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v17.0 (aka the "Merry Christmas 2023!" patch) has been released to the installer. This patch is actually quite chunky and is a Save-Breaking Patch, so be sure to read closely!!
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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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'''IMPORTANT AS HELL READ THIS AT ALL COSTS:''' This patch is a *SAVE-BREAKING PATCH*. This means your old saves are not compatible and you *will* need to start a new career. This was a good time to cause a save-break as we've been storing up various changes that needed a breaking patch and figured that rounding out 2023 with a clean slate for everyone was a good time to do things. This is our fifth save-break ever and the only one in 2023 so I think we're doing just fine on that front.
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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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'''ALSO HIGHLY IMPORTANT:''' You *do not* need a new installer for v16.8. Your current installer (which is v1.2.0) will work just fine. If you don't have the installer right now, be sure to go download it again from the wiki.
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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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'''MERRY CHRISTMAS!!:''' As is tradition, there's a new Christmas event this year! Set to trigger on 12/24/3064, you'll get a shot at some stocking stuffers if you play your cards right. ;) Merry Christmas, one and all!
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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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'''DROP SLOT ADJUSTMENTS:''' This one is a big one so it gets top billing. BTA has adjusted its drop slot configuration with this patch. Over the years, there's been a semi-regular sentiment among players that they'd like some more flexibility in the deployment slots so that all tank or all mech playthroughs are more supported. After great consideration, I've decided to accomodate this sentiment and make all tank or all mech playthroughs more viable. Starting with this patch, BTA's deployment slots now are the following:
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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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* Lance 1: 6 mech/tank slots (start with 4, unlock 2 via Argo upgrades)
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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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* Lance 2: 6 mech/tank slots (start with 2, unlock 4 via Argo upgrades)
 
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* Lance 3: 4 BA only slots (start with 2, unlock 2 via Argo Upgrades)
 
  
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'''NEW MECH:''' The Slagmaiden, a 55-ton mixtech Wolf-in-Exile arena mech, has come to play. Armed with a huge BattleMech Shield as well as an array of good duelist weapons (including Clantech and unique shield weaponry seen nowhere else), the Slagmaiden (and its hero variant, the Shieldmaiden) appears in the gameworld arenas as well as the mech foundries on Arc-Royal where it can be purchased.
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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 Blackbeard, a heavily quirked pirate Atlas, complete with pegleg, cutlass, and ~~parrot~~Raven on the shoulder, has lumbered into play. This is a Black Market-exclusive design and must be purchased from the BM. It's a lot of fun to use, give it a shot!
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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 Shankey and the Groovy, two quirky pirate light mechs based on the Commando and the Panther respectively, have come to party. These are both also Black Market-exclusive designs and have to be purchased from the BM. And yes, Groovy comes with his Boomstick.
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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 Yeager, named for famous test pilot Chuck Yeager, has stomped into combat. This experimental test chassis mounts a mammoth Experimental Assault Gauss and brings it to bear with ruthless efficiency. You can buy it at Hesperus II (if you're friends with the Lyrans) or you can sometimes see it fielded by the elite 6th Lyran Guards.
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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 Yazata, a 130-ton Word of Blake superheavy OmniMech and master of the Celestials, has hotdropped onto the battlefield. It is fielded rarely by the Word of Blake's Shadow Divisions and can be purchased from their faction store.
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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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'''MAJOR MECH FIX:''' Thanks to a community member's persistence and dedication, we've now properly adjusted Clan Ferro-Fibrous to grant the correct free tonnage. We've also adjusted all mechs that use Clan Ferro to have updated proper loadouts accordingly. This was quite an undertaking and C337Skymaster was very helpful when doing it, so big props to him!
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'''FACTION SPECIALITIES UPDATED:''' Scorpion Empire/Goliath Scorpion/RWR now have proper faction specializations.
  
