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[Kojin]

You'll change my cup of coffee to a nice cuppa instead, won't you PGI? Lapsang preferably.

[Bront]

Interesting...

I'll have to ponder this again. Not sure I want a Kit Fox, and $55 for 1 mech is a lot, though it's got a few nice extras now. Answer is still probably no though.

[Pinkamena Diane Pie]

Bront, on 30 January 2014 - 12:54 PM, said:

Interesting...

I'll have to ponder this again. Not sure I want a Kit Fox, and $55 for 1 mech is a lot, though it's got a few nice extras now. Answer is still probably no though.

to be fair, it's $55 for 3 mechs, not only 1. However, the value of those mechs are up for you to decide.

[Bront]

Pinkamena Diane Pie, on 30 January 2014 - 12:58 PM, said:

to be fair, it's $55 for 3 mechs, not only 1. However, the value of those mechs are up for you to decide.

and for $5 more I could instead get 2(6) mechs, one of which I wouldn't mind. That said, I'm not sold on how much of a difference the variants will be, and as stated now, there would be little reason to keep the non-package mechs.

[KnowBuddy]

MoonUnitBeta, on 29 January 2014 - 07:08 PM, said:

And while we're on this topic for a moment, it'd be nice if my founders tag didn't stop turning off.

Wait... yours turns ON? I don't think mine does that...

[Ritter Prinz Eugen]

What is the meaning of social reward with this 4 stages? I don`t get it, searched everywhere, but I don`t understand what they want to tell me with this thing. "40% to Stage #1"?? I`m new, sorry, don`t know how the last packages worked.

[Tyrnea Smurf]

Ritter Prinz Eugen, on 02 February 2014 - 07:22 AM, said:

What is the meaning of social reward with this 4 stages? I don`t get it, searched everywhere, but I don`t understand what they want to tell me with this thing. "40% to Stage #1"?? I`m new, sorry, don`t know how the last packages worked.

Basically each stage of the social reward is based off of sales volume, or number of packages sold/dollars generated for PGI. So right now PGI is telling you that the people who have bought the Clan Collections have generated 40% of the stage 1 goal of whatever the reward for buying into it is.

They did the same thing with the Phoenix Mech package, but that one was 3 levels, with paints and a camos as the rewards iirc.

Me personally, I am not buying into it, until PGI describes the add on's to the Clan Collections in detail. Sorry but the prices are way to high for me, for pixelated big stompy robots, that don't even explain all the bonus goodies that go along with them.

[BLOOD WOLF]

Gonna get the timberwolf, stormcrow and the summoner. only 135 so that's not bad

[Dudeman3k]

Bahahahaha!!! dear god PGI, really?

Few signs we all know the sales are poor.

- Premium time was intentionally set for higher teirs to put icing on an already expensive purchase. It was used to seal the deal in past packages, but with clear lack of interest (for good reason, no info on clan tech?? This is like purchasing from a back-alley watch dealer) PGI is willing to throw in 30 days regardless of purchase package! Good thing I'm not falling for this one again.

- A La Carte. This was not in the options at the start... well, becuase PGI honestly thought the people would fall for its bulk purchase plan again. Too bad for them, anything over $60 is a no go for me (and possibly a majority)... thats the paying price for a completed game... finshed game, the kind you actually get materials with at a shop. Little to no bugs, and finished content..... I'm not spending $60 on something still very unfinished... that has a questionable life expectancy at best.... and has NO INFO AT ALL!!!

- With the $500 gold mech, you also get the $240 package. This was also added... hahahaha, PGI finally realized the Hard-Core neck beard BT fans are few and far between.... and even less are willing to through Half a Grand on a virtual item that has 0 value. Solution: make the gold mech worth $260 instead..... the underling problem is that its still HALF A GRAND!! thanks, but no thanks.

- Regardless of sales, they WILL throw up a "meter" suggesting this is how many people are buying it!!!... I doubt those numbers will be accurate (we dont even know how many players there are for one). It's propaganda to influence their end, with no evidence to suggest it's otherwise... it's to hit the panic button on missing out on a "good deal!" on the buyers.... I urge others not to fall for that gimmic (housing bubble anyone?)

- More useless cockpit items....... please stop. People will buy if Hit-Reg and size scale didnt suck. It's pretty easy to see that.

Tyrnea Smurf, on 02 February 2014 - 08:34 AM, said:

Basically each stage of the social reward is based off of sales volume, or number of packages sold/dollars generated for PGI. So right now PGI is telling you that the people who have bought the Clan Collections have generated 40% of the stage 1 goal of whatever the reward for buying into it is.

They did the same thing with the Phoenix Mech package, but that one was 3 levels, with paints and a camos as the rewards iirc.

Me personally, I am not buying into it, until PGI describes the add on's to the Clan Collections in detail. Sorry but the prices are way to high for me, for pixelated big stompy robots, that don't even explain all the bonus goodies that go along with them.

I wouldnt trust what they say how many have bought in. We dont even have numbers to the size of the player base, how can we truely know how many are buying in... i've seen this trick before, and many of us are living it in real life now.

