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== v15.2 ==
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v17.5 (aka the "Prep Work Begins" patch) has been released to the installer. This patch is a little earlier than expected but needs to happen now so that we can start a new project.
  
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v15.2 (aka the "Holy Shit That's a Lotta Mechs" patch) has been released to the installer. This is a fairly substantial patch, so let's get to it:
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'''NEW RATTLER FIGHT!!:''' So, the Word of Blake Rattler has proven to be a brutal foe for basically everyone. This was intentional, it is the ultimate "come and get it, bitch" challenge that BTA can throw at you and is intentionally unfair. However, there's room for folks who might want to experience a Rattler fight without having their balls busted constantly. To that end, there is now a weaker Rattler that you can fight on Tukayyid, a SLDF-spec Rattler with a different model and a different weapon loadout as well as with less escorting enemies and less powerful and less numerous unit spawns. You can fight the SLDF Mk I Rattler on Tukayyid and while it's hard it's definitely more beatable. Enjoy (for real this time)!
  
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'''EVERYONE READ THIS DAMN YOUR GOD DAMN EYEHOLES:''' This patch has a new installer attached to it, you will need to download the new installer for this patch. While this is unexpected and annoying, it also comes with our next piece of big news...
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'''IMPORTANT NOTE:''' The Rattler Fight Challenge *only applies* to the OG Word of Blake Rattler fight. This new SLDF Rattler does not count for the challenge. If you're confused about "what challenge??" come to Discord and ask about it.
  
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'''READ THIS ONE TOO CURSE YOU:''' ...we have major performance upgrades! The new installer is required to install these performance upgrades. They should provide a noticeable upgrade to performance, though they will not fix the entire memory leak that the game suffers from, just helps with it. You'll definitely want these upgrades though, so go get the new installer and download BTA!
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Balar, a non-canon 70 ton Inner Sphere OmniMech styled on the Clan's Ebon Jaguar, has stealthed into combat. It is spread widely across the Great Houses and other IS powers, like the other IS omnis (such as the Avatar or Blackjack Omni). It can also be purchased at Coventry, Luthien, New Valencia, and Marduk.
  
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'''NEW SUBSYTEM:''' BTA has introduced a brand-new mechanic, named SoldiersPiratesAssassinsMercs, but we'll call it SPAM for ease of reading. SPAM is a mechanic that permits the on-the-fly dynamic adjustment of OpFor factions. What this means, in a practical sense, is that sometimes you'll drop against a faction and someone *else* fights you instead, usually mercenaries. Example: The Taurian Concordat has the famous mercenary unit the Lone Star Regiment on their payroll right now. When you drop into a contract against the Concordat, there is a chance that the Lone Star Regiment either replaces the Taurians *or* sends a support lance to back them up. This means you can fight much wider rosters of enemies and there is a much greater depth of possible enemies. If you want to read more (and you do, there's so much more SPAM does), there is an FAQ post about it with more practical examples and more details on how it all works, find it in the Discord FAQ or the FAQ on the wiki!
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Hammerhands, a canon 75 ton Inner Sphere Age of War design, has stomped into battle. This Davion-exclusive ancestor to the Warhammer is stylish as hell and is ballistic-focused, so expect big smashy autocannons and some backup lasers for good measure. You can get the Hammerhands from the Davion faction store as well as the factory on New Avalon and only Davion fields any Hammerhands variants.
  
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'''IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SPAM:''' One of the things SPAM permits me to do is to divide up the Clan factions into their front-line forces and their second-line garrision forces. In Clan fluff, the front-line galaxies get OmniMechs and don't use shitty IICs or BattleMechs because real warriors get real weapons and the second-line garrison forces get the IICs and BattleMechs and do *not* get good Omnis. BTA now reflects this, as the four Clans you can fight in combat all are divided up into their front-line and second-line factions, with appropriate units. Example: There is now Clan Jade Falcon and CJF Iota Galaxy; Clan Jade Falcon is the front-line force and Iota Galaxy is the second-line garrison boys. Jade Falcon will field their OmniMechs and their good stuff while all the IICs and garrison designs will be relegated to Iota Galaxy. This is the case for Jade Falcon, Ghost Bear, Wolf, and Nova Cat, enjoy!
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'''AMARIS FOOLS EVENT REMOVED:''' The April Fools event, Amaris' Return, has been removed from BTA with this patch. Important Note: *your save game is completely safe*. What this means is that the *event* that triggers the RWR's return has been removed and *only* the event. The actual faction of the RWR, all of the new mech variants, and all of the new weapons all remain a part of BTA so that your saves are completely secure. If you want to play in that save forever you can do so without concern of losing your game, it is completely safe. This *does* mean that if you want the RWR to exist in your game, you need to trigger the event before updating to this patch, otherwise they cannot exist in your game.
  
