CaptainPinko, on 15 March 2013 - 08:03 PM, said:
Well the bill to Visa could be $20 but the points could be sufficient to buy 5 mechs (or theoretically a 100). The point is the only thing that needs to be large is the payment processed by the company, but the cost of the individual mechs could be much less.
In a marketing sense, yes, mechs would be more attractive to buy with real money rather than grinding in the game, but here's the kicker: you create a P2W scenario. Imagine if the RVN-3L was $5 and an AS7-DDC were $10? You'd have nothing else roaming the battle field field due to their cost and the what the mechs can do. Even though it makes it more unappealing, you need to moderate the prices to the mech, and since they still have to make a buck because MWO, outside of the mecha community, isn't tat popular, things aren't priced to what we want them to be. Things may change when it finally launches and gets some much needed attention.
Edited by Volt Opt Construct, 18 March 2013 - 10:23 AM.