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[Surtr]

The last ngng podcast stated details about the new champion class mechs would be released April 12th. Anyone heard anything? I wanna give pgi more money!

[Roughneck45]

If i remember correctly, they will be MC only and generate 5% more mech XP.

If i'm correct, sounds like a waste of money, unless you literally get to play the game like 2 hours a week, in which case they could benefit you more than premium time would.

Edited by Roughneck45, 12 April 2013 - 12:41 PM.

[Edwyndham]

No C-Bill boost? That sucks. Would have been interested in a Champion version of my favorite Stalker if there was a C-Bill boost to be had, even if it were smaller than the hero mechs.

Edited by zwanglos, 12 April 2013 - 12:44 PM.

[Denno]

I don't see the point, at all, of Champions.

[Roughneck45]

Denno, on 12 April 2013 - 12:44 PM, said:

I don't see the point, at all, of Champions.

The more i think about it, the only appeal would be to players with very limited game time and money to spend, where getting the mech trees done is the problem for them.

Even that seems like it would be a very small player base to appeal to.

Now, if they generated 5% more GXP, that would be something worth looking at.

Edited by Roughneck45, 12 April 2013 - 12:50 PM.

[Denno]

Now if they made it so the Champions garnered an extra 5% Gxp, maybe it would do well. Probly would, I reckon.

[One Medic Army]

Denno, on 12 April 2013 - 07:01 PM, said:

Now if they made it so the Champions garnered an extra 5% Gxp, maybe it would do well. Probly would, I reckon.

They do get 5% GXP, since GXP gained is calculated off of XP gained.

[Viper69]

What does it matter? If you dont see the point then dont buy one, I am sure people will buy one that think they do want one or need one.

[FupDup]

Denno, on 12 April 2013 - 07:01 PM, said:

Now if they made it so the Champions garnered an extra 5% Gxp, maybe it would do well. Probly would, I reckon.

GXP is 5% of your XP earnings. Champions will give you +5% XP. Therefore, Champions give you 5.25% GXP.

[Ph30nix]

by my figuring even if you only play an hour a week you would STILL get more value out of the premium time you could purchase for the price of the mech.
one week of play time at 1 hour with premium (assuming 200 a match average which isnt unreasonable but in the end it doesnt matter since its a FLAT % bonus)
so 1 hour a week say 10 games an hour (ive done it)
with premium you get
3000 xp
60 gxp

with that mech you get
2100 xp
42 gxp

it would take 90 weeks of play time (at 1 hour a week) to equal the premium time (im figuring 2 months since anything over a light is about 3000 MC which is enough for about 2 months of premium)\

heck you can buy mc for 250 A DAY, so if you bought it that way and only bought the day you played you could get effectivly 3 months worth of play time out of it (1 hour 1 day a week, 3000/250 is 12 so you could play 12 weeks with premium) so actualy it would take over 130 days to equal the premium time with the champs

FupDup, on 12 April 2013 - 07:10 PM, said:

GXP is 5% of your XP earnings. Champions will give you +5% XP. Therefore, Champions give you 5.25% GXP.

wait i thought it was 2% of your earnings? either way the math comparison ends up about the same

Edited by Ph30nix, 12 April 2013 - 07:16 PM.

[Dr B00t]

Roughneck45, on 12 April 2013 - 12:48 PM, said:

The more i think about it, the only appeal would be to players with very limited game time and money to spend, where getting the mech trees done is the problem for them.

Even that seems like it would be a very small player base to appeal to.

Now, if they generated 5% more GXP, that would be something worth looking at.

well...technically they do...since gxp is a percentage of your mech xp...but still...you need to play 20 matches to get one "free" match worth of xp...dang...ninja'd

Edited by Dr B00t, 12 April 2013 - 07:17 PM.

[FupDup]

Ph30nix, on 12 April 2013 - 07:15 PM, said:

wait i thought it was 2% of your earnings?

Note sure, that would make it even worse lol...2.1% for Champions.

[Stoicblitzer]

the point is to make money. i think i'll pass.

[Ph30nix]

either way its not worth it JUST for the champmech.

now if you wanted that mech anyways, and were going to spend cash on it, you might as well buy the champ version.

so if the K2 was going to be Champ and you were going to spend MC on a catapult anyways, might as well have it be that one also since champs are supposed to be cheaper......

but to buy it JUST for that bonus, waste

[SirLANsalot]

If it made 5-10% GXP off of your TOTAL XP gained (premo ect included) that would be very nice. Also a 5-10% Cbill be good too, not much of a bonus but it would be there since these are going to be base model mechs with bonuses.

Aka, an AS7-D-DC with the bonuses, no hardpoint changes or anything like that, just an AS7-D-DC.

If this were an optional upgrade for say your personal fave mech, like for me say the CTF-4X, and you could "upgrade" it to "champion" status and make a little more GXP and Cbill from it....now that would make it VERY worth while for people.