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'''UPDATED RESOLVE MECHANIC:''' Resolve in BTA has long been individual by pilot in terms of *use* but has been global in terms of *gaining resolve*. That changes today. Now, resolve gain is individually tracked per pilot and unit. This means that if you have a Mackie with Improved Communications, it only works for *its pilot's resolve pool*. Most resolve sources in BTA have been swapped to this (including quirks, most gear, and affinities), with a few that make sense remaining global. Generally, gear will now say if it is individual resolve gain or global resolve gain, read the descriptions closely.
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'''AMARIS GUNS NERFED:''' The Meatgrinder MG, Mercy, Death Ray, and Atom Smasher/10 have all been nerfed somewhat. This was always the plan: let Amaris be super scary with them for awhile then nerf them back to reasonable levels. They're still quite good but they're less insane now.  
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Night Chanter has arrived. This Golden Century OmniMech twist on the Crab is available from the Dark Caste! It is a 45 ton OmniMech version of the Crab. Check it out! Note: Turtrus's special Crab affinity *also* works with the Night Chanter! **Requires Flashpoint DLC**
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'''TANK PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS:''' Tanks were significantly too expensive in our last patch due to unforeseen complications with one of our core frameworks. We've done some adjustments now and while the prices are higher than they *used* to be they're now cheaper than they were in the last patch. It's a decent middle ground for now but expect tank prices to be more than they used to be 2 months ago.
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Spirit Walker is here. This Golden Century OmniMech is a Star League-era Black Knight rebuilt with Clan and OmniMech technologies. It is fielded by the Dark Caste, go get one!
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'''NEW TANKS PLAYABLE:''' The Minion Hovercraft has been added and made playable. The Arrow IV Demolisher is also playable now. The Turhan APC is also playable and carries two BA squads. Enjoy!
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The StarDrive Stiletto has skittered into play! This is an apocryphal 15-ton ultralight. It is *extremely* goofy looking and I love it. It's fielded almost exclusively by House Kurita and is even sold at Al Na'ir! Go buy one.
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'''ABILITY CLARIFICATION:''' If an ability ends your turn, it now explicitly tells you that it does. Also, Eagle Eye has been corrected to match its description properly (it was wrong).
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Mushu has lept into the fray! This is a non-canon 45 ton Inner Sphere design that's all about that CT firepower! It is the first homegrown Aurigan Coalition design and can be found in their faction store, in their factory at Mechdur, and among their forces.
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'''LIGHT PLATING BUFF:''' Light Plating only reduces armor by 10% instead of 15%, it should now technically be better than not having it.
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' Technically, the Wyvern IIC is a new chassis. It's really just a Wyvern with Clantech (and uses the same model, much like the Clint IIC does), but there you go. You can find it with Clan second-line garrison factions.
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'''FACTION SPECIALITIES UPDATED:''' Scorpion Empire/Goliath Scorpion/RWR now have proper faction specializations.
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Piledriver has arrived. This is a new 100 ton assault mech for the Sanctuary Worlds powers. It is a terrifying gunbrick, slow but heavily optimized for firepower. All the Sanctuary forces field it (and the Dane Sacellum's faction store sells it), go nick one.
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'''STARMAP UPDATED:''' Now, there should be actual map icons for every major faction that has worlds (except for ComStar). This is the light white/black icon that lives "behind" the starmap and you can see behind the worlds themselves in the center of a given faction's territory. A number of factions didn't have this but now do.
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Rattlesnake has slithered into battle! This is a 35 ton Inner Sphere mech that is a Davion fork of the Kuritan Jenner. Originally apocryphal, it was canonized recently and we have a model that works well for it. The Davions field this one and they also sell it on New Valencia.
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'''RATTLER IS UNSALVAGEABLE:''' Whoops, that's a silly goof. Now you can't salvage the bits of the Rattlers.
  
