POST UPDATES

09/13/2015: First phase of the Re-Balance PTS is over! We're going to make a few changes and fixes based on your feedback and metrics, but a new phase of the Re-Balance PTS will begin soon.

09/11/2015: We will be boosting all PTS accounts with additional MC, C-Bills, and GXP on Monday morning (9/14/2015) to give everyone sufficient resources for experimenting with new builds!

Greetings MechWarriors,

We're happy to announce that starting September 11th at 3:15 PM PDT (10:15 PM UTC) the Public Test Server (PTS) will be activated to give everyone a chance to get an advance look and testing session with the upcoming 'Mech Re-Balance!

This PTS session is scheduled to run until further notice, and may be broken up into phases to allow for adjustments and new testing sessions based on your feedback.

Accessing the PTS will require that you download and install a separate instance of the MWO client.

If you have already participated in a previous PTS session and still have the client installed, you will only need to apply the latest patches.

The download link for the PTS installer can be found here.

We have created a dedicated 'Mech Re-Balance Feedback forum for discussing this re-balance.

Please direct all general discussion of the re-balance into the main sub-forum.

Please direct chassis-specific discussion to the associated sub-forum for that chassis.

WHAT IS THE 'MECH RE-BALANCE?

Lead Designer Paul Inouye has written a comprehensive summary regarding this 'Mech Re-balance, which can be found in the Developer Outreach forum here.

IMPORTANT NOTES

The 'Mech Re-Balance is still a work-in-progress!

The build you will see in the PTS client may not reflect the final release build.

The crash and module errors introduced with the September 9th patch are present in this current PTS build. We are planning to roll out the recent hot-fix to to the PTS build before the weekend.

There is currently no set end-time for this PTS session. This PTS session is scheduled to run until further notice, and may be broken up into phases to allow for adjustments and new testing sessions based on your feedback.

Attempting to access the PTS session prior to September 11th at 3:15 PM PDT (10:15 PM UTC) will result in a 'Servers Undergoing Maintenance' message.

PTS CLIENT INSTALLATION STEPS

• Download and run the PTS installer (if a previous install of the PTS Client is not already present on your system).

• Run the MechWarriorOnline.exe, located in your C:\Program Files (x86)\MWO Public Test\MechWarrior Online\Bin32 folder (default install location).

• Click the Patch button.

• Accept the Terms of Use.

• The PTS Client will then proceed to download the MWO install base, which is roughly 7 GB in size.

• Once the Install Base has been downloaded and installed, the launcher will then download and apply two small patches.

• Once the patches are downloaded and installed, you should now have access to the Play button.

• Click Play!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• The sole purpose of this PTS session is to test and experiment with the 'Mech Re-Balance.

• Solo and Group queue match services will be available through the PTS client during this PTS session.

• Community Warfare will be available through the PTS client during this PTS session.

• The standard Live client will continue to function as normal.

• Your login information for the PTS client will be the same as your Live account login information.

• Any actions you take inside the PTS client, such as spending MC/C-Bills or customizing your 'Mechs, will not carry over to your Live account.

• The account that is used for your access to the PTS client is a 'snapshot' of your standard Live account. Any changes you make to your Live account while we are running the PTS session may not necessarily carry over to your PTS 'snapshot' account.

Feedback and discussion of this PTS will operate a little differently from past PTS sessions.

To help prevent any confusion with the Live environment, all general discussion of the 'Mech Re-Balance PTS session should go into the 'Mech Re-Balance Feedback sub-forum.

If your feedback is related to a specific Chassis or Variant, please place your feedback into the associated sub-forum!

We request that you please only use the 'Mech Re-Balance and Chassis sub-forums for constructive feedback and discussion of the 'Mech Re-Balance PTS.

Please do not submit any support tickets regarding issues with the 'Mech Re-Balance PTS.

Download link for the Public Test Server installer!

Discuss the 'Mech Re-Balance and post your feedback in the 'Mech Re-Balance and Chassis sub-forums!