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[Heffay]

Psycho Farmer, on 25 April 2014 - 06:05 AM, said:

We thought it was obvious too, when many of us bought the Founders packs, why the heck would it go anywhere else? Well guess what...

You aren't helping improve anything if you buy this, you are showing that the current state of the game is worth putting $500 in to a SKIN for ONE MECH.

Plus the full Masarati collection. Don't forget about that.

[The Great Unwashed]

All this petty complaining by people who do not even have $500....

[Red Plague]

if I had the 500 $ I buy it to support this game some more .... I seen lots of wird colored mechs like yellow and purple .. soo lots of players don't give a dam wat color it is, as long its got weps to kill weth

[ZeProme]

mint frog, on 25 April 2014 - 05:51 AM, said:

That would explain why the Clan reveal and all the following nonsense showed even less effort and pride in the Intellectual Property than even PGI can still muster. When you take zero pride in what you do, it shows.



It's somewhat of a double-edged sword as a marketing tactic. They obviously can and will be eager to sell much more than 50 if there is someone willing to pay for it. However, if they don't start lowering the number left on a semi-frequent basis, and then cut it off at some point, it'll be interpreted as a lack of demand. The only reason to do something like this is if that demand actually was already low or non-existent. Then there are no downsides to fleecing a couple more customers.

True that. If there is indeed 50 packages sold in the next week or so but PGI fakes it, they're just lying to us but unexplicitly.

This type of business practice is terrible. Just like yesterday, I had to pay a hefty amount just to change my tire. Freaken service ripped me off in which they mentioned some like $30 for roadside service to change the tire but tripled it just because of "labor".

"Pay now or no service." so rude. Its was urgent too. I hate these type of dishonest business service.

I don't have a problem with people buying anything. Frankly, I'm glad that there are or were fans that put such amount of faith into this game. The problem is that the promise has never been delivered. PGI's attitude towards the fan base is unspeakably unethical too. When a small company fails couple times, I can forgive. It happens, PGI just needs to work harder, communicate more effectively with its fans and reward their players (which they do). But if this trends on, people will know that PGI is just toying with its customers which eventually loosens the loyalty.

I don't want this game to burn. I like it and I invested a good part of my income to feed this company AND to gain more satisfaction from this game. But the way they put this deal with a high price tag and lack of apparent details to this package and clan texh really hurts people's loyalty. You can't sell something that doesn't justify for its price. You can say its "fundraising", but at least be more responsible and accountable with what you are selling! Money doesn't grow on trees you know! $500 dollars can last me a whole month for food if I'm that broke. I'm just scared that people won't be satisfied with the purchase they make since $500 dollars on for a pixel item in-game is really expensive!

Perhaps I'm too butt-hurt with this issue. Maybe its my sense of right "judgement" that plagues me. But damn, MWO has a future. Its unique and clearly one of the "better" games for development compared to other games I played.

Edited by ZeProme, 25 April 2014 - 06:31 AM.

[Facetious]

I think the really important question is, can I repaint the Gold Mech later?

I'm just saying, I love having a mech made of Gold, but what if I don't want people to know? Can I drive my Gold mech around painted with green camo? Cause I'd buy it in an instant if I could.

[Ashaira]

Now PGI you are not the worst when it comes to microtransactions but you are further from the best.
Have the marketing and production department take a look at this
Happy players make you more money and bring in more players which make you even more money. It's a simple concept. Tell the management to get their heads out of their rears.

[Heffay]

Facetious, on 25 April 2014 - 06:21 AM, said:

I think the really important question is, can I repaint the Gold Mech later?

I'm just saying, I love having a mech made of Gold, but what if I don't want people to know? Can I drive my Gold mech around painted with green camo? Cause I'd buy it in an instant if I could.

Based on this:

"Gold Khan Collections are exclusive Clan Collections that include a Premium BattleMech with a unique Golden Camo Pattern"

My guess is that it's a camo pattern that you can apply to at least one of the mechs purchased of that type. Maybe just the Prime variant, but it may be possible to add to each of the 3 you get.

Edited by Heffay, 25 April 2014 - 06:34 AM.

[Kyynele]

Would it be too much to ask to get a list or chart of the other configs and their hardpoints so one could have even the slightest idea of what each of these mechs will be capable of?

It doesn't feel like a fair deal at the moment. "500$, limited to 50, buy now! We'll tell you later what hardpoints 66% of it's available unannounced omnipods will have!"

Edited by Kyynele, 25 April 2014 - 06:36 AM.

[Dawnstealer]

Not a Clan player, but they do look good. I don't have that kind of money to throw at a computer game, but some of you will.

If you ever release a Golden Hatchetman, though...

[Sagedabluemage]

I honestly wanted to get the Adder gold one (mah Puma NUUUUUUU) but its just to high a price range. i got all the ones i wanted excluding the warhawk and kitfox from the al la carte stuff. if the 500 buck collection was all of them with the masakari i would have bit that one in a heartbeat but it was only one and i couldnt justify it as much as i wanted too. D:

just one plus the masakari i would have bit for 300 even.

(A lil off topic)maybe for the next time they could give like digital artbooks or send peeps stuff. I still wanna know where they are selling pgi shirts and stuff XD.

[C E Dwyer]

So there was a limit of 50 I guess

$500 for that.. *facepalms*

There must be fifty naked Easter eggs looking for new wrappers.

I've got no problem with people handing over $500 to support the game, but for one virtual mech I just can only shake my had and think some people have very strange priorities.

Still we will soon know, the people, that have no idea of financial priorities, or are so rich, the socialist in me wants to get revenge

[WanderingSoul]

HeroForHire, on 25 April 2014 - 12:05 AM, said:

Ok so here I am in Japan after work and after a few Chuhi's posting something...
If you don't what that is, google it.


Whining and Hating on something you don't want/can't buy is Pretty Damn Lame.

What, so you're gona key a Ferrari if you'd see one cause you don't want it or can't buy it?

That being said, maybe the people who bought a gold mech just FRAKKIN LOVE MECHWARRIOR more than you.

Get over it already..

Chuhai speaks the truth in a blunt way

Let me buy you another.

Edited by WanderingSoul, 25 April 2014 - 06:43 AