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[Vermaxx]

Max Power, on 08 March 2013 - 11:55 AM, said:

wow! i can't believe how much some of you have spent on this game.

I've bought 0 MC and have spent 0 of my founders MC. If I come across anything I think is worth it, I guess I would spend it, but I have absolutely no intention of spending any more on this game. Part of that is I'm just cheap, other is I don't think it's worth it anymore. Also I just try to not support microtransactions as much as possible, as they are definitely ruining games.

You spent $120 on this game, so using the currency you paid for is in no way supporting 'microtrans ruining games.' You BOUGHT a pack that included 80 dollars worth of currency just to be spent on little things - mech customizations, paint, etc.

Granted, the 60 pack was a better deal, but you're really only letting PGI win by NOT buying anything with the MC you already paid for. That's like the people who pay massive amounts and then quit, rather than forcing PGI to keep providing them service for no additional payment.

[Nicholas Carlyle]

I bought some MC a couple months ago, but I'm done buying until they acknowledge ECM one way or another.

Either come out and say it's not changing so I can decide if I want to stop playing.

Or come out and say "Yes, we are going to be changing ECM itself (not adding in another dumb counter)"

[Elizander]

Not as much as the rest of you but I probably make way less money in terms of $-value due to where I live.

37,400 MC spent so far including Founders.

I'll probably spend more once I get a bit more extra cash.

Trauglodyte, on 08 March 2013 - 10:42 AM, said:

$30 on MC and that's it. I've bought a bunch of mech bays for additional Cicadas and Awesomes. I don't think that it is bad to spend whatever you feel is reasonable on MC as long as you're having fun. As someone that has played nothing but subscription based games, at $15/month, since 1999, I'd say that only $30 is pretty damned cheap.

Ah, all that subscription / expansion money I threw at WoW over the years~ I think I made half of it back selling items in D3.

Edited by Elizander, 08 March 2013 - 12:38 PM.

[Aegis Kleais]

I've bought about 50,000MC or so, and have about 13,500 left, but I'm on a buying freeze. With the latest patch not addressing any of the netcode/hitbox issues, I have descended into a state of disdain and disgust with the game and am choosing to separate myself from it for a month or so.

I guess I'm of just a very very small minority who have a particular hardware/software setup that continues to have these issues, and as such, I've been moved to the backburner. I fully understand that, but it in no way resolves my issues, and since there's no point in just throwing money into something I'm not getting any entertainment from, I'm putting the kabosh on buying more til it gets resolved (I made the same promised to not activate my premium time, and I'm sitting on 92 days right now)

[Viper69]

I have not activated my premium yet so I still got all my time plus my 20k MC. I am holding out till I see the future but I almost hit activate a few times this week so I am getting closer

[Shumabot]

1,250 MC, purchased 1 day before goldsinks were announced. They're going to have to do some pretty big heroics to get me to spend money on this again. I'm happy to spend money when I think the game is going good places, but they thoroughly lost my trust.

[Max Power]

Vermaxx, on 08 March 2013 - 12:19 PM, said:

You spent $120 on this game, so using the currency you paid for is in no way supporting 'microtrans ruining games.' You BOUGHT a pack that included 80 dollars worth of currency just to be spent on little things - mech customizations, paint, etc.

Granted, the 60 pack was a better deal, but you're really only letting PGI win by NOT buying anything with the MC you already paid for. That's like the people who pay massive amounts and then quit, rather than forcing PGI to keep providing them service for no additional payment.

I don't know what you are trying to get at. I know I spent $120 on this game (regretting it). I know that using that currency that came with the pack doesn't quite count as supporting microtransactions. Never said anything like that. Just mentioned that I have yet to use any, since this as a thread about using MC (to show support for PGI).

My bit about not wanting to support microtransactions was aimed at not buying any additional MC. I thought that was obvious from context.

Like I said in my previous post, I haven't come across anything I wanted to buy yet. Maybe when I'm done mastering the line I'm working on, I may buy a hero mech using my founder's MC to work on that line. I never said I wouldn't spend my founder's MC.

[Khell DarkWolf]

I show my support,

by voicing my concerns and balance ideas here on the forums.

And not opening my wallet.

[Joe Mallad]

PropagandaWar, on 08 March 2013 - 11:54 AM, said:

Roadhouse Interactive is not PGI. Its called Mechwarrior Tactics. Funny my name is all about misinformation, yet here you are giving others who do little research something to flame about that's false. Do you work for HAWKEN?

yes but IGP is behind both games (MWO and tactics)

[Shumabot]

PropagandaWar, on 08 March 2013 - 11:54 AM, said:

Roadhouse Interactive is not PGI. Its called Mechwarrior Tactics. Funny my name is all about misinformation, yet here you are giving others who do little research something to flame about that's false. Do you work for HAWKEN?

Don't worry, your name is still accurate.

