PATCH NOTES - 1.4.253.0 - 19-APRIL-2022

by Daeron Katz in [ Patch Notes ] on, Apr 18, 2022 5:00 PM UTC 60 comments

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April 2022 Patch Notes

Patch Date and Time - April 19th 2022 @ 10AM – 1PM PDT

Version Number: 1.4.253.0

Size: 180 MB

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

Patch Files (Direct Download) - http://patcher.mwomercs.com/patch/Production/frontend/FrontendPatch_399.zip

Greetings MechWarriors!

This month's update adds 8 new shiny 'Mechs to the Platinum Collection, and also includes Weapon and Equipment adjustments, the 9th Quirk Pass, some adjustments to previous Quirk passes, and some bug fixes.

If you find this patch a bit smaller thank you were hoping for, don't worry we'll make up for it next month! Check out what's coming in this Roadmap Dev Vlog and this 'Mechs, Maps, and Design Update Dev Vlog.

Also be sure to check out the first new 'Mech chassis coming to MWO in over 3 years, the Crusader!

As with everything, these updates are subject to further balance changes in the future, especially as more variables are brought into the equation with future updates and changes.

So get out there and do the science, and get us your feedback for future iterations!

And now, we hope you enjoy the patch.

-The MechWarrior Online Team

PLATINUM COLLECTION

One new Inner Sphere and one new Clan pack (8 'Mechs total) have been added to the Platinum Collection.

INNER SPHERE PACK

Mauler MAL-MX90(P)

Black Knight BL-6B-KNT(P)

Crab CRB-27SL(P)

Wolfhound WLF-1A(P)

CLAN PACK

Mat Cat MKII MCII-B(P)

Nova Cat NCT-B(P)

Arctic Wolf ACW-A(P)

Cougar COU-H(P)

WEAPON AND EQUIPMENT HP ADJUSTMENTS

After a year of tuning weapons stats and getting closer to a settled balance state, another aspect that we always wanted to address was weapon and equipment health values. Mainly based on the weapon type (primary weapon, secondary weapon, filler, etc), slot size, required crit damage to take one out, and minimum amount of HP required to save certain weapons from known amount of incoming damage. The following changes should help players keep their equipped items for a while longer after having a component opened up. It should be noted that the values are picked in a way so crit seeking weapons such as LBX cannons and MGs are still the most effective weapons for taking out internals and equipment, with MGs in the queue for receiving a pass on the amount of critical damage they apply coming next month. Weapon base stats tuning will continue as we monitor weapons and build performance.

ENERGY WEAPONS

Weapon

Slot size

Old HP

New HP

C-Heavy Small Laser

3.75

C-ER Medium Laser

C-Medium Pulse Laser

C-ER Large Laser

Large Laser

Large Pulse Laser

ER Large Laser

Light PPC

7.5

Snub Nose PPC

C-Heavy Medium Laser

7.5

C-Large Pulse Laser

7.5

C-ER PPC

7.5

ER PPC

12.5

PPC

12.5

C-Heavy Large Laser

BALLISTIC WEAPONS

Weapon

Slot size

Old HP

New HP

C-MG

3.5

C-LMG

3.5

C-HMG

3.5

C-UAC2

7.5

C-UAC5

7.5

AC5

LBX5

C-AC5

7.5

C-LBX5

7.5

C-UAC10

12.5

Light Gauss Rifle

UAC5

C-AC10

C-LBX10

LBX10

Rotary AC5

C-Gauss Rifle

AC10

Gauss Rifle

UAC10

C-UAC20

16.5

C-AC20

16.5

C-LBX20

16.5

AC20

UAC20

Heavy Gauss Rifle

LBX20

MISSILE WEAPONS

Weapon

Slot size

Old HP

New HP

C-LRM5

3.5

C-SRM2

3.5

C-SRM4

3.5

C-Streak SRM2

3.5

C-Streak SRM4

3.5

7.5

C-Streak SRM6

7.5

C-ATM3

3.5

C-ATM6

7.5

C-ATM9

7.5

C-ATM12

12.5

LRM20

MRM40

EQUIPMENT

Equipment

Slot size

Old HP

New HP

C-ECM

C-Active Probe

7.5

C-Targeting Computer MK1

7.5

ECM

7.5

C-Targeting Computer MK2

7.5

C-Targeting Computer MK3

7.5

Double Heat Sink (IS)

7.5

C-Targeting Computer MK4

7.5

C-Targeting Computer MK5

12.5

C-Targeting Computer MK6

12.5

C-Targeting Computer MK7

12.5

Targeting Computer MK8

'MECH QUIRKS

This patch includes the 9th quirk pass for a number of 'Mechs, and some adjustments to previous Quirk passes.

