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[Byk]

InnerSphereNews, on 03 April 2013 - 12:20 PM, said:

Performance
Host State Rewind (HSR) for ballistics will be going live on the 19th. Players with high pings will see a dramatic improvement in ballistic hit detection, similar to last month's HSR beam weapon fixes.

I'm confused by this. I don't have high ping at all. I play with 50 ping average every match. Yet the laser HSR did help so I'm hoping the ballistic HSR will help as well.

[BlueSanta]

Champion mechs sound like an excuse instead of cheaper Hero mechs. Just fix the pricing model. We all know $30 for a single mech is stupid, no matter how many of them you sold.

[Damon Howe]

No community warfare reply.

The rest is not really worth reading; we knew (or figured) 90% of what was here.

[Ryvucz]

For this special announcement, I shall go out on my dinner plans to celebrate, by having bacon.

[skamage]

Butane9000, on 03 April 2013 - 12:23 PM, said:

Why is there a patch on the 19th (Friday) and not the 16th (Tuesday)?

Is this a typo?

Bryan is drunk....6's and 9's all look the same when you are hammered.

[Monsoon]

Sadly, not much here that we don't already know about from yesterdays patch.

The Champion Mech idea was a surprise though!

[Project Dark Fox]

Hopefully it isn't the CHP-1N kind of Champion. :>

Edited by Project Dark Fox, 03 April 2013 - 01:03 PM.

[Joe Mallad]

How about instead of champion mechs... Make champion upgrade kits. The champion upgrade kit for any non hero mech gives you a few visual change options like a few different head looks or arm shield looks, maybe spikes on the knees or shoulders, slightly different chest plate... And the 5% XP bonus. But this champion upgrade kit can be bought and added to our non hero mechs we already have to make them a bit more worthwhile. And allow these kits to be taken off if we decided to sell the mech. So we can use it on another variant of that mech type.

Edited by Yoseful Mallad, 03 April 2013 - 01:05 PM.

[Redshift2k5]

I'm sad to see that Achievements has not been mentioned

[FrostCollar]

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Host State Rewind (HSR) for ballistics will be going live on the 19th. Players with high pings will see a dramatic improvement in ballistic hit detection, similar to last month's HSR beam weapon fixes.

Nice, this is what I wanted to hear. The sooner we get this in, the sooner HSR is released for missiles too, and then we've got a much better game overall.

[Joe Mallad]

Redshift2k5, on 03 April 2013 - 01:03 PM, said:

I'm sad to see that Achievements has not been mentioned

yeah, me too. I'm really looking forward to this and I bit it got pushed again.

[Project Dark Fox]

Redshift2k5, on 03 April 2013 - 01:03 PM, said:

I'm sad to see that Achievements has not been mentioned

I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not...

[JDH4mm3r]

I was hoping for a legitimate bug fix announcement, but they don't care about bug fixes or do they? .... perhaps when we stop playing maybe they'll notice?

[Deathlike]

xZaOx, on 03 April 2013 - 12:45 PM, said:

Wasn't Russ supposed to post a command chair to explain CW today, or was this a replacement for that? Half the stuff mentioned here was already released April 2nd.

They said "this week". Today can be one of them, but this update was promised for TODAY.

The Champion mech is a Raven. Just hope it's not ECM+JJs in one.

[WildeKarde]

Did I miss about new maps? A whole month and one new mech chassis to grind the same maps again doesn't make me keen to put in the time or money for MC. We're almost 6 months into open beta and the content is dribs and drabs each month

[FupDup]

Deathlike, on 03 April 2013 - 01:12 PM, said:

The Champion mech is a Raven. Just hope it's not ECM+JJs in one.

Judging by the description, aren't champions going to just take a pre-existing variant and slap on the +5% XP bonus (and maybe some fancy visuals)?

InnerSphereNews, on 03 April 2013 - 12:20 PM, said:

Champion BattleMechs

We’ve decided to add a new style of Hero BattleMech, one that represents the community – the Champion. Similar in nature to the Founder's BattleMechs, a Champion `Mech is based of an existing variant with a special permanent 5% XP boost and lower price point. Our first Champion BattleMech will be revealed on April 12th.

Edited by FupDup, 03 April 2013 - 01:17 PM.

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 03 April 2013 - 01:17 PM, said:

Judging by the description, aren't champions going to just take a pre-existing variant and slap on the +5% XP bonus (and maybe some fancy visuals)?

PREPARE FOR THE MC 3L!!!!

[FupDup]

Deathlike, on 03 April 2013 - 01:17 PM, said:

PREPARE FOR THE MC 3L!!!!

Quoth the Champion 3L, "Nevermore."

[Deathlike]

FupDup, on 03 April 2013 - 01:18 PM, said:

Quoth the Champion 3L, "Nevermore."

Possible "Proof":
http://mwomercs.com/...ost__p__2178592

It may or may not be the 3L, but let's be honest. The 3L is the Raven Champion.

Tweaks to existing Ravens coincides with rebalancing AND/or a new hero mech... in this case... the "Champion".

Edited by Deathlike, 03 April 2013 - 01:20 PM.

[jay35]

Questions, if you would be so kind:

• Will hero mech repainting arrive in the next patch?

• Also, will fixes to thermal vision to make it useful be ongoing alongside other work or will we be stuck with the current implementation for the foreseeable future?

• And of course bug fixes... how much effort if any is being dedicated to squashing the increasingly prolific HUD and minimap bugs? (rainbox minimap, stuck minimap, missing minimap, portions of the HUD disappearing, IFF carats and popups disappearing, WWWWWWWW mech name bug, running coordinates name bug, etc)

Thanks.

Edited by jay35, 03 April 2013 - 01:27 PM.