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Aug. 30Th - Trial By Fire Sale!


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#1 InnerSphereNews

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 08:49 AM

Greetings MechWarriors!
Here comes another Trial By Fire! Raven 2X, Cicada 3C, Victor 9K, all 50% off the price! You've got lasers and missiles on the fun light, the 2X; ballistics and energy on the 3C (try 1x large laser, 4x machine guns); and ballistic, energy, AND missiles on the 9K! So check them out, and enjoy the sale everyone!
Cheers, The MechWarrior Online Team
WHAT:

50% off price of the following Trial Mechs:

  • RVN-2X reg 990  now 495
  • CDA-3C reg 1280  now 640
  • VTR-9K reg 3085  now 1542

WHEN:

Friday August 30th 10am PDT

TO

Tuesday September 3rd 10am PDT



#2 Ash23Neuro

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:04 AM

This sale sucks...

#3 anfadern

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:07 AM

Maybe it is time for another challenge soon like the "Assault And Conquer Challenge"
I really enjoyed that! :D

#4 SubGenius23

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:08 AM

how about MC sale and/or adding value to phoenix package to encourage people into buying/upraging (and as a way to say thank you and maybe a little sorry, heh;))? that would be nice...

#5 W A R L O R D

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:08 AM

Paint.....give me paint, PGI!

#6 Hellen Wheels

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:15 AM

View Postanfadern, on 30 August 2013 - 09:07 AM, said:

Maybe it is time for another challenge soon like the "Assault And Conquer Challenge"
I really enjoyed that! :D

Yeah, I was hoping for some kind of achievement challenge over the long weekend, or at least some cheap paint. I need to spend some leftover change. Guess I could mount some of those "priority artillery strikes" for the lulz <sigh>

#7 tuffy963

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:17 AM

Boy this is an underwhelming weekend for MWO. I was hoping for a challenge or a tournament. Oh well, guess I will play something else...

#8 Shiro Matsumoto

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:30 AM

Im...underwhelmed.

#9 Xeno Phalcon

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 09:33 AM

I still hold onto the slim hope that one day they will do the sensible thing and reduce the NORMAL price down to less mind blowing levels so people don't have to wait for their mechs to some day maybe cycle through the trial by fire sales. To put it into perspective the non-sale prices of those three mechs is ROUGHLY $4.50, $5.90 and $14.28 (CAD) the sale prices are more reasonable but what I would expect them to be all the time.

Especially if you look at the MC prices of the AWS-9M and AS7-K both of which are priced by equipment rather then just the weight, so their mc prices are jacked way up by XL engines. (AWS-9M comes to about $21.36 and the AS7-K comes to a mind boggling $25.37, a full six bucks more than the popular AS7-D-DC and only six bucks less than the current most expensive hero mech, Heavy Metal.)

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Also camos and paints should always be part of the TBF rotation :D (Especially as some of the "Premium" paints cost about $4.62 B) )

Edited by Xeno Phalcon, 30 August 2013 - 09:35 AM.


#10 PoLaR

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 10:08 AM

I didn't realize that half off was a bad sale.

Looks good to me.

#11 Enigmos

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 10:14 AM

'Bad' goes along with the apparently popular mindset that unless you are complaining you are weak, together with the delusion that saying everything other than you is bad makes you appear better than everything else.

Nobody can criticize the critics, after all. Fortunately I am just that nobody.

Edited by OriginalTibs, 30 August 2013 - 10:15 AM.


#12 verybad

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 10:27 AM

View PostAsh23Neuro, on 30 August 2013 - 09:04 AM, said:

This sale sucks...

Don't recall them selling the top tier mechs that everyone wants in these...ever.

These are the ones that aren't selling in the first place. For the collectors that have to have every mech they're a good thing.

Edited by verybad, 30 August 2013 - 10:27 AM.


#13 Deathlike

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 10:30 AM

It's kinda strange how these Trial By Fire sales don't come with colors or camos on sale for the mechs involved.

Only the Victor would be remotely be considered useful... since I'm not a fan of the non-3L Ravens and the Cicada-3C.

Overall, it's a really bad sale when you look over the totality of what is being sold.

Edited by Deathlike, 30 August 2013 - 10:30 AM.


#14 Crazyeyes244

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 10:30 AM

T-T-Triple Post!

It's super effective!

#15 BlacKcuD

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 11:44 AM

View Postanfadern, on 30 August 2013 - 09:07 AM, said:

Maybe it is time for another challenge soon like the "Assault And Conquer Challenge"
I really enjoyed that! :P


This!

#16 Panthros

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 12:01 PM

With the price of the Inner Sphere mechs, I am not looking forward to the price of the Clan mechs. The prices are what so far have scared people away from playing.

#17 Zolaz

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 12:22 PM

PGI is mad at us and sulking ... no special stuff for Labor Day. :P

#18 Sean von Steinike

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 01:06 PM

View PostAsh23Neuro, on 30 August 2013 - 09:04 AM, said:

This sale sucks...

Any sale is a good sale for someone. But yes, this one is sucky for me personally.

#19 RacerX

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 01:19 PM

Underwhelming for sure. It's Labor Day weekend! This is the last big holiday before football steals us all away from weekend Mech combat. Where are the Labor Day colors, cockpit items, camo sales, and hero mech specials?

Edited by RacerX, 30 August 2013 - 01:20 PM.


#20 Levi Porphyrogenitus

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Posted 30 August 2013 - 01:26 PM

New sales are always good, but...

I think that paint and skin sales are the most enticing by-and-large, and MC sales for holiday weekends are probably a good idea. Cockpit item sales are also more interesting.





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