UPDATE

Greetings MechWarriors,

Boom! Banshee is here! The “La Malinche” Banshee hero leads the charge of this Assault Mech. This Hero ‘Mech is available now for MC and comes equipped with serious fire power and 30% C-Bill boost. The Standard Variants of the Banshee chassis will be available for MC on the 11th and C-Bills on the 18th. The same goes for the Wolverine! Soon you will be able to pilot this Phoenix collection 'Mech which will be available for MC on the 11th and C-Bills on the 18th.

We have a new Champion in our line up of trial mechs. The Cataphract CTF-3D© take it for a spin and decide if this mech is for you. It will be available for MC on the 11th and comes with a 10%XP boost so you can level this mech fast.

DirectX 11 is now supported! So if you have a DirectX 11 capable video card check out your video options. We will continue to add and enable DX11 features within the game and content as we move forward.

Turret! Turret! The rest of the Assault maps have had turrets added to them so be careful out there. Jump jets get an overhaul and it looks like some of us will need to add some J.J.'s back into our mechs.

There are a hand full of great bug fixes as well so read on!

See you on the battlefield,
Matt Newman


Content

New Hero Mech
"La Malinche" BNC-LM




Tonnage: 95
Engine: 380 XL

Top Speed: 64.8 kph
Max Engine Rating: 400
Torso Movement:

110 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.
Arm Movement:

20 degrees to each side.
30 degrees up and down.
Armor: 560 (Standard)
Internal Structure: Endo-Steel
Weapons & Equipment:

Head: Small Pulse Laser
Left Arm: PPC
Left Torso: AC/10, Medium Pulse Laser
Right Torso: LRM 15
Right Arm: Large Pulse Laser
Hardpoints:

Head: 1 Energy
Left Arm: 1 Energy
Left Torso: 1 Ballistic, 1 Energy
Center Torso: 1 AMS
Right Torso: 1 Missile
Right Arm: 1 Energy


Heat Sinks: 16 Double


Jump Jets: 0 (0 Max)


ECM Capable?: No


Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Huge
Quirks: 10% lower torso twist speed.
30% C-Bill Bonus


New Trial Champion Mech



Cataphract CTF-3D©




Tonnage: 70
Engine: 280 Standard

Top Speed: 64.8 kph
Max Engine Rating: 340
Torso Movement:

90 degrees to each side.
20 degrees up and down.
Arm Movement:

20 degrees to each side.
30 degrees up and down.
Armor: 368 (Standard)
Internal Structure: Endo-Steel
Weapons & Equipment:

Left Arm: Medium Laser
Left Torso: Large Laser
Right Torso: Large Laser, LB 10-X AC
Right Arm: Medium Laser
Hardpoints:

Left Arm: 1 Energy
Left Torso: 1 Energy, 1 AMS
Right Torso: 1 Energy, 1 Ballistic
Right Arm: 1 Energy, 1 Ballistic


Heat Sinks: 16 Double


Jump Jets: 1 (4 Max)


ECM Capable?: No


Module Slots: 2
Movement Archetype: Medium


DX11


DirectX 11 is now supported.


Front End


Tutorial popup will trigger once per user. This is stored in the user directory and will be triggered again if the user folder was deleted or reinstalled.


Performance


Default system setting set to Medium.
Please note that enabling MSAA in DX11 can drop fps by 20+ fps this is an expensive technique for high end PCs.


Gameplay


All maps now have turrets in Assault Mode.
Jump Jet Fixes and Updates:

Jump Jets will now have slower turning rates based on the class of Jump Jets equipped and the 'Mech's base turning speed.
Heavies and Assaults will notice this the most as they will not be able to snap turn as fast as they used to.
Medium 'Mechs will barely notice the change.
Light 'Mechs will not notice any change.
There is now a significant difference between bringing full Jump Jets and 1 Jump Jet and there is a linear scale to them based on the number equipped to the 'Mech.
The issue of 1 Jump Jet providing nearly the same amount of thrust as 3 Jump Jets is no longer the case.


Bug Fixes


Fixed an issue where large Friends lists took a long time to display.
Weapon Range Modules now affect Artemis Weapons.
Testing Grounds are now affected by players' Pilot Modules and Mech Efficiencies.
Devices now enumerate correctly on Windows 8 using DX11.
Window Sizes now work correctly on Windows 8 using DX11.
Fixed a bug in the hardware skinning shader that could impact Radeon Users.


Known Issues


nVidia 3D Vision is not currently supported.
nVidia TXAA is not currently supported.


We thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!



- The MechWarrior® Online™ Team

Also ich finde, so alles in allem betrachtet: nix.
Vielleicht ein paar FPS, aber ansonsten sehe ich keinen Unterschied.

Du stellst das Werbevideo ein nachdem ich drei Runden mit der Kiste schon gespielt habe... echt schnell

Ich würd auch sagen es bringt nix. PGI hat aber schon im Vorfeld angekündigt, dass es (noch) nichts bringt (außer Mehraufwand).
So wie ich das verstanden habe ist das eher eine Option für die Zukunft.

Ich finde, den Banshee erkenne ich nicht...

Also persönlich hab ich den Eindruck, das meine FPS unter DX11 sogar etwas gesunken sind.
Besonders bei schnellen Schwenks, bricht mir die FPS Rate ziemlich heftig ein, von durchschnittlich 35/40 auf 20/25 FPS. Ich teste das aber nochmal genauer. Nervig find ich jetzt, das man bei äbderungen am Setting, den Client neu Starten muss. War vorher nicht nötig.