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'''NEW VARIANTS:''' There are quite a few new mech variants floating around. The Gladiator and Phoenix chassis received some upgraded versions; there's a new Word of Blake Panther with a wacky af loadout; there's a Star League-era Stalker; a rare introtech Zeus; several new Warhammers; a new (very bad) Hatchetman that took *far* too much effort to get stats for; there's a Centurion/Crusader/Griffin/Longbow/Salamander/Valkyrie/Archer/Javelin set of variants to use some new weapons introduced this patch; there's a bunch of new Maulers.
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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 FACTION:''' The Deep Periphery has been expanded with the addition of Nueva Castile! This small faction corewards of the Hanseatic League can be worked for but not allied with as they don't track reputation. They serve as an OpFor in the Hanseatic League as well as performing third-party drop-ins. You might be asking "BD, why did you add them, these guys seem a little pointless?" to which I can only say "stay tuned".  
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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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'''AMMUNITION UPDATES:''' A number of ammos have been updated: all Acid ammos now share an effect and stack correctly so that you don't get weird overlapping acid effects; ER LRM ammo was removed (see below for details on why); AC ammos were widely overhauled (Precision now ignores evasion and has smaller box sizes, Frag was buffed, Caseless now gives bonus range, and HEAP was entirely overhauled); Crude ammos were removed; Bee LRM ammo was mildly nerfed; Deadfire LRM ammo no longer does bonus stab damage; Flare and Suppressant Mortar ammo have a smaller AoE; Inferno Mortar was buffed slightly; half-ton boxes of Suppressant now exist; Inferno SRM was buffed with a heat-over-time debuff.
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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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'''UNNSVIN NERFS:''' Sorry folks but it was warranted. The Unnsvins have been nerfed somewhat. The LAC/5 Unnsvin is now a LAC/2 Unnsvin and the MRM-20 Unnsvin is now a MRM-10 Unnsvin. Laser fans keep winning though, the Laser Unnsvin was untouched.
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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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'''URBAN AMBUSH EXPANSION:''' There's a few new kinds of infantry who can ambush you on urban maps. One can call in enemy Rommel tanks as airdrops, the other can call down airstrikes against you. Ye be warned, the buildings are speaking airstrikes!
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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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'''NEW GAMEWORLDS:''' At the community's suggestion, two new gameworlds have been added to the planets Gambier and Sawyer. Sawyer is in corewards Kuritan space and Gambier is hanging out in the midst of Davion space.  
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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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'''NEW EVENT:''' In 3064 Tortuga will strike back against the Sanctuary Alliance and attempt to take back their worlds! All the major pirate bands have come together to take back the pirate homeworlds, go give the lads a hand, they could use it. Kick the Sanctuary out of the Dominions!
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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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'''NEW CLAN WEAPON:''' The Clan AP Gauss has been created and brought into BTA. Right now it's quite rare, only being on a CC mech as well as in rarely in Clan stores, but it might be getting a little more action sooner than later.  
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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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'''NEW INNER SPHERE WEAPONS:''' The Extended LRM (ELRM) and the Enhanced LRM (NLRM) both now exist. These are canon and available in our timeline so I added them in. The ELRM has the longest non-artillery range in the game (and almost matches the arty anyways) but has its own ammo type, can't take ArtIV, and has some other issues. The NLRM has a much shorter minimum range but can use standard LRM ammos (and ArtIV) and also is AMS immune. They are on a few new variants and are sold in the Davion (ELRM) and Steiner (NLRM) faction stores as well as at Coventry (ELRM) and Hesperus II (NLRM). The ELRM is also why ER LRM *ammo* had to die, I think the reason are self-evident.
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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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'''"NEW" ANIMATIONS:''' KMiSSioN, the dark sorcerer AI, has dropped a brand-new feature on us: the ability to hijack animations from one assetbundle to another via gear settings. That's a technical way to say that now, any modded mech in BTA with a right-hand melee weapon (such as a sword or hatchet) now uses the HBS Hatchetman's right handed swinging animation. It will snap its arm out and then swipe downward with its weapon to smash its enemy. Note that this only applies to *right-handed* weaponry because that's what the Hatchetman uses.
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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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'''NEW WEAPON ATTACHMENT:''' A community suggestion was to reproduce the proper TT Machine Gun Array system using the weapon attachment system BTA uses. This was a good idea so I did it. The old MG Array *weapon* has been deprecated and in its place is the MG Array attachment. This attachment connects to all Machine Guns (Light, Standard, Heavy, and even the Sanctuary Gatling Gun) in the attachment's location and increases their damage output as well as their individual damage clustering (so each MG's shots tend to group together now instead of all being scattershot). All MG Array using mechs and stores have been updated accordingly and several mechs gained hardpoints to account for their need of new Machine Guns.
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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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'''AMMO FEED REBALANCE:''' Here's another crack at the ammo feeds. This time the jamming *should* work properly and destroy the common and easy to acquire weapons and not the expensive and fairly rare ammo feeds themselves. We'll see if this works properly.
 
