/5, SRM/4,SSRM/2, LB10-X

Impact shake when being hit by the following weapons has been increased:

AC/20, AC/10

Airstrike damage per shell has been increased from 10 up to 40.
Artillery damage per shell has been increased from 10 up to 40.

Performance

Remade LODs for several 'Mechs

Bug Fixes

Atlas Founder head hitbox returned to normal size (left eye) for all weapon types.
Streak SRMs no longer target the Blackjack's center torso exclusively.
Fixed an issue where users could see out of world when using 3rd person near a vertical piece of terrain.
Moving the reticle away from a targeted 'Mech will decay the lock-on once again.
Fixed a slew of map stuck bugs and visual issues.
Fixed an issue where certain 'Mech components would return a wrong index when they were hit with a ballistic or missiles, this would result in dealing damage to the wrong component.
Fixed a few collision issues on the Trebuchet and Hunchback.

General

Updated the Match Summary screen for improved clarity & readability.
The First Victory of the Day XP reward is now calculated after Premium Time and `Mech bonuses are applied.

We thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!

- The MechWarrior® Online™ Team

 

Sooo... The Locust loses it's unique factor now that other mechs can go just as fast... AND YET, the Jenner is now the slowest light... Boo, PGI. BOO!

 

Yes, if they didn't fix the Spiders hitboxes I can guess the new meta I think....

 

Well have to see about that, but yeah this could be a issue!

 

You guys got point

Especially on the LCT, the expected speed advantage would be awesome. Now...hmm.

 

I'm kinda shocked by the light boost across the board (except jenner, sorry Cpt). Zero reason for the Locust now since it's inferior to the spd in every way (not really smaller, not faster, not better loadout, no jj, can't have worse borked hitboxes than the spd...)

 

The commando deserves its speed boost imho, but the spider might become even more a problem than it already was :unsure:

 

As the ONLY 20T mech, the Locust should have the only speed advantage. They are INCREDIBLY low armored and can carry very little firepower... I am, yet again, disappointed.

 

Disappointed that the Locust isn't going to be unique. Everything else I'm okay with. Artillery got a huge boost, I might give it a try now. Seems like a go-to in preparation for Seismic getting its much needed change. This with the rumored UAV incentives coming up makes UAV+Artillery attractive for fast lights. Scout areas with UAV, run through enemy line to pop smoke for a 40dmg artillery strike. Yup, lights (except Jenner) just got a substantial boost.

 

Well, we just have to wait and see what happens :sleep:

 

I agree with you, the Locust should be the fastest.
But I'd like the commando to run at, let's said 160kph (170 for the Locust and 150 for the others).

 

I need a bigger gun on my Battlemaster.
A LBX20 maybe?

SSRM6? MRM's?

1 shot, 1 kill.

 

Dual AMS Locust... Hell yeah

 

Hmm, just noticed the Locust has a movement archetype of Tiny. Do any of the other mechs have this? This could really boost their maneuverability since even the Commando seems to trip on small rocks and divots in the ground.

Edit: Nevermind, it looks like the Commando, Spider, and Jenner are all considered Tiny as well, while the Raven and Cicada are Small.

 

Dropped a few times, played all 3 Locust Variants and... I love them to bits.

You are nasty, you are nimble and you are even worse as a target than a spider, despite lacking JJ.

Give it a try folks, the Locust is a lot of fun and in a wolf pack, like all lights, very evil.

 

Well, Locusts are fun, Ravens needed those boosts, so did commando.
Spider would rule the day though with the upgrades.

Oh and hawks are fun to play with.

 

Locust is kind of fun, but dies way too easily for my play style to be successful. Plus, I miss jump jets. I'm just so much better in my Jenner...

It's too bad ... I think the Locust looks cool and I really wanted to like it. I almost feel like I'm betraying the Locust by not liking it, as it's been a favorite of mine ever since I read Decision at Thunder Rift way back when.

 

I didn't read the book, but I feel the same (Locust was a mech I loved on tabletop game).
But I only played few games with it, I'll give it more chance and maybe I'll learn to use it efficiently. At least it's fun to pilot.

 

I still enjoy playing it. The Locust is all but useless in competitive 12 mans though. I mean you CAN survive and even contribute a little bit but with teams taking 6 Highlanders, and backing those up with a few Jenners, being in the Locust really puts you at a disadvantage.

For PUG dropping and even 4 man pugging? The LCT can be great fun!! Even just a Basic'd mech.

 

I did a few drops in the locusts, and only died once when I got caught on some terrain between two enemy heavies. In each match I managed to sneak in a kill, but very low damage output for sure. The LCT-3M seems to be the best for actually contributing. Kinda like a JR7-K with one light out and half the armor

I also did one drop each in the other Phoenix mechs, just to play. I'll need to change them up a fair bit though.