#### Update 1.3.0 (27 November 2018)

##### New Free Features & Content

* All-new Career Mode - Career Mode challenges you to begin the game with the Argo in a random system, with a random group of MechWarriors, with no story missions to rely on for big payouts. Wander the Periphery taking contracts (and Flashpoints, if you own Flashpoint!) and manage and grow your mercenary company to earn a final score. Career mode is played in Ironman mode by default, so it is also possible to “lose” this mode unrecoverably. (But Ironman mode can be disabled, and all the same granular difficulty settings from the campaign can also be adjusted in Career Mode.)

* Revamped MechWarrior abilities - We heard a bunch of feedback about the Bulwark ability and how you HAD to take it to finish the campaign and it got us thinking… and then revising Bulwark… and realizing that we should just rebalance the whole dang set of abilities. Then we put it out as an opt-in Beta and got some great feedback - thanks! We’ve been working on it ever since and we’ve released the revised abilities in 1.3. You can read the complete details in this forum post[forum.paradoxplaza.com]. The first time you load any game session after updating to 1.3, you'll see a popup informing you that all of your MechWarrior skills have been refunded, so that you can review the new abilities and respec accordingly.

* Revisions to the Reputation System - We’ve increased the rate at which reputation rises and falls so you can really feel the effects of your actions. When you reach the maximum possible reputation with a faction, you become eligible for an Alliance. By entering into an Alliance, you mark yourself an ally of that faction - and an enemy of that faction's enemies.

* Faction stores - In addition to making higher difficulty contracts and salvage available, Alliances also allow you to access faction-specific stores containing items you might not find anywhere else.

* Black Market stores - If you play your cards right, criminal elements will allow you to buy access to the Black Market, where you’ll find some equipment that fell off a transport…

* New Events, including cameos from two Legendary MechWarriors (these were part of our “social sharing” Backer reward from the Kickstarter, and we expect the other two cameos to make it into the next free update.)

* New mercenary contracts - now you can take jobs from Pirates!

* New inventory items - including rare LosTech from before the fall of the Star League!

* New Achievements - 19 new mercenary and story achievements have been added to the campaign and career modes!

##### Improvements

* Increased the number of possible encounter types on existing maps for more variety.
* Star Map updates for new Stores and the Black Market
* New space travel animations added
* New camera angles added in group conversations
* Players can now move 'Mechs from one Mech Bay slot to another. Organize away!

##### UI

* Many added, updated, and fixed Tooltips
* Priority items now remain visible on the salvage list after confirming their selection
* Fixed the broken Settings toggle for auto-selecting units outside of combat
* Fixed an issue which would cause the portrait and description on the “Arrived at Destination” popup message to occasionally be cut off
* Fixed an issue which caused Reputation indicators to be partially cut off on the Negotiation screen
* Removed Reputation status icons for Locals’ (and certain other factions you cannot gain or lose Reputation with) from Stores and AAR. This will keep Reputation focused on the Factions that matter.
* Fixed an issue which caused the pattern selector in the Mech Bay to stop responding after switching patterns too rapidly
* Fixed an issue which caused the 'No existing save games' prompt to display after quitting from the 'Load Game' menu evoked after running out of C-bills
* Made the Settings Menu able to be dismissed using the ESC key
* Fixed the Morale tooltip to not always show '0' value for the Current Morale
* Fixed an issue which caused the background behind the Leopard to change when navigating between screens
* Fixed an issue which could cause the 'Load Save' button on the Out of Funds pop-up not respond for the user's input
* Fixed UI visual anomalies which could occur after using the Pattern selector or the Refit menu in the Mech Bay
* Items in 'Store' and 'Storage' menus are now sorted more by types
* Various small UI and messaging improvements

##### Accounts

* Special characters are now allowed in account creation passwords (!@#$%^&**()_-=+[]<>)

##### Bugfixes

* Fixed multiple spawn spots on maps where ‘Mechs would get stuck
* Collision improvements to existing maps
* Fixed a soft lock players could occasionally encounter after commanding fire at the first test dummy ‘Mech in the campaign tutorial
* Fixed an exploit where the player can perform Called Shot on ‘Mechs that are not knocked down by using the keyboard
* Fixed an issue in Character Creation which caused the last screen of 'Your Background' to be missing its background image after returning from the 'Your Appearance' tab
* Fixed an issue which caused the 'Sprint' skill to not be toggled for the next selected Mech if the user attempted to use it on an unstable Mech
* Fixed an issue which caused Player 2/Guest UI to be missing Heraldry Image in Lobby & Combat UI
* Fixed a lighting issue on OSX for some graphics cards. For more info, see: [(\\https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/battletech-update-1-2-mech-lighting-graphical-issues.1116636]https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/battletech-update-1-2-mech-lighting-graphical-issues.1116636/](\\https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/battletech-update-1-2-mech-lighting-graphical-issues.1116636/\\)
* Fixed an issue which enabled users to join the lobby of a multiplayer match that was completed
* Fixed a save/load issue which caused overheated ‘Mechs to appear in their shutdown pose after loading a combat save
* Fixed a save/load issue which caused increased map lightning in particular biomes after loading a combat save
* Various small graphical bug fixes on existing maps
* Fixed an issue in the Liberation of Weldry mission that caused you to remain in interleaved turn mode after all your first set of enemies were defeated.
* VFX improvements on some weapons!
* Fixed an issue in the Mech Bay which could cause Filters to be reverted to the default state after deleting a custom 'Mech
* Collision and pathing improvements to certain maps
* Improvements to beacons and objective communication

##### Many additional small improvements and bug fixes

* Known Issues (to be hotfixed asap)
* Flashpoint owners cannot currently play multiplayer games against non-Flashpoint owners.
* Turret generator destruction can distort audio in Target Acquisition missions. Restarting the title fixes this.
* Skirmish Mech Bay - Deleting any customized 'Mech causes a 'Mech from the custom list to duplicate. This is a visual-only problem and is resolved on re-launch of the game.

Version: 1.0.2

Fixes
Fixed bug where names of unvisited rooms have been visible in the map menu.
Fixed annoying collision issues in the bamboo maze challenge.
Fixed bugs where projectiles were stuck in mid-air.
Fixed issues where you could pull enemies with certain attacks that were suppose to be immovable.
Analyzable symbols that are supposed to stick at the edge of screen are now more easily visible.

Changes
+ Steam Achievement support! Your achievements should automatically synchronize with your trophies. (Nothing for GOG)
+ The Last Minute Heroes HG has opened! Well... somewhat. Expect more content in future releases!
+ Added time stat tracking the use of Assist Mode, so you can show your stats screen to proof you played the game without Assist Mode.
+ A new little cameo from a fellow Indie Game can be found in Bergen village!
~ Slightly changed assist mode damage scaling to only go down to 20%.
~ Updated Backer Credits list!
~ A few tweaks for the So'najiz temple boss to make some puzzle mechanics easier to understand.
~ Assist mode puzzle speed now scales the time you have to catch that bug in the bamboo maze.
~ Minor changes to some equipment, mainly the Gloves.
~ Riposte Modifier not works as intended. You now only have to hold down the guard button to Perfect Guard attacks with multiple attacks.

Sorry for the late rely. An updated version of the game is available it should unlock the Content Drops items by default.