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[InnerSphereNews]

Patch Date and Time - Mar 18 2025 @ 10AM - 1PM PACIFIC

Version Number: v 1.4.307.0

Size: 6MB

Please note that due to compression differences Steam patch size may be larger than the standalone client patch size.

Patch Files (Direct Download) - http://patcher.mwomercs.com/patch/Production/frontend/FrontendPatch_442.zip

Greetings MechWarriors!

This month’s update includes the release of the Mad Dog Sigma, weapon adjustments, 'mech adjustments, quirk adjustments, bug fixes, and more!

As always, a 2 week in-game Patch Science Sale will go live shortly after the patch and include all applicable items for testing.

'Mechs in-game and new 'mechs releasing are subject to future balance changes and tuning, so get out there and do the science so we can hear your feedback!

-The MechWarrior Online Team

Mad Dog Sigma Legend Mech

BATTLEPASS PROGRESS LINK: MWO: The Legendary Mechs

PLEASE NOTE: REDEEM BATTLEPASS REWARDS ON THE WEBSITE STORE PAGE (UPDATED EVERY HOUR)

Store Adjustments

• Apache released for MC
• Spectre released for MC
• Multiple warhorns released for MC

Note: We’ve kind of been slacking on updating the warhorns released for MC. We are doing a large backlog of old warhorns and adding them all to the store for 750 MC. In the future, a mech pack, booster, or legend will have its warhorn released for 750 MC 8 months after the pack releases. Loyalty, reward, or prestige warhorns will not be released. Standing and hanging items from these packs will not be released. The warhorns that have been added to the ingame store for 750 MC this patch are Clan Gatlin, Retro Mini, Retro Handheld, Cicada, American Thanksgiving, Stryker, Warden, Hunter, Predator, Bloodname, Crusader, Hatchetman, Moonwalker, Juggernaut, Dreadnaught, Scattershot, Arges, Seraph, Desperada, Howl, Gausszilla, Stone Crusher, Stone Rhino, Scaleshot, War Emu, Warlord, Hashke, Abaddon, Blight, Gorewing, Onyx, Longbow, Aksum, Spitfire, Sovereign, Li Dok To, Red Reaper, Kasai, Black Hawk-KU, Bullshark, Ferroblast, Behemoth, and Argent.

Gameplay Changes

• Wolf Dragoons Booster Pack badge changed to Wolf Dragoons logo. The decal and cockpit item art have not changed.
• Conquest returned to 750 tickets to win and reactivated for Quick Play.

Note from Tiyos: “While I feel the Grand Conquest event was a successful experiment, there’s a lot I learned on how it can be improved for the future. The biggest need is adding Faction Play style spawn walls and perhaps even turrets to prevent spawn camping in such extended matches. I hope to bring back Grand Conquest again but at some point down the road where I have more time to properly plan things and make the required changes.”

• When mechs look down far enough for the arm reticle to clip through the minimap, the minimap now becomes semi-transparent to allow the player to see the arm reticle and other HUD elements under the minimap, as shown in the example below. The minimap behaves as before in any other situation.
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Weapon Changes:

• Removed Micro Pulse Laser Ghost Heat (the penalty was originally set to 13).
• Reduced Clan Proto AC/2 volume by 15%.

Mech Changes:

• Grasshopper left and right torso energy now load from top down.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where Full Body Structure quirks would grant an unintended bonus to rear CT, LT, and RT armor(this impacted the Roughneck, Osiris, Enforcer, and Fire Moth)

Quirk Changes:

Commando

• COM-D03
• Reduced LL and RL Structure to 16 (from 21)
• Reduced CT Structure to 15 (from 17)
• Increased Laser Duration to -30% (from -10%)

Osiris

• OSR-1P
• Reduced Machine Gun RoF to 50% (from +75)