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'''NEW MECHS:''' BTA has added approximately 150 or so new variants to the spawn lists for OpFor units. All of these are taken straight out of canon sources and are mechs we were missing. Many are from the mid-3060s but since BTA is really BTA 3060s Edition these days, that was deemed fine. Included are Clan and IS mechs of all kinds, from Primitives and super-early designs from the Golden Century and Age of War all the way to cutting-edge 3060s death machines. The IS got more mechs than the Clans, but the Clans still got a good amount of stuff. Some of this has been rolled into factory stores and faction stores as appropriate. Also, there's some spicy variants out there, like the Ostroc Mk.II and an Awesome with some unique gear. Keep your eyes open, MechWarrior!
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'''HARDPOINT EXPANSION:''' A number of chassis have had their hardpoints expanded, including the following chassis: Vindicator, Locust, Jenner, Dragon, Spider, Trebuchet, Stinger, Wasp, Hornet, Enfield, Hollander I and II, Hussar, Lynx, Ostscout, Sentinel, Sha Yu, Swordsman, Toro, Victor, Helios, Hatchetman, Vulcan, Orion IIC, Mauler, Emperor, Salamander
  
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'''UPDATED MECHS:''' All Industrial Mechs, no matter what, have hardwired engine types now. People complained about them being inconsistent, so they're consistent now.
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'''SUPPORT SLOT EXPANSION:''' A *lot* of individual mechs have had their hardpoints added to in order to ensure everyone has at least 1 support hardpoint. Not going to list them all but if you notice a support hardpoint you don't remeber seeing before, it's probably new.
  
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'''UPDATED PRIMITIVE MECHS:''' The three pieces of Primitive Technology (armor, engine, cockpit) have all been updated. The Engine now gives 1 bonus evasion on movement, the Cockpit now gives +2 pilot hits, and the Armor now gives 50% incoming melee damage reduction. They still do all the bad stuff too, but they have a few perks about them now. Also, importantly, all Primitive mechs now have Primitive Armor as a *default component*, meaning you can replace it but you cannot permanently remove it to get standard armor.
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'''DROPSHIP REWARDS BOOSTED:''' The DropShip missions were made harder in an earlier patch and so to compensate for the difficulty increase we've improved the reward from those missions. Now, you get a guaranteed mech reward from the missions as well as more general gear and cash. Enjoy!
  
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'''UPDATED FACTION STORES:''' Airdrop beacons have been lightly scattered throughout various Periphery faction stores, as follows: Mech Beacon (Aurigan, Tortugan), Turret Beacon (Chainelane, Illyrian), Tank Beacon (Circinian, Lothian), Strafing Run (Hansa), Drone Beacon (Rim).
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'''SIGNIFICANT BA NERF:''' Battle Armor in-misison armor values have been nerfed universally by between 10% and 25% (which should make them a little less dangerous to fight). Additionally, and more seriously, BA weapons have almost all received a significant damage nerf, roughly 25-33% across the board. A few specific BA guns kept their damage values but for the most part they got nerfed. Also, Roll, Swat, and Erratic Maneuver de-swarm attacks have been buffed to be more effective. Generally speaking, Battle Armor are significantly too powerful and needed a nerf. Further action may be taken after more observation but for now this will do.
  
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'''UPDATED BLACK MARKET:''' Someone correctly pointed out that the mech selection in the Black Market was somewhat lacking. Well, it's god damn fixed now. The list has expanded by more than 35 possiblities, and that's before counting the Clan, Sanctuary,  or Blakist mechs that can spawn (oh, and almost every Corsair is possible now). Oh, and you can sometimes buy Pallas parts now, just in case you never managed to fully salvage it when you find it naturally. ;)
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'''ER PULSE LASER BUFFS:''' The ER Pulse Laser family needed some adjustments. It was fairly weak and underwhelming and definitely needed some love, which it has now received. Now, the ER Pulse Laser is a modal weapon. In ER Mode it is *exactly* a Clan ER Laser of the appropriate size. In Pulse Mode it adjusts to be exactly a Clan Pulse Laser of the appropriate size. The power of the ER Pulse now is flexibility: you have ER when you need reach and you have Pulse when you need accuracy. Is it the best weapon? Not really but it's at least got a niche now.
  
