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[repete]

Given some issues with the recent patch, probably not the best time to post this poll, but in another post I posit my hypothesis that a number of the people complaining about the Heavy Metal Hero being released before the standard variants are unlikely to be spending much real-world cash on the game. That's not the point of this poll though.

So current issues aside, imagine MWO was running perfectly. How much money do you imagine or have you budgeted per month to spend on MWO?

At the heart of this poll is my belief that there are a number of people out there who think free in F2P means no one should have to spend money on the game. In my opinion at least, the better description is 'freemium' where it costs you zero to play but if you like it you are willing to spend money.

Edited by repete, 03 April 2013 - 11:45 AM.

[EyeOne]

I usually buy about 2 games a year these days. It used to be much higher than that while I was in college but times change. I plan on making one of those purchases go towards MC. I'll probably dump $30 in next month and then $30 more later on in the year. I haven't bought anything since the founder's package and I only have about 4000MC left.

[Scromboid]

Right now, other than mech bays (if even that, I can run multiple accounts) I can't find a way I can agree with to support PGI.

Edit: You know... that's harsh. The day after a $35 mech (without a mech bay)... it's still a little raw, man.

Edited by Scromboid, 03 April 2013 - 11:45 AM.

[repete]

EyeOne, on 03 April 2013 - 11:42 AM, said:

I usually buy about 2 games a year these days. It used to be much higher than that while I was in college but times change. I plan on making one of those purchases go towards MC. I'll probably dump $30 in next month and then $30 more later on in the year. I haven't bought anything since the founder's package and I only have about 4000MC left.

Given that, I've added a new option EyeOne, which you might find suits your answer better.

Scromboid, on 03 April 2013 - 11:45 AM, said:

Right now, other than mech bays (if even that, I can run multiple accounts) I can't find a way I can agree with to support PGI.

Edit: You know... that's harsh. The day after a $35 mech (without a mech bay)... it's still a little raw, man.

What if your support is the only way the game will get better? Self fulfilling prophecy?

[Arcturious]

No set amount. I'll only buy MC on sale, then it will be in whatever the largest increment is. That will last me till they have another sale, where it will repeat itself.

So my limit on giving money to PGI is only limited by how often they run MC sales

[repete]

Scromboid, on 03 April 2013 - 11:45 AM, said:

Edit: You know... that's harsh. The day after a $35 mech (without a mech bay)... it's still a little raw, man.

What's raw? Too expensive? Don't buy it. Is it raw that a Ferrari F430 is expensive? Buy another mech. Wait two weeks (or whatever it's going to be) for the standard variants. What is so "raw" as you put it?

[Kurayami]

That depends. i have overall limit for games per month but it exceeds my needs in mwo currently since im playing without premium etc. if i find something worthwhile for me ill buy it (like classy mech figurine)

[repete]

Arcturious, on 03 April 2013 - 11:47 AM, said:

No set amount. I'll only buy MC on sale, then it will be in whatever the largest increment is. That will last me till they have another sale, where it will repeat itself.

So my limit on giving money to PGI is only limited by how often they run MC sales

Yup. Still gutted there was no Easter MC sale. I had US$99 burning a whole in my pocket, but instead just spend $30 on MC since it's a cost/return sweet spot for $-to-MC.

[Klaus]

This is such a dumb poll. It depends on what they come out with.

If they make a hero Urban mech or pink jump-jetting Cicada X-6 with ECM they can have all my money. If they make killer cockpit items they can have even more of my money and I'll take out a loan.

If they make garbage or stuff I don't care about, then they obviously get nothing.

Edited by Klaus, 03 April 2013 - 11:53 AM.

[repete]

Klaus, on 03 April 2013 - 11:52 AM, said:

This is such a dumb poll. It depends on what they come out with.

Okie dokie ponyboi. Feel free to leave the topic and read/post elsewhere. Primary objective is to see how many people say "I'm not going to spend any money and why" as opposed to those who will spend some about depending on X.

Edited by repete, 03 April 2013 - 11:55 AM.

[Dan Nashe]

The problem is that the recent patch reminded me that this is a beta and there is a significant chance this game could become unplayable on my machine at any time and this has to factor into my thinking.

That said, I would say ... $ 5 for every month it's my primary game. ? Although I've spent $50 in two months. But I do not plan to spend more than $16 more total until we have a "release" product though. There are just too many unknowns.

A big problem is just content I can personally justify.
(1) I have no interest in cockpit items.
(2) I can't justify camos. I can see buying one solid color to fit in with a unit, but I can't justify it at more than a quarter per mech and $5 a year. It won't ever increase my enjoyment enough. So one color (I.e. white) per year. No camos.
(3) I kind of want one hero mech for grinding money but... I won't pay more than $20 lifetime. I mean, if I don't want to play to maoe money, why spend money?. Part of it is simply that no hero really excites me right now. I'd rather pay $20 to heroify my 3d :-). I'd consider a 30 percent off highlander.
(4) premium time dos Not interest me. If I could pause it in one day incements, maybe. But it's too intangible and makes me feel like I Have to log in. And if I needed it to have fun, I'd quit. I already have my subscription game. Back when I startedn it just made more sense to buy mechs straight than buy premium to earn money faster to buy mechs. Premium is just cbills if you play a lot, afterall.


So I don't know. $60 for the first year, $30 per year thereafter, maybe?

Edited by DanNashe, 03 April 2013 - 12:52 PM.

[Ratnix]

I will most likely spend whatever the cost of premium is and any new bays I need as I buy new bays.

