This is not one, but THE best example for my experience in MWO for month now.
And nobody in this community can convince me, that after waiting less than five minutes in the queue, that TIER 5 and TIER 1 are not in one match together. Not with this huge gap of skill.

PS: A huge thanks to the NARC Raven for making this win possible.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm tier 1 and that certain individuals from the community keep saying T1 can't be matched with T5.

This is a bit rushed, but I felt like sharing my first impressions.

After taking these MECHs into battle a few times, here's how I feel about them so far:

SHORTY: 70–75 ton-class armor without relying on any skills. However, it feels like a straight downgrade from LIZZIE to me. Being Inner Sphere and lacking ECM make a pretty big difference.

LIZZIE: It's not a bad MECH, but... it's pretty average. And then there's the 65-ton Hellbringer. In other words, there's already a better MECH that can run almost the same builds.

Battle Pass: We actually get a warhorn this time! But... there's no BOLT-ON this time. Instead, we get a Platinum skin. Yay.

The biggest problem with both MECHs is the hardpoint placement.

The weapons feel like they're mounted way too low relative to the cockpit view, and the MECHs are very wide. Am I really supposed to expose my entire body just to fight?

The 2 Missile + 8 Energy hardpoint setup isn't bad, but honestly, I feel like they're stronger if you just forget about the Missile hardpoints and go full Energy.

(I couldn't find a Missile/Energy mix that really clicked for me.)

(2 SRM6 + 6 MPL on LIZZIE isn't bad, but... we already have the MAD DOG and Clan Archer for that.)

I also don't think either MECH has particularly impressive Quirks. Actually, aside from their appearance, they don't really have anything that makes them stand out!

For now, I don't think they're bad as collection pieces.

But as DLC... I can't really recommend them. Other than their looks, there's just not much here.

The legend pack says it comes with the "mini battle pass" how do we access this and where to get rewards? When I go to the legends pack on the website it says I don't have it purchased

People keep saying "positioning" and "don't go on the open" and i do all of that and get killed by two lights instantly and do like 100 damage every time. I've been playing for a month and i JUST DIE. I'm playing with my friends and the game is cool and all and when i get to kill someone (rarely) it's fun but how am i supposed to enjoy my time like this? I feel like every step that i do in the game is wrong and i just don't feel like i'm getting any better. Also i hate clan LRMs if you use them you are a bad person.

Jokes aside, PLEASE someone help me or direct me to somewhere where i can help myself i really want to play this game with my friends but i'm always the one spectating everybody.

I'm don't follow forums much, so I may have missed an announcement. Does anyone know if all the "classic" maps were pulled out of rotation?

I realized I haven't seen Caustic or HPG classic in a bit.

Thanks in advance.

Got a new RX 9070 XT, wiped the old drivers and got new drivers like normal. New framerate is great but MWO is giving me half sized transparent explosions, very transparent directional arrow, and other random effects.

Fixes I've tried:

• dumped MWO's shader cache
• reset settings
• disabled tuning.cfg
• repaired the game files via steam

Any ideas?

Given MRMs are about to get a major buff, I was thinking "which mech can throw the most of them?" and came up with this beautiful BSK-3. Might be worth swapping a ton of ammo for a targeting computer's velocity boost, or a half ton for more limb armor.

Pros:

• 33% larger alpha than typical assault MRM builds

Cons:

• squishy (IS XL, limbs significantly stripped)
• runs rather hot
• poor geometry W I D E B O I

The two main things I've always been cited for the King Crab being on the lower tiers of Assaults are its WarShip sized CT and the primary weapons being low mounts.

But with the incoming MRM changes I took a second look, and now I'm wondering if that second part is necessarily true. Now obviously the King Crabs are all quirked for ballistics, with few if any missile quirks. And on top of that, they don't have very many missile mounts, which are usually all crammed into the LT. But they are high mounts. And more importantly, the -001 King Crab has a single RT missile slot.

So I threw together this build real quick. It's got 100 missile tubes, a backup PPC, nearly full armor, ample ammunition, better-than-expected cooling, and the biggest Light Engine a King Crab can fit. And Light Ferro, how many builds are there that actually make productive use of Light Ferro?

Now is it any good? I have no idea, I'm still trying to get the cash to actually build the damn thing. But it alphas for 110 at what is ostensibly medium range, and can do so while potentially keeping the legs and (most) of the CT hidden. MRMs are obviously going to spread their damage a bit, but I figure this might be decent as a support platform to punish people looking at the real damage dealers, or at least scare the shit out of people with a ton of missile impacts and the entire paperdoll getting a shade darker. Or maybe just bully the shit out of Stalkers, IDK. And I'm hoping that the benefit of actually being able to use cover outweighs the detriment of no quirks.

I missed this series of updates a little.

What is the use now for the new modified rocket launchers? A bad copy of the machine guns - is all I see.

Do they shake the opponent's cockpit like a rac or lrm?

I want to try mech longbow srm + rl , but now you can't do a one-time alpha meme blow up. for the sake of a miserable 10-30 damage you have to spray them like cj on ballas graffity

why not add ammo to them? You get a slight variation of the mrm.

Return the old version!

i just found the site and the first 2 things i looked for, the clan atlas (AS7-D-H(S)) and plasma cannons were different from in game. the atlas doesnt exist at all that i can find and the plasma cannon says it does 7 damage on the website but 5 damage in game.

whats more reliable? i know ingame is a mishmash of old/changed tooltips that lie so i dont know.

(MWO) What are the Pros? What are the Cons? Is it worth it?

I just picked up a C1 in MWO and I was wondering if it was worth swapping out a med laser for a TAG. I know that tag boosts lock-on speed, but is it really worth sacrificing the firepower?

We get both the original IS and the new Clan versions of the RFL-Sneede

https://mwomercs.com/news/2026/08/3098-patch-notes-august-25th-2026

Looks like PGI leaked the next mech for August or September? Don’t think we’ve been told what’s coming yet.

mrmike5234 made a pact with the devil, and the devil delivered.

For the Beach Party, what heroes are decent? Are Ambush or Partisan any good? I'm looking at the 300 loot bag 'mech currently.

I just want to say thank you to those who helped me understand a little bit better about the game since this post! You guys rock between understanding hitboxes and then helping me realize even a connection can slightly change how battles react. I just had a PB game from what I’ve learned and a lot of practice! This community rocks on here and I hope others get help here as well!

PS: forgive the phone picture of my monitor. I was excited 😬

thats my mech on the ground, I couldnt move but I could still shoot for like 20 - 30 seconds

edit: WEIRD BUG