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'''UPDATED BATTLE ARMOR:''' The Salamander Clan BA suit is now properly resistant to fire. They're supposed to be immune and I think they are, but let us know if they're not.
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' There's some new CC here today, hurrah! Just a little bit today, two new mechs: a Huron Warrior with a new weapon, the Reverse Gauss Rifle, and a 150-ton Ironclad Superheavy variant.
  
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' Some new CC landed this patch, including Insanity PPC turrets; a new Stalker (the -3DC);
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* HMG stab damage has been slightly increased.
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* Hollander II hero, Big Iron, has had its armor updated to use extra spare tonnage.
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* Commando COM-7W is fixed and now spawns properly.
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* Virago's BA affinity for the Salamander has been fixed.
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* The Barracuda has been nerfed somewhat. It should be a little more survivable now. Emphasis on "little more".
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* Escort contract specialization is nerfed to no longer stack infinitely. Whoopsie!
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* Tolson 5Nb has its royal quirk properly applies.
  
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* Clan Endo-Steel has been brightened up in color in the mechbay a little, to hopefully make it less of a beige mess in there.
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.5 is an "update" update. In this case, read the detailed update notes above to see best practices on how to update to 17.3.
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* The Commandos, Cyclopses, and Panthers have had their engines corrected.
 
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* The Avatar's were supposed to have hardwired CASE but did not, so I've fixed that.
 
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* The IED explosions have been removed from urban ambushes so as not to destroy the ears of anyone listening. Christ on a cracker that shit was loud.
 
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* Fixed the Gulon GLN-3A's undertonnage issue.
 
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* Updated the Behemoth (the very rare Wolf's Dragoons IS version of the Stone Rhino) to be record sheet accurate since it has one now.
 
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* Fixed the Community Content AS7-RG to be drop legal since it was not.
 
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* Fixed the Black Market in the Jacobson Haven, now all their worlds properly have Black Markets.
 
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* Rotary ACs have had their minimum range removed, because they don't have min range in canon I guess?? Well, they can shoot in melee now, hope someone enjoys this responsibly.
 
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* The Perseus has been fixed as its were not particularly TT accurate and now have been made to be so. All hail the leg weapons!
 
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* The planet Hardcore is now a gameworld. Enjoy?
 
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* BattleMech Claws now do extra attacks, because claw go snibsnab.
 
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* Just so many DLL updates, you don't even know.
 
  
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v15.2 is an "update" update. In this case, clear your Mods folder manually and then run the installer, it'll do the work for you.
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.5 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
  
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v15.2 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.
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'''REMINDER:''' This update, and others like it, are made possible by my Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters. Without their support, updates would come slower and be less impactful. If you feel like being a part of the support for BTA, you can find me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves) and on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/bloodydoves)
  
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'''REMINDER:''' This update, and others like it, are made possible by my Patreon supporters. Without their support, updates would come slower and be less impactful. If you feel like being a part of the support for BTA, you can find me here: https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves
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'''REMINDER:''' Custom mod commissions are still available if you're interested. If you'd like to get your own community content added to BTA DM me, bloodydoves, and we can work something out.  
  
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'''REMINDER:''' Custom mod commissions are still available if you're interested. If you'd like to get your own community content added to BTA DM me, bloodydoves, and we can work something out.
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== BTA Light ==
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BTA Light has no changes.
  