I will have to figure which premium payments work with my new work schedule which will be having 3 or 4 days off a week in blocks of two days off at a time and every other week a 3 day block off.

That is as the game stands now and for as long as I still enjoy playing it.

[Scromboid]

repete, on 03 April 2013 - 11:46 AM, said:

Given that, I've added a new option EyeOne, which you might find suits your answer better.



What if your support is the only way the game will get better? Self fulfilling prophecy?

It's not that straightforward. You can throw money at someone all day long and have no control over what they do with it. Not saying PGI does this, but if their profit exceeded expectations, they could be decking their offices with golden bathrooms. Will that make the game better? No. You would hope they would do the right thing with the money, but often times you see with dev teams on a string budget cranking out ridiculous content and stories where Activision "AAA" titles are blowing chunks because someone just said "here's my wallet, go" with no real vision.

Right now, PGI doesn't offer me any way to support them in a (to me) sensible mean. A $35 robot is not sensible to me. That is an hour of work for me. It's not like I can't afford it (not the issue) but it's not worth it to me. Neither is the $21 robot. With the camo patterns and colors and what... you know, $4.60 is a little bit much for a color.

That is all my own personal opinion. While I really really like this game, they still have not put out anything recently that makes me want to spend (more) money on it. Clan Founder's pack? Ya know? Maybe. Had I been in on this earlier, I would probably have gotten the lowest tier Founders....

[Scromboid]

repete, on 03 April 2013 - 11:50 AM, said:

What's raw? Too expensive? Don't buy it. Is it raw that a Ferrari F430 is expensive? Buy another mech. Wait two weeks (or whatever it's going to be) for the standard variants. What is so "raw" as you put it?

I won't. No worries. $35 (it's actually, mean, $31.10, but who's counting) is just placing it out above the realm of ~most~ folks, is all.

I have to explain... maybe put it in my tag. I'm not raging about prices. No way. The game is Free and I can choose to pay what I want. NO problem there.

What I get concerned with is the long term financial fidelity of the company when they begin their 'beta' with what most folks would consider an outrageous price on their products. Where do I get the idea of 'most'?

Seriously. Do this. Ready?



Call your mom and ask her what she thinks about you buying a $31.10 pink robot in a video game.

Tell me what she and most of your family says.

I really think if PGI redefines their price point a bit, they can capture more consumer, netting them higher and longer term profit potential.

That's all.

Edited by Scromboid, 03 April 2013 - 12:04 PM.

[JigSaw73]

I like all of it. Although I agree that the sales motivate me to spend $$. I have bought 3 of the Mechs that were on sale at one time...maybe 4...I think. Anyway, I like to buy the colors and the Mechs so I put $15 or $30 into the game every week or two. That usually leaves me enough to run Premium most of the time too, you know?

Just as an aside, to me it seems like the forums paint a picture of players that complain about the state of MW:O...how this-and-that is P2W or some kind of "trick" by PGI to get us to spend money. I really don't see it that way in game (or otherwise). I have fun w/ a bunch of people that have fun. I PUG alot and I play w/ my league (company, clan, group, whatever) 2-4 times a week. I play almost everyday now, I spend $$ often, I love the game (even in BETA) and I think it is a great product that is getting better and better. I really don't feel like that gets stated enough on these forums and I appreciate a topic like this.

Even though a lot of the answers lean toward, "I don't spend $$ now but I will if they make it worth it!"...whatever...

Good topic; sorry for the wall o'text. Just thought I'd get that off my chest...whew...much better now! Thanks.

[jay35]

Well, considering it's been over $150/month average for the two months I've played so far, I voted "Over $30 per month".

Most of the sales have incentivized me to pick up something. But if they keep patching it the way they have been recently (e.g., tons of HUD and minimap bugs introduced or made worse since the Jagermech patch, implementing half-arsed modules and vision modes, worthless hero mechs, poor and careless communication), it could easily become $0 as I switch to another game and/or re-allocate the funds to other hobbies.

What might have made for a more interesting thread would be having two poll questions, one for how much would you spend assuming the game is in good shape, and how much would you spend if it continues to get buggier and buggier and the content is increasingly mediocre.

This week I went so far as to buy a couple premium colors and a couple chassis camo unlocks, because I was planning to buy the next hero mech but the Heavy Metal turned out to be a turkey, so I had some MC to spend and really wanted to be repainting my hero mechs this week. So I ended up painting some other mechs instead.

Edited by jay35, 03 April 2013 - 12:10 PM.

[Logi]

depends on it. MC on sale? is there a (hero) mech i REALLY wanna have and don´t have time and motivation to grind for?

up till now i spent my MC on mech bay slots only and all my mechs are bought with C-Bills.18 mechs in the hangar is not that bad i think
so i think i will purchase the next MC on sale and then it will be ok for half a year again
so 30-50 € per year

[KingDerp]

$0, these clowns are not going to make MWO a decent game.

Everything they do is like a couple kids working on a mod when they barely understand the scripting.

And the sickeningly inflated asset development costs they are claiming is just their way of justifying
huge amounts of money sliding into their pockets with very little result being seen by the customers.

A quarter of a million dollar to develop a map... The word "bullsh1t" comes to mind.

You fools are paying for Eccchman to get more little stripes in his hair, not a good game.

[Aim-Bot]

What about reading the 100 other topics that was questioning the same first?

[Noobzorz]

I will spend nothing until there is some official word about fixing all these new CTDs I'm having, but I think $15 a month is about right for me if they keep churning out quality content like all the march patches/hotfixes, instead of stability destroying patches like this one.

Edited by Noobzorz, 03 April 2013 - 12:09 PM.