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[NameNotAvailable]

Hi everyone,

I took a break from the game for about 6 months due to getting married, redoing my house etc.
The upcoming event caught my eye and I'm probably going to get back into the game again.

Can anyone give me a brief precis of what's changed from 6 months ago? When I stopped playing I remember that major changes were on the PTS and people were up in arms, all quirks were going to be removed or something like that.

Did that happen? Something else?

Thanks for any advice, and see you on the battlefield.

Punchdrunk

[Chemie]

lots of mech packs released...the major balance you refer to is due Dec. 1
Not much else. They are ignoring CW and still have the one game mode TDM (called three things) but voting means you see ~4 maps and 2 game modes (which are identifical)

[MoonUnitBeta]

6 months...? lets se... There's probably more than this, but this is just what I can remember off the top of my head.

• Updates to Mechwarrior Academy (if this wasn't around, check it out, click the Tutorials button on the left after you log in and play through the tut)
  
• PSR arrived, which is a new rating to give you a tier rating and to match you with players that operate on the same skill level as you (at least, that's the intent)
  
• As a result of PSR, new way match score is acquired. More things add to your match score, (the intent is to create a system that rewards team work. Thus: better team work > Higher match score > climbing the PSR ladder)
  
• Mauler is here!
  
• 4th game mode on the way apparently.
  
• Map redo's: Most recent was Caustic Valley (before that it was Forest Colony, and River City). Alpine is next in line i believe.
  
• Rebalance coming next month (mechs, skill trees)
  
• New voting system for match making. Game mode selection and random map distribution were scrapped infavor for the ability to vote on the map and game mode you want to play. The intent was to reduce wait times, and let people choose the map.
  
• New camo selection screen. Makes it a lot easier to use. You can see all your colours at once, no more scrolling! Hovering over colours will preview the colour on your mech so you don't have to click on every colour just to see what it looks like.
  
• Dynamic Mech Portaits in the Mech lab - When you save a mech, it will save a snap-shot of what the mech looks like and update the thumbnail in the mechlab. Allows you to colour code mechs, see their camo, or visually see the weapons equipped.

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 25 November 2015 - 09:36 AM.

[TLBFestus]

Tutorial/Training is probably the best New player improvement they've done. admittedly they didn't do anything else so it wins by default, but it's much improved. Good for Vets to do too because you can earn 5 million cbills for doing it.

The game is being released on STEAM on Dec 10th, or so they are saying. That should prove "interesting".

[adamts01]

The Jenner no longer dies to center torso and the Mist Lynx no longer loses arms.

People were complaining about OP clan laser boats so they gave the timby and crow more energy hard points.

People also apparently thought the Firestarter was OP so they made a clan Firestarter with more firepower, more range, better jump jets, just as fast and with ECM.

[Davegt27]

People complained about hit scan/hit reg so that was fixed
I think that was June/July time frame

[Darian DelFord]

adamts01, on 25 November 2015 - 10:21 AM, said:

The Jenner no longer dies to center torso and the Mist Lynx no longer loses arms.

Yes now it dies to Side Torso which has less armor than the Center Torso.

Thanks PGI

[adamts01]

Darian DelFord, on 25 November 2015 - 11:15 AM, said:

Yes now it dies to Side Torso which has less armor than the Center Torso.
Thanks PGI

I dropped in it about a dozen times and had mainly ST deaths. I think the only solutions are the old hit boxes with a stubbier nose or armor quirks.

[Darian DelFord]

adamts01, on 25 November 2015 - 11:20 AM, said:

I dropped in it about a dozen times and had mainly ST deaths. I think the only solutions are the old hit boxes with a stubbier nose or armor quirks.

Correct the Old hit boxes with CT Armor/Structure buffs. But PGI does not listen to people who actually understand the game and their mechs

Edited by Darian DelFord, 25 November 2015 - 11:28 AM.

[Coolant]

All the stuff mentioned by previous responses, very helpful community when it wants to be If you feel like a little reading you can actually see all the patch notes from previous updates under Game, Patch Notes, and click on the Previous link.

[Troutmonkey]

Don't forget the recent Cbills buff.

If you really want to see all the changes, all the patch notes are archived here
http://mwomercs.com/...-notes-archive/

[NameNotAvailable]

Thanks guys

sounds like the new maps and voting system are the main thing, with big changes afoot for the start of December.

I'll check out those patch notes, cheers.

[Almond Brown]

And the recent C-Bill buff was not PGI, nor was it the incoming Steam deal. It was, plain and Simple the "dogged, never ending, persistant determination" of one Bill Lumbar. Thanks Bill. lol