 
= Older Patch Notes =
 
= Older Patch Notes =
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[[2024/4/26 - Patch v17.5]] - The Second Rattler patch.<br>
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[[2022/02/07 - Patch v15.2]] - The Holy Shit That's A Lotta Mechs patch.<br>
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[[2024/4/1 - Patch v17.4]] - The Amaris Fools patch.<br>
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[[2022/01/05 - Patch v15.1.2]] - The Fixes and a Spider patch.<br>
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[[2024/3/1 - Patch v17.3]] - The CAB Reorganization patch.<br>
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[[2024/2/23 - Patch v17.2]] - The Artillery Again patch.<br>
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[[2024/1/26 - Patch v17.1]] - The Welcome to 2024 patch.<br>
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[[2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0]] - The Christmas 2023 patch.<br>
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[[2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7]] - The Grab Bag patch.<br>
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[[2023/10/20 - Patch v16.6]] - The Fancy Gear patch.<br>
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[[2023/09/15 - Patch v16.5]] - The Sanctuary Expansion patch.<br>
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[[2023/08/05 - Patch v16.4]] - The Quirk-ttachment patch.<br>
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[[2023/07/07 - Patch v16.3]] - The Aurigan Directorate patch.<br>
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[[2023/05/29 - Patch v16.2]] - The 331st Division patch.<br>
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[[2023/04/24 - Patch v16.1]] - The stand-in patch.<br>
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[[2023/04/14 - Patch v16.0]] - The MechLab overhaul patch.<br>
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[[2023/04/01 - Patch v15.3.1]] - The 2023 April Fool's patch.<br>
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[[2023/03/10 - Patch v15.3]] - The SPAM expansion patch.<br>
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[[2022/02/07 - Patch v15.2]] - The SPAM introduction patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)<br>
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[[2022/01/05 - Patch v15.1.2]] - The Fixes and a Spider patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)<br>
 
[[2022/12/27 - Patch v15.1.1]] - The BD Forgot To Put Stuff in 15.1 patch.<br>
 
[[2022/12/27 - Patch v15.1.1]] - The BD Forgot To Put Stuff in 15.1 patch.<br>
 
[[2022/12/26 - Patch v15.1]] - The Minor New Mechs patch.<br>
 
[[2022/12/26 - Patch v15.1]] - The Minor New Mechs patch.<br>

Latest revision as of 17:47, 26 April 2024

v17.5 (aka the "Prep Work Begins" patch) has been released to the installer. This patch is a little earlier than expected but needs to happen now so that we can start a new project.

NEW RATTLER FIGHT!!: So, the Word of Blake Rattler has proven to be a brutal foe for basically everyone. This was intentional, it is the ultimate "come and get it, bitch" challenge that BTA can throw at you and is intentionally unfair. However, there's room for folks who might want to experience a Rattler fight without having their balls busted constantly. To that end, there is now a weaker Rattler that you can fight on Tukayyid, a SLDF-spec Rattler with a different model and a different weapon loadout as well as with less escorting enemies and less powerful and less numerous unit spawns. You can fight the SLDF Mk I Rattler on Tukayyid and while it's hard it's definitely more beatable. Enjoy (for real this time)!

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Rattler Fight Challenge *only applies* to the OG Word of Blake Rattler fight. This new SLDF Rattler does not count for the challenge. If you're confused about "what challenge??" come to Discord and ask about it.

NEW MECH: The Balar, a non-canon 70 ton Inner Sphere OmniMech styled on the Clan's Ebon Jaguar, has stealthed into combat. It is spread widely across the Great Houses and other IS powers, like the other IS omnis (such as the Avatar or Blackjack Omni). It can also be purchased at Coventry, Luthien, New Valencia, and Marduk.

NEW MECH: The Hammerhands, a canon 75 ton Inner Sphere Age of War design, has stomped into battle. This Davion-exclusive ancestor to the Warhammer is stylish as hell and is ballistic-focused, so expect big smashy autocannons and some backup lasers for good measure. You can get the Hammerhands from the Davion faction store as well as the factory on New Avalon and only Davion fields any Hammerhands variants.

AMARIS FOOLS EVENT REMOVED: The April Fools event, Amaris' Return, has been removed from BTA with this patch. Important Note: *your save game is completely safe*. What this means is that the *event* that triggers the RWR's return has been removed and *only* the event. The actual faction of the RWR, all of the new mech variants, and all of the new weapons all remain a part of BTA so that your saves are completely secure. If you want to play in that save forever you can do so without concern of losing your game, it is completely safe. This *does* mean that if you want the RWR to exist in your game, you need to trigger the event before updating to this patch, otherwise they cannot exist in your game.

AMARIS GUNS NERFED: The Meatgrinder MG, Mercy, Death Ray, and Atom Smasher/10 have all been nerfed somewhat. This was always the plan: let Amaris be super scary with them for awhile then nerf them back to reasonable levels. They're still quite good but they're less insane now.

TANK PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS: Tanks were significantly too expensive in our last patch due to unforeseen complications with one of our core frameworks. We've done some adjustments now and while the prices are higher than they *used* to be they're now cheaper than they were in the last patch. It's a decent middle ground for now but expect tank prices to be more than they used to be 2 months ago.

