{"id":1242,"date":"2013-10-15T19:01:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T01:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2013-10-15T19:01:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T01:01:10","slug":"unleash-the-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1242","title":{"rendered":"Unleash the Phoenix!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the 15th&#8230; and that means it&#8217;s time for the folks over at MechWarrior Online to unleash the Project Phoenix &#8216;Mechs upon us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1243\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=1243\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ScreenShot0053\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-1024x576.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1243\" alt=\"ScreenShot0053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-642x362.jpg 642w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053-128x72.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0053.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you pre-ordered Project Phoenix all the &#8216;Mechs in your package are now in your &#8216;MechBay. \u00c2\u00a0If you didn&#8217;t pre-order, you can still purchase it, and the &#8216;Mechs will be delivered with the next maintenance after your order.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because we got through all 3 tiers of the PP Loyalty program, we also got the &#8216;Flame&#8217; pattern (now renamed to Hot Rod), the tier cockpit item, and the PP colors to use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Didn&#8217;t preorder, but still want to take a PP &#8216;Mech for a spin? \u00c2\u00a0You&#8217;re in luck! The Locust is available for both MC and C-Bills today now too!<\/p>\n<p>There are a few non PP related items in today&#8217;s patch as well. \u00c2\u00a0 A few Halloween cosmetic items:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1244\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=1244\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ScreenShot0054\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-300x168.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-1024x576.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1244\" alt=\"ScreenShot0054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"598\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-642x362.jpg 642w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054-128x72.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ScreenShot0054.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prices are a little higher than I&#8217;d like for a cosmetic, but not too bad.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a sale on camo patterns for Locusts with today&#8217;s patch!<\/p>\n<p>A few bug fixes\/Weapon tweaks as well.. (Artillery\/Air Strike may actually be worth taking now that their damage has been quadrupled).<\/p>\n<p>Full patch notes available <a href=\"http:\/\/mwomercs.com\/forums\/topic\/139548-oct-15th-servers-live-with-patchnotes\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (and after the jump). \u00c2\u00a0Patch up, mount up, and join the swarm of Phoenix &#8216;Mechs that are sure to be overrunning every map!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre id=\"patchNotes\">Patch Number:  1.2.249\r\n\r\nChange Log\r\n\r\nGreetings MechWarriors!\r\n\r\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an exciting day! Today we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re releasing pre-ordered content to all players who purchased Project Phoenix. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re among the first to pilot these mean machines! Project Phoenix is still on sale for a limited time with an end-date to be announced soon. Moving forward, Project Phoenix packages will be delivered during the regular maintenance period following your order (typically Tuesdays and Fridays around 10am PDT). We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re already drooling over Sabre Reinforcements...\r\n\r\nPhoenix Loyalty Rewards hit the third and final phase, which means you're getting extra goodies as a small token of our gratitude. Please note the \"Flame\" pattern has been renamed Hotrod. Project Phoenix Faction Medallions can be claimed by visiting your profile on the website and selecting your preferred medallions.\r\n\r\nMore about today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s patch:\r\n\r\nHalloween items have arrived! Deck out your cockpit with some spooky business. I'm excited to pilot my BattleMaster with our raging Hotrod skin and a smiling pumpkin to keep me company.\r\n\r\nWe've been reading your feedback and have tweaked the end-of-round screen. We hope you'll find that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easier to read the breakdown with this revision. Bug fixes include a slew of map stuck bugs and visual issues, so be sure to check out those in the verbose notes below.\r\n\r\nOur special thanks to everyone who continues to submit feedback and bug reports. We've seen posts from many players giving us their suggestions from all over our forums, tickets and social media and we can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reiterate enough how much we appreciate your contributions.\r\n\r\nAnd of course, a huge thanks to our Talon, Storm, Guardian, and Overlord owners for your overwhelming support.\r\n\r\nTonight we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be raising a glass to you\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and then we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be blasting-out your cockpit.