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#41 Elizander

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 01:20 AM

View PostVassago Rain, on 24 May 2013 - 09:03 AM, said:

The stalker is a good deal.
K2 should be a permanet discount GRAB DEAL for its usability to new players.
4SP is pretty bad right now, with no set date to fix it up.
Raven 3L has the problem of needing expensive components you're gonna have to grind for, anyway.
The prem time is pretty nice. but not really that special.

You should do some kind of event grab deal for a full kit of mech, cockpit statue, hanging bling-bling, and a matching flag.


Sadly I think they stated that they cannot do bundle deals until UI 2.0 hits.

#42 Ryvucz

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 02:49 AM

I was expecting an actual employee of the month...type.. sell.. thing...

"Because (insert PGI employee(s) of the month name(s) here) is an outstanding (insert job title), we will be placing his/her favorite mech on sale".

>nudge, nudge, wink, wink<

#43 ryoma

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 02:59 AM

I thought more people use STK-5M, why go with 5S?

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 04:50 AM

ups// wrong topik))

Edited by Xolod69, 25 May 2013 - 06:12 AM.


#45 Szpirglas

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 11:59 AM

You Did spell Honor Wrong Garth

#46 Saber Avalon

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 03:48 PM

View PostHollenFier, on 25 May 2013 - 11:59 AM, said:

You Did spell Honor Wrong Garth


He spelt it correctly, Canadian.

#47 DraconisCombine

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 03:50 PM

View PostWintersdark, on 24 May 2013 - 02:15 PM, said:

This. I'm just a blue collar factory worker guy, but pulling an hour of overtime will net me roughly $50.


$70k/yr net is pretty well off compared to the median. JUST FYI

#48 Wintersdark

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Posted 25 May 2013 - 04:04 PM

I don't make $70k a year net. I make $60k a year gross, which isn't particularly unusual here (Canada). I understand things are much worse in the States (and not as bad but worse still on either coast here) but throughout central Canada there's *tons* of work paying $20+ an hour, and reasonably low living expenses and taxes.

Hell, at my plant, where the lowest paying jobs start at $18/hr and have no requirements beyond your being willing to actually work and be able to communicate effectively in English, we're perpetually short staffed, and my plant is in no way unusual.

I get that this is going pretty far afield, but it always surprises me. I'm constantly telling people I know that I can get them a job, starting at $20 an hour, right off the street... But to date, only ONE person has actually accepted said offer (and he made $90k in his first year, as there's always tons of overtime available that nobody takes).

We've actually imported people from *IRELAND* because we can't get local folks, too many jobs, not enough people. Not because they're highly skilled, but because we need people that badly. My company has to turn away millions of dollars of work per year, and leave a large amount of equipment idle, just because there's nobody to run it. It ****** me off when people ***** about being poor, but then are utterly unwilling to do anything to change that. Not saying this is you, of course... I'm just off on a tangent ranting now. I get ranty about this :huh:

[/rant off]

Anyways, yeah... at $60k gross for me last year, as the only income in a family of 4, it wasn't a big deal to pick up a few mechs.

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Posted 26 May 2013 - 05:30 AM

A couple of notes to those only familiar with the US:

Wikipedia: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

excange rates from Google while writing this post:
$60,000/yr Can -> $58,380/yr US
$90,000/yr Can -> $87,574/yr US
$20/hr Can -> $19.46/hr US
$18/hr Can -> $17.51/hr US

"Communicate effectively in English" is a somewhat higher standard than US people might think. However, since you're reading a blog for a game, you're probably ok. Canadian schools actually teach English in a way that the US schools don't any more.

HEALTH INSURANCE:
Here in the US, the recently passed laws don't give free insurance to anybody, they just FINE you and your employer if you don't have it. The IRS will be handling it. (co-incidentally, the very same woman who just took the fifth before Congress in the IRS harassment scandal was just moved to head the health care enforcement division.) The fines will go higher each year.

Due to another stupidity in the law, most non-essential workers will get hours cut to 27/week. What nobody is talking about publicly is that medium size companies are going to fire pretty much everybody and rehire them as contractors through a ton of smaller 'staffing' companies. These smaller staffing companies are going to go bankrupt with depressing regularity.

This isn't a political post, it's just to let you know that if you're in an hourly wage job in a decent company, things are about to get much, much worse in ways you probably haven't heard of yet. I like socialized medicine (I grew up with it). It's just that our 2,700 page law for healthcare is a massive power grab written by thieves (lobbyists) and passed by morons (congress) who never read it in the 72 hours they had it. If Congress had called Alberta and said "Hey, send us a copy of your social insurance law" and passed it, I'd have jumped for joy. But they didn't, and we're ******.