NEW TANKS PLAYABLE: The Minion Hovercraft has been added and made playable. The Arrow IV Demolisher is also playable now. The Turhan APC is also playable and carries two BA squads. Enjoy!

ABILITY CLARIFICATION: If an ability ends your turn, it now explicitly tells you that it does. Also, Eagle Eye has been corrected to match its description properly (it was wrong).

LIGHT PLATING BUFF: Light Plating only reduces armor by 10% instead of 15%, it should now technically be better than not having it.

FACTION SPECIALITIES UPDATED: Scorpion Empire/Goliath Scorpion/RWR now have proper faction specializations.

STARMAP UPDATED: Now, there should be actual map icons for every major faction that has worlds (except for ComStar). This is the light white/black icon that lives "behind" the starmap and you can see behind the worlds themselves in the center of a given faction's territory. A number of factions didn't have this but now do.

RATTLER IS UNSALVAGEABLE: Whoops, that's a silly goof. Now you can't salvage the bits of the Rattlers.

HARDPOINT EXPANSION: A number of chassis have had their hardpoints expanded, including the following chassis: Vindicator, Locust, Jenner, Dragon, Spider, Trebuchet, Stinger, Wasp, Hornet, Enfield, Hollander I and II, Hussar, Lynx, Ostscout, Sentinel, Sha Yu, Swordsman, Toro, Victor, Helios, Hatchetman, Vulcan, Orion IIC, Mauler, Emperor, Salamander

SUPPORT SLOT EXPANSION: A *lot* of individual mechs have had their hardpoints added to in order to ensure everyone has at least 1 support hardpoint. Not going to list them all but if you notice a support hardpoint you don't remeber seeing before, it's probably new.

DROPSHIP REWARDS BOOSTED: The DropShip missions were made harder in an earlier patch and so to compensate for the difficulty increase we've improved the reward from those missions. Now, you get a guaranteed mech reward from the missions as well as more general gear and cash. Enjoy!

SIGNIFICANT BA NERF: Battle Armor in-misison armor values have been nerfed universally by between 10% and 25% (which should make them a little less dangerous to fight). Additionally, and more seriously, BA weapons have almost all received a significant damage nerf, roughly 25-33% across the board. A few specific BA guns kept their damage values but for the most part they got nerfed. Also, Roll, Swat, and Erratic Maneuver de-swarm attacks have been buffed to be more effective. Generally speaking, Battle Armor are significantly too powerful and needed a nerf. Further action may be taken after more observation but for now this will do.

ER PULSE LASER BUFFS: The ER Pulse Laser family needed some adjustments. It was fairly weak and underwhelming and definitely needed some love, which it has now received. Now, the ER Pulse Laser is a modal weapon. In ER Mode it is *exactly* a Clan ER Laser of the appropriate size. In Pulse Mode it adjusts to be exactly a Clan Pulse Laser of the appropriate size. The power of the ER Pulse now is flexibility: you have ER when you need reach and you have Pulse when you need accuracy. Is it the best weapon? Not really but it's at least got a niche now.

COMMUNITY CONTENT: There's some new CC here today, hurrah! Just a little bit today, two new mechs: a Huron Warrior with a new weapon, the Reverse Gauss Rifle, and a 150-ton Ironclad Superheavy variant.

  • HMG stab damage has been slightly increased.
  • Hollander II hero, Big Iron, has had its armor updated to use extra spare tonnage.
  • Commando COM-7W is fixed and now spawns properly.
  • Virago's BA affinity for the Salamander has been fixed.
  • The Barracuda has been nerfed somewhat. It should be a little more survivable now. Emphasis on "little more".
  • Escort contract specialization is nerfed to no longer stack infinitely. Whoopsie!
  • Tolson 5Nb has its royal quirk properly applies.

IMPORTANT: v17.5 is an "update" update. In this case, read the detailed update notes above to see best practices on how to update to 17.3.

IMPORTANT: v17.5 is not a save breaking update, your saves are compatible and will work fine.

REMINDER: This update, and others like it, are made possible by my Patreon and Ko-Fi supporters. Without their support, updates would come slower and be less impactful. If you feel like being a part of the support for BTA, you can find me on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bloodydoves) and on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/bloodydoves)

REMINDER: Custom mod commissions are still available if you're interested. If you'd like to get your own community content added to BTA DM me, bloodydoves, and we can work something out.


