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[Airborne Thunder]

Jman88, on 13 December 2013 - 05:19 PM, said:

I'm thinking PGI must be desperate for cash to ask for so much money 7 months in advance... beware paying for this stuff now they might be declaring bankruptcy after the New Year... and running off somewhere warm with your cash!


Merry Christmas!

I was thinking the same thing. This can't be good.

[0vertorque]

This really should have been announced AFTER implementation of Community Warfare, TDM and UI 2.0.

$500 for a Gold skin on one mech? No, just no

[Mal]

Tooooonpie, on 13 December 2013 - 05:19 PM, said:

That is crowd funding, and is for a game that is not yet released, and won't be released until its released with the content it has promised to deliver.

MWO promised to deliver quite a lot while they themselves got crowd funding, and yet a lot of it is still not implimented. So your comparison to Star Citizen is deeply flawed

Crowdfunding = "Preselling items to fund project development"

This is the exact same thing. Just because the game is released, doesn't mean it doesn't still need funding for future content. There is no "rule" that says crowdfunding can't continue post release of a project.

[DArk 3MO]

PGI??? Whats this ****??? I didn´t understand you! Only taking money money money and doesnt give the comunity something... you have killed the half community the last months cause of your incompetent production and your not finished thinngs you have promised... Thanks PGI for killing the last game i have thought battletech comes back to the PC.... Give this Projekt to a good Producer who is thankfuller for these community... you cheat and **** on the community PGI thx for that...

I own saber and OVerlord package some Heromechs and have supportet you with my money but yet its a clear stop sighn of me i go back to the games wich take not money more than i need for food in one month!

[Bosie]

Wow, just wow and not in a good way.

[Squidy]

Any chance we can see the full concept art? I need more to drool over!

[FuzzyLog1c]

This is going to go down in gaming history as the thing that trumped Oblivion's Horse Armor debacle, and made the most overpriced piece of vaporware ever--Star Citizen--look like a bargain by comparison.

[1Sascha]

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8 prime, 16 standard....24 mechs total for $240. $10/mech. not bad.

That would be a valid point if we could tailor our own packages at $10/mech. But the way these packages are designed and priced...?

The way it is now, what these prices boil down to is this: "You want the Timber Wolf? That'll be $210, thank you."

And expecting players to dish out $500 for an "exclusive" package the content of which isn't even explained on the website that sells it...? That's just weird.


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[Sizzles]

I'm a little curious as to what PGI's game plan is. (outside of making money.) No major changes have been made since closed beta, (other than pulling out mech collisions.) the UI is still... rough... to say the least, and things I (and everyone else apparently) have been waiting for like Community Warfare are nowhere to be found.

Will buying a Golden mech skip UI 2.0 and go right to the ultra high-tech (holographic) UI 3.0?
or will it finally add CW?

I want to give you folks at PGI support for trying to continue the MechWarrior lineage... but I'm confused as to where you guys are taking this game.

Edit:

Okay, I just figured everything out.

Paul is actually Maximilian Liao. Now EVERYTHING makes sense.

Edited by Sizzles, 13 December 2013 - 05:34 PM.

[Thorqemada]

Imho the look of these Mechs is awesome (PGI as usual bcs you nail it almost all the time (The Look, not the Size...)).
But heck, i am glad to be an IS-Mechwarrior, the asked money is pure insanity - though i hope you find enough Clanners and Khans to make the game thrive.

Edited by Thorqemada, 13 December 2013 - 05:43 PM.

[Mechwarrior835815]

You have not even produced a single thing you have promised players you were working on for months and now you are trying for a huge cash grab for the all so rare "clan mechs". You have got to be joking. This is fraudulent and scummy, I'd actually be ashamed of myself right now if I worked for PGI and had anything to do with this. You just released the phoenix package and have yet to release any kind of content in months that benefits players and has no monetary exchange. Having cockpit items disappear from tournament winners and doing nothing.....you people are a joke.

[iamunkle]

Airborne Thunder, on 13 December 2013 - 05:13 PM, said:

I'm sorry to say but if I see a guy driving around in a Gold Mech knowing that he spent $500.00 on it I can't help but think "what an *******".

agreed.

any gold mechs i see,
ima shake my head.

[Lord Perversor]

Lucian Nostra, on 13 December 2013 - 05:22 PM, said:

Bought it the second I saw it, I don't get the complaining about the prices. $240 for 24 mechs is $10 a mech, that's friggin steal!

I can understand the gripes about this before seeing CW or UI2.0 but whatever.. it's the Clans baby!

And Ditto what Pariah said, go go Clan Nova Cat.. love that Alpha Galaxy paint job on the Nova.. Can has please??

I also think it's a good deal as it was the Founder's or Phoenix Pack.. at least the Mech selling part.

About the gold mechs.. whoa i maybe tempted if there was the Vulture in, but yes to be fairly honest the gold mechs are overpriced...

P.S: i'm fairly tempted PGI may either be in desperate need of money or need to prove something to their investors.

[Clogsman]

I'm sorry but these prices are criminal.

[Dagger6T6]

No Vulture/MadDog?

I know I'm in the minority... but I don't care for the MadCat that much, always been a Vulture fan

[The Flying Gecko]

I'm feeling really stupid for buying in on the Pheonix Package now. Well, maybe stupid isn't the word anxious is more accurate. I'm wondering: Are clan mechs going to be so much better then my Pheonix Package mechs that I just "wasted" my money on them? I can't understand your reasoning behind such high prices without any sort of info on how these are going to be incorporated into the game. What kind of role will The Clans play in community warfare? What's community warfare like at all? Will I be able to "upgrade" my existing mechs to be comparable? Will I be able to accomplish this task without spending even more cash? I want to buy all of them but; I don't even know what I'm getting, I don't know if my purchase will be made "obsolete" by your next major release. This announcement is really going to... annoy... a lot of people who have been supporting you for a long time.

When we buy things from you, like the Overlord pack, we're not just buying the mechs. We're making an investment in the game. We've seen VERY little return on our investments so far, and you just keep asking for more. At the very least, I need to know what I'm buying before you can sell it.

[Crimson Angel]

Until I see community warfare and other game modes, no more money from me.

Edited by Crimson Angel, 13 December 2013 - 05:28 PM.

[Serapth]

Lucian Nostra, on 13 December 2013 - 05:22 PM, said:

Bought it the second I saw it, I don't get the complaining about the prices. $240 for 24 mechs is $10 a mech, that's friggin steal!

I can understand the gripes about this before seeing CW or UI2.0 but whatever.. it's the Clans baby!

And Ditto what Pariah said, go go Clan Nova Cat.. love that Alpha Galaxy paint job on the Nova.. Can has please??

... and that ladies and gentlemen, is what a whale looks like.

[iamunkle]

GIVE ME A GOLD VULTURE AN ILL GIVE YOU 500$

[Deathshade]

What is the problem with creating the code for CW? Join up with MW Tactics and get them to create your web based CW integrated with the launching of MWO maps and modes!

They obviously got the BT tactical side of things down, all they need is a basic planetary jump system. People would settle with a less than perfect board to just battle it out over territory.

If you really wanna keep milking all you can, why don't you start charging for CW? I think you would get far more bites with different content(Planetary Assault) together with the old types of content(maps/mechs). Just throwing everyone the same type of content with a half the world to fight with them on is just getting redundant.