Canada, and especially Alberta, has a very, very good government run health insurance program. Everybody working in the province (state) is in the same insurance pool, so the rates are much lower than the US. Each province in Canada has it's own health insurance system, and it's good. No, it isn't perfect, and if you're filthy rich you fly to private doctors in the US. But if you were filthy rich, you wouldn't have read this far.

I live in the US, but have visited a few times, and have some very close friends who live in Alberta, and we talk a lot, especially about health care.

Temperatures:
No bones about it, it gets ******* cold in Calgary.

If your ancestors grew up in hot environments, and you laugh at all the fat people who sweat to death in the summer, Calgary might not be for you. Last winter, speaking with a friend at 2:00 pm it was -22F (-30C). Twenty two degrees below zero. The Canucks know how to deal with this cold ok, and they have extremely good winter clothing. ALL the cars have plug-in electric engine heaters.

Oh, and you might not be able to take your car with you either. Check with Transport Canada before assuming you can. Gas is about $5-$6 per gallon, the speed limits are low and strictly enforced.

Edited by Suicidal Idiot, 26 May 2013 - 05:57 AM.


#50 Xeno Phalcon

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Posted 26 May 2013 - 06:01 AM

View PostSuicidal *****, on 26 May 2013 - 05:30 AM, said:

The Canucks know how to deal with this cold ok


HA, its been my experience every year they yell SNOWMAGEDON and run around claiming the sky is falling with any sign of a snowflake at least in the GTA.

#51 Mason Grimm

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Posted 26 May 2013 - 06:40 AM

Let's stay on topic here folks and shy away from talking about how amazing Canada is (even though it is! amirightguys?!!?!?)

The topic is the sale; like it? dislike it? love it? hate it? but the sale is what it is all about in here!

#52 Cubivorre

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Posted 26 May 2013 - 06:48 AM

Meh. Sale is kinda boring. But discount prem. time is always a welcome sight no matter what the sale. :)

#53 Xeno Phalcon

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Posted 26 May 2013 - 07:16 AM

View PostMason Grimm, on 26 May 2013 - 06:40 AM, said:

The topic is the sale; like it? dislike it? love it? hate it? but the sale is what it is all about in here!



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Less cbill mechs, more hero mechs.

#54 Appogee

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Posted 26 May 2013 - 01:28 PM

I am LOVING the 3 day cheap Premium Time! I worked out it's cost me only $2, but really paid dividends in terms of racking up the CBills.

By playing my Hero Ilya - which is my favourite Mech anyway - I've saved up enough to buy my first Atlas. (I've had games where I've scored 350K Cbills in one hit... doesn't take too long to rack up a millions CBills at that rate.)

And I still have the better part of a day to go playing with my Atlas, unlocking efficiencies and adding modules.

I'm going to buy another 3 day package on Tuesday. I may well get my second Atlas before the week is out :-)

Edited by Appogee, 26 May 2013 - 01:30 PM.


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Posted 26 May 2013 - 03:28 PM

View PostGarth Erlam, on 24 May 2013 - 08:34 AM, said:

When you need a Mech that can bring versatility, the ability to take forever to be destroyed, all in a cool-looking case of metal - the Hunchback 4SP is there.


Jenner, you must be high. I outlast every 4SP in my collection of CN9s. :)

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Posted 29 May 2013 - 12:31 PM

I want a refund please.
I bought 3Day Premium time TWICE for 30% off each and I cannot use it because I keep getting disconnected.

I DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM 2 WEEKS AGO!!

REFUND PLEASE!!
3 DAY PREMIUM TIME
3 DAY PREMIUM TIME
REFUND PLEASE!!

#57 Deathlike

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Posted 29 May 2013 - 12:45 PM

View PostThontor, on 29 May 2013 - 12:33 PM, said:

Send an email to support@mwomercs.com


I've heard people are SOL when they do that...

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Posted 31 May 2013 - 01:00 AM

View PostBad Andy, on 24 May 2013 - 06:56 PM, said:

need double xp conversion so we can buy all the new module upgrades!


xp conversion ? i have actually too much gxp since i finished the basic skills of 3 mechs. the problem isnt the xp, the price is the huge barrier keeping me from using another one...6M for nearly all....thats close to 2 normal mechs

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Posted 05 June 2013 - 11:18 PM

mechbay sale would be good





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