Arctic Cheetah

• ACH-C
• Added Laser HSL +1 to SO8

Incubus

• INC-1
• Removed -10% Laser Duration
• INC-2
• Removed -10% Laser Duration
• INC-3
• Removed -15% Laser Duration
• INC-5
• Reduced Weapon Velocity to 10% (from 20%)
• INC-SA
• Removed -5% Cooldown

Jenner IIC

• JR7-IIC-2
• Removed -5% Heat

Vulcan

• VL-5T
• Removed 25% MG RoF
• Removed 10% Flamer Range
• Removed -5% STD/ER Medium Laser Heat
• Added -10% Medium Laser Family Heat
• Added -10% Medium Laser Family Cooldown

Vapor Eagle

• VGL-GW
• Increases Torso Yaw Speed to 200 deg/s (from 130.5 deg/s)
• Increased Torso Pitch Speed to 145 deg/s (from 95 deg/s)
• Added -5% Heat
• Added -40% LBx spread
• Added -20% LBx cooldown

Quickdraw

• QKD-4G
• Removed -20% Energy Cooldown
• Removed -15% Missile Cooldown
• Added -20% Cooldown
• QKD-4H
• Removed -5% Heat
• Added +15% Weapon Velocity
• QKD-5K
• Increased Laser Heat to -10% (from -5%)

Catapult

• All Variants
• Removed all Structure quirks
• Added 7 Full Body Structure

Rifleman

• RFL-3N
• Removed -5% AC/5 Cooldown
• Increased Ballistic Cooldown to -20% (from -15%)
• RFL-3C
• Increased Range to 25% (from 15%)
• Removed 10% Ballistic Range
• Removed 15% Small Laser Range
• RFL-5D
• Removed -5% Laser Heat
• Increased PPC Heat to -15% (from 10%)
• RFL-8D
• Removed -5% PPC Heat (All Varieties)
• Added Light PPC HSL +1
• RFL-LK
• Increased Cooldown to -20% (from -10%)
• Removed -10% LBx Cooldown
• Increased LBx Spread to -15% (from -10%)
• Removed -5% Laser Heat
• RFL-DB
• Removed -5% Heat
• Increased Heat Dissipation to 15% (from 5%)
• Removed -5% STD AC Cooldown

Roughneck

• RGH-1A
• Increased Cooldown to -20% (from -15%)
• RGH-1B
• Removed 20% Ballistic Velocity
• Removed 20% Machine Gun RoF
• Removed -10% Missile Heat
• Removed 10% Missile Velocity
• Added -10% Heat
• Added 20% Velocity
• Added -20% Spread
• RGH-1C
• Removed -5% Heat
• Removed 20% Machine Gun RoF
• Removed 10% SRM Range
• Added 15% Missile Range
• RGH-2A
• Removed 10% Energy Range
• Removed 10% Weapon Velocity
• Added -35% Gauss Cooldown

Thunderbolt

• All variants
• Removed all Structure bonuses
• Added 15 Full Body Structure
• TDR-5S
• Increased Cooldown to -20% (from -10%)
• Removed -10% STD Laser Cooldown

Grasshopper

• All variants
• Increased Jump Jet Initial Thrust to +75% (from +10%)
• GHR-5J
• Added -20% Laser Duration

Grand Summoner

• SMN-II-P
• Added -10% Heat in SO8
• Increased UAC Jam Chance to -20% in LA and RA (from -15%)
• Added 5% Laser Range in LA and RA
• SMN-II-B
• Increased Missile Velocity to 10% in RT ( from 5%)
• SMN-II-C
• Increased UAC Jam Chance to -60% in SO8 (from -40%)
• Increased Ballistic Velocity to 20% in LT (from 10%)
• Removed 5% Energy Range from LA and RA
• Added 5% Range in LA and RA
• SMN-II-E
• Added 100% Ballistic Ammo(excluding AP Gauss, Light, Heavy, and Standard Machine Guns) in LT and RT
• Added 10% Velocity to LT and RT
• Added -10% Jam Duration in LT and RT

