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[Longarme]

Yes, yes ,yes. More of these, please. I don't care if you give away Locusts or even a medium laser; I love free stuff.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Espertine, on 24 February 2014 - 04:17 PM, said:

Lrm's are broke in mechbay.. I have 4 of every LRM in my inventory..yet every time I try to load them into a mech..new U.I. tries to force me to purchase a new one..

Cimarb, on 24 February 2014 - 04:34 PM, said:

It's probably because they are Artemis launchers (or not). A recent patch split them into two separate items.

Yes, now it's much cheaper to convert the guidance systems of a Mech to-and-from Artemis, but you need to install either normal LRM Launchers or Artemis LRM launchers on your Mech, depending on your upgrade status. Same goes with SRMs, too.

It used to be that you could install the same launchers no matter what guidance system you had, and only the ammo was segregated between the two systems; now you have to purchase and mount Artemis LRM launchers if you have the Artemis Guidance system installed, and you have to mount normal LRM launchers if you have normal guidance.

The point is that once you buy a few of each kind of Launcher, then it's cheaper to go back and forth between normal and Artemis Guidance systems than it used to be. There's more up-front expense than there used to be (since you need to buy duplicates of your launchers), but less long-term expense if you want to swap guidance systems frequently.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 24 February 2014 - 07:55 PM.

[Ravewolf]

This was such a good idea, as it encourages play for both experienced players and new people alike. I hope this is a sign that the game is getting healthy enough that encouraging play, rather than just buying more mechs, can make for increasingly decent profits etc.

[Heffay]

XL300 engine and DHS upgrade giveaways!

[ShadowMaw]

A nice gesture for sure.


But until you can balance weapons without trashing the way they work (Gauss Rifle) my wallet will stay closed.

[Alistair Winter]

cSand, on 24 February 2014 - 02:01 PM, said:

That's why you're here posting right!
Right?

Yes, I'm posting to give feedback that their latest attempt to dazzle the players with a free champion mech did not have the desired effect on me. If you're having difficulties comprehending that, I could perhaps draw you a simple diagram or something. Maybe I can act out the situation with sock puppets?

[aniviron]

Alistair Winter, on 24 February 2014 - 09:01 PM, said:

Yes, I'm posting to give feedback that their latest attempt to dazzle the players with a free champion mech did not have the desired effect on me. If you're having difficulties comprehending that, I could perhaps draw you a simple diagram or something. Maybe I can act out the situation with sock puppets?

10/10 would pay 200 million cbills to see this puppet play.

[N0MAD]

General consensus among our group was.. desperation trying to get people to play after the fail that UI2 and patches have been. None of us are logging on for this ummm gift, but good luck with it.

[Lunatic_Asylum]

N0MAD, on 24 February 2014 - 10:08 PM, said:

General consensus among our group was.. desperation trying to get people to play after the fail that UI2 and patches have been. None of us are logging on for this ummm gift, but good luck with it.

Also, the challenge was too easy to consider it to be interesting at all. PGI failed us with the free gift and no effort to win it. This was a bad move with giving out a 'Mech!

[Windschreiter]

I think this is a step in the right direction.

Now how about a Tournament with a Hero Mech as a big Price or free Premium time? Or add special Mechs that can't be bought through MC or Cbills but can only be won. Just a little balance as to effort/reward.

Maybe some free items at a certain Experience level.

Reward people for playing. Reward good players better.

Regards
Windschreiter

[Gasoline]

N0MAD, on 24 February 2014 - 10:08 PM, said:

General consensus among our group was.. desperation trying to get people to play after the fail that UI2 and patches have been. None of us are logging on for this ummm gift, but good luck with it.

lunticasylum, on 25 February 2014 - 12:14 AM, said:

Also, the challenge was too easy to consider it to be interesting at all. PGI failed us with the free gift and no effort to win it. This was a bad move with giving out a 'Mech!

If people have nothing to complain, they complain about having nothing to complain. This is serious conspiration theory crafting... you guys need a hobby. If you don't like, don't do it.

It was free, everybody had a reasonable chance to do it and newcomers have a mech to try out. Nothing to bolster your e-peen? Sorry for that, but complaining about something you got for free is kinda ********, don't you think?

[Black Sperings]

Nice idea, nice reward.
Could go for winning Mech Camo or Paint job for mech next.

[Elizander]

Got them on two accounts so far in under 10 games. Don't have time for a third though. :/

[wanderer]

Veterans with skills and luck = too easy.

This wasn't so much aimed at vets as it was lower-end players. Even still, 5 wins = +1 Mechbay and a nice chunk of C-bills.

People are looking their gift horses so far the mouth here it resembles a colonoscopy.

[Here5y]

Awesome, I`m liking Centurions, but I´m loving free Centurions.

[Dreamslave]

Considering winning 5 matches with pugs is all but impossible and apparently my MercGroup has all but evaporated, guess my time with this game is done. How depressing.

[Madw0lf]

Very nice PGI! This got me to put up with my connection issues a little more than I have been (Pretty sure its my end, not PGIs fault before anyone opens their fingers ) Keep this kind of stuff up!

[Liquid Leopard]

Jody Von Jedi, on 24 February 2014 - 06:00 AM, said:

There is a filter at the top of the "Select Mech" screen. Change the filter to "Owned Mechs".

Jody

It doesn't work, which is why Jack was commenting. Change the filter to "Owned Mechs", and you still see Champion mechs you don't own, and they're highlighted with yellow buttons to see how many suckers will buy them.

[Carthoo]

Well, 2 lost games with commando, swap to spider and another 6 games gave me 5 wins and centurion. Nice that hes all set up and gets a mechbay. Default weaponry is definitively "no-go", but gifted horse and so on (I just cant imagine weaponry id like in cent - Id like and can get in there. Saying as owner of Yen-lo-wang from day one hero mechs came....)

Pretty cool, that devs FINALLY do something for community, even with game that x months after release still sux. Should have come sooner and should be more often - perhaps then quazillion guys like me would play more often than few weeks in 6 months, realizing game still is WOT instead of mechwarrior we were promised and leaving again.

[Madw0lf]

Liquid Leopard, on 25 February 2014 - 05:35 AM, said:

It doesn't work, which is why Jack was commenting. Change the filter to "Owned Mechs", and you still see Champion mechs you don't own, and they're highlighted with yellow buttons to see how many suckers will buy them.

Considering those are the current Trial Mechs, and you can use them as you like, I see where they fit into the "owned" category...though they probly shouldnt be.