-----Adjustments to previously re-Quirked 'Mechs-----

MIST LYNX

MLX-Prime:

Removed MG RoF from RA
Increased MG RoF to 75% in SO8 (from 25%)

MLX-A:

Removed MG RoF from RA
Increased MG RoF to 75% in SO8 (from 10%)
Increased Energy cooldown to -20% in SO8 (from -15%)
Added -10% Laser duration in SO8

MLX-B:

Added 25% missile ammo boost per ton on LT

SPIDER

SDR-A:

Added +100% HMG/MG/LMG ammo per ton bonus
Added +100% SRM/SSRM ammo per ton bonus
Increased Range to 20% (from 10%)

HUNCHBACK IIC

HBK-IIC-B:

Matched survival quirks with HBK-IIC-DW (excluding CT Armor)

DERVISH

DV-6M:

Removed energy cooldown
Added -10% cooldown

DV-8D:

Added -10% Missile cooldown

RIFLEMAN

All variants:

Increased LT, CT, RT Structure bonus to +15 (from +10)

RFL-3N:

Added -30% UAC jam chance
Added -10% Laser heat

RFL-3C:

Added 15% Ballistic velocity
Increased range to 15% (from 10%)
Added 15% STD/ER Small laser range

RFL-5D:

Added -5% laser heat
Added 10% STD/ER Medium laser range

RFL-8D:

Increased RAC jam ramp down to -40% (from -10%)
Added -10% Jump jet heat
Added 10% Jump jet burn duration
Added -5% PPC heat

RFL-LK:

Matched Arm structure bonus to RFL-3N
Removed LBX10 Cooldown
Added -10% LBX cooldown
Added -10% LBX Spread
Added -5% Laser heat

RFL-DB:

Matched Arm structure bonus to RFL-3N
Added -5% heat
Removed AC5 cooldown
Added -5% STD AC cooldown
Added Laser HSL +1

EBON JAGUAR

EBJ-B:

Removed Energy heat from RT
Added -5% ER PPC heat to RT

EBJ-EC:

Removed Energy heat from RT
Added -5% ER PPC heat to RT

HELLBRINGER

HBR-A:

Removed Energy cooldown from SO8
Added -10% Cooldown in SO8

HBR-B:

Removed ballistic cooldown from SO8
Removed LBX cooldown from SO8
Removed Missile cooldown from SO8
Added -20% Cooldown in SO8
Added +5 LT, RT Armor in SO8
Added +8 CT Armor in SO8

HBR-F:

Added -10% Cooldown in SO8

HBR-P:

Added -10% Cooldown in SO8

STALKER

STK-4N:

Added -5% Laser heat

STK-7D:

Removed Laser heat

DIREWOLF

DWF-Prime:

Added -5% heat to CT
Added -5% Laser duration to CT
Added 25% Radar deprivation to HD

DWF-A:

Added -5% heat to CT
Added 10% Weapon velocity to CT
Added 25% Radar deprivation to HD
Added +10 Torso yaw angle to LT
Added +10% Torso yaw speed to LT
Removed Energy, Ballistic and Missile cooldowns from SO8
Added -15% Cooldown to SO8

DWF-B:

Added -2.5% heat to CT
Added 10% Weapon velocity to CT
Added 25% Radar deprivation to HD
Removed UAC2 heat from SO8
Added -5% heat in SO8

DWF-S:

Added -2.5% heat to CT
Added 6% Jump jet burn time duration to CT

DWF-W:

Removed Torso yaw speed from LT
Removed Torso yaw angle from LT

DWF-C:

Added +6 Armor to HD

DWF-UV:

Added -2.5% heat to CT
Added 10% Weapon velocity to CT
Added 25% Radar deprivation to HD

-----Quirk Pass 9-----

HUNTSMAN

All variants:

Added +5 Armor bonus to LT, CT, RT

HMN-Prime:

Added -5% Missile cooldown on RT
Added -20% UAC jam chance on RA
Added -5% heat in SO8
Added 15% Missile velocity in SO8
Added -20% UAC jam chance in SO8

HMN-A:

