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[Armored Yokai]

This feature will help spend all of the mc so you can afford that shiny new ER PPC
and LBX-AC10

[Kaio-Kerensky x10]

LBX? Really?

[Armored Yokai]

its 800,000 for this shotgun?
and thats 8 matches worth of wins

[Kaio-Kerensky x10]

Yeah but why would you want to buy an LBX?

[FrostCollar]

This sounds like alchemy to turn gold into lead.

[Stingray Productions]

an Clan LBX20 i might buy, but yeah, i suppose MC to CBill probably would be a good idea. Might help bring in some more revenue since it may cause some players to purchase more MC than they might have previously.

[karoushi]

Nah, Being able to purchase in-game money makes the game pointless, like Eve Online.

[Aurrous]

karoushi, on 20 May 2013 - 06:52 AM, said:

Nah, Being able to purchase in-game money makes the game pointless, like Eve Online.

Despite what your feelings are about it, the mechanic is all ready in the game.. And the conversation is about 1 MC = 2500 +/-4 C-bills..

You can buy a Mech for X amount of MC which is worth Y amount of C-bills.. and then sell the mech for 50% off that amount of c-bills. Which most people would not do.. However, when they have a 50% off sale on a mech, you are getting a clean conversion of 50% MC to 50% C-bills.. Or 1 MC = 2500 the original price of the mech in C-bills.. Or if you can't get that, buy two mechs at 50% off and sell them both for 50% off and you still have 1MC = 2500. Or one mech, and some good parts left over..

Or Anything with an XL engine + weapons becomes good scrap for a low amount of MC.

So the Devs should just cut out the smoke and mirrors and just give a straight up 1MC = 2500 Cbills conversion.

[Blue Footed Booby]

I think MC-->CBill conversion is a good idea.

Using an LBX is not.

[karoushi]

Aurrous, on 20 May 2013 - 07:35 AM, said:

Despite what your feelings are about it, the mechanic is all ready in the game.. And the conversation is about 1 MC = 2500 +/-4 C-bills..

You can buy a Mech for X amount of MC which is worth Y amount of C-bills.. and then sell the mech for 50% off that amount of c-bills. Which most people would not do.. However, when they have a 50% off sale on a mech, you are getting a clean conversion of 50% MC to 50% C-bills.. Or 1 MC = 2500 the original price of the mech in C-bills.. Or if you can't get that, buy two mechs at 50% off and sell them both for 50% off and you still have 1MC = 2500. Or one mech, and some good parts left over..

Or Anything with an XL engine + weapons becomes good scrap for a low amount of MC.

So the Devs should just cut out the smoke and mirrors and just give a straight up 1MC = 2500 Cbills conversion.

You misunderstand me, I am not saying that Cbills aren't worth MC, I am saying that there should never be a direct "Buy X amount of Cbills for X amount of MC(or rather, real cash money)".

Edited by karoushi, 20 May 2013 - 09:17 AM.

[Terror Teddy]

karoushi, on 20 May 2013 - 09:17 AM, said:

You misunderstand me, I am not saying that Cbills aren't worth MC, I am saying that there should never be a direct "Buy X amount of Cbills for X amount of MC(or rather, real cash money)".

Agreed - It would be bad business for them to do so.

You buy a mech for MC and get a load of crap you dont want and only gain 50% resale value.

Compare that to buying what you want, and ONLY buying what you want - in the end you spend LESS MC instead.

[Spirit of the Wolf]

The issue here is that the game then becomes "Pay to Play", as many people would just become wallet warriors.

This is the exact opposite direction of what PGI wants. It doesn't invalidate skill, but it does invalidate the grind. I vote No.

[Nauht]

Spirit of the Wolf, on 20 May 2013 - 02:11 PM, said:

The issue here is that the game then becomes "Pay to Play", as many people would just become wallet warriors.

This is the exact opposite direction of what PGI wants. It doesn't invalidate skill, but it does invalidate the grind. I vote No.

PGI don't want pay to win. I'd say they'd want more ppl actually buying MC.

Don't confuse them both. Like everything MC bought you would be buying convenience. They would not stop people from earning CB and someone can earn and buy their mech without paying a cent. But you would have the choice of gettin some more CB for that standard mech purchase sooner. This is in line with their philosophy of pay for convenience.

No gold ammo type items, no hero mech that is vastly superior (or even equal to) to anything else.

[DeadlyNerd]

Don't tell me you can't get 500k with 3 games in premium time you bought with that MC.

This game's not worth spending cash on for small things like weapons and upgrades, that are easily farmable.

[Spirit of the Wolf]

DeadlyNerd, on 21 May 2013 - 04:19 AM, said:

Don't tell me you can't get 500k with 3 games in premium time you bought with that MC.

This game's not worth spending cash on for small things like weapons and upgrades, that are easily farmable.

There's that too.

Premium time and Mechbays remain the best investments of MC in this game.