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[InnerSphereNews]

New Year's Kickoff

EVENT QUEUE

!!! > For the No Quirks/Skills event queue, players may have to unequip their consumables from mechs if their skill tree or mech quirks grant extra consumable slots. A mech without quirks/skills only has one consumable slot.

No Quirks or Skills Test EQ - Heavies

6v6. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Heavies only. Forest Colony Classic.

10 minute match. 4x Cbill Rewards,

4x XP Rewards. No Skills/Quirks

01/22 18:00:00 UTC - 01/23 00:00:00 UTC

No Quirks or Skills Test EQ - Assaults

6v6. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Assaults only. Frozen City Night.

10 minute match. 4x Cbill Rewards,

4x XP Rewards. No Skills/Quirks

01/23 00:00:00 UTC - 01/23 06:00:00 UTC

No Quirks or Skills Test EQ - Mediums

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Mediums only. Test Map A.

10 minute match. 4x Cbill Rewards,

4x XP Rewards. No Skills/Quirks

01/23 06:00:00 UTC - 01/23 12:00:00 UTC

No Quirks or Skills Test EQ - Lights

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Lights only. Frozen City Classic.

10 minute match. 4x Cbill Rewards,

4x XP Rewards. No Skills/Quirks

01/23 12:00:00 UTC - 01/23 18:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Ruby Rumble

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Rubellite Oasis. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/23 18:00:00 UTC - 01/24 00:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Polar PsyOps

8v8. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Polar Highlands. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/24 00:00:00 UTC - 01/24 06:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Vicious Vitric

5v5. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Polar Highlands. 20 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/24 06:00:00 UTC - 01/24 12:00:00 UTC

Forest Colony Heavyweight Fights

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Heavies only. Forest Colony Classic.

10 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards.

01/24 12:00:00 UTC - 01/24 18:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Ceres Clash

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Ceres Metal Scrapyard. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/24 18:00:00 UTC - 01/25 00:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Bear Claw Beatdown

8v8. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Bear Claw. 25 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards,

3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/25 00:00:00 UTC - 01/25 06:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Caustic Confrontation

5v5. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons. Conquest.

Caustic Valley. 20 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards,

3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/25 06:00:00 UTC - 01/25 12:00:00 UTC

Mining Mayhem Fights

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Mediums only. Mining Collective.

10 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards.

01/25 12:00:00 UTC - 01/25 18:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Alpine Annihilation

6v6. Max group size 1. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Alpine Peaks. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/25 18:00:00 UTC - 01/26 00:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - River City Rager

8v8. Max group size 1. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. River City. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/26 00:00:00 UTC - 01/26 06:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - Emerald Encounters

5v5. Max group size 1. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Emerald Vale. 20 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/26 06:00:00 UTC - 01/26 12:00:00 UTC

Forest Colony Night Ops

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Assaults only. Forest Colony Classic.

10 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards.

01/26 12:00:00 UTC - 01/26 18:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - IS-only Bear Claw

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Inner Sphere mechs only. Bear Claw. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/26 18:00:00 UTC - 01/27 00:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - IS-only Caustic Valley

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Inner Sphere mechs only. Caustic Valley. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/27 00:00:00 UTC - 01/27 06:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - IS-only Emerald Vale

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Inner Sphere mechs only. Caustic Valley. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/27 06:00:00 UTC - 01/27 12:00:00 UTC

Skirmish - IS-only FC Night Classic

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Inner Sphere mechs only. Mediums only.

Frozen City Night. 10 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards.

01/27 12:00:00 UTC - 01/27 18:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - IS-only Polar Highlands

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Inner Sphere mechs only. Polar Highlands. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/27 18:00:00 UTC - 01/28 00:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - IS-only Terra Therma Crucible

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Inner Sphere mechs only. Terra Therma Crucible. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/28 00:00:00 UTC - 01/28 06:00:00 UTC

Dropdeck Grand Conquest - IS-only River City

6v6. Max group size 2. 4 Mech Dropdeck. Max tonnage 225 tons.

Conquest. Inner Sphere mechs only. River City. 25 minute match.

3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards. Conquest Tickets 2000

01/28 06:00:00 UTC - 01/28 12:00:00 UTC

Skirmish - IS-only Hibernal Rift

4v4. Max group size 1. Skirmish. Inner Sphere mechs only. Heavies only.

Hibernal Rift. 10 minute match. 3x Cbill Rewards, 3x XP Rewards.

01/28 12:00:00 UTC - 01/28 18:00:00 UTC

[BlueDevilspawn]

For the first day, no quirks and no skill tree means TAKE OFF YOUR CONSUMMABLES or you'll get kicked from the match for an invalid build

[simon1812]

BlueDevilspawn, on 22 January 2026 - 11:10 AM, said:

For the first day, no quirks and no skill tree means TAKE OFF YOUR CONSUMMABLES or you'll get kicked from the match for an invalid build

ooohhhh so that the reason I keep getting invalid loadout message...ok will try that.

update

in addition of removing consumables do clean skill tree!!!!

Edited by simon1812, 22 January 2026 - 11:32 AM.

[Mistah Boom]

I don't know if its the dequirking or the Marauder itself, but on all the variants I ran during the heavy event (Blight, 5M and 9M) all back armor was automatically stripped off by the event no matter how much was equipped in the mech bay. Atop that, when armor was maxed out the mech health percentage was 107% in the lance status box. The only armor quirks on these mechs is a +7 on the front CT, but all armor on the rear torsos was stripped off.

