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We have 5 well over due cadets to promote to MechWarriors. Join me in congratulating Appius, Selima, NikkoChan, JW Buckeye, and Maizar! Appius, I'm amazed we missed you this long. You're on so much, I guess Ultra and I assumed you were already a MechWarrior. Selima and Nikko are our two newest members being promoted, and I look forward to playing with you guys some more. JW Buckeye and Maizar are Bahnnons brother and son respectively. I'm always happy to add members who are also family and friends. Welcome guys!

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http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/114866-coming-soon-to-a-system-near-you-canyon-tease/


Not really any notes that I have found but a few things here


Hey everyone,
We just wanted to let everyone know we will be bringing the servers down at 10 AM PDT tomorrow, for aproximately 30 minutes, to upload the hotfix for the HUD bugs.
We'll send another notice out tomorrow before and after the hotfix.EDIT: AND SERVERS ARE BACKCheers,
The MechWarrior Online Team

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From the mwo forums:

Machine Guns
MGs are getting their damage doubled to 0.08/shell.
MG range is going to be 120m and they will fall off to 0 damage at 240m.
MG Spread will remain unchanged for the moment.

LB10-X has had it's cone of fire reduced by 20%, giving it a bit more focused punch through it's travel space.

LRM speed will be increasing from 100m/s to 120m/s. This equates to about 5-10% more missiles hitting a moving target and it's quite a bit harder to dodge LRMs.

AC/5
After reading my last post, I think I was smoking something other than a cigarette when I said AC/5 damage would be changing. AC/5 damage is NOT changing. Their range however is increasing from 540m out to 620m.

NARC is going to have its firing distance increased as well as it's duration. This is still undergoing testing and will have numbers for you when they're ready.

BAP
Now here's the biggie. BAP is meant to increase your sensor range by amplifying your sensor systems. It allows you to get detail targeting information faster and also allows you to detect nearby shutdown Mechs. Yeah? So?... well...

BAP will now negate ECM within 150m (tuning number) of the enemy. Negate? What 'chu talkin' 'bout Paul?

If Mech X has BAP, and Mech Y has ECM, and Mech X gets within 150m or less of Mech Y, Mech Y loses all effects of ECM. It is a 100% counter to ECM. Mech Y is now vulnerable to LRMs/S-SRMs as long as Mech X stays within 150m. Any friendly Mechs to Mech Y will no longer be shie

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I meant to post this last night, but join me in welcoming Selima and TimatreeDG as our newest members!

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I've recently learned of a couple of leagues that I want to enter us into. The first of which is the Marik Campaign which is considering opening the campaign up to pirate units. That will be a lot easier on both myself and Ultra to manage since we get to decide who we fight and when instead of fighting on other people's orders. The second one is a new stock/limited customization league that is trying to get started. I was recently contacted about this by someone who used to be part of a league we were in during MW4 - BattleTech Universe (BTU). Here's the message:

Hail,
 
 I'm messaging you all because you expressed interest in Stock/Semi-Stock mech games:
 
 http://mwomercs.com/...ock-mech-games/
 http://mwomercs.com/...mech-saturdays/
 http://mwomercs.com/...only-game-mode/
 
 My goal is to have stock mech community warfare. DHB Havoc has summed up my thoughts exactly:
 
 http://mwomercs.com/...21#entry2215321
 
 It is doubtful that PGI will implement this in the near future (or if they will implement it at all), but if we join forces I have web application that could be used for a Stock league:  [url=http

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