[LiGhtningFF13]

... now you even get rewards for buying something, holy cow ... no comment anymore

[Iqfish]

LiGhtning90, on 02 February 2014 - 02:56 PM, said:

... now you even get rewards for buying something, holy cow ... no comment anymore

Yes, now you can get some stuff more for something you don't have to buy and can be achieved by waiting and playing.

If the Feb. 4th Patch is a success, PGI will get a Masakiri Package from me.

[vetal l]

Okay - we got 100% phase one. Will it be revealed?

--
a couple of hours later
"96.5% TO PHASE #1"

Edited by vetal l, 30 March 2014 - 10:46 AM.

[ZenWarrior]

Rebas Kradd, on 29 January 2014 - 05:38 PM, said:

Actually, trumpeting More Baubles would only have furthered the narrative that they're a clueless and greedy cashgrab developer, so I don't blame them for sneaking it in under the radar. Shows that they understand the mood.

I'm not sure why people say this.

I understand on the whole the feeling behind it, but in the end these people work for a living. Marketing out little baubles are a way to create constant income for the developers, programmers, artists, animators, and so on. They need this money, if you don't want to buy them, then don't support the people who are putting love and hard work into your game.

Also in simplified terms, DON'T BE A **** TOWARDS THE PEOPLE WHOSE GAME YOU LOVE TO PLAY! THAT'S NOT JUST STUPIDITY ITS DOWN RIGHT ILLOGICAL IGNORANCE!! THEY ARE MAKING A GAME YOU WANT (Albeit with problems along the way) AND YOU ARE BEATING THEM IN THE GROUND FOR MAKING MISTAKES INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM.

YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

Rebas Kradd, on 29 January 2014 - 05:38 PM, said:

Actually, trumpeting More Baubles would only have furthered the narrative that they're a clueless and greedy cashgrab developer, so I don't blame them for sneaking it in under the radar. Shows that they understand the mood.

I'm not sure why people say this.

I understand on the whole the feeling behind it, but in the end these people work for a living. Marketing out little baubles are a way to create constant income for the developers, programmers, artists, animators, and so on. They need this money, if you don't want to buy them, then don't support the people who are putting love and hard work into your game.

Also in simplified terms, DON'T BE A **** TOWARDS THE PEOPLE WHOSE GAME YOU LOVE TO PLAY! THAT'S NOT JUST STUPIDITY ITS DOWN RIGHT ILLOGICAL IGNORANCE!! THEY ARE MAKING A GAME YOU WANT (Albeit with problems along the way) AND YOU ARE BEATING THEM IN THE GROUND FOR MAKING MISTAKES INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM.

YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!

[AntharPrime]

You know the clan packs would be more interesting if that coffee cup was a real one that would be sent to players.

[Smudge504]

I have a question about the Clan rewards, I bought the Uller pack last month and have been rewarded the Kerensky standing item and 14 days premium time, my question is do I need to make another purchase this month to get the clan hanging item? or have I been entitled to all the items as they are 'injected'?

I will be upgrading to the Summoner pack end of this month when I get paid... just curious about the other items?

also does the coffee cup come at the end if the Clan promotion? because I haven't received that yet either?

to anyone that replies.. thanx.

[Bilbo]

You get them all no need to buy anything else unless you want to. Don't know when the coffee cup comes.

[BourbonFaucet]

Smudge504, on 01 April 2014 - 10:43 AM, said:

I have a question about the Clan rewards, I bought the Uller pack last month and have been rewarded the Kerensky standing item and 14 days premium time, my question is do I need to make another purchase this month to get the clan hanging item? or have I been entitled to all the items as they are 'injected'?

I will be upgrading to the Summoner pack end of this month when I get paid... just curious about the other items?

also does the coffee cup come at the end if the Clan promotion? because I haven't received that yet either?

to anyone that replies.. thanx.

I bought the Uller pack two months ago, and got the 30 days premium time. When I logged in today I saw the message "redeeming items" and got my 14 days of time and "Kerensky Action Figure" as I call it

So as far as I know, you'll get all the rewards over time, month by month!

[Agent 0 Fortune]

I hate to say it, but the clan invasion is going to be like the British invasion of the 60s; and will have absolutely nothing to do with galactic conquest. The Clan invasion is simply Clan mechs competing with IS mechs for your mechbays.

And Community warfare? sadly that will literally be community driven content. Some enterprising community member will create a galactic campaign through the use of premium custom matches and track the progress on their personal Mechwarrior fansite.Of course they won't be able to set their custom campaign during the clan invasion because the PGI is retconing clan technology to make it dramatically weaker than before, and sadly 3025 mechs are out of the question due to the game mechanics making single heat sinks unplayable (although I am sure someone will try).

[Smudge504]

Techorse, on 01 April 2014 - 10:49 AM, said:

I bought the Uller pack two months ago, and got the 30 days premium time. When I logged in today I saw the message "redeeming items" and got my 14 days of time and "Kerensky Action Figure" as I call it

So as far as I know, you'll get all the rewards over time, month by month!

Awesome, thanx

[Bobzilla]

I do plan to buy a clan pack, but the less information i have, the less i'm going to spend. If i don't get the information i need befor the sale is over, i won't buy any and wait to grind them out. If you want my money earilier, extra rewards won't do it, info will.