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'''APM REBALANCE:''' The APM change from last patch has been wildly successful but also made the weapon too good. It's received minor nerfs to several modes to bring it back in line with its intended use-case.
 
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'''DUELS ADJUSTED:''' The duel missions that have drop slots with maximum tonnage now also have minimum tonnage on those slots, which forces the player into using those slots. The exploit of "use a different slot to ignore the tonnage limit" has been closed. Sorry folks, it hurt me to do it because I cheated too but there it is.
 
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'''NEW FACTORY WORLDS:''' There are new factory worlds to be found, on Helbrent, Horatius, Marantha, and Tyrlon. These are scattered throughout the Periphery and offer a variety of Periphery toys for sale.
 
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'''COMMUNITY CONTENT:''' Lots of good new Community Content this patch, including: an update to the Battlehammers to equalize their prices; a few CC mechs had their loadouts updated at commissioner request; there is a new Battlehammer and two new Hunchback IICs that use the new Clan AP Gauss as well as a new Stormbreaker variant and a new armor type, Ferro Reinforced Heavy Plating; there's a King Crab Omnimech (it's what it sounds like); Mack's Dustball has seen a lot of inventory improvements; the Battle Armor Bus UrbanMech was added.
 
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'''NOTE FOR SUB-MODDERS:''' I know you're out there and have your own sub-mods and such. As a heads up, BTA has changed some of its internal naming on some gear to standardize item names. This includes engines, armors, and structures that you may be using on your custom units. You'll want to check and update your mods for those items. I'll provide a list in #modding-technical for you to check.
 
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* The Scattershot Railgun now uses an artillery hardpoint and benefits from artillery FCS and artillery skils.
 
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* Chainsaws got a minor combat buff.
 
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* Thanks to a community member, we've updated many of our pilot portraits for our ronins. These now use much less disk space and look just as good as ever, so congrats, we saved you some tonnage on your hard drive!
 
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* There have been a lot of very minor mech adjustments, usually via minor gear changes or armor adjustments, across more mechs than I can possibly name here. If a mech looks a little different than before, it's because it probably is.
 
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* The Experimental Assault Gauss has received an overhaul and is a much more interesting (and usable) weapon now.
 
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* ATM ammo now shows up in the proper place.
 
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* The Clan Nova Cat and Clan Snow Raven stores have gotten a bit of a boost, now having an additional few weapons added from a random list as well as random Clan-specific ammos available as well. It's not a huge boost, but it's notable as a way to possibly get some rarer Clan weapons.
 
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* The Sanctuary Alliance has changed their icon in order to free up their icon for Nueva Castile (who it originally belonged to).
 
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* Possible fix for the underground spawning ambush units on urban maps! Hurrah!
 
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* The "All" category for the ammo page in the mechbay was removed.
 
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* Ridgeline properly works with all LAMs and even says so in combat when flying a LAM.
 
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* Fixed SearchAndRecovery missions for Johann's Jaegers.
 
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* Christmas events now fire at Christmas (3062-64 each have a different event)
 
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* Agamemnon's missions might be fixed??
 
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* Several core mods were updated for better performance and features.
 
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'''IMPORTANT:''' v17.0 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:''' v17.0 is a save breaking update, your old saves do not work anymore and are not compatible. They cannot be used in with this patch, don't waste your time with them.
 
  
 
'''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:''' 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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== BTA Light ==
 
== BTA Light ==
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v16.5.0.lite has been released for BTA Light. This is a very minor patch. It adds the ELRM/NRLM (information above in BTA Classic's notes) to the factory worlds at Coventry and Hesperus II. It also includes BTA Classic's ammunition changes as well as a settings change to compress floaties akin to what BTA Classic has done in order to fight floatie spam.
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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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[[2024/4/1 - Patch v17.4]] - The Amaris Fools 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>
 
[[2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0]] - The Christmas 2023 patch.<br>
 
[[2023/12/22 - Patch v17.0]] - The Christmas 2023 patch.<br>
 
[[2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7]] - The Grab Bag patch.<br>
 
[[2023/11/24 - Patch v16.7]] - The Grab Bag 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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