43 replies to this topic

[Ted Wayz]

Did you actually buy it? Based on the forum posts PGI should be making money hand over fist on this pack given it is a cheap doorway to the KC.

And should people that play clan mechs exclusively be pissed now? They only had 2 chances and had to pay a premium for their access to the KC.

I think PGI did the right thing, I really do, and I commend them for reaching the right decision. Just wish people would focus more on what they have rather than what others have.

So if you whined about an IS only pack and/or wanted to put the Phoenix back up for sale, did you buy the Resistance pack?

[Johnny Reb]

I didn't ask, but no Urbie no buy.

[NextGame]

I didn't ask for the pack but bought it. does that balance things out?

and yeah urbie would have been better than panther!

[Kjudoon]

I was asked my opinion on what mechs would you prefer. No missile boats in the bunch. It will be fun to see how some of them work out though.

And no, I always follow the Dave Ramsey School of mech purchasing and always pay in CBills.

[Walluh]

I bought it. Well, I'm /going/ to buy it, same with the friend who brought me into this game.

[KamikazeRat]

i didnt ask for it for the KC, cause masakari and man'o'war under the belt already, but i did ask for it cause it sounded cool.

haven't bought yet...but i will(dat zeus) before the nov 30th deadline for pre-order premium time and shiny doo-dads....

[Kanatta Jing]

I got my eye on that Panther as it is the first IS escort light, and it comes with that faction warhorn. I wonder what the Liao one is?

[Golden Vulf]

I was fuqking pissed off that it came in significantly cheaper than the Clan Wave 2 pack and seemed to offer more rewards. I frequently posted in several threads the fact that the Hellbringer and Gargoyle have locked structure preventing them from taking advantage of Endo Steel and thus not having the space to take the fancy clan tech they need to stay competitive with other mechs.

I raged out how after buying the Clan Wave 2, it felt like Resistance packers were getting more content for less.

Somewhere in the middle of doing all that I bought the Enforcer level Rage pack.

[Walluh]

Already did the math, Hellbringer's gonna be more than viable. Plenty of pod space, with maxed armor, and ECM.

[KamikazeRat]

Golden Vulf, on 26 October 2014 - 12:00 AM, said:

I was fuqking pissed off that it came in significantly cheaper than the Clan Wave 2 pack and seemed to offer more rewards. I frequently posted in several threads the fact that the Hellbringer and Gargoyle have locked structure preventing them from taking advantage of Endo Steel and thus not having the space to take the fancy clan tech they need to stay competitive with other mechs.

I raged out how after buying the Clan Wave 2, it felt like Resistance packers were getting more content for less.

Somewhere in the middle of doing all that I bought the Enforcer level Rage pack.

ROTFLMAO....omg....this is so funny......

also...the pricing structure they said was similar to the phoenix pack...and it was lower because the IS mechs C-bill value is lower, so the $ to "exhange rate" makes them cheaper and the clans cost more so they cost more $

as for bonus reward goodies....well, there are 4 factions for clans, 6 for IS....and they get a extra cockpit item instead of a free camo.....thats seems fair enough to me.....as for the faction camo, most IS players will probably only use 1, especially if it is branded. (the steiner fist or a kurita dragon will not go on my mechs...nope....nuh-uh...) (and same could go for clanners i suppose, but those camos seem more general, minus maybe CSJ's) but we'll have to see once they post the art on those

Edited by KamikazeRat, 26 October 2014 - 12:28 AM.

[Greenjulius]

I bought Clan Wave 2... and Resistance Pack. I'm a Fed Suns loyalist at heart, and the grasshopper looks my style. Plus, there is so much content for $80, I'd kick myself later if I didn't get it with all the bonuses.

I'm turning into a freakin' whale.

[Eboli]

I was happy to spend money on the full pack. Good choices plus it helps to keep the game continue to develop. King Crab is not important to me and I already had earned it.

Cheers
Eboli

[Golden Vulf]

C-Bill price of the clan mechs means absolutely diddly squat. I have not bought a single clan mech for c-bills. There are a lot of players who are the same.

Talking about arbitrary c-bill values is meaningless because it is a currency some of us only use for buying weapons and equipment for our packs we bought for the preorder price. We buy the packs to play the mechs, we just happen to earn c-bills while we play. We rack up c-bills that we won't be spending on mechs because we have the ones we want, or the ones we want but don't have are hero mechs or we can get in packs.

I look at the products that are available, 4 mechs for $120 or 4 mechs for $80. One is clearly a better value. If someone told me that one pack has mechs that are worth a lot more c-bills, what the hell does it matter to me since I don't spend c-bills on mechs?

Full disclosure, I bought some Shadow Hawks because they were super cheap, although I wanted to buy a champion, they forgot to discount it, and the sale ended while I was waiting for them to notice. Normally you can not buy 3 mediums for 8 million c-bills, so this was like a special case. I earned the c-bills for these Shadow Hawks by playing clan Mechs I bought a la carte.

Edited by Golden Vulf, 26 October 2014 - 01:37 AM.

[KamikazeRat]

Golden Vulf, on 26 October 2014 - 01:30 AM, said:

C-Bill price of the clan mechs means absolutely diddly squat. I have not bought a single clan mech for c-bills. There are a lot of players who are the same.

Talking about arbitrary c-bill values is meaningless because it is a currency some of us only use for buying weapons and equipment for our packs we bought for the preorder price. We buy the packs to play the mechs, we just happen to earn c-bills while we play. We rack up c-bills that we won't be spending on mechs because we have the ones we want.

I look at the products that are available, 4 mechs for $120 or 4 mechs for $80. One is clearly a better value. If someone told me that one pack has mechs that are worth a lot more c-bills, what the hell does it matter to me since I don't spend c-bills on mechs?

ok, MC costs then...MC costs for clans are nearly double a similar IS mech....so, clearly the clan pack is the better value.

anyway you slice it, its all made up numbers, on made up mechs, in a made up game, based on a made up universe for another made up game. the various forms of money all around the world, the money in your pocket is assigned "arbitrary values", down to the words we are using to describe this process, all made up...but they mean something to people, so they are worth something. we assign values of items based on what they are worth to us...if they are asking more than what you assign their value, don't buy them...simple economics.

Edited by KamikazeRat, 26 October 2014 - 01:49 AM.

[KuroNyra]

Did not bought it. And don't think I will.

I am already waiting for the Clan Wave II.
Beside, if I had to bought one, the only Mech of the pack I would take would be the Grasshopper.

I am waiting for the Black Knight and the Cyclops.

[MadPanda]

Its lower price cuz the IS mechs suck.

[Alek Ituin]

I bought it.

I also have a compulsive need for unique Mechs... Not buying the pack was completely out of the question from the get-go.


But hey, Resistance pack!

[CycKath]

Didn't ask for it, but bought Wrath as soon as I could. More IS 'Mechs are always nice.

[Excalabur50]

I heard it was coming and thought it was good so yes I bought it first day I noticed it released as I missed out on the founders pack and I think it's great value for the money

[SgtMagor]

meh, already earned King crab. didn't ask, actually I was hoping more to get a 2nd Atlas than anything else. still ®esistance pack is good never seen the Enforcer and Grasshopper in MechWarrior, supports the game, we get some kewl looking 3D avatars, and more things to blow up!