Project Phoenix Leaked
#381
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:47 PM
PGI you have to be out of your mind. You all haven't been able to keep any deadline date that you've set for yourselves. I look back at all the Dev blogs and just straight laugh out loud, now you present this... There was 5 Million made on the founders program alone, thats not counting any other investors that may have bought into it. Currently we have a game that has been in beta for a year, and UI 2.0 getting pushed back constantly, and I feel the community as a whole is going to have to see something MORE than just a few mechs, and a few months of premium time?? What am I going to use the time for?? What mech could I NOT get within the last 12 months that I've been playing this, that now the premium time will allow me to get....
#382
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:48 PM
Remember this sale goes for at least a month, so if your not sure don't rush in, wait to see what great patch changes happen between now and then. If I do get it, it sure wont be for the locust.
Sure I want me a thunderbolt and shadowhawk, but as a founder, fool me once, shame on me......
Edited by Tekadept, 25 June 2013 - 03:57 PM.
#383
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:50 PM
The game is in a serious state of crap at the moment, PGI has told us VERY little about how CW is going to work and what is involved with it, you know...CW, the MAIN SELLING point that is "supposed" to be the core of this game, and here they are making another $80 money grab.
I know the argument that, hey, if people want to spend their money, go for it. Just goes to show though how easily people can be bought off. Once they get these mechs in the game, guess what, same crap in game thats been there for a year. And for founders who buy this, you just paid 160 bucks FOR A BETA!
So yes, suckers!
#384
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:51 PM
Tekadept, on 25 June 2013 - 03:48 PM, said:
Remember this sale goes for at least a month, so if your not sure don't rush in, wait to see what great patch changes happen between now and then. If I do get it, it sure wont be for the locust.
As a founder, fool me once, shame on me......
Fool me twice... **** it! I don't care _how_ stupid it makes me look. I still get my THUNDERBOLT!
#385
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:52 PM
You HAVE to buy the Locust to even try and get in on this, and it carries four ballistic points in a 20 ton mech. No ECM, no jets, relies on machine guns which are still terrible against armored mechs.
In short, this is a new cash infusion program for what is STILL a beta game, with a carrot-on-a-stick set of mechs that boost Loyalty Points in CW. Oh, and CW was delayed, again.
No, I don't think this plan is worth it, but I do suspect this will be the model used to "introduce" playable Clan mechs.
#386
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:54 PM
Wasn't the big ol' cannon supposed to be on the left side of the thunderbolt?
#387
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:57 PM
#388
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:58 PM
#389
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:58 PM
#390
Posted 25 June 2013 - 03:59 PM
That said, I'm cautiously optimistic.
#391
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:00 PM
That said, I'll be waiting until at least July 24th before I make my decision on this one. Longer if I don't like the state of things when that time comes.
Edited by The Cheese, 25 June 2013 - 04:03 PM.
#392
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:01 PM
#393
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:02 PM
#394
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:12 PM
Okay.
Back.
My beloved BLR-1G!
Shut up and take my money!
#395
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:16 PM
On one hand, I love the Re-Seen launch as it gives hope that my Griffin will see the light of day as well.
But on the other, if we're not able to get more maps per month, it doesn't seem worth it to invest in more mechs. at 51 mechs today and I'm not sure if there is enough playability if we're not getting more maps at a faster rate.
What to do....
-S
#396
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:17 PM
Thunderbolt 5S is also a Clan refit, which means it won't be carrying those items. Probably the 5Sb load - LRM with Artemis, Streak, ERPPC, two small puses, 3 mediums, LRM15. One energy right arm, two or three missile right torso, three enrgy left torso, two energy left arm.
The Battlemaster, who knows. The "1G" is the default build but there is a named hero and four named subvariants of "1G" on Sarna for a total of six possible builds to translate. Bad news is a couple of them incorporate a Command Console which is still worthless in MWO, so maybe it will have several ECM variants.
Edited by Vermaxx, 25 June 2013 - 04:18 PM.
#397
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:18 PM
Plus, Shadow Hawk! Huzzah!
I'm likely to pick up the 80 USD package.
#398
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:18 PM
Also, I am sincerely happy for the old time tabletop players who had special nostalgia for these mechs. However, I got into Battletech right when the initial legal troubles with Harmony Gold were hitting, so these mechs were already starting to disappear from products I bought. Thus, I don't have the sentimental attachment as some do. The ones I did like in particular (Rifleman, Marauder, Warhammer) aren't part of this promotion so meh. I don't like the art for this new locust redesign at all - it's fairly beefy and looks more like a bushwacker (50 ton) sized medium mech. Don't see how it will look right next to the flea, which is the same tonnage but suitably "light" looking in the art.
The fact you can only get the Battlemaster by choosing the $80 package makes the whole thing seem much more stingy and cynical than the flexible founder's packages were. What's the point of spending $20 for a locust, which will be even worse than the spider? It's like $80 or get out here, and I'm way too down on the game at this time to throw yet another $80 at it.
So for now, I don't think I'll be purchasing any of these packages. I don't want to be one of those folks who complains, complains, complains then laps up any bone PGI throws with that obnoxious "take my money" quote. If you people want to keep the pressure on the devs to make some necessary radical overhauls, I think it may be necessary to show some backbone and willpower for once and keep your wallet in your pocket.
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Edited by 5th Fedcom Rat, 25 June 2013 - 04:39 PM.
#399
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:19 PM
#400
Posted 25 June 2013 - 04:21 PM
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