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[Spaismahn]

So in the State of the IS, I see this statement:

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With the Clan packages you are paying what equates to $30 per prime variant. But remember our pricing of MC in MWO has a relationship between MC and CB costs. Clan Technology is significantly more expensive, and is reflected in the package pricing. [/color]

I can't say I'm an expert on Mechwarrior. I'm not. I've played the various games since MW2, but only have passing knowledge of the TT game. It just seems to me the reason Clan tech is worth so much more than IS tech is that Clan tech is superior in pretty much every way. However, if you are going to make Clan = IS tech, then the prices should reflect that. Am I missing something?

[Escef]

Spaismahn, on 17 December 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

So in the State of the IS, I see this statement:


I can't say I'm an expert on Mechwarrior. I'm not. I've played the various games since MW2, but only have passing knowledge of the TT game. It just seems to me the reason Clan tech is worth so much more than IS tech is that Clan tech is superior in pretty much every way. However, if you are going to make Clan = IS tech, then the prices should reflect that. Am I missing something?

What you are missing is that they have stated that clan tech will be different from IS tech. Just look at teh IS prices, is an ERPPC really worth more than a standard model? Hell, ERs don't often get used because of their monstrous heat.

[Enzane]

According to Battle tech Lore, Clan tech was always more expensive to the Inner Sphere...

Maybe PGI is just trying to stick to the book.

While they rob us blind.

[Spaismahn]

Enzane, on 17 December 2013 - 12:04 PM, said:

According to Battle tech Lore, Clan tech was always more expensive to the Inner Sphere...

Maybe PGI is just trying to stick to the book.

While they rob us blind.

I'm fine with lore prices. It's just that lore also has Clan tech being obviously and blatantly superior to IS tech. With the nerf incoming to Clan tech, I question the value. An Atlas at rough 10 million cbills is going to take around 20-25 hours (100 matches) to grind for without boosters. A Stormcrow is almost 15 million cbills and it going to take 30-37.5 hours to grind (150 matches). That's a long grind for a 55 ton mech. Now you have to do it 3 times (90-112.5 hours) to get elited out vs. 60-75 hours for the most expensive IS mech. If Clantech ends up being equal but different, is it really worth the time and effort? The cash value, as it follows, is going to be 2-3 times the cost. A 55 ton Golden Boy has a purchase price of roughly 17 dollars (depending on MC package). Is it really worth paying $40-50 for a Stormcrow that is equal but different?

Bring up the PPC is interesting because the PPC now seems to fit lore. Sarna has the PPC at 10 heat and the ERPPC at 15. Price ratio is also the same, though the actual price does not match (200k for PPC and 300k for ER). So PGI is willing to fiddle with prices.

I'm not necessarily saying they need all things to be priced equally. I do feel they should avoid lore's inflated prices if they are going to remove the OP-ness of Clan tech.

Edited by Spaismahn, 17 December 2013 - 12:36 PM.

[Enzane]

I was more or less joking that they decided to charge Us REAL money for Imaginary 'superior' mechs.

Since Clan Tech is always more expensive in game.

That's why they are charging us so much. It was a poor joke.

[FunkyFritter]

They say Clan tech won't completely outclass IS tech. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Chemie]

FunkyFritter, on 17 December 2013 - 01:08 PM, said:

They say Clan tech won't completely outclass IS tech. I'll believe it when I see it.

some will and some won't. Depends on the variants. Some variants will be as bad as trial mechs because they have no stock armor and/or bad engines.

and ppl will rage when they find out they spent $240 only to get half the mechs as useless.

Edited by Chemie, 18 December 2013 - 04:46 AM.