Summoner

• All variants
• Removed all Structure bonuses
• Added 20 Full Body Structure
• SMN-PRIME
• Increased Energy Heat to -10% in CT (from -5%)
• SMN-B
• Added Missile HSL +1 in CT
• SMN-C
• Increased Energy Cooldown to -15% in CT (from -5%)
• SMN-D
• Added Energy HSL +1 in CT
• SMN-F
• Increased Weapon Velocity to 30% in CT (from 10%)
• SMN-G
• Added Pulse Laser Range +25% in CT
• SMN-M
• Increased Heat Dissipation to 10% in CT (from 5%)
• SMN-PD
• Added Ballistic Cooldown -15% in CT

Night Gyr

• NTG-PRIME
• Removed -10% UAC Cooldown from SO8
• Removed +10% UAC Heat from SO8
• Removed +10% UAC Velocity from SO8
• Added -10% Ballistic Cooldown in SO8
• Added -10% Ballistic Heat in SO8
• Added +10% Ballistic Velocity in SO8
• NTG-A
• Removed +5% Weapon Velocity from the CT
• Added -2.5% Heat in the CT
• Removed +10% UAC Velocity from the SO8
• Removed +10% Ballistic Velocity from the SO8
• Added +15% Weapon Velocity to the SO8

Marauder

• All variants
• Removed all Structure bonuses
• Added 16 Full Body Structure
• Added 7 CT Armor
• MAD-3R
• Added PPC Family HSL +1

Warhammer IIC

• WHM-IIC-ML
• Removed 10% Weapon Velocity
• Removed -10% Ballistic Cooldown
• Added -10% STD Gauss Cooldown

Zeus

• ZEU-M/M(TSP)
• Added +10 Right Torso armor

Cyclops

• CP-S
• Reduced Ballistic Cooldown to -10% (from -15%)

Mauler

• All variants
• Removed all quirks

• MAL-1R
• Added -20% Cooldown
• Added -10% Heat
• Added -20% LBx Spread
• Added -10% Missile Spread
• MAL-1P
• Added -20% Cooldown
• Added -10% Heat
• Added -20% Jam Chance
• MAL-MX90
• Added -20% Cooldown
• Added 10% Range
• MAL-2P
• Added -20% Cooldown
• Added -10% Heat
• Added UAC20 HSL +1
• MAL-KO
• Added -30% Cooldown
• Added -10% Heat
• Added Energy HSL +1

Bullshark

• BSK-2
• Reduced CT, LA, and RA armor to 15 (from 20)
• Reduced RT and LT armor to 20 (from 25)
• BSK-6
• Reduced CT, LA, and RA armor to 15 (from 20)
• Reduced RT and LT armor to 20 (from 25)

Clan Bullshark

• BSK-M
• Reduced CT, LA, and RA armor to 10 (from 15)
• Reduced RT and LT armor to 15 (from 20)

Nightstar

• NSR-10P
• Removed 10% Weapon Velocity
• Removed 10% Crit Chance (Receiving)

Clan Annihilator

• ANH-GZ
• Removed +48 HAG Ammo
• Increased STD Gauss Cooldown to -25% (from -15%)

Stone Rhino

• SR-7
• Removed -5% Heat
• Removed -7.5% Cooldown
• Removed -7.5% Laser Duration

Patch Files (Direct Download)

To make the patching process easier for players with limited download caps, we'll be providing direct download links for the patch file(s) that comprise this patch. This will allow you to download the patch file(s) elsewhere, for manual injection into the MWO patcher through a Patch Cache folder.

Aside from allowing you to download the patch file(s) elsewhere, on another connection, there are no additional benefits to performing the patch this way; the patching process itself will be the same.

This direct patch download process will only work for players running the standalone client. It does not apply to players running MWO through Steam.

