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[Skoll]

124 pages of people not realizing this $500 skin is their going out of business sale.

STO lifetime sub is a better investment.

[Mike Getsome]

This is Timber Wolf




THIS IS NOT TIMBER WOLF

[Silent]

Looking forward to the horribly misspelled stream of consciousness post Russ Bullock and team will hammer out on Monday trying to explain all of this.

[WM Jeri]

psihius, on 14 December 2013 - 12:01 AM, said:

I think i'm going to start putting aside some money in coming months and if I see the game start to roll out UI 2.0, CW, DX11 and other stuff till spring, then I'm going to lay down 240$ flat out somewhere in April, no questions asked

That I concur with...I am spending nothing until they deliver something more than mechs and a smattering of maps. $240 for a hobby I enjoy not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things. Problem is I am not enjoying the game as is and I get leery of people that say trust me...the check is in the mail especially when they do it over and over and over.

So while I harbor no hate towards PGI, I am simply unwilling to further open my wallet until they start delivering something in their service of what I perceive as value.

Since my friends are moving on and a BIG part of my enjoyment is derived from the interaction with my friends...some of who I have been online gaming with since the 90's, we tend to move as a group. I will be moving on as well. The game whatever it is is the cohesive vehicle that binds us together and is the commonality of our friendship.

PUG friends...yea not so much into that 15 minutes of comraderie so PGI has a lot to deliver to win me back and this simply is not it for me.

[Skoll]

Silent, on 14 December 2013 - 08:31 AM, said:

Looking forward to the horribly misspelled stream of consciousness post Russ Bullock and team will hammer out on Monday trying to explain all of this.

It's just going to be the whale song recycled from Star Trek IV : The Search for More Heffays.

[Sean Kye]

Well 4chan is all over it on /vg. Once again, word is spreading fast.

[Threat Doc]

Chronojam, on 14 December 2013 - 03:05 AM, said:

Quote this if you're down.

Not only am I quoting this, but I'm keeping this image as it's a perfect representation of what's wrong with this game.

PGI, you done screwed the pooch, son!

I have a paper to write for my final for this college semester, and I can't concentrate on it because of your rampant stupidity, and being huge liars I defended for a long time, not only these past couple of months, but from April to September 2011, before AU dissolved. You NEED to tell this community what the hell's going on, or you need to refund people's money and step back.

"If you tell people you will have out a lot of things at certain times, then you NEVER get those out, rather putting out {Scrap} people don't need, you might just be a dumbass!"

[Gremlich Johns]

1) No self-respecting Clan-oriented player would purchase a gold mech;

2) No indication of what the probable (or even possible) weapons loadouts are or what the Clan weapon arsenal is going to be -- This will affect the "flavour" of the Clans if the invasion ever commences, let us hope it is not scatological in nature;

3) No new maps - at launch, MW4 had something like 20 different maps, not variations of 10 maps, but 20 different maps;

4) Still no CW;

5) No Clan "faction" details (like how are the Invading Clans supposed to be managed (Frankly, this should have been issued simultaneously with the Clan mech package offering);

6) still no in-game comms;

7) the game is still essentially a Beta product;

8) Timely, encouraging and yet insulting sale.

[Roadbeer]

124 pages in over 12 hours.

[James Montana]

Where is the rest of the game?

[Cerebelli]

I want my Stormcrow so bad. Like, SO bad. But I cannot justify spending that much money on it.

[Minos Murdoc]

Personally i would have liked to see UI2 and CW working before clans. As to the pricing are you F***ing kidding me. Fine for those that are made of money. How about offering packages where you can chose which mechs you get. I am only interested in three of the mechs there and would want the prime version, but to do so i have to purchase the top package. no way.

[Gremlich Johns]

Silent, on 14 December 2013 - 08:31 AM, said:

Looking forward to the horribly misspelled stream of consciousness post Russ Bullock and team will hammer out on Monday trying to explain all of this.

on social media but not the Forums most likely......

[Burke IV]

Skoll, on 14 December 2013 - 08:30 AM, said:

124 pages of people not realizing this $500 skin is their going out of business sale.

STO lifetime sub is a better investment.

I would have payed a sub for world of mechwarrior, for soooooo long. But that would have required PGI to coff up an actual fully fleshed out game.

