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[Yakeru]

First of all, I didn't search hours if this was a topic before, but I have to release some of my anger.

As you can see, I bought a founders package some months ago. Actually, it happened pretty early, cuz I thought it would be great to help you guys, getting this game on and stuff, since I was really looking forward to that. For a while, everything went pretty well and then, there came the time, when those LRM gunboats where just devasting imbalanced and I quitted for a while.

All of that happened in a period, when you reseted the MC and Premium Time like every two weeks or sth. I didn't look back to the game, because I thought "ye well, they won't change that so quick, maybe not till the release, so who cares? I'll get back, when the game is 'more finished'".

Well, now I am back, don't have any MC or Premium Time left, even though the game is still not released but in Beta, and my invested real money is gone for ****.

What do I want now, you ask? I want to know, why there was no single small hint on the game or via email, that there is no reset for the MC and Premium Time coming anymore? It feels like a slap in the face of someone, who believed in that game and the production studio to make the investment worth it. And I feel like a fool now, standing there with my useless founder-mechs without any MC and Bills to spend. Just ridiculous...

[Syllogy]

You activated your premium time and spent your MC.

They announced that this change was happening. None of it was automatic.

[Kageru Ikazuchi]

In October (I think), everything was reset before we went from Closed to Open Beta.

It was clearly stated then that this would be the last MC, C-Bill, and XP reset (a stats reset is supposedly coming when they bring in acheivements as part of community warfare, I think).

There was a firestorm about Premium Time being started automatically, so they rolled that back, and we were all given an option to start our premium time at a time of our choosing.

[MoonUnitBeta]

http://mwomercs.com/...date-august-7th
One of -MANY- articles or announcements about what was going to happen...

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Important: You will be refunded the entire amount each time we patch the game during Closed Beta & once again when we commence the Open Beta.

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Once all Founder's Members are in the Open Beta, your premium account bonuses will be treated as "live" and any MC used will be permanently spent.

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. . . the REAL clock will only begin at Open Beta where there will be a final reset of all accounts so everyone starts at the same level.

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^** In game currency will be reset and re-injected at every reset until Open Beta. This means you can experiment and spend it all with no worries as it will be given back to you on the final reset of Open Beta.

They have said the same thing not once, or twice... but FOUR times in the same Article.

http://mwomercs.com/...ck-on-open-beta
October 26th, three days before Open Beta.

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1) I don’t want to spend money on the game until it has more content – This one is very easy to address as Open Beta launch will represent the FINAL data wipe, therefore players will be starting over one last time. This also means that all of their MC, if they have purchased any, or the entirety of the Founders rewards will be reimbursed completely: therefore you get to choose when the time is right to spend your MC currency.

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2) I don’t think it’s fair that my Founders premium account should start at Open Beta - At an estimated Nov 13th patch all Founders will have their premium time reset once again (two free weeks of premium time!) and be given a “button” that allows Founders the opportunity to choose exactly when to start their premium time. It will not start counting down until you, the Founder, decide it is worth it.

So they give us two weeks of free premium time (which actually was 4 weeks!!! STILL BIG THANKS!) AND! They even gave us a button when the start our actual time. You chose when to use it. "ACTIVATE" can mean only one thing.

http://mwomercs.com/...29th-open-beta/
Two days before Open Beta

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NOTE: Premium Time will be ticking down again. You will receive one final reset in the near future to restore your premium time to full. When this happens, a time inject button will be made available. This button will allow you to chose when your Founder's Premium Time begins. More details to follow in the coming weeks.

http://mwomercs.com/...t-2529-updated/
The day of Open Beta

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Please take careful note of the following:

• This was the FINAL wipe. No more resets.
  
• Any MC you purchase or spend, will be final. There will no longer be MC resets so what you spend is gone forever.

Premium Account time purchased by players starts ticking away today. Founders, however, will be seeing a button appear (soon) that will allow them to start their premium time over. It has already started ticking today, but when the button appears, it will credit you with your Founder's Package amount of premium time.

Sorry, Yakeru. You're going to have to just accept responsibility for this one. If you still feel cheated, contact: support@mwomercs.com and bring your plea to them.

YOUR FOUNDER'S MECHS AREN'T USELESS
My favorites are my Jenner and Catapult.

Jenner:
Double Heat Sinks(13), Endo, Ferro.
(x4) Medium Lasers
(x2) SRM4 (2 tons ammo)
260 XL Engine
238 Armor
Notes: Solid build. You can change out the SRM's for Streaks and put BAP on if you are having a hard time with getting chased by lights and aiming the SRM4's. (BAP gains ECM countering abilities May 21st)

Catapult:
Double Heat Sinks(18), Ferro.
(x2) ERPPC
(x2) Med Laser
(x2) S-SRM2 (1 ton ammo)
(x1) Jumpjet (Optional. Can be replaced with SRM Ammo)
315 XL Engine
412 Armor
Notes: Runs warm if you use your PPC's often so I mostly utilize those for long range. Up close I'm mostly using Med Lasers, and Streaks help fend off lights. I try my best to keep myself disengaged so I can use my PPC's more. On colder maps I use my PPC's in close-range since heat is a little more manageable.