BTA Light

BTA Light has no changes.

Older Patch Notes

2024/4/26 - Patch v17.5 - The Second Rattler patch.
2024/4/1 - Patch v17.4 - The Amaris Fools patch.
2024/3/1 - Patch v17.3 - The CAB Reorganization patch.
2024/2/23 - Patch v17.2 - The Artillery Again patch.
2024/1/26 - Patch v17.1 - The Welcome to 2024 patch.
2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0 - The Christmas 2023 patch.
2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7 - The Grab Bag patch.
2023/10/20 - Patch v16.6 - The Fancy Gear patch.
2023/09/15 - Patch v16.5 - The Sanctuary Expansion patch.
2023/08/05 - Patch v16.4 - The Quirk-ttachment patch.
2023/07/07 - Patch v16.3 - The Aurigan Directorate patch.
2023/05/29 - Patch v16.2 - The 331st Division patch.
2023/04/24 - Patch v16.1 - The stand-in patch.
2023/04/14 - Patch v16.0 - The MechLab overhaul patch.
2023/04/01 - Patch v15.3.1 - The 2023 April Fool's patch.
2023/03/10 - Patch v15.3 - The SPAM expansion patch.
2022/02/07 - Patch v15.2 - The SPAM introduction patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)
2022/01/05 - Patch v15.1.2 - The Fixes and a Spider patch. (this patch took place in 2023, the link is just wrong)
2022/12/27 - Patch v15.1.1 - The BD Forgot To Put Stuff in 15.1 patch.
2022/12/26 - Patch v15.1 - The Minor New Mechs patch.
2022/12/12 Patch v15.0 - The Sanctuary Worlds patch.
2022/10/5 Patch v14.4 - The Station Keeping patch.
2022/8/31 Patch v14.3.1 - Hotfix
2022/8/30 Patch v14.3 - The Electronic Warfare patch.
2022/8/18 Patch v14.2 - The C3 patch.
2022/8/1 Patch v14.1.1 - The Albatross/Koschei/Mercury II hotfix/patch.
2022/7/22 Patch v14.1 - The X-Quads Are REALLY Cool patch.
2022/6/24 Patch v14.0 - The 3-Year Anniversary patch.
2022/5/19 Patch v13.4.1 - The Quads Are Still Cool patch.
2022/5/12 Patch v13.4 - The Mech-Pocalypse and SAD patch.
2022/4/14 Patch v13.3 - The weather, airlifting, resupplying, and damage reduction patch.
2022/3/13 Patch v13.2.1 - The fistful of c-bills patch
2022/3/10 Patch v13.2 - The salvage rebalance patch
2022/2/11 Patch v13.1 - Bug fixins
2022/2/7 Patch v13.0 - Lots of BA, lots of other stuff. Save breaking patch
2022/1/1 Patch v12.1.2 - Hotfix
2021/12/31 Patch v12.1.1 - Hotfix
2021/12/30 Patch v12.1 - The drone and tank update
2021/12/25 Patch v.12.0.1 - Hotfix
2021/12/14 Patch v12.0 - The Christmas event update
2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.3 - Hotfix
2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.2 - Hotfix
2021/11/16 - Patch v11.4.1 - The Solaris update update
2021/11/3 - Patch v11.4 - The Solaris/BA update
2021/10/8 - Patch v11.3 - The artillery update
2021/9/26 - Patch v11.2 - Strafing runs and heat balances
2021/9/5 - Patch v11.1.1 - Hotfix
2021/9/5 - Patch v11.1 - The vehicle crew skill tree update
2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.3 - Hotfix
2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.2 - Hotfix
2021/8/9 - Patch v11.0.1 - Hotfix
2021/8/8 - Patch v11.0 - The Airdrop Beacon patch
