Livewyr, on 06 March 2013 - 05:59 AM, said:
I said "other than that lame-duck argument" it's still lame duck.
But anyways...here you go.
I can buy Mountainous colors and an appropriate paint-job to compliment my ECM Spider and make me nearly invisible on Alpine.. does that make the Cosmetics Pay-To-Win? Clearly an advantage for being a scout when you can stand in the open at distance in Alpine and view the enemy without danger, when compared to that poor sot with cbill paint schemes that sticks up like a sore thumb...
Clearly, cosmetics are pay to win. (even moreso than the 1-time 20% more coolant flush)
If this game comes down to pay-to-win it will be the end of its life. I have to agree with WolvesX. And the flow of hero mechs is somewhat disturbing, I thought these heroes were supposed to be something special and rare, not a hero for every other variant.
In response to livewyr, I have never seen a mech camouflage that was good enough to make a mech undetectable, that is certainly not pay to win, if anything the basic mech green is a great camo for levels like forest colony and even caustic.
PGI needs to make sure that they don't scare away their player base by smothering them with advertisements for the latest and greatest mechs, items and colours. Otherwise MWO will be just like every other internet experience.