\r\n\r\nSee you on the Battlefield!\r\n\r\nContent\r\n\r\nNew Mechs \r\n\r\nLocust LCT-1V\r\n\r\n    - Tonnage:  20\r\n    - Engine:  160 Standard\r\n        - Top Speed:  129.6 kph\r\n        - Max Engine Rating:  190\r\n    - Torso Movement:\r\n        - 130 degrees to each side.\r\n        - 20 degrees up and down.\r\n    - Arm Movement:\r\n        - 0 degrees to each side.\r\n        - 60 degrees up and down.\r\n    - Armor:  128 (Standard)\r\n    - Internal Structure: Standard\r\n    - Weapons &amp; Equipment:\r\n        - Left Arm: Machine Gun\r\n        - Center Torso: Medium Laser\r\n        - Right Arm:  Machine Gun\r\n    - Hardpoints:\r\n        - Left Arm:  2 Ballistic\r\n        - Center Torso:  1 Energy\r\n        - Right Torso:  1 AMS\r\n        - Right Arm:  2 Ballistic\r\n    - Heat Sinks:  10 Single\r\n    - Jump Jets:  0 (0 Max)\r\n    - ECM Capable?:  No\r\n    - Module Slots:  2\r\n    - Movement Archetype: Tiny\r\n\r\nLocust LCT-3M\r\n\r\n    - Tonnage:  20\r\n    - Engine:  160 Standard\r\n        - Top Speed:  129.6 kph\r\n        - Max Engine Rating:  190\r\n    - Torso Movement:\r\n        - 130 degrees to each side.\r\n        - 20 degrees up and down.\r\n    - Arm Movement:\r\n        - 0 degrees to each side.\r\n        - 60 degrees up and down.\r\n    - Armor:  106 (Ferro-Fibrous)\r\n    - Internal Structure: Endo Steel\r\n    - Weapons &amp; Equipment:\r\n        - Left Arm: Small Laser x2, AMS\r\n        - Left Torso: CASE\r\n        - Center Torso: Medium Laser\r\n        - Right Arm:  Small Laser x2\r\n    - Hardpoints:\r\n        - Left Arm:  2 Energy, 1 AMS\r\n        - Center Torso:  1 Energy\r\n        - Right Torso:  1 AMS\r\n        - Right Arm:  2 Energy\r\n    - Heat Sinks:  10 Single\r\n    - Jump Jets:  0 (0 Max)\r\n    - ECM Capable?:  No\r\n    - Module Slots:  2\r\n    - Movement Archetype: Tiny\r\n\r\nLocust LCT-3S\r\n\r\n    - Tonnage:  20\r\n    - Engine:  160 Standard\r\n        - Top Speed:  129.6 kph\r\n        - Max Engine Rating:  190\r\n    - Torso Movement:\r\n        - 130 degrees to each side.\r\n        - 20 degrees up and down.\r\n    - Arm Movement:\r\n        - 0 degrees to each side.\r\n    - 60 degrees up and down.\r\n        - Armor:  88 (Ferro-Fibrous)\r\n    - Internal Structure: Endo Steel\r\n    - Weapons &amp; Equipment:\r\n        - Left Arm: Streak SRM 2\r\n        - Left Torso: CASE\r\n        - Center Torso: Medium Laser\r\n        - Right Arm:  Streak SRM 2\r\n    - Hardpoints:\r\n        - Left Arm:  2 Missile\r\n        - Center Torso:  1 Energy\r\n        - Right Torso:  1 AMS\r\n        - Right Arm:  2 Missile\r\n    - Heat Sinks:  10 Single\r\n    - Jump Jets:  0 (0 Max)\r\n    - ECM Capable?:  No\r\n    - Module Slots:  2\r\n    - Movement Archetype: Tiny\r\n\r\n'Mech Customization:\r\n\r\n    - Halloween Cockpit items.\r\n    - New Hot Rod skin.\r\n\r\nGameplay\r\n\r\nLight Mech Tuning\r\n\r\n    - Commando COM-1B, -1D, -3A:\r\n        - Increased maximum engine size to 240\r\n        - Increased turning rate by 10%\r\n        - Increased maximum reverse speed to 75% of forward speed\r\n    - Commando COM-TDK:\r\n        - Increased maximum engine size to 240\r\n    - Raven RVN-2X, -4X:\r\n        - Increased maximum engine size to 275\r\n        - Increased turning rate by 10%\r\n    - Spider SDR-5K, -5K(C), -5V:\r\n        - Increased maximum engine size to 285\r\n        - Increased maximum reverse speed to 75% of forward speed\r\n\r\nWeapons\r\n\r\n    - Impact shake when being hit by the following weapons has been reduced:\r\n        - AC\/5, SRM\/4,SSRM\/2, LB10-X\r\n    - Impact shake when being hit by the following weapons has been increased:\r\n        - AC\/20, AC\/10\r\n    - Airstrike damage per shell has been increased from 10 up to 40.\r\n    - Artillery damage per shell has been increased from 10 up to 40.\r\n\r\nPerformance\r\n\r\n    - Remade LODs for several 'Mechs\r\n    - Bug Fixes\r\n    - Atlas Founder head hitbox returned to normal size (left eye) for all weapon types.\r\n    - Streak SRMs no longer target the Blackjack's center torso exclusively.\r\n    - Fixed an issue where users could see out of world when using 3rd person near a vertical piece of terrain.\r\n    - Moving the reticle away from a targeted 'Mech will decay the lock-on once again.\r\n    - Fixed a slew of map stuck bugs and visual issues.\r\n    - Fixed an issue where certain 'Mech components would return a wrong index when they were hit with a ballistic or missiles, this would result in dealing damage to the wrong component.\r\n    - Fixed a few collision issues on the Trebuchet and Hunchback.\r\n\r\nGeneral\r\n\r\n    - Updated the Match Summary screen for improved clarity &amp; readability.\r\n    - The First Victory of the Day XP reward is now calculated after Premium Time and `Mech bonuses are applied.\r\n\r\nWe thank you for your patience and we look forward to seeing you on the battlefield!\r\n\r\nThe MechWarrior\u00c2\u00ae Online\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 Team<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the 15th&#8230; and that means it&#8217;s time for the folks over at MechWarrior Online to unleash the Project Phoenix &#8216;Mechs upon us! &nbsp; &nbsp; If you pre-ordered Project Phoenix <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1242\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Unleash the Phoenix!   #MWO","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[21],"tags":[29],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BPLE-k2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}