#MWO Patch Notes: March 4th, 2014

Michael · Mar 4, 2014

Greetings MechWarriors,

Boom! Banshee is here! The â€œLa Malincheâ€ Banshee hero leads the charge of this Assault Mech. This Hero â€˜Mech is available now for MC and comes equipped with serious fire power and 30% C-Bill boost. The Standard Variants of the Banshee chassis will be available for MC on the 11th and C-Bills on the 18th. The same goes for the Wolverine! Soon you will be able to pilot this Phoenix collection 'Mech which will be available for MC on the 11th and C-Bills on the 18th.

We have a new Champion in our line up of trial mechs. The Cataphract CTF-3DÂ© take it for a spin and decide if this mech is for you. It will be available for MC on the 11th and comes with a 10%XP boost so you can level this mech fast.

DirectX 11 is now supported! So if you have a DirectX 11 capable video card check out your video options. We will continue to add and enable DX11 features within the game and content as we move forward.

Turret! Turret! The rest of the Assault maps have had turrets added to them so be careful out there. Jump jets get an overhaul and it looks like some of us will need to add some J.J.'s back into our mechs.

There are a hand full of great bug fixes as well so read on!

See you on the battlefield,
Matt Newman

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New Hero Mech

"La Malinche" BNC-LM

Tonnage: 95
Engine: 380 XL

Top Speed: 64.8 kph
Max Engine Rating: 400

Torso Movement:

110 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.

Arm Movement:

20 degrees to each side.
30 degrees up and down.
Armor: 560 (Standard)
Internal Structure: Endo-Steel
Weapons & Equipment:

Head: Small Pulse Laser
Left Arm: PPC
Left Torso: AC/10, Medium Pulse Laser
Right Torso: LRM 15
Right Arm: Large Pulse Laser

Hardpoints:

Head: 1 Energy
Left Arm: 1 Energy
Left Torso: 1 Ballistic, 1 Energy
Center Torso: 1 AMS
Right Torso: 1 Missile
Right Arm: 1 Energy

Heat Sinks: 16 Double

Jump Jets: 0 (0 Max)

ECM Capable?: No

Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Huge
Quirks: 10% lower torso twist speed.
30% C-Bill Bonus

New Trial Champion Mech

Cataphract CTF-3DÂ©

Tonnage: 70
Engine: 280 Standard

Top Speed: 64.8 kph
Max Engine Rating: 340

Torso Movement:

90 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.

Arm Movement:

20 degrees to each side.
30 degrees up and down.

Armor: 368 (Standard)
Internal Structure: Endo-Steel

Weapons & Equipment:

Left Arm: Medium Laser
Left Torso: Large Laser
Right Torso: Large Laser, LB 10-X AC
Right Arm: Medium Laser

Hardpoints:

Left Arm: 1 Energy
Left Torso: 1 Energy, 1 AMS
Right Torso: 1 Energy, 1 Ballistic
Right Arm: 1 Energy, 1 Ballistic

Heat Sinks: 16 Double

Jump Jets: 1 (4 Max)

ECM Capable?: No

Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Medium

DX11

DirectX 11 is now supported.

Front End

Tutorial popup will trigger once per user. This is stored in the user directory and will be triggered again if the user folder was deleted or reinstalled.

Performance

Default system setting set to Medium.
Please note that enabling MSAA in DX11 can drop fps by 20+ fps this is an expensive technique for high end PCs.

Gameplay

All maps now have turrets in Assault Mode.
Jump Jet Fixes and Updates:

Jump Jets will now have slower turning rates based on the class of Jump Jets equipped and the 'Mech's base turning speed.
Heavies and Assaults will notice this the most as they will not be able to snap turn as fast as they used to.
Medium 'Mechs will barely notice the change.
Light 'Mechs will not notice any change.
There is now a significant difference between bringing full Jump Jets and 1 Jump Jet and there is a linear scale to them based on the number equipped to the 'Mech.
The issue of 1 Jump Jet providing nearly the same amount of thrust as 3 Jump Jets is no longer the case.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where large Friends lists took a long time to display.
Weapon Range Modules now affect Artemis Weapons.
Testing Grounds are now affected by players' Pilot Modules and Mech Efficiencies.
Devices now enumerate correctly on Windows 8 using DX11.
Window Sizes now work correctly on Windows 8 using DX11.
Fixed a bug in the hardware skinning shader that could impact Radeon Users.

Known Issues

nVidia 3D Vision is not currently supported.
nVidia TXAA is not currently supported.

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

- The MechWarriorÂ® Onlineâ„¢ Team
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