Added +9 Armor to LA, RA
Added -5% Cooldown in LT, RT
Added -10% Ballistic cooldown in RA
Added -10% LBX spread in RA
Converted -5% pulse laser cooldown to -5% Energy Cooldown in SO8
Added -15% Missile cooldown in SO8
Added 20% Weapon velocity in SO8

HMN-B:

Added +12 Armor on LA
Added 5% Range in LT
Added 10% Ballistic velocity in RT
Added -10% Ballistic cooldown in LA
Added -10% LBX spread in LA
Replaced 10% Ballistic velocity with 20% Weapon velocity in SO8
Added -7.5% Energy cooldown in SO8
Removed LBX10 cooldown from SO8

HMN-C:

Added +12 Armor on LA, RA
Added -20% UAC jam chance in LA
Added 10% Ballistic velocity in LA
Added 10% Missile velocity in RA
Removed LRM Spread from SO8
Added -10% Missile spread to SO8
Added -20% UAC jam duration in SO8

HMN-P:

Added +5 Armor to LA, RA
Added 10% Ballistic velocity in LT
Added 5% Ballistic range in LT
Removed SSRM cooldown from SO8
Added 10% Missile velocity in SO8
Added -5% heat in SO8
Added -25% UAC jam chance in SO8

HMN-PA:

Added +9 Armor to LA
Added -2.5% laser duration to LA
Added -5% heat in SO8

WOLVERINE

WVR-6K:

Added +15 Armor to RA
Added 5% Pulse laser range
Added -7.5% Pulse laser heat
Added -5% Pulse laser cooldown

WVR-6R:

Added +15 Armor to RA

Increased ballistic cooldown to -25% (from -15%)
Increased AC5 cooldown to -15% (from -10%)

WVR-7D:

Added -10% Missile heat
Removed UAC5 jam chance
Removed ballistic cooldown
Removed missile cooldown
Added -40% UAC jam chance
Added -30% RAC jam ramp down duration
Added -20% Cooldown

WVR-Q:

Added +13 Armor to LT
Added +18 Structure to RA

BLACK LANNER

BKL-Prime:

Added 5% Missile velocity to LT, RT
Added 25% Missile ammo bonus per ton to LT, RT
Added -10% Laser duration to LA
Added -15% Energy heat to SO8

BKL-A:

Added +8 Armor to LA
Increased RA Armor to +12 (from +8)
Added -10% Laser duration to LA
Added -20% ER PPC heat to SO8

BKL-C:

Added 5% Range to HD
Added 25% Missile ammo bonus per ton to RA
Added -2.5% Heat to LT
Added +5 LA Armor to SO8
Increased ER Laser heat to -12.5% in SO8 (from -10%)

BKL-D:

Added 5% Range to HD
Added 25% Missile ammo bonus per ton to LT, RT
Added 5% Missile velocity to RT
Added -5% Laser duration to LA
Added 25% LMG/MG/HMG ammo bonus per ton to LA, RA
Added -5% Laser duration to SO8
Added 25% LMG/MG/HMG ammo bonus per ton in SO8

BKL-E:

Added 5% Range to HD
Increased LA Armor to +12 (from +8)
Added 25% Missile ammo bonus per ton to LA
Added 2.5% range to LT

BKL-BL:

Added 25% Missile ammo bonus per ton to LT, RT
Added 25% LMG/MG/HMG ammo bonus per ton in SO8

RIFLEMAN IIC

All variants:

Added +7 Armor to CT
Added +7 Armor to LA, RA

ARCHER

ARC-2R:

Removed LRM cooldown
Added -15% Missile cooldown
Removed LRM Velocity
Added 10% Missile velocity
Removed Missile heat
Added -5% heat

ARC-5S:

Added -10% MRM cooldown
Added -10% Pulse laser cooldown

ARC-5W:

Removed LRM velocity
Added 10% Missile velocity
Added 10% SRM Range
Added -5% SRM heat

ARC-T:

Removed medium laser cooldown
Added -10% cooldown
Added -5% energy heat
Added 10% MRM velocity

BUG FIXES

Summoner SMN-G & SMN-G(S) Left Torso now has the correct Missile priority
The Shoulder Armor Pauldron Bolt-Ons for the Arctic Wolf have been removed on variants where it was interfering with Missile Weapons

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_399.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

PATCH NOTES - 1.4.253.0 - 19-APRIL-2022

by Daeron Katz in [ Patch Notes ] on, Apr 18, 2022 5:00 PM UTC 60 comments

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