I'm not sure what's happening. Dequirking bug or hidden quirks on the MADs? Didn't have time to check any other MAD variants or any other mechs for that matter, so I have no idea if its just the MADs or if more mechs are affected.

[shockdiode]

Making folks manually do this is pretty much a non starter.

[shockdiode]

Ah, I see, I think it means that we might just have to unequip extra consumables for the no quirks bit. That's less crazypants, maybe I'll give it a go.

me read good

Edited by shockdiode, 23 January 2026 - 12:49 AM.

[PiVoR]

Great idea and i appreciate the work, but you have no idea how anoying it is to keep adjusting your mechs for few, time limited matches.

[Oriffel]

are we getting more bundles in the store soon? i need more mech bays and paint

[BlueDevilspawn]

To be clear, now that we are past the “no quirks/skill tree” setups, you can put your consumables back on just fine.

It was just a test for the first 24 hours.

[Goggles Paesano]

I wish "wacky mode" didn't exist.

[simon1812]

Goggles Paesano, on 23 January 2026 - 07:17 PM, said:

I wish "wacky mode" didn't exist.

-...you could just not participate...right? or is someone forcing you to play it?

Edited by simon1812, 23 January 2026 - 10:16 PM.

[shockdiode]

These have been fun so far, cheers.

[CwStrife]

Has been cool, thanks. Drop decks make it alot more fun, be cool if QP allowed more than one drop.

Any chance we could see an event where it's a rotation of maps with drop deck but more like 10v10 or 12v12 with groups of 4?

Edited by CwStrife, 28 January 2026 - 12:47 AM.

[SulliMike23]

Maybe the next event queue we should do lasers only for weapons, unlimited heat dissipation, weaker armor. Would make for some interesting fireworks.

[BlueDevilspawn]

Glad it was enjoyable. Weapon class limitations are not a modifier we can use unfortunately. That said there are a number of EQs coming. Some setups to expect are -

1. Solaris - 1v1 and 2v2, the 2v2 will have pure solo and groups of 2
2. Minor skirmishes - small map small lobby drops, 3v3 up to 6v6, solo and groups of 2, usually themed by weight class and tech base
3. Dropdecks Grand Conquest with mutators - extra speed capping assaults, unlimited ammo/extra armor
4. Extreme mutators - unlimited dissipation and unlimited ammo together, maybe some extra armor
5. Random FP - 8v8 Siege mode (groups of 3 max), will drop to 6v6 groups of 2 during off hours, 4v4 lights and mediums Scouting mode
6. Unlimited JJ - self explanatory
7. Stock mode (quirks and skill tree still active) - IS 3025, IS Lostech, Clan Invasion - these will be tech base specific only with specifically picked out variants
8. No armor jumpscare

Groups will never be greater than 2 aside from FP Siege 8v8 which is 3, with plenty of solo options worked in. The intent of EQ is NOT to replace QP with a no-matchmaker lobby and groups of 4. It's meant for fun modes that may switch up the meta due to limitations or modifiers.

Keep an eye out. Hopefully they'll come in a regular 2 or 3 week cadence.

Edited by BlueDevilspawn, 28 January 2026 - 11:07 PM.

[Duke Falcon]

BlueDevilspawn, on 28 January 2026 - 11:06 PM, said:

Glad it was enjoyable. Weapon class limitations are not a modifier we can use unfortunately. That said there are a number of EQs coming. Some setups to expect are -

1. Solaris - 1v1 and 2v2, the 2v2 will have pure solo and groups of 2
2. Minor skirmishes - small map small lobby drops, 3v3 up to 6v6, solo and groups of 2, usually themed by weight class and tech base
3. Dropdecks Grand Conquest with mutators - extra speed capping assaults, unlimited ammo/extra armor
4. Extreme mutators - unlimited dissipation and unlimited ammo together, maybe some extra armor
5. Random FP - 8v8 Siege mode (groups of 3 max), will drop to 6v6 groups of 2 during off hours, 4v4 lights and mediums Scouting mode
6. Unlimited JJ - self explanatory
7. Stock mode (quirks and skill tree still active) - IS 3025, IS Lostech, Clan Invasion - these will be tech base specific only with specifically picked out variants
8. No armor jumpscare

Groups will never be greater than 2 aside from FP Siege 8v8 which is 3, with plenty of solo options worked in. The intent of EQ is NOT to replace QP with a no-matchmaker lobby and groups of 4. It's meant for fun modes that may switch up the meta due to limitations or modifiers.

Keep an eye out. Hopefully they'll come in a regular 2 or 3 week cadence.

Oooooh yeeeeeeaaaah!!!

Keep 'em comin'!

[P H O T O N]

@Matt Newman Enjoyed this event, thanks for putting it on - when is the next one?

Also, when is the next development VLOG for the game? We've been waiting for 3 years - the persistent uncertainty regarding the game is harmful to PGI's brand.

Finally, can you also please be clear on whether a new PvP game is in the works by PGI?
Are PGI keeping the MechWarrior licence?
Does the community now need to start making moves to the create the successful game that MWO should have been?

Edited by P H O T O N, 31 January 2026 - 03:34 AM.