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[sicarii]

As a member of any particular house...are you responsible for managing your own resources and bank account or does your particular House unit (1st Fed Suns Lancers RCT for example) have a resource pool that you can pull from (ignoring earning or spending money). I can't imagine that, as a member of the Fed Suns (or any other house) you would be expected to pay for and upgrade your own mech. That would make you no different than a regular mercenary right?

I guess a modern day example would be the U.S.M.C vs a Blackwater-type "contractor". The Marine would not be expected to buy his own equipment nor would he/she have a say in where or when they fight, what their pay would be, etc. Whereas a contractor would have a say in, bring/buy some of their own equipment and fight for hefty salaries.

I hope I am making sense here folks...

[Strisk]

In MWO you will be paying for your own weapons/mechs.

[Fragtastic]

I think people are expecting way too much in terms of how gameplay will interact with cannon. I won't say that gameplay must always or will always win out, but balancing a game to fit into BT's normal cannon would make it into an unholy mess.

[sicarii]

Strisk, on 11 June 2012 - 12:58 AM, said:

In MWO you will be paying for your own weapons/mechs.

Regardless of affiliation. Copy that...and the only difference would be the LP you earn with whatever house you are affiliated with?

[Strisk]

Right, the difference will be LP, which will get you ranks with that faction. The ranks give bonuses, however, they will be for title and cosmetic type things only, not extra weapons/mechs etc.

[sicarii]

Ok. So that does leave a possiblity of getting pretty owned early on in your career, not being able to afford repair/refit and basically becomming disposessed. Or is everything repaired at the end of each battle?

[Alfred VonGunn]

sicarii, on 11 June 2012 - 01:11 AM, said:

Regardless of affiliation. Copy that...and the only difference would be the LP you earn with whatever house you are affiliated with?

They have also mention pay based on your ingame earned rank in the house. Plus whatever you earn in combat. Mercs Inexpect will be paid by their company from the cbills earn on contracts and from planets held plus combat

[Strisk]

sicarii, on 11 June 2012 - 01:20 AM, said:

Ok. So that does leave a possiblity of getting pretty owned early on in your career, not being able to afford repair/refit and basically becomming disposessed. Or is everything repaired at the end of each battle?

No way to know for sure I guess, but I assume you'll make enough each match to at least afford repairs.

Alfred VonGunn, on 11 June 2012 - 01:21 AM, said:

They have also mention pay based on your ingame earned rank in the house. Plus whatever you earn in combat. Mercs Inexpect will be paid by their company from the cbills earn on contracts and from planets held plus combat

Also what this guy said.

Also here for more information.
http://mwomercs.com/...munity-warfare/
http://mwomercs.com/...munity-warfare/

[WiCkEd]

Soldiers buy their own gear all the time. Who wants to walk into battle with gear built by the cheapest producer. It equivelates to using flatware from the Dollar Store.

[sicarii]

WiCkEd, on 11 June 2012 - 01:29 AM, said:

Soldiers buy their own gear all the time. Who wants to walk into battle with gear built by the cheapest producer. It equivelates to using flatware from the Dollar Store.

Partially true. We bought our own ancillary stuff but we didn't buy our carbines, glass, transport, etc.

[WiCkEd]

sicarii, on 11 June 2012 - 01:32 AM, said:

Partially true. We bought our own ancillary stuff but we didn't buy our carbines, glass, transport, etc.

You never drove yourself to the range in you POV? I had to buy my own rifle optics as well. I see your point though.

[Arafinar]

WiCkEd, on 11 June 2012 - 01:46 AM, said:

You never drove yourself to the range in you POV? I had to buy my own rifle optics as well. I see your point though.

In the Army,First kevlar I had (second chance, ofcourse that was 1980) I bought myself and very thankful I did.

[sicarii]

WiCkEd, on 11 June 2012 - 01:46 AM, said:

You never drove yourself to the range in you POV? I had to buy my own rifle optics as well. I see your point though.

Hahahah...of course we would drive to the range in our POVs but that's when you aren't deployed.