[Atreides76]

Is George Lucas now giving PGI business model tips ? He must be, cause this stinks just like the prequels. Great job PGI ! This is becoming pay to win, no matter how you spin it. PGI is consistent I'll give them that, consistent in NOT delivering but just taking. You guys should seriously consider becoming hedge fund managers instead of game developers that way you could rip people off and not really have to produce results and could always blame it on the market or the economy.

Remember how Bioware fixed the Mass Effect ending ? Now that's a company that has customer base loyalty and appreciates the CURRENCY (hint hint) of loyalty, perhaps you could just take some inspiration from companies such as them.

I really don't want to see this game fail in PGI's hands, as I love the franchise and don't want to see this game die, BUT more money and 500 dollar mechs ? You guys haven't even implemented DX 11 yet ! and you want more ?

Edited by Atreides76, 14 December 2013 - 12:40 PM.

[Red Jenny]

Why is everyone hating on the prices? It will be the exact same as with the phoenix mechs. You will get them all. Not only a single one for 30 dollars each. The biggest thing will buy you not only 24 Mechs (including premium variants) but also 24 Mechbays, worth around 50 bucks themselfs. (I count in euros so please correct me if I got this wrong.)
Also you don't have to buy the packs to get the mechs. You just have to wait a bit longer. So where is the pay to win; Because of those clearly overpowered Battlemaster builds running around right now right?
Stop the fear mongering allreader. If you don't want to spend the money. Just wait. But game has to be funded some way. And if they decide to use the tier based marketing scheme, so be it.

I mayself are really excited about this. But most likely wont buy a pack worth 210$ just to get my hands on may beloved masakari. Other might be willing to. And its there good right to do so. Funding your ******** free to play idiology.

[Hallbor]

Josef Koba, on 14 December 2013 - 08:20 AM, said:

Let me first say that I love this game even in its current state and all its flaws. My friend and I play just about every night. We would have been founders had we known about it in time. We've purchased the Overlord pack and I don't even want to think about how much money I've spent in the past year. Far, far more than any other game in history. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars, easily.

But I can't in good conscience purchase these mechs at this time. The price is steep by itself, but that's not even the main issue. The main issue is that I don't even know what I'm really getting. The info given is incredibly minimal. How will clans be implemented? How can you ask for such a sum without giving even a little bit of information? If you tell me what it all means and I like it I'll be happy to give you $240. But $500? Maybe...I just don't know what you get for it. Clicking on anything just takes you to the credit card form. It's asking me to pay, virtually sight unseen. I'd be a foolish consumer to do that. How are we to even know where the game will be in eight months? What if PGI goes out of business? It's just asking a lot from the customer base. Too much, in my opinion.

What I'd like to see is a comprehensive update, given to the community from PGI. Tell us where you are on CW, UI 2.0, etc. Give us an idea about what you're working on. What game modes are being planned? Please stop asking for my money until then. Those mechs are beautiful and juicy and I want them, but $240 is too much considering all the unknowns.

I've willingly given you a lot of money. And I have no problem continuing to do so because I love the game and am hoping that more comes our way. But as I see it now, you're just producing more mechs and I see no movement on any of the things the you have told us you're working on. Give us some updates, folks. This smacks of a money grab and it insults us.

pretty much what i thought as well.
If they implement ui2 well and make the changes it needs, give us more info what the clans will be like and show some real movement on the cw front i will gladly get a clan pack. Most likely a big one as well.
But like this, without any real information we have no idea what we are getting exactly and if it is of use for us.

They REALLY need to work on their communication. If they had said something together with this. Maybe why suddenly the clans come out before cw (don't want to "speculate" here) and given some more infos people woudln't have reacted nearly as badly.
But until i know better where this entire game is going and what the clans will be like and can be sure the future of mwo is "secure" i will hold out as well.

We will just have to see what the coming months will bring, it is a long time until june. Who knows, maybe i am lucky and they tell and show us more until then. If enough happens until the end of march i might make myself a nice birthday present ;-)

[HammerSmythe]

I'd probably pay 4,240 Yen for 8 Goldies plus the Masakari pack.

[Oderint dum Metuant]

"Look at all that money Star Citizen is making! people are paying 1000's of dollars for space ships?"

"Yea Russ and i have a great idea, since our player numbers dropped and so did our cash"

"Oh really? was it it paul do tell!"

"Clan Founders packages, but not just any founders packages, more expensive ones....like $500 for the same things...just Gold!"

"Best idea ever"

[Roadbeer]

Curious about how many people are complaining about the prices here who have spent around the same if not more on Star Citizen