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[12Bravo]

Seems I am making about 50k cbills less per match this patch... Anyone else noticing this?

[NuclearPanda]

I'd say "Working as Intended", but it would only frustrate you as much as I already am with the whole situation.

They want you to dump money into the game. I still can't believe the new Hero Mech costs close to FORTY FRIGGIN DOLLARS

[WM Wraith]

12Bravo, on 02 October 2013 - 05:28 AM, said:

Seems I am making about 50k cbills less per match this patch... Anyone else noticing this?

C-Bill level was leveled out by PGI for before match making slowed it down, and now before the "READY" button slowed it further.

I noticed too that with this patch, rather than adjusting to compensate for slower matches, we seem to have a C-Bill Nerf. I am making much less for one kill, 9 assist wins that before the patch of yesterday.

Can we please have PGI adjust the economy, which was fine prior to the match maker and ready button, back to a level where over time (not matches) we can earn the same income?

Example - prior to patches for match maker and ready you could play 8 to 10 matches an hour. Might earn you 1.1 up to 2 million c-bills with hero mechs and premium time.

Now with these two game finding slowing additions, you are lucky to get 6 matches at most in an hour. Outcome is C-Bills income is cut in half.

Check it out please PGI - the grind is grind enough without rubbing our faces in it even more. You adjusted the economy to a level on purpose which you stated you were happy with. Bring us back up to that level.

[12Bravo]

All I am saying is I used to regularly make 250k before this last patch, and now I can barely make 200k. Didn't see anywhere in the patch notes that there was another economy change.

[John MatriX82]

Check bullock's twitter, it looks like that visually we miss the salvage bonus at all but it should be awarded "stealthly" nevertheless.

I guess that this, atlas cockpits and ready button will soon trigger an hotfix before the end of the week. Or I hope.

[12Bravo]

I think that "Twitter" is a sign of all that is wrong with the world... so I try not to check it.

[Lusankya]

I haven't noticed much of a difference but I'll keep an eye out.

[Beetlejuice85]

Tried and indeed ,the salvage bonus is missing in the end result. But you get it anyway i tried this by myself and you get "ghost c-bills" after the match. So step 1 : Ghost heat
step 2: Ghost C-bills

[Burke IV]

so wait what? last night salvage was not being awarded. I should have a new varient now. Im feeling short changed when are we getting reimbursed?

Ghost c bills? is PGI a troll?

Edited by Burke IV, 02 October 2013 - 09:41 AM.

[Matthew Craig]

That is correct, salvage is being awarded but the end of round screen is not currently reflecting it properly (should be able to confirm by looking at c-bills pre match and post match vs. what was stated as awarded on end of round screen) the good news is you are getting the salvage reward so it's just a UI bug that is being looked at.

[SolCrusher]

UI bug? How about added feature!

[LastPaladin]

NuclearPanda, on 02 October 2013 - 05:41 AM, said:

They want you to dump money into the game. I still can't believe the new Hero Mech costs close to FORTY FRIGGIN DOLLARS

Someone must have slept through Econ 101. If your revenues are too low, the last thing you want to do is RAISE prices. Sheesh.

[Banditman]

Matthew Craig, on 02 October 2013 - 11:41 AM, said:

That is correct, salvage is being awarded but the end of round screen is not currently reflecting it properly (should be able to confirm by looking at c-bills pre match and post match vs. what was stated as awarded on end of round screen) the good news is you are getting the salvage reward so it's just a UI bug that is being looked at.

No. It's not.

When I play 12 twelve man matches over three hours and bring in less than a million CBills, all is NOT right with the world.

If I was a new player starting this game right now I *(&# sure wouldn't stick around to try to earn CBills in this terrible excuse for an economy.

[Kshat]

Matthew Craig, on 02 October 2013 - 11:41 AM, said:

That is correct, salvage is being awarded but the end of round screen is not currently reflecting it properly (should be able to confirm by looking at c-bills pre match and post match vs. what was stated as awarded on end of round screen) the good news is you are getting the salvage reward so it's just a UI bug that is being looked at.

So getting 2099 C-Bills for a kill is "just an UI-bug"? I remember times when I got over 6k for one kill. Not that I am "killgreedy", I really like that getting the last hit isn't something overly compensated. But it should at least be as much as you would get for an assist.

All in all, after the patch I'm making roughly 30k to 50k less C-bills than before. So my matches are averaging in between ~60k and ~100k. All with a plethora of assists, ~500dmg or more and the obvious component destruction, spotting, kills etc

There IS something wrong with that.

[Infrasound]

Its a bug, you ARE getting the $$$$ but the score screen isn't showing one of the component destruciton or whatever fields so it looks like you're not getting it. In fact if you check your balance before and after game you will see it is paying you the extra 50k or so you think you've missed.

Pls fix Founders atlas head bug...

[Kshat]

It's not. Salvage amounts to something of... dunno, 5 to 20k? Last match (conquest) I got two kills, earned 2099 for each of them, six assists (3,2k each), destroyed six components, earned a few spotting assists and dealt 1k damage. Had been rewarded with 133k. So without the conquest-only resource-bonus I wouldn't even reach 100k c-bills. And that had been - obviously - a rather well-going match. If I happen to play only assault, I would get roughly 400k per hour - at best.
Everyone knows the prices in this game, so if you don't have the time to do some hardcore-grinding, you need a lot of patience in order to master a chassis you've taken a liking to - or are pressured to heavily spend your pennies.

And yes, getting reimbursed with 2k for a kill isn't a bug. There had been a time where you got 6k, and that time hasn't been too long ago... I would rather pay a monthly fee in order to keep the servers running than being forced to such... you might call it ransom.

[Racklesnack]

If you use a hero mech sometimes the hero bonus doesn't show.