2021/7/10 - Patch v10.5.1 - Hotfix
2021/7/10 - Patch v10.5 - The Resolve rework patch
2021/6/24 - Patch v10.4 - The Hoplite/Dig King/Ostscout/Toyama + new installer patch
2021/6/2 - Patch v10.3 - The WoB patch
2021/5/18 - Patch v10.2 - The Minsk patch
2021/5/3 - Patch v10.1 - The Von Rohrs patch
2021/4/24 - Patch v10 - The playable tanks + save breaking patch
2021/4/2 - Patch v9.4.1 - Hotfix
2021/3/31 - Patch v9.4 - The House Arano invades Terra/Community Content patch
2021/3/13 - Patch v9.3 - The WarTech IIC patch
2021/3/7 - Patch v9.2 - The bug fix patch
2021/2/27 - Patch v9.1 - Hotfix
2021/2/27 - Patch v9.0 - The Quad 'Mech patch
2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5.2 - Hotfix
2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5.1 - Hotfix
2021/2/13 - Patch v8.5 - The Zeppelin patch
2021/1/30 - Patch v8.4 - The Pilot Specializations patch
2021/1/17 - Patch v8.3 - The Clan Nova Cat/Diamond Shark + LAM AirMech mode patch
2021/1/2 - Patch v8.2 - The shop fix + ExcavatorMech patch
2020/12/21 - Patch v8.1 - Hotfix
2020/12/21 - Patch v8.0 - The Battle Armor patch
2020/11/25 - Patch v7.7.1 - Hotfix
2020/11/25 - Patch v7.7 - The Brigand/Mantis/Sha Yu/Enfield/Bombardier patch
2020/11/8 - Patch v7.6 - The new variants for lots of mechs patch
2020/11/2 - Patch v7.5.1 - Hotfix
2020/10/30 - Patch v7.5 - The TisButAScratch patch
2020/10/18 - Patch v7.4.1
2020/10/17 - Patch v7.4
2020/10/6 - Patch v7.3.3
2020/10/4 - Patch v7.3.2
2020/10/3 - Patch v7.3
2020/9/23 - Patch v7.2.1
2020/9/21 - Patch v7.2
2020/9/6 - Patch v7.1
2020/8/21 - Patch v7.0
2020/8/11 - Patch v6.4.1
2020/8/9 - Patch v6.4
2020/7/26 - Patch v6.3
2020/7/19 - Patch v6.2
2020/7/6 - Patch v6.1
2020/6/25 - Patch v6.0.1
2020/6/24 - Patch v6.0
2020/6/6 - Patch v5.5.2
2020/6/2 - Patch v5.5.1
2020/6/2 - Patch v5.5
2020/5/19 - Patch v5.4
2020/5/4 - Patch v5.3
2020/4/23 - Patch v5.2
2020/4/19 - Patch v5.1
2020/4/15 - Patch v5.0
2020/4/8 - Patch v4.6
2020/4/2 - Patch v4.5.1
2020/4/3 - Patch v4.5
2020/3/11 - Patch v4.4
2020/2/20 - Patch v4.3
2020/2/9 - Patch v4.2.2
2020/2/9 - Patch v4.2.1
2020/2/9 - Patch v4.2
2020/1/25 - Patch v4.1
2020/1/18 - Patch v4.0
2020/1/8 - Patch v3.9.5
2020/1/2 - Patch v3.9.4
2020/1/1 - Patch v3.9.3
2020/1/1 - Patch v3.9
2019/12/22 - Patch v3.8
2019/12/14 - Patch v3.7.4
2019/11/17 - Patch v3.6.1
2019/11/17 - Patch v3.6
2019/11/9 - Patch v3.5.1
2019/11/9 - Patch v3.5
2019/11/1 - Patch v3.4
2019/10/27 - Patch v3.3
2019/10/23 - Patch v3.2.1
2019/10/20 - Patch v3.2
2019/10/11 - Patch v3.1.2
2019/10/6 - Patch v3.1.1
2019/10/6 - Patch v3.1
2019/9/29 - Patch v3.0.2
2019/9/20 - Patch v3.0
2019/9/9 - Patch v2.9.2
2019/8/28 - Patch v2.9
2019/8/12 - Patch v2.8
2019/8/4 - Patch v2.7
2019/8/4 - Patch v2.6.2
2019/7/29 - Patch v2.6
2019/7/20 - Patch v2.5
2019/7/14 - Patch v2.4
2019/7/10 - Patch v2.3
2019/7/3 - Patch v2.2
2019/7/3 - Patch v2.1
2019/6/29 - Patch v2.0
2019/6/29 - Patch v1.4
2019/6/26 - Patch v1.3
2019/6/25 - Patch v1.2

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