Patch File(s): - http://patcher.mwomercs.com/patch/Production/frontend/FrontendPatch_442.zip

• Download the above file(s)
• For sake of ease, we recommend creating a dedicated folder for the patch file(s), such as 'MWO Patch Cache'
• You do not need to unzip or unpack the patch file(s)
• Launch the MWO Portal
• Select the three horizontal lines in the top left of the Portal Window
• Choose the 'Specify Patch File Cache' option
• In the field that appears, paste or enter the location in which you saved the patch file(s) and hit OK
• For example, C:\Users\<username>\Documents\MWO Patch Cache
• Click the blue Patch button
• The launcher will now check the Patch Cache folder you defined. If it locates the required patch files, it will unpack and use those files to apply the patch
• Once the patch is complete, launch the game

[LavaDa1shi]

I am so happy to see some more nerfs for overperformers!
Especially the Incubus, that has been the de facto easy mode farm light mech for a while now

Now when is the Shadow cat getting nerfed?
And the Summoner buffs look interesting but maybe a bit much? it's already a pretty good mech imo.
The Mauler buffs look good imo.

Edited by LavaDa1shi, 14 March 2025 - 05:04 PM.

[Kiadamoon]

sadly i am very disappointed with the Mad Dog Sigma only 2 energy HP, and they gave it 4 JJ's they could of done MUCH better, and even the HP on the mech are in the lower part of the torsos..........just another energy boat thats not needed

[Grey Hook]

Interesting! I love the Mad Dog in general so I was curious about what the legendary would bring.
Minus 83% large laser duration- am I reading that right? So a Heavy Large Laser would have a duration of like 0.25 seconds (before skills)? Unless my quick math is wrong (entirely possible!), that's gonna be wild.
Also excited about all the warhorns hitting the store. I don't suppose those would fall under the patch science sale, eh?

[CAPITAL LETTERS]

As a frequent Incubus pilot I am curious what brought about some of the nerfs? Based on the QP dump released a while back (below) it falls about average in terms of matchscore and damage. Didn't include the whole list here as it is long and doesnt copy well, but it was this https://docs.google....#gid=1582927142 from last months patch discussion. Plenty of lights have higher match-score, output and more drops.
Chassis Tonnage Total Drops W/L K/D Survival % "Kills permatch" AVG-S AVG-D P-All "P-wc"
INCUBUS 30 19624 1.00 0.91 29.42% 0.65 240.19 327.99 0.75% 3.63%
I am, obviously, a bit bias as I enjoy the mech as is, that said stats don't indicate it is OP. Nor is over utilized in general or in weight class.

Edited by CAPITAL LETTERS, 14 March 2025 - 05:54 PM.

[LordNothing]

happy elf is back.

[w0qj]

Thank you MWO for making minimap now becomes semi-transparent as needed!

One of my pet peeves for a long time; thank you for caring!

BTW, quite a patch! Looking foward to it, especially the Legendary Mad Dog!

[Khalcruth]

Removing all of the survival quirks from Maulers seems very excessive. I can't really see myself using one ever again, they'll die way too easily.

[Khalcruth]

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While I feel the Grand Conquest event was a successful experiment, there’s a lot I learned on how it can be improved for the future. The biggest need is adding Faction Play style spawn walls and perhaps even turrets to prevent spawn camping in such extended matches.

Come on Tiyos. I know you've played Faction before. You shouldn't have needed this experiment to tell you that.

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I hope to bring back Grand Conquest again

Gosh I hope not. There's a damn good reason it was removed from the Faction Play rotation. Conquest is a terrible game mode that needs to die permanently.

[avenger cannon]

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Mauler

• All variants
  
  • Removed all quirks

I just finished redoing the builds on all of those a week ago.... please no v,v I'm out of C-bills , I'm broke.

LavaDa1shi, on 14 March 2025 - 03:47 PM, said:

The Mauler buffs look good imo.

What do you mean? They removed the durability

[FRAGTAST1C]

Is that Mad Dog's Heavy Laser Duration quirk a Set-Of-8 thing or just the two new torsos?

[LavaDa1shi]

Khalcruth, on 14 March 2025 - 06:52 PM, said:

Removing all of the survival quirks from Maulers seems very excessive. I can't really see myself using one ever again, they'll die way too easily.

