Matt Newman, as InnerSphereNews, on 12 September 2024 - 04:16 PM, said:
MechWarrior Online Late Q3 Update!
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SEPTEMBER PATCH
First, I have to rip the band-aid off and let you all know that we had to roll our September patch content into the October patch. This means there will be no game update on our next regular patch date (Sept 17th), but there will still be scheduled downtime for maintenance.
Understood... Can never blame for needing to delay, even if I'm curious what caused this need to push back and merge the update content in that way. Maybe you'll feed us all more details as time passes? Any which way, you're getting a big Thank You for being straightforward with this advance heads-up!
Matt Newman, as InnerSphereNews, on 12 September 2024 - 04:16 PM, said:
ANNUAL REWARDS POST
We’re happy to finally get the Annual Rewards post up and let you know what variants the team has been working on to show our appreciation for your support of the game.
Glad to see that page's arrival. I hope nobody was so mean as to bite that cupcake!
Out of curiosity, and only if this
is NOT too much to ask, is there any chance that future Annual Rewards could possibly contain a New Section which would give some kind of Bonus Reward to those who participate heavily in Events during the year? For an example, if someone engages enough in any 8 Events (
say, minimum 80% or more in completion on every one of those Events) during a given year, then it would unlock an additional Bonus Reward as thanks for their participating so heavily? I'm very much of an opinion that this could make people think/feel there is more incentive to engage properly in Events going forward, and increase how many play on MWO a whole lot more, given what was said about "honey vs. vinegar" as an adage back in past decades.
Matt Newman, as InnerSphereNews, on 12 September 2024 - 04:16 PM, said:
BANE / KRAKEN
The Bane preorder is up! We’re so excited to introduce the next Clan 'Mech joining the MWO roster! Another amazing redesign from Alex I, and a big shoutout to the Mech Creation team for tackling this mech.
Not sure that I can say much here, other than that I will look forward to finding the weak spots on this one.
Matt Newman, as InnerSphereNews, on 12 September 2024 - 04:16 PM, said:
NEW MAP
We’ve got a new map on the way! The Early Access release is slated for the October patch. The Level Design and Environment Art teams will no doubt share some images soon, but I’ll say this—the map is partially inspired by a mission in MW5: Clans.
Huh... So it's actually possible to transit/transfer/translate (
not sure which one of those fits) some form of Map Assets between "MW5: Clans" and "MWO" for cross-use in development? Nice!
Matt Newman, as InnerSphereNews, on 12 September 2024 - 04:16 PM, said:
OCTOBER MECH CONTENT
We left a huge hint in the Annual Rewards about what the Mech content will be for the October patch. Keep an eye out!
I noticed that one for the "Grand Summoner" which you have incoming. Interesting, because this left me thinking about something else. Those of you working on MWO over at PGI have now released (
or soon will) small packages for all of the following...
- Grand Summoner
- Commando IIC
- Wolfhound IIC
- Black Hawk-KU
- UrbanMech IIC
- Clan Burrock's Executioner
...and it left me realizing the massive missed Sales opportunity in terms of full MechPacks which could be made. Sure, some of these (
UM-IIC, WLF-IIC, COM-IIC) lack natural additional Variants on their own to simply include. What can be done about those is to look at what they're based from, and extrapolate using that information in order to create a full Variant array for the Chassis's heading within MWO's own environment. Please avoid shortchanging yourselves, and expand those Chassis's Variant arrays as to enable your company making additional Real $$$ which the whole MWO Team can then thoroughly thrive upon! I'm rather sure that some people out there would simply stand up and yell at you to take their money immediately...
Matt Newman, as InnerSphereNews, on 12 September 2024 - 04:16 PM, said:
NEXT FREE MECH EVENT
I’ll be setting up the next free mech event to start soon™.
I'll be looking forward to that upcoming Monthly Free Mech Event for sure. Perhaps we're overdue for a variant of Thanatos (
but not the TNS-5S please) or something else that has not really been drawn from?
That said, please...
DON'T USE VALVE TIME!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 
~D. V. "
MWO Late 2024-Q3 Update? Must... Help... PGI... MWO... Team... Grow..." Devnull
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Minor wording edit by the post author to keep a particular phrase together... They have not figured out how to do some non-breaking spaces in their text here yet...]
Edited by D V Devnull, 14 September 2024 - 01:36 AM.
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