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 16 May 2013 - 06:31 PM.

[Mawai]

1) As mentioned the developer made it VERY clear that there would be NO more resets after the game entered OPEN beta on or about August 7th.

2) A button was implemented to allow you to activate your premium time ... if you pressed it then you used it ... if not then you still have it.

3) If you do not have any MC left then you should still have whatever you spent it on ... unless it was more premium time .. in which case you should have whatever Cbills you earned with it.

4) If you spent your MC on mechs then you should have many more than your Founder's mechs.

5) If you are not satisfied then send a note to support and see if they can sort it out ... however, IF you spent your MC after open beta started and IF you used the button to start your premium time after open beta started (End of August 2012) ... then unfortunately you are out of luck because the developer made it extremely clear in multiple postings that there would be no further resets or reimbursements after the start of open beta.

Edited by Mawai, 16 May 2013 - 06:56 PM.

[Kdogg788]

Did you activate your premium time? It wasn't apparent in the original message. Also, your Founder mechs are by no means useless. They give a lifetime 25% boost in Cbills.

-k

[Dawnthieve]

MoonUnitBeta, on 16 May 2013 - 05:58 PM, said:

I did read that. Whyever.

I can't believe you were actually taking the time to recollect all the information that was given out. If there's anything PGI didn't do, it was leaving us in the dark about our purchases.

To paraphrase: Your fault, kind Sir Yakeru.

*flies off to brotzeltown*

Edited by Dawnthieve, 16 May 2013 - 09:05 PM.

[MoonUnitBeta]

Dawnthieve, on 16 May 2013 - 09:05 PM, said:

I can't believe you were actually taking the time to recollect all the information that was given out. If there's anything PGI didn't do, it was leaving us in the dark about our purchases.

To paraphrase: Your fault, kind Sir Yakeru.

*flies off to brotzeltown*

lol. The time? It was about 5 minutes of doing a google search "mwo open beta reset final" and "beta founders mwo"
open a bunch of links. Find the official ones, scan though and pick out the points, voila. The rest was just editing.

But yeah, they definitely told us. I think it was even in the patch notes for the open beta on the 29th. Nvm I linked it lol

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 16 May 2013 - 09:18 PM.

[Yakeru]

Guess most of you didn't get the point.

I quitted playing because there was no fun at that point anymore, for a while, when all my stuff was spent (obviously). I agree, that it is my fault for not caring for the game in the wrong moment, because of some balance issues, and it was my decision to not care, or read, or anything, but I just didn't even think there could be a possibility of not reseting the stats before game is going live.

Therefore the main thing I intended to say was, it WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THEN FAIR, to email the meanwhile inactive founders, who invested 100 Dollars in a not yet ready game, to give me a slight chance to notice without keeping track of daily news on the homepage.

That's all.

[One Medic Army]

Yakeru, on 17 May 2013 - 07:07 AM, said:

Guess most of you didn't get the point.

I quitted playing because there was no fun at that point anymore, for a while, when all my stuff was spent (obviously). I agree, that it is my fault for not caring for the game in the wrong moment, because of some balance issues, and it was my decision to not care, or read, or anything, but I just didn't even think there could be a possibility of not reseting the stats before game is going live.

Therefore the main thing I intended to say was, it WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE THEN FAIR, to email the meanwhile inactive founders, who invested 100 Dollars in a not yet ready game, to give me a slight chance to notice without keeping track of daily news on the homepage.

That's all.

They did include this info in an email, the email they sent out on what going to "open beta" meant.

No more resets was a stated reason they went to Open Beta, and Open Beta was referred to as a soft launch. You are not the only person who was unaware, but the number of people is small enough that they did a pretty good job of getting the info out there.

Edited by One Medic Army, 17 May 2013 - 09:19 AM.

[Corvus Antaka]

you should have activated your time for release then and not during BETA.

[Sephlock]

Kageru Ikazuchi, on 16 May 2013 - 05:48 PM, said:

In October (I think), everything was reset before we went from Closed to Open Beta.

It was clearly stated then that this would be the last MC, C-Bill, and XP reset (a stats reset is supposedly coming when they bring in acheivements as part of community warfare, I think).

There was a firestorm about Premium Time being started automatically, so they rolled that back, and we were all given an option to start our premium time at a time of our choosing.

Please kick up a firestorm for.. uhh, is it still in SUPER NDA mode? For uh... some other game.