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[JoJoxy]

Doctor Proctor, on 21 January 2014 - 10:18 AM, said:

No, they promised Cockpit Glass and 6 mechs getting hitbox changes. That is what we're not seeing here.

Where was anything promised? Urban legends... They spoke of plans, and they will probably deliver today. But promised, nope.

[Bront]

Doctor Proctor, on 21 January 2014 - 10:28 AM, said:

http://mwomercs.com/...04#entry3088504

They finally posted them up in the patch section.

Edit: Damn...double ninja'd.

Cant comment on them there though

Mister Blastman, on 21 January 2014 - 10:32 AM, said:

*sigh*

No balance changes at all. Patch is fail.

Hitbox fixes are balance changes. Might not be the ones you want, but they do effect balance.

[Doctor Proctor]

JoJoxy, on 21 January 2014 - 10:35 AM, said:

Where was anything promised? Urban legends... They spoke of plans, and they will probably deliver today. But promised, nope.

Actually, no, Russ said that these were coming in the next patch on the NGNG podcast, and Paul posted about the incoming hitbox changes over on Reddit. What they weren't sure on were final numbers though, which is why we all wanted to see the patch notes.

[Fang01]

Know exactly whats in the patch ahead of time
Get confirmation of whats in patch
Cry anyway

tuesday as usual

[Gumon Choji]

I have a few comments to this. Good work PGI keep giving us more stuff.
Also PGI why did you steel my color pallet for the new paint. I obviously think it is a cool color choice but I liked it being mine.

I hope you all love the battle masters. I loved a few of mine but found leveling the LRM boat a bit of a chore. On a side note we need to be ready for the skies to burn with LRM shots. The meta may change overnight.

Hit locations change:
The issue is the core is easy to identify for humanoid mechs and the playerbase is very skilled for this game. Thus the game could randomly distribute a few shots to the sides but rather makes the hit locations change. This will be good for a little time but then we will get even more skilled and it will happen again. Complaints about the hit boxes on these forums does not account for the fact we are too good at this game. Why else is the current meta focused on LL ac20 Uac5 and mediums. All direct fire weapons. Missles are good but the complaint I see is they spread damage. Thus we creat the problem by making our skill the key power. If we alpha at the core with the favored items we can do over 40 damage in the CT. I think this can be cool but chain fire is an oddity in this game.
The real solution is less alpha and more chain fire, but that would not be popular.


My continued hope is to make clans fair. To this end if PGI makes it so all thier weapons chain fire or have set patterns and the missles arch down and then up after fireing .launch \_______/-------target. no sneaky IS tactics for the proud clan mech warriors. The option to play an alpha striking IS mech will be very apealing. Very apealing.

[Bishop Steiner]

so..... this is taking the place of patch notes?

[N a p e s]

Notes are up BTW

Edit: http://mwomercs.com/...61-21-jan-2014/

Edited by Napes339, 21 January 2014 - 10:40 AM.

[UPnADAM]

Mobile command base capture, anyone else see that?

[Gumon Choji]

Also thankyou PGI for giving notes quickly and not getting bothered by people complaining when your patch started 15 minuets ago and they did not get notes till now.
I pray for your continued paitents.

[TercieI]

UPnADAM, on 21 January 2014 - 10:40 AM, said:

Mobile command base capture, anyone else see that?

Yes. From the notes (well hidden):

Assault game mode has a new Mobile Command Base that the team is trying to capture.

What?

[Bront]

UPnADAM, on 21 January 2014 - 10:40 AM, said:

Mobile command base capture, anyone else see that?

I'm hoping it actually moves and is not simply a reskin, though a reskin will at least separate it from Conquest a bit more.

[Heffay]

Terciel1976, on 21 January 2014 - 10:42 AM, said:

Yes. From the notes (well hidden):

Assault game mode has a new Mobile Command Base that the team is trying to capture.

What?

Well hidden, in the patch notes section at the very top?

[N a p e s]

Well, judging from what they did during the public test last week its just a reskin. But it is pretty nice looking.

[Gumon Choji]

Please note the new game mode

[Heffay]

Bront, on 21 January 2014 - 10:44 AM, said:

I'm hoping it actually moves and is not simply a reskin, though a reskin will at least separate it from Conquest a bit more.

Eventually it'll have turrets. March I think?

[PropagandaWar]

JoJoxy, on 21 January 2014 - 10:35 AM, said:

Where was anything promised? Urban legends... They spoke of plans, and they will probably deliver today. But promised, nope.

Well I can tell you Russ said via twitter to me that cockpit glass was coming today.

[Bront]

Heffay, on 21 January 2014 - 10:46 AM, said:

Eventually it'll have turrets. March I think?

No, eventually we'll have turrets. Doesn't mean the base will. Could be a module you can purchase. Don't think they've confirmed they'll come with the base.

[TercieI]

Heffay, on 21 January 2014 - 10:45 AM, said:

Well hidden, in the patch notes section at the very top?

I was referring to the note on assault mode being well hidden (last bullet before bug fixes). But if it's just a reskin, then that's higher billing than it deserves.

[Mister Blastman]

Bront, on 21 January 2014 - 10:35 AM, said:

Cant comment on them there though

Hitbox fixes are balance changes. Might not be the ones you want, but they do effect balance.

Hardly in my eyes. 30 - 40 pts to the chest is still in the chest.

[Bront]

Terciel1976, on 21 January 2014 - 10:50 AM, said:

I was referring to the note on assault mode being well hidden (last bullet before bug fixes). But if it's just a reskin, then that's higher billing than it deserves.

It's the last note before misc bug fixes, that seems right for a reskin.