I was very disappointed to read the new patch notes, as I'm sure many others are. This is the biggest P2W change yet, and it shakes my faith in the game and it's developers. I'm looking for a job right now, and though I would love to support mechwarrior and spend some cash on the game, I simply can't do it right now. So if this is a free to play game, why would they add a mechanic that literally throws balance for free players out the window? The rate of making c-bills for free players is pretty damn low as it is. Now to have an op coolent drop, I either need to farm my *** off on money I could use saving for a new mech, or I need to pony up some real cash. As much as I liked the game and was waiting for the opportunity to spend some real money on it, I now am considering uninstalling the game.
I don't like cheating, I hate pay to win games. Paying for power ups in game in my opinion is developer allowed cheating. They may as well have MC paid aimbot. Even if you couldn't pay for the power ups with MC, the pay to cheat argument would STILL be valid as the rate of c-bills for players who pay is far greater than for free players.
This is truly a deal breaker for me and I'm very sad to see this game stoop to such a low. I understand they need to make a profit and times are very tough, but this pay to win strategy is unfair to new players and makes competitive gameplay a joke. I'll try out the patch for a few days, but I think I will be leaving the game very soon.
Do you disagree? Do you agree? Post your thoughts here!
*EDIT* based off Protection's post*
If PGI closes this thread, then that will mean the end of my playing the game. It would be far to underhanded of them to close a topic on the game that a lot of people want to discuss, and I refuse to support developers who suppress or censor community opinion to maintain profit.
Edited by clantic, 05 March 2013 - 07:11 PM.