InnerSphereNews, on 18 August 2024 - 01:40 AM, said:
MECHWARRIOR ONLINE LEGENDS
AUGUST 2024 PATCH NOTES
Patch Date and Time - August 20th 2024 @ 10AM – 1PM PACIFIC
Version Number: v1.4.299.0
Size: TBD
Please note that due to compression differences the Steam patch size may be larger than the standalone client patch size.
Patch Files (Direct Download) - TBD
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Well... This is seriously nuts, and I've been having to focus on things in limited amounts of time so that I could avoid failing that August 2024 Beach Party Event we recently had... They release the August 2024 Patch with an incorrect Version Number listed on it, and then completely miss putting up Manual Download Links for those who need them still? That simply will NOT do in any way/shape/form at all!
For those who have not patched StandAlone MWO as of yet...
...and may anyone who still needs to get that August 2024 Patch done now enjoy doing so! I also hope this will give PGI that nudge (
and without offense intended) they need to fix up the Announcement as well...
As for this...
Aram Banjo, on 19 August 2024 - 10:28 AM, said:
Amsro, on 19 August 2024 - 11:14 AM, said:
Only if one of the players gets to be the escorted mech or you improve the AI, because as it was it didn't function.
Regardless of whether PGI switches that Escort Mech to a player or improves the AI for better pathing, it happens that they
ABSOLUTELY NEED to make the gameplay symmetrical by making sure both teams have a VIP Mech to protect! The previous release of Escort Game Mode only failed so massively because that insanely horrible MatchMaker module was not designed to handle any non-symmetrical gameplay modes. It landed up getting the pushback which occurred directly because any Events that involved Escort Game Mode to be played as a specific role were left fighting MWO's MatchMaker for chance of players being made lucky enough on having proper team allocation. That ends up meaning if this much-wanted Escort Game Mode is to acquire re-entry into MWO's environment for everyone's enjoyment, then PGI will
ABSOLUTELY NEED to take a page from Valve's "Half-Life: CounterStrike" game series here by ensuring both teams receive the allocation of one VIP Mech each (
either player or AI in nature, albeit that I think it could remain AI and some random player is not feeling unnecessarily pained by being actively hunted) for protecting during combat! Otherwise history will repeat itself, and then people would be put off once again due to how non-fun Escort Game Mode is when only one side has a VIP Mech to defend.
~D. V. "
came to talk August 2024 Patch Stuff... ends up discussing Escort Game Mode too" Devnull
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Edited by D V Devnull, 03 September 2024 - 06:38 AM.