FergieJ, on 16 December 2013 - 01:12 PM, said:
but listing mech packages at $250 bucks, and having some gold plated mech at 500.....really? 500 bucks? it just screams wrong to me
So as of right now, I will not be spending any more funds, when my 30 days of premium are up, oh well.... I know from talking over vent none of my friends are going to spendy any more cash.... and on top of that. if I was to see a gold plated mech on my team, im going to quit the match, and so with the rest of our lance
and he can play in his $500 mech in an 9 v 12 or 8 v 12, and I urge anyone else to do the same that feels wronged by this gold plated clan mech "sale"
I don't get it why so many guys have a problem with those gold mechs.
It is not targeted at you or me who have a limited budget for games.
It's targeted at whales who want that little extra bling-bling and are willing to pay for it.
Personally i would not want to drive a golden mech and show my wealth, but if those guys are pumping in money to keep that game going then i'm the last one to blame them for that.
So really where is the problem? No one forces us to have a golden mech. And i also don't get why people are whining about unknown special modules. Who says that they must have a gameplay-effect? Maybe it's a normal airstrike module which plays wagner's "ride of the walkyries" when activated?
You can be pretty sure that PGI is not that dumb to give the whales an actually powerful unique module.
That's why the pre-order phoenix mechs have no special configuration and the clan prime mechs will also not have anything which makes them better than their free counterparts.
So i ask again: Who really cares about expensive golden mechs? They are meant to be a unique and rare sight on the battlefield and if one's ego needs one of these badly then he will pay the price.
None of us is blaming Rolex for selling status symbol watches which are not better than non-golden ones. We simply don't buy 'em. So why starting to whine about golden mechs no one really needs? ;-)
And regarding the preorder packages: It sure is a steep price, but don't forget you are essentially paying for the right to play them first. Nothing else. All those bonuses are secondary. Beside being one of the first guys to play the mechs the packages have no advantage compared to the free variants. So if the price is too high then you just need to be patient and you have no problems.
Actually there are guys here in germany who pay a whopping 900+ dollars to get a PS4 which they can have for less than 700 bucks in a few months.
Or if you want to play a brand new game like GTA5 right on release day then you pay much more than a few month later.
The same rules apply here: If you want to be the first, you pay lots of extra money.
So why whining? Just wait to get everything much cheaper (in our case: for free) if you don't like the price.
Only the impatient are getting 'milked' ;-)