MechWarrior Online

Introduction

Introducing the highly anticipated 2021 Annual Rewards Program 'Mechs! Get ready for some exciting changes and adjustments to the weapons and quirks in your favorite game. In response to player feedback, the developers have made some significant weapon adjustments. The spread of the IS Light Machine Gun and Clan Light Machine Gun has been reduced, while their damage has been increased. Additionally, the range of the Clan Heavy Machine Gun has been extended. These changes aim to enhance the overall gameplay experience and provide a more balanced combat environment. But that's not all! This patch also includes the fourth quirk pass for a number of mechs, along with adjustments to previous values. The new Annual Rewards variants, such as the URBANMECH UM-R80, VIPER VPR-F, and ATLAS AS7-K3, come with exciting bonuses and enhancements. From increased armor to improved heat dissipation and weapon velocity, these mechs are ready to dominate the battlefield. Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting your journey, these updates are sure to add a new level of excitement and strategy to your gaming experience. So gear up, pilots, and get ready to unleash the power of the 2021 Annual Rewards Program 'Mechs!

2021 ANNUAL REWARDS PROGRAM 'MECHS

WEAPONS ADJUSTMENTS

As a continuation of our assessment of weapon performance since April, the following change has been made:

IS Light Machine Gun:

Spread reduced to 0.25 (from 0.3)
Damage increased to 0.75/s (from 0.7)

Clan Light Machine Gun:

Spread reduced to 0.33 (from 0.4)
Damage increased to 0.75/s (from 0.7)

Clan Heavy Machine Gun:

Range increased to 120 (from 100)

IS Heavy PPC:

Heat reduced to 13 (from 13.5)

MECH QUIRKS

This patch includes the fourth quirk pass for a number of mechs, and adjustments to previous values.

2021 Annual Rewards variant quirks:

URBANMECH UM-R80 (NEW ANNUAL REWARDS VARIANT)

+20 CT Armor
+14 LT, RT, LA, RA, LL, RL Armor
5% Heat dissipation
-25% Overheat damage
10% ECM target sensor range reduction
10% PPC family velocity
-15% PPC family heat

VIPER VPR-F (NEW ANNUAL REWARDS VARIANT)

+4 CT, LA, RA Armor
+6 LT, RT Armor
+8 LL, RL Armor
-25% Fall damage on CT
-20% Jump Jet heat on CT
10% Acceleration on LT, RT
10% Deceleration on LT, RT
5% Turn rate on LT, RT
5% Torso yaw speed on LT, RT
100% LMG/MG/HMG ammo per ton bonus in SO8

ATLAS AS7-K3 (NEW ANNUAL REWARDS VARIANT)

+36 CT Armor
+30 LT, RT Armor
+17 LA, RA Armor
+21 LL, RL Armor
-10% Heat
-40% Crit chance (receiving)
10% Jump jet burn time
40% Jump jet initial thrust
-15% Missile cooldown
10% Weapon velocity

Quirk Adjustments to previous passes:

LOCUST

LCT-3V:

Added 10% ballistic range
Added -10% energy cooldown
Added -25% Laser duration
Increased MG RoF to 100%

LCT-1M:

Added 10% Range
Increased cooldown to -30%
Added -15% Laser duration

LCT-3S:

Added -20% energy cooldown

COUGAR COU-Prime:

Added -5% Energy cooldown to LA

RAVEN RVN-H:

Added +100% LMG/MG/HMG ammo per ton
Added 50% missile ammo

URBANMECH UM-K9:

Added -25% UAC Jam duration

BLACKJACK BJ-A:

Added 20% MG range
Added -10% laser cooldown
Increased CT armor to +17
Increased LT, RT armor to +14

GARGOYLE GAR-E:

Added +8 structure to CT

MAULER

MAL-1R:

Removed -5% Ballistic cooldown
Convert -10% LRM cooldown to -5% missile cooldown
Added -5% cooldown