It didn't have that strong of survival quirks in the first place so removing them it's not gonna lose much, and it gets a huge DPS increase, if it is too glass cannony they'll probably just give it a small survival buff.

Edited by LavaDa1shi, 14 March 2025 - 08:17 PM.

[hubingkun]

Good news, we have weakened all dominant models

Bad news, those useless junk pieces are still junk

This weakened balance will only cause a further decrease in the already limited number of players

[PwnsauceQC]

Kinda pissed at the WHM-IIC-ML nerf, that was my favorite mech.

[BlueDevilspawn]

FRAGTAST1C, on 14 March 2025 - 08:00 PM, said:

Is that Mad Dog's Heavy Laser Duration quirk a Set-Of-8 thing or just the two new torsos?

So8... it's 0.25s duration for dual HLL. What you're getting out of the MDD is JJ and energy torsos with a fun whacky so8 and the ability to make a jump capable brawler/jumping lasvom.

[FRAGTAST1C]

BlueDevilspawn, on 14 March 2025 - 09:44 PM, said:

So8... it's 0.25s duration for dual HLL. What you're getting out of the MDD is JJ and energy torsos with a fun whacky so8 and the ability to make a jump capable brawler/jumping lasvom.

Yeah, I gathered that. I was also quietly hoping for some kind of duration bonus in the torsos alone so I can swap into my MDD Revenant and make a laser vom build. Still cool though.

[BlueDevilspawn]

FRAGTAST1C, on 14 March 2025 - 09:50 PM, said:

Yeah, I gathered that. I was also quietly hoping for some kind of duration bonus in the torsos alone so I can swap into my MDD Revenant and make a laser vom build. Still cool though.

The MDD is actually the tankiest Clan lasvom, especially considering most clan lasvom like the EBJ and TBR are glass cannons. If you just add even 1 JJ torso to the Revenant vom build it adds jj fluttering to that tankiness and you still get the full 2LPL 6 ERML (using the Rev CT).

If it somehow is insufficient, adjustments can always be made.

[JL_Gotrocks]

You can take Conquest back and shove it where you were hiding it! Event Queue? Thats great! I don't/won't every play Wacky Mode(AKA Event Queue) so put it back there and I never have to see Conquest again!

[Ttly]

MASC Commando durability nerf? Really?
Oh well at least it got its -dur back, and I guess it can cope with "just don't get hit" by using MASC jukes.

Weird decision to have the Summoner buffs be in CT pod quirks (so it's also a buff to the already decent SRMboat Summoner mixpod build) rather than So8 but whatever, I would've also asked for ammo (both missile and ballistic) buff on the Prime too, but more -e.heat is fine I guess.

Also did no one really thought -83% (0.25s HLL burns) on the MDD-Sigma to be a bit too much?
I mean even the STD Laser Trebuchet-5J (similar damage output through 2BLC Loadout with JJs) had -50% duration and then it got nerfed to -40% because hey, someone realized laser duration below 0.7s is too much.
Maybe it'd have more excuse if it's groundbound like the KTO-20.
And running it with ERLL is just meh whatever, NCT-A exists if you want that sort of thing already but better damage output.
Still, I won't say 38 damage 0.25s laser burns to be *that* scary, it's certainly nowhere as intimidating as 2C-UAC20 Bandit/MDD-Cs, unless you're a light or medium in which case it is, nearly Duelist level of scary even (and it moves at 81kph instead).

The Grasshopper +JJ thrust buff seems interesting, but I remember it not being particularly able to jump that high due to the low burntime soooo, probably ends up underwhelming/closer to Vindicator or HGN-IIC.
Pretty lame that the HML JennerIIC got heat nerf too.

Edited by Ttly, 15 March 2025 - 02:57 AM.

[RabidBeagles]

Am not happy with those adjustments to the Mauler either. With the 2P losing its missile, laser, and uac heat/jam chance quirks then getting a UAC20 +1 HSL, it feels like I'm being railroaded into playing it a certain way.