29 replies to this topic

[Burpitup]

Is it just me or is the new atlas cost way to much money. I don't mind droping a little money on the game but 7500mc is a bit high for my $$. I guess if you have crazy money have at it.

[Arnold J Rimmer]

Hero mechs are 75 MC per ton. Atlas is 100 tons. 75 x 100 = 7500.

[Burpitup]

doesn't mean it is worth that much real money

[Hydrophobia]

All mechs are too expensive, but yeah, over $30 for one mech? Yipes!
Surely PGI would benefit from halfing the prices and selling more than twice as much? You would expect more people to be happy to make more micro* transactions.


* although not sure if that classifies as "micro", even $15 is quite expensive for some pixels.

[Cest7]

Buy MC on sale..?

[Curccu]

Cest7, on 02 October 2013 - 10:55 PM, said:

Buy MC on sale..?

And when was that MC sale on last time?

[Cest7]

Curccu, on 02 October 2013 - 11:21 PM, said:

And when was that MC sale on last time?

13 Dec 2012

[1Sascha]

Hydrophobia, on 02 October 2013 - 09:53 PM, said:

Surely PGI would benefit from halfing the prices and selling more than twice as much?

I dunno. Been seeing a *lot* of Boars Heads running around these past few days.

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* although not sure if that classifies as "micro", even $15 is quite expensive for some pixels.

Even though I think the price is pretty steep for a single Mech, and I'd rather wait a few more days for my Phoenix Mechs to arrive, that's not *really* a way to look at it.

Otherwise, why would anyone ever buy music/mp3-files? That's just some bits strung together to create sounds. Same goes with an OS.. it's "just" a piece of software. Or what about a movie you watch in a theatre? That's just images flickering across a screen in front of you. And you can only watch it *once*.

Regardless of the product - which in this case happens to be some bits/bytes/pixels, someone had to sit down and create that thing. So there's actual work involved here which should justify paying for it. Especially if you consider that the game itself - all, what? 2, 3, 4 GB of it - is free to download and play.

So getting back to my initial observation:

"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it".

From what I've seen, that seems to work out ok - even for the 7500 MC Atlas.



S.

Edited by 1Sascha, 03 October 2013 - 12:34 AM.

[627]

See it this way, this is likely the most expensive item in this game, as there are no heavier mechs. Every other hero will be cheaper than this. There won't be a 100$ tank or 250$ ship here.

And if it is to much, don't buy, yet. Wait for either mc or hero mech sale

[Bad Andy]

The D-DC is pretty much a flat out better mech in every way. XL engine in an atlas is a really funny joke. They would have done much better to make a hero atlas with more ballistic slots or ballistics and missiles on each side torso.

"Don't buy it then" is excellent advice.

Edited by Bad Andy, 03 October 2013 - 12:47 AM.

[1Sascha]

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There won't be a 100$ tank or 250$ ship here.

Oh, I wish there were.

Dropships/Jumpships anyone?


S.

[METAL SEPARATOR]

1Sascha, on 03 October 2013 - 12:29 AM, said:

"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it".

S.

That's the main reason. I think it is heavily overpriced anyway. I think selling a part of the game for the full AAA game price tag is not right. How much easier is it to build a mech (on an existing chassis) than creating a game from scratch. From the other hand I did spend 5000mc just on colors...

Edited by MWn00b, 03 October 2013 - 12:54 AM.

[SpankN]

Still cheaper than a $50+ World of Tanks premium tank. Now that, to me, is expensive.

Edited by SpankN, 03 October 2013 - 01:14 AM.

[POWR]

Bad Andy, on 03 October 2013 - 12:42 AM, said:

The D-DC is pretty much a flat out better mech in every way. XL engine in an atlas is a really funny joke. They would have done much better to make a hero atlas with more ballistic slots or ballistics and missiles on each side torso.

"Don't buy it then" is excellent advice.

Well, it's one way to buy a 400XL with MC instead of c-bills

[John MatriX82]

I got rid of my RS due the dull heat penalty system, this Atlas is technically better because of two extra energy in the arms vs the dual 9-tube limited missile hardpoint of the RS, but there's no way I'm throwing 7500 mcs for this thing.

Since the movement nerf Atlases have been dusting off for a long time..

[Dedra Meero]

Burpitup, on 02 October 2013 - 05:41 PM, said:

Is it just me or is the new atlas cost way to much money. I don't mind droping a little money on the game but 7500mc is a bit high for my $$. I guess if you have crazy money have at it.

To buy the Atlas Boar Head you need 7500 MC.

That means, provided you have no MC right now, you have to buy the 12.000 MC pack to afford the 7500 MC Atlas.

The 12.000 MC pack comes at 49.95$, which means the 7500 MC Atlas will cost you 31.22$ in terms of MC vs Real money.

To make 31.22$ all you gotta do is put in an hour or two of overtime at work, or wash a car or two, or flip some burgers at McD.

My point is, while 7500 MC sounds expensive, 31.22$ really isn't a lot.

However, at the end of the day it's all about priorities. Do you want that Atlas? Then put in some work, or you can simply just not buy a pack of cigarettes for a few days.

[Curccu]

Cest7, on 02 October 2013 - 11:35 PM, said:

13 Dec 2012

My point exactly.. so it was while back and some of us have kinda ran out of MC since that.
and next sale will be on probably about same day this year, so not that easy to get that MC from sale.

Bloodfiend, on 03 October 2013 - 01:54 AM, said:

To buy the Atlas Boar Head you need 7500 MC.

That means, provided you have no MC right now, you have to buy the 12.000 MC pack to afford the 7500 MC Atlas.

The 12.000 MC pack comes at 49.95$, which means the 7500 MC Atlas will cost you 31.22$ in terms of MC vs Real money.

To make 31.22$ all you gotta do is put in an hour or two of overtime at work, or wash a car or two, or flip some burgers at McD.

My point is, while 7500 MC sounds expensive, 31.22$ really isn't a lot.

However, at the end of the day it's all about priorities. Do you want that Atlas? Then put in some work, or you can simply just not buy a pack of cigarettes for a few days.

I don't smoke (not really but...)

[Geek Verve]

Hydrophobia, on 02 October 2013 - 09:53 PM, said:

* although not sure if that classifies as "micro", even $15 is quite expensive for some pixels.

Ever go to a movie? How much did you pay to simply look at those pixels for a mere 90 minutes?

[Dominatrix420]

If you think Hero Mechs are pricey, you should look at the prices of Premium Tanks in WoT. The Lowe is a $50 tank, yet people buy them up. Compared to that, a Hero Atlas that, from what I have seen and heard, is a great Mech, and only $30. The Lowe is a pos tank by comparison.

At least we are not forced to buy premium ammo to compete. Yet. Gold AC rounds, ugh...no. Just no.

[Adeptus Odren]

Cest7, on 02 October 2013 - 11:35 PM, said:

13 Dec 2012

They might do another Black Friday MC promo. Who knows. And Black Friday is just around the corner.