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[Small Baguette]

ECM changes, along with BAP influences, and the PPC nerf should prove pretty beneficial for the game.


Looking forward to seeing how things balance out in a couple of hours in my new Blackjack!

alexivy, on 21 May 2013 - 09:19 AM, said:

Please tell me the decision to nerf the LBX was not a sober one.

...how was it nerfed?

Edited by Uljira, 21 May 2013 - 09:22 AM.

[JudgeDeathCZ]

Yo UAV come to me

[FupDup]

Garth Erlam, on 21 May 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:

New Modules:

Seismic Sensor:

• 7,500 GXP
  
• 200 m range
  
• Detects enemy Mechs as they impact the ground during movement or falling
  
• Enemy Mechs that move or fall within the module's range leave behind "blips" on the minimap and battlegrid
  
  • The heavier the Mech and/or the faster its speed, the larger and faster the blip

Advanced Seismic Sensor:

• 10,000 GXP
  
• Automatically upgrades all Seismic Sensors
  
• Increases the sensors' detection range to 400 m

Ninja lights have been made extinct. I swear that half of lights already pack ERPPC as it is, and this will complete the trend...

Garth Erlam, on 21 May 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:

Mech Movement Speed Changes

• When a Mech takes damage after losing a leg, its maximum movement speed is capped at 15 kph for 5 seconds
  
• This 5 second timer resets each time the Mech takes damage
  
• When a Mech has lost a leg, its maximum movement speed is capped at 50% of its normal max speed, or 40 kph, whichever is lower
  
• When a Mech has lost a leg, its maximum reverse speed is 2/3rds of its maximum forward speed.
  
• When its forward speed is capped at 40 kph, the max reverse speed is 2/3rds of 40 kph (or 26.667 kph)

Wait, what's with the 40kph thing? Wasn't just 50% speed pre-patch working well enough? Why do I get the feeling that this is also aimed at lights...

Edited by FupDup, 21 May 2013 - 09:27 AM.

[armyof1]

Yay HSR and damage fix for SRMS! Finally it will make mediums useful again instead of having to shoot softballs at mechs that might or might not hit ......... or not

Edited by armyof1, 21 May 2013 - 09:26 AM.

[AlmightyAeng]

Holy patch notes, Garthman! Looks like this could seriously...SERIOUSLY change up gameplay. Which, frankly, is awesome. Thanks PGI!

[Matthew Ace]

Garth Erlam, on 21 May 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:

Autocannon 5

• Range 620-1700 (up from 540-1620)
  
• Cooldown 1.5 (down from 1.7)

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

THANK YOU!! Although it's still short of where it probably needs to be, it's a good start. A very good start.

[M4NTiC0R3X]

I wanted to thank pgi on a personal level, with things that are good heavy and green!

[sarkun]

wow, lots of changes. Will have to take some time to test all of that...

I disagree with the AMS buff though - it will shift LRMs more towards all or nothing builds, 70LRM stalkers etc, while hurting 30LRM catapults and trebutchets. I'd rather make those builds more viable.

[ICEFANG13]

I'm surprised that they increased LRM damage but did nothing to SSRM (which unless made different, could stay at their current power) and nothing to SRMs. Am I the only one who sees almost no SRMs anymore?

[Nicholas Carlyle]

I'm confused...are streaks not being addressed at all?

I was really hoping that they would be adjusted when the BAP change went in.

[FupDup]

Nicholas Carlyle, on 21 May 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

I'm confused...are streaks not being addressed at all?

I was really hoping that they would be adjusted when the BAP change went in.

Streakgate 2013 will have to take place before that happens.

[Haniwa]

So, Missles arent fixed yet?

[1453 R]

Dat BJ-1X.


Eight lasers, and right up near a hundred klicks an hour maximum speed if I'm any judge of rating-to-weight ratios. That little bass tarp is going to be nasty.

As for the others...unsure. Everything but the 1X suffers from the non-3L Raven problems of being both light and slow, which as we all know is a serious problem. The AC/5 changes may help some of the ballsier BJ pilots...but I foresee the 1X being the only really serious threat in the BJ line.

That said...dat 1X. The HBK-4P just went extinct.

[FunkyCat]

Nerf PPC cd from 3s to 4s - new level of [redacted]

Edited by miSs, 21 May 2013 - 10:08 AM.

[Dude42]

Players should be much less likely to get disconnected from a game due to poor network conditions.



Best. Patch. Note. Ever. I've been suffering from malformed packets for so long. Please let this fix it.

[JudgeDeathCZ]

ICEFANG13, on 21 May 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

I'm surprised that they increased LRM damage but did nothing to SSRM (which unless made different, could stay at their current power) and nothing to SRMs. Am I the only one who sees almost no SRMs anymore?

I use SRMs over SSRMs on my lights w/o ECM.

[Small Baguette]

sarkun, on 21 May 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

wow, lots of changes. Will have to take some time to test all of that...

I disagree with the AMS buff though - it will shift LRMs more towards all or nothing builds, 70LRM stalkers etc, while hurting 30LRM catapults and trebutchets. I'd rather make those builds more viable.

While I agree somewhat, it's also a case that the majority of people currently don't equip AMS [from my experience anyway] so this may be a shift in the other direction which will result in a slight shift back to find the balance. Hopefully it'll work out and the addition of people equipping more AMS should help deal with boating issues [if you see that as an issue].

[Butane9000]

PGI, Y U NO PUT C-BILL/MC COSTS FOR MECHS IN THE PATCH NOTES!

FunkyCat, on 21 May 2013 - 09:27 AM, said:

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Only until they can fully test the new heat system changes.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 21 May 2013 - 09:32 AM.
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[Chavette]

Looks like the alpha strike and JJ change is moved to next patch.

PPC change is fine, it was disturbing they had lower CD than LLasers, with a higher damage too.

Adv. Seismic feels a bit strong to me. Its basically 400m free wallhack. Sub 300m builds will have a bad time trying to sneak up... I say this as a long ranged player.

[PeekaBoo I C Ju]

cannot wait to test some, if not all of these goodies