Here's how I would make stock mechs profitable.
- Create a stock mech queue, only available for people on Premium time, or make it cost 50 MC for every match. (So if you don't have Premium time, you can still try a Stock Mech match for 50 MC per match. But in the long run, it would be cheaper to just have Premium time)
- Give everyone 4 trial stock mechs.
- There are several ways to make sure everyone in the queue has a stock mech. The easiest way is to just let people enter with any mech, any build, and let the game revert it to a stock mech when they enter the match. So whatever you've equipped on your AWS-8Q, it's going to carry 3 PPCs and 1 small laser when you enter a stock match.
- Enable a stock mech queue with 4 vs 4 mechs. If there's enough interest, make it 8 vs 8. The idea is to reduce wait time, because there will be a lot less people playing.
Any other suggestions?
Edited by Alistair Winter, 02 September 2014 - 02:43 PM.