Mechwarrior Online

Friday, March 15, 2013

HEAVY 'MECH MADNESS

I've got the POWER! It's gettin' It's gettin' Its' gettin' kinda heavy!... bonus points for anyone who recognizes that!

This month is all about Heavy 'Mechs, so it goes without saying that we have a sale on select Heavy 'Mechs, Heavy 'mech Tiger Pattern, and the colour green. Yes the colour green is heavy, just trust me on that.
We also have 7-day premium time on sale so you can be rolling in green, while you are rolling in green. Yes C-Bills are green, just trust me on that. Here are all the details!

Heavy Mech Madness

This sale is effective March 15th 10am PDT to March 19th 10am PDT

7-Day Premium Time 40% off reg. 1250

NOW 750

30% off the

price of the following Heavy 'Mechs

Cataphract
- CTF-1X reg. 2385 NOW 1669
- CTF-4X reg. 2095 NOW 1466
Catapult
- CPLT-A1 reg. 2230 NOW 1561
- CPLT-C1 reg. 2325 NOW 1627
Dragon
- DRG-1N reg. 1935 NOW 1354
- DRG-5N reg. 2040 NOW 1428

Heavy 'Mechs Tiger Stripe Perm 50% Off

Cataphract reg. 750 NOW 375
Catapult reg. 750 NOW 375
Dragon reg. 750 NOW 375

Premium Green Color Pallet 50% off reg. 1000

NOW 500!

Featured colours are : Epidote, Xanh, Mantis, Ogopogo, Volkonskoite, Moegi, Zeleno, Pigment, lachani, Phthalo, Evergreen, and Chrome Oxide.

'MECH LOVE, NOT WAR

Greetings MechWarriors!

We have an awesome sale for you this weekend! We have a whole bunch of things on sale, and we think we may just have something for everyone! Want a Yen-Lo-Wang? Done! Don’t have the Hula Girl yet? Here you go! Tons of XP you need to convert? Bam, you’ve got it! Oh, you want to get more XP to level that last Cicada, and transfer the extra 80,000 from your CDA-2A? How about a free day added to your premium time this weekend? Shapow, bam, done! So let’s take a look at exactly what is happening here!

(Offer Available Feb 15th 10am PST to Feb 19th 10am PST)

Double XP Conversion:

One (1) MC = 50 XP converted to GXP!

30% Off:

The Yen-Lo-Wang!

50% Off:

The Hula Girl cockpit item!

Free:

One (1) Day of Premium Time, redeemable this Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday! (15th to 19th) - just go here and click the link!

So if you want to convert your Jenner's massive extra XP to GXP, now is the perfect time! If your cockpit is feeling a little lonely, we recommend the Hula Girl! Want to fill out that Centurion lineup? Go grab that Yen-Lo-Wang! And because we love all of you, you can now go here to redeem your one free day of premium time this weekend! Get it now, because on February 19th at 10am PST it will be done, over, finished!

See you on the battlefield,
The MechWarrior Online Team

DISGUISE, CAMOFLAGE, CONCEALMENT...

(12 February 3050)

There’s mild irony if you dig out chunks o’ the word “Maskirovka.” In a State where the high ‘n mighty at the top demand a cultish reverence for all things Chinese, that the secret police ensurin’ foreheads are kissing ground when ever a Liao walks by is named after a Russian word…. Wonder how many Chancellors chewed their tongues bloody wishing they could go back in time and change that, um, “cultural” misstep…bet you twenty Lyra to a C-bill ol’ Max did…every other night.

But gents, seriously, despite poking fun here, the Maskirovka are no laughin’ matter. Read last month Sian University is all in an uproar over teacher’ arrest over “sedition against the state.”

I boggled. That’s right…I looked the word up, gents…boggled. Not that some tweed-jacket-wearing pencil pusher was dragged out of his bed at 3AM and likely will never put eyeballs on a sun again. No…boggled these students, especially at the Sian University, would find this sorta thing gettin’ their undies all bunched up.

Par for the course, gents. Par…for…the…course. You live in a police State, you best expect that police State to come a knocking…well, any time.

And that’s doubly true if you’re a merc that takes that contract. Sure, there’s time ‘ol Capella is desperate enough to offer what feels like pretty sweet contract terms. I’ve even dealt with mercs that slip in and out of the green curtain none worse for the ware. But if there’s one place that’s got potential to be worse than dealing with pirates in the deep…it’s House Liao. They may not cut themselves for lookin’ atch like the snakes…but they’re still lookin’ down their nose like you’re a bug…and if you catch their attention, they might just send over some Russian exterminators.

You been warned.

Keep it locked and loaded, gents.

—Jacob Hardenson, MercNet

Saturday, January 26, 2013

WEEKLY REVIEW - 25TH OF JANUARY

Weekly Review – Jan. 25th

Hey guys, weekly update here, lots of news all over the place!

We’ve got a sale on the MC cost on non-Hero Dragons, which started today at 10am PST, and will go until 10am January 28th. If you’ve been looking at a particular Dragon you’d like to get, now’s the time!

Yesterday we added a new desktop wallpaper, this time of the new Spider, in flight! Love the image, and I really do find the little guy fun to watch. Annoying to hit, yes, but fun to watch!

Oh yeah, we had that whole patch thing too! People are reporting a much easier time hitting fast moving targets, and in general that the game feels ‘smoother.’ We’re really happy with it, and if you haven’t yet, go give it a try!

With that patch we also got our newest Hero Mech – the Death’s Knell. A quick moving, hard to hit, four arm laser’d Commando we’ve all come to love. If you love the Commando chassis, or want to try one with four lasers in the arms, this is your Mech!

Bryan went and updated the Content Roadmap, as well as the Feature Roadmap, so if you’re curious what’s coming down the pipeline, go check those out!

Also, today we will be having the Twitch event at 6pm PST (I will sadly be unable to attend, but will be playing sporadically throughout the day.) I hope you all still tune in, and sync up your drops! It’s great seeing players new and old participate, and we can all see whatever bizarre paint scheme Phil is using this week. Oh, and about those events: We’ve locked our times for them in, and we will have a page on our website specifically for the twitch events. They will be:

Monday: 9am PST to 11am PST
Tuesday: 2pm PST to 4pm PST
Thursday: 9am PST to 11am PST
Friday: 6pm PST to 8pm PST

Thanks for tuning in, and we hope you all have a great weekend!

Cheers,
The MechWarrior Online Team

ISN NEWSFLASH

Fri. Jan 25, 3050: Media outlet in Capellan Confederation summarily shutdown after alluding to “strange behaviors” of Kali Liao.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

DESKTOP WALLPAPER: THE SPIDER!

Hey everyone; as you know we recently added the spider. And as you may also know, it is quite famous for jumpjetting all over the place, causing all sorts of shenanigans. This particular wallpaper is highlights this, and frankly is just cool.

I imagine this was taken as the pilot soared from capture point to capture point, frustrating enemies until they legged him.

We hope you guys like it, and let us know what you think!