[Vermaxx]

Max Power, on 08 March 2013 - 12:38 PM, said:

(stuff that sounds testy and defensive, even though I wasn't being argumentative)

Man I can't believe you didn't want any of the camo colors, or some of the bitchin' patterns, or any of the cockpit items, or more premium time. Sure, they're all dumb things but I loves my "salmon" colored paint, my camo patterns, my Classy Mech cockpit bobble, the chinese lanterns, the christmas lights, the extra mechbays...on and on. Besides, I didn't have anything else to spend the MC on since the hero mechs will always be 'too expensive' and I didn't really need more premium time. Just can't fathom the attitude of "there's nothing worth MC."

Unless you tell me you didn't ever use your premium time...in which case I need to go away because fork trying to grind several mech lines' worth of XP without premium.

[Vermaxx]

zverofaust, on 08 March 2013 - 12:51 PM, said:

That's incredibly sad on so many levels I can't even begin to describe it.

Didn't you quit playing?

[PropagandaWar]

Yoseful Mallad, on 08 March 2013 - 12:41 PM, said:

yes but IGP is behind both games (MWO and tactics)

Of course it is. Always was. Hell they were announced at pretty much the same time; not knowing the success of either. So earlier statements were just pointless.Do you guys have access to the contracts between the devs and publishers? You have no idea how much IGP is getting or how much of it they are putting in the other titles. I bet you its nothing compaired to MWO though. However what friggin business is it of ours what the pub does with its money. PGI is probably getting the larger cut as is right and they are the ones who make the game descisions.

Shumabot, on 08 March 2013 - 12:47 PM, said:

Don't worry, your name is still accurate.

Last few days Ive seen your name pop up. Its always negative. Go troll elswhere unless you have something constructive to say.

[Shumabot]

PropagandaWar, on 08 March 2013 - 12:54 PM, said:

Of course it is. Always was. Hell they were announced at pretty much the same time; not knowing the success of either. So earlier statements were just pointless.Do you guys have access to the contracts between the devs and publishers? You have no idea how much IGP is getting or how much of it they are putting in the other titles. I bet you its nothing compaired to MWO though. However what friggin business is it of ours what the pub does with its money. PGI is probably getting the larger cut as is right and they are the ones who make the game descisions.

I'd say its the business of any founder if the funds are being used in an unethical fashion that goes against the stated intention of the founders program.

You're bad at propaganda, you just sound like a child. In one post you are absolutely certain that the money isn't going to MW:T, in the next you say no one could possibly know that and it's not our business. Shifting sands much?

Edited by Shumabot, 08 March 2013 - 12:57 PM.

[Redwo1f]

21,250 MC (didn't realize I had spent that much).

[Pater Mors]

I can't justify spending the same amount on a single Mech that I would on a brand new Xbox game. I love this game and I want to spend money on it but I won't support an overpriced business model. I'd rather pay $50 to buy the game and then have in game items cheaper, or match rewards better.

If they sold Mechs as a two or three Mech package for the same price as now I'd buy too, because then I'd feel like I was getting my monies worth even if they included Mechs I didn't really want but could sell for c-bills. I would also be more inclined to spend on frivolous items if I felt like the prices of the Mechs were better.

I will still continue to support MWO by playing and recommending this game to all my friends though, I just hope they realise that their stuff is overpriced as it stands.

[PropagandaWar]

Shumabot, on 08 March 2013 - 12:56 PM, said:

I'd say its the business of any founder if the funds are being used in an unethical fashion that goes against the stated intention of the founders program.

You're bad at propaganda, you just sound like a child. In one post you are absolutely certain that the money isn't going to MW:T, in the next you say no one could possibly know that and it's not our business. Shifting sands much?

No Im sure PGI's money isn't going to MWT as they aren't developing it. IGP can do what they want with their money. Your confusing the two companies. My statement about IGP's side of things is that why it is funding other projects by looking at the games one could assume they are putting more stake into MWO.

Edited by PropagandaWar, 08 March 2013 - 01:10 PM.

[Vermaxx]

Elite Founder was the only reason I was willing to spend any money.

A "free mech" with creditbonus technology
"Eighty dollars" in MWO currency
A fancy forum/ingame banner (didn't care)
Sixty days premium time

Sixty dollars for all of that was stupid good. I am genuinely sorry to anyone who missed the Founder program, it was really the only worthwhile means of buying into MWO.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

Kunae, on 08 March 2013 - 07:51 AM, said:

Wow.

You've wasted almost $300 here. And it's still in Beta.

Wasted? Or wants to make sure a franchise many of us thought was dead for a decade to still be around.

"I can't believe you wasted so much time on the forums ere Kunae, and it's still in Beta"

[Shumabot]

PropagandaWar, on 08 March 2013 - 01:04 PM, said:

No Im sure PGI's money isn't going to MWT. IGP can do what they want with their money.

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Do you guys have access to the contracts between the devs and publishers? You have no idea how much IGP is getting or how much of it they are putting in the other titles. I bet you its nothing compaired to MWO though.

You're really, really, really bad at not sounding like you're making everything you say up on the spot. Try not contradicting yourself in literally every other post. You have directly contradicted yourself twice in a row.

That is unless you actually DO have secret information about the cash flow between these companies. Do you? If not you should probably stop posting.