MAL-1P:

Removed -5% ballistic cooldown
Removed -10% missile cooldown
Removed -10% AC2 cooldown
Added -10% cooldown
Added -10% LBX spread

MAL-2P:

Removed -10% ballistic cooldown
Removed -10% missile cooldown
Added -10% cooldown
October patch: -25% UAC Heat

MAL-KO:

Removed -10% LRM cooldown
Convert 10% LRM velocity to 10% missile velocity
Increased LBX spread to -10%
Added -10% heat

NIGHTSTAR

NSR-10P:

Added -25% UAC Jam duration
Added -25% RAC jam ramp down duration

NSR-9FC:

Increased ballistic cooldown to -20% (from -10%)
Added 10% weapon velocity
Added -5% heat

DIREWOLF DWF-W:

Added 10% range on LT

Quirk Pass 4:

VULCAN

All Variants:

Match survival quirks with VL-5T on all variants except VL-2T

VL-2T:

Increased survival boosts to double current values
Added -20% receiving crit chance

VT-5M:

Added 15% Large pulse laser range
Increased Large pulse laser cooldown to -15% (from -10%)
Increased pulse laser heat to -10% (from -5%)

VT-5S:

Added 15% Snub nose PPC range
Added 20% Snub nose PPC velocity
Added -10% PPC Family heat

VT-6M:

Added 100% ballistic ammo per ton
Added 30% Ballistic velocity
Increased MG RoF to 50% (from 15%)

DRAGON

All Variants:

Match all survival quirks to DRG-1G on all variants
Increased Armor bonus on RA to +30
Removed Structure bonus from RA
Added +7.5% mech top speed

DRG-1C:

Added -15% cooldown
Added -10% Laser duration
Removed ballistic cooldown
Removed Energy cooldown
Removed Missile cooldown

DRG-1G:

Increased weapon velocity to 30% (from 20%)

DRG-1N:

Added -25% cooldown
Added 20% weapon velocity
Removed ballistic cooldown
Removed Energy cooldown
Removed Missile cooldown
Removed AC5 cooldown
Removed Energy range

DRG-5N:

Added -15% cooldown
Removed ballistic cooldown
Removed Energy cooldown
Removed UAC5 cooldown

DRG-FANG:

Added -15% cooldown
Increased ballistic velocity to 30% (from 10%)
Increased Laser duration to -20% (from -10%)
Removed ballistic cooldown
Removed Energy cooldown
Removed AC10 cooldown

DRG-FLAME:

Added -10% cooldown
Added 20% ballistic range
Increased ballistic velocity to 30% (from 10%)
Removed ballistic cooldown

CATAPHRACT

CTF-1X:

Increased RT armor bonus to +25 (from +15)
Added 5% Range

CTF-3D:

Increased RT armor bonus to +25 (from +15)
Added -5% heat
Added -5% PPC family heat

CTF-3L:

Increased RT, LT armor bonuses to +25 (from +15)
Increased CT armor bonus to +32 (from +22)

CTF-0XP:

Added -5% PPC family heat

CTF-4X:

Increased RT, LT armor bonuses to +25 (from +15)
Increased CT armor bonus to +32 (from +22)

CTF-2X:

Increased LA armor bonuses to +31 (from +11)
Increased RT, LT armor bonuses to +25 (from +15)
Increased CT armor bonus to +32 (from +22)
Added -15% missile heat

CTF-IM:

Increased RT armor bonus to +25 (from +15)
Added 5% Energy range

HELLBRINGER

All Variants (except HBR-A):

Added base 20% radar deprivation to Head pod

HBR-Prime:

Added +8 Armor to RT
Added -10% missile cooldown on RT
Added 25% Ballistic velocity to SO8
Added -10% Ballistic cooldown to SO8
Added 15% Ballistic range to SO8

HBR-A:

