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[Kyle Polulak]

Greetings Mechwarriors,

Today, we are introducing a major change to our UI. Moving forward, the ALL chat channel in game will be filtered by default and only available once opted-in.
Lance and Team chat remain on by default, though the option to filter these under settings has also been included.

AMS and ECM are being provided with a toggle, a frequent request by members of our community. Also, Weapon Modules have been broken down into categories for more organization.

Weapon visual customization has been retro-fitted onto Raven variants, meaning that they will now be as adaptive as many others when changing their loadout.
We also have some new Mech content for players: Sparky, the Hero Griffin Mech, has arrived to the battlefield; along with the Champion Quickdraw QKD-4G(C).

You can find out more about these and the rest of the changes coming today in the notes below.
See you on the battlefield!

New Hero Mech
"Sparky" GRF-1E

• Tonnage: 55
  
• Engine: 275 Standard
  
• Top Speed: 81 kph
  
• Max Engine Rating: 360
  
• Torso Movement:
  
  • 130 degrees to each side.
    
  • 25 degrees up and down.
• Arm Movement:
  
  • 35 degrees to each side.
    
  • 30 degrees up and down.
• Armor: 336 (Standard)
  
• Internal Structure: Standard
  
• Weapons & Equipment:
  
  • Left Arm: Medium Laser x2
    
  • Left Torso: Medium Laser
    
  • Right Torso: Medium Laser
    
  • Right Arm: PPC, Medium Laser
• Hardpoints:
  
  • Left Arm: 2 Energy
    
  • Left Torso: 1 Energy, 1 AMS
    
  • Right Torso: 1 Energy
    
  • Right Arm: 2 Energy
• Heat Sinks: 13 Single
  
• Jump Jets: 5 (7 Max)
  
• ECM Capable?: No
  
• Module Slots:
  
  • Mech: 1
    
  • Consumable: 2
    
  • Weapon: 2
• Movement Archetype: Medium
  
• Quirks:
  
  • Torso Turn Rate (Yaw): +10%
• 30% C-Bill Bonus

New Champion Mech (Also available as a Trial Mech.)
Quickdraw QKD-4G(C)

• Tonnage: 60
  
• Engine: 300 Standard
  
• Top Speed: 81 kph
  
• Max Engine Rating: 360
  
• Torso Movement:
  
  • 100 degrees to each side.
    
  • 25 degrees up and down.
• Arm Movement:
  
  • 35 degrees to each side.
    
  • 40 degrees up and down.
• Armor: 358 (Ferro-Fibrous)
  
• Internal Structure: Endo-Steel
  
• Weapons & Equipment:
  
  • Left Arm: Medium Laser
    
  • Right Torso: PPC x2
    
  • Right Arm: Medium Laser
• Hardpoints:
  
  • Left Arm: 1 Energy
    
  • Left Torso: 1 Missile, 1 AMS
    
  • Center Torso: 1 Missile
    
  • Right Torso: 2 Energy
    
  • Right Arm: 1 Energy
• Heat Sinks: 14 Double
  
• Jump Jets: 2 (7 Max)
  
• ECM Capable?: No
  
• Module Slots:
  
  • Mech: 1
    
  • Consumable: 2
    
  • Weapon: 2
• Movement Archetype: Large
  
• Quirks:
  
  • Arm Movement Rate (Yaw): +33.3%
    
  • Arm Movement Rate (Pitch): +33.3%
• 10% XP bonus when owned (No bonus as a trial Mech.)

Content Unlocked for purchase

• Clan Adder available for MC
  
• Clan Summoner available for CB
  
• Envious EarDrum Warhorn available for MC

New Weapon Modules

• Weapon modules are now separated into different categories in the front end.
  
• Categories are: All, Range, Cooldown, and Miscellaneous.
  
• Weapons cooldown modules added (up to Rank 5)
  
• Reduces the cooldown effect of weapons before they are able to fire again

UI update

• In-game ALL chat is disabled by default. ALL chat is now an opt-in option.
  
• ALL chat can be re-enabled in the Options screen.
  
• The Option to turn all in-game chats on/off on a per channel basis is now supported.
  
• By default, ALL chat is off, Team chat is on, Lance chat is on.
  
• AMS can now be toggled on the weapon group interface.
  
• ECM can now be toggled on the weapon group interface.

Gameplay
Greater visual weapon customization for the Raven variants. Their appearance will better reflect the weapons that have been equipped on them.

Bug Fixes
ER Large Laser duration has been corrected. It is now 1.25 seconds instead of 1.5 seconds.

We thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!
- The MechWarrior® Online™ Team