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Wait, I Have To Buy Premium And Mechs With Rl Money?
#1
Posted 21 October 2013 - 06:42 AM
No wonder the haters are hating..XD
The games great so far, but having to buy both is a bit daunting...
#2
Posted 21 October 2013 - 06:44 AM
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#3
Posted 21 October 2013 - 06:45 AM
#4
Posted 21 October 2013 - 06:46 AM
#5
Posted 21 October 2013 - 07:21 AM
I bought the Storm tier Phoenix pack because I'd had so much entertainment value without spending a dime of my money I figured it was time I gave them some (even though they nerfed my beloved Gauss Rifle. I'm a big man, I'll get over it... <sniffle-sniffle>).
#6
Posted 21 October 2013 - 07:51 AM
Hero 'Mechs require real money. They provide a boost to C-Bills earned (30%) and have different hardpoints than other variants of that chassis. But again, you don't need Hero 'Mechs.
Champion 'Mechs require real money. They provide a boost to XP earned (10%). You can actually get the same build as a Champion 'Mech by customizing a regular 'Mech. You won't get the XP bonus though.
Regular 'Mechs and equipment do not require real money. They can be purchased with C-BIlls earned in-game.
Spending real money in this game isn't required. It simply makes advancing faster.
#7
Posted 21 October 2013 - 07:55 AM
#8
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:01 AM
#9
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:02 AM
1. Buy Mechbays first.
2. The Hero Mechs +Cbill bonus never expires.
3. Never buy anything with MC that can be bought with Cbills.
4. Don't sell Hero Mechs.
5. Don't sell engines
6. If there is no room see rule #1. If there still isn't room strip the mech, see rule 4, then sell the stripped mech.
#10
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:07 AM
#11
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:11 AM
Most mechs can be purchased for
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You should have 4 free mech bays you can purchase new mechs from. Just select L/M/H/A rather tan the star, which is only Hero mechs.
#12
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:36 AM
TheOctagonX, on 21 October 2013 - 06:42 AM, said:
No.
You can buy mechs with CBills...in-game currency. You can use real money to buy mechs directly, but anything you can buy with money you can also grind for free and buy with CBills.
The only exceptions are some vanity items (paint schemes and cockpit items) and Hero or Champion mechs. Hero and Champion mechs give you no advantages though...just bonuses to earing stuff. Again, this is all stuff you can grind for free as well. These mechs just make doing it faster.
MWO is not like other games in that there is no "best" mech. They are all good in different ways. There is no hierarchy. So being able to buy mechs is not a real advantage in-game. Money will let you avoid grinding...thats it.
Hero mechs do have unique hardpoint configurations. But "better" depends on your point of view...a lot of people hate the hardpoint config for Golden Boy compared to the normal hardpoint configs for example.
#13
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:39 AM
TheOctagonX, on 21 October 2013 - 06:42 AM, said:
No wonder the haters are hating..XD
The games great so far, but having to buy both is a bit daunting...
It might look like this, if you don't have enough Cbills from your first 25 matches.
If you have too low credits, the "buy with Cbills" button will be red.
You get around 8-9 million for the first 25 games with the "Cadett bonus".
Spend them wisely, as this big amount of CBills will be used up easily and earning that much after without the cadettbonus (even with premium time) will take a lot more time.
Some good options are the Cataphract, or Jaegermech, the Hunchback-4SP.
#14
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:46 AM
#16
Posted 21 October 2013 - 08:50 AM
remember that when you enter the store the tab that is first selected is the hero tab, just select a different tab and you will see the C-bill mechs. also one thing to keep in mind that hero mechs are unique variants and usually have a better stock load-out (better engines, ferro fiberous, endo steel, ect) while champion mechs are the same variant as c-bill buy-able mechs however just have a load-out that is preferred to use by the community however their load-outs are still achievable with c-bill purchases. (i have a spider that has the same load-out as the champion spider but i didn't spend a single bit of MC on it) remember too that if you buy like 30$ worth of MC you can get a lot of mechbays which are admittedly one of the only reasonably priced items in the game.
#17
Posted 21 October 2013 - 09:04 AM
No, it's not a lot, but without it you're limited to. . what. . 4 mech bays? I can see how, in some [extremely] rare cases that could cause someone issues.
Hero mechs and premium time, however, do not fall into this. While premium time is extremely beneficial for C-Bill farming, it is not really NECESSARY.
By the same token, Hero mechs are nice-to-have's, but are simply slight variants of existing chassis with [potentially] different mounting locations. You never have to buy one if you don't want to.
#18
Posted 21 October 2013 - 09:24 AM
Sen, on 21 October 2013 - 09:04 AM, said:
It caused me issues, because I wanted to master more than one chassis. So I bought more mech bays. I didn't have to in order to play though. (6 free bays seems like it would be a better number, encouraging collecting)
#19
Posted 21 October 2013 - 09:57 AM
Edited by Iron Harlequin, 21 October 2013 - 09:57 AM.
#20
Posted 21 October 2013 - 09:57 AM
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