Added +8 Armor to RT, LT
Added -10% missile cooldown on RT
Added 50% UAC ammo on RA
Added -10% missile spread to SO8
Added -10% missile heat to SO8
Added -15% UAC jam chance to SO8

HBR-B:

Added +8 Armor to RT
Added +5 Armor to LT
Added -10% missile heat on RT
Added 50% Gauss ammo to RA
Added 50% LBX and AC ammo to LA
Added -10% SRM cooldown to SO8
Added -10% LBX cooldown to SO8
Added 100% SRM and SSRM ammo to SO8

HBR-F:

Added +8 Armor to RT
Added +5 Armor to LT
Added -10% missile cooldown on RT
Increased ballistic cooldown to -12.5% in SO8
Added 100% LBX and AC ammo in SO8

HBR-P:

Added +8 Armor to LT
Convert -10% ER laser heat to -10% heat in SO8
Increased missile cooldown to -15% in SO8

HBR-VI:

Convert 10% ER laser range 10% range on LT

EXECUTIONER

All Variants:
Added +10 Armor bonus to CT
Convert all Structure bonuses to Armor on all variants

EXE-Prime:

Added +10 Armor to RT
Added -7.5% Ballistic cooldown to LT
Added -10% Ballistic cooldown to SO8
Converted -10% ER Laser heat to -10% heat in SO8
Added +50% Ballistic ammo to LA:
(AC/UAC/LBX 20 - Gauss)
Added +40% Ballistic ammo to LA:
(AC 2/5/10 - UAC 2/5/10 - LBX 2/5/10 - Gauss)

EXE-A:

Added +10 Armor to RT
Added +5 torso yaw angle to LT
Added 7.5% torso speed (yaw/pitch) to LT

EXE-B:

Increased armor bonus on RT to +15 (from +10)
Added 10% weapon velocity on LT
Added -20% Ballistic cooldown to SO8
Added -30% Ballistic velocity to SO8
Added -15% Ballistic range to SO8
Added -25% UAC jam duration to SO8
Added +50% Ballistic ammo to LA:
(AC/UAC/LBX 20 - Gauss)
Added +40% Ballistic ammo to LA:
(AC 2/5/10 - UAC 2/5/10 - LBX 2/5/10 - Gauss)

EXE-C:

Added -10% missile cooldown on LA
Added 10% missile velocity on LA
Added -20% cooldown in SO8
Added 30% weapon velocity in SO8
Added 10% range in SO8
Increased UAC jam chance to -40% in SO8 (from 20%)
Added +50% Ballistic ammo to RA:
(AC/UAC/LBX 20 - Gauss)
Added +40% Ballistic ammo to RA:
(AC 2/5/10 - UAC 2/5/10 - LBX 2/5/10 - Gauss)

EXE-D:

Added +10 Armor to LT
Added +5 torso yaw angle to LT
Added 7.5% torso speed (yaw/pitch) to LT
Added +10 Armor to LA
Added -10% missile heat on LA
Added 5% missile velocity on LA

EXE-E:

Added +5 Armor bonus on RT
Added -7.5% Missile cooldown on LT
Added +10 Armor bonus on LA
Added -5% missile cooldown on LA
Added -5% missile spread on LA

EXE-CH:

Added +10 Armor bonus on LT, RT
Added 5% missile velocity on LT, RT
Added -15% cooldown in SO8
Removed Ballistic cooldown from SO8
Removed Energy cooldown from SO8
Added +50% Ballistic ammo to RA:
(AC/UAC/LBX 20 - Gauss)
Added +40% Ballistic ammo to RA:
(AC 2/5/10 - UAC 2/5/10 - LBX 2/5/10 - Gauss)

BUG FIXES

Missing left torso +12 armor bonus added to WHM-7S
Pulse laser duration quirk was changed to the intended pulse laser cooldown on MAD-IIC-8
Phoenix hawks 1K and 1K(S) can not equip jump jets but received Jump jet duration quirks in October. Jump jet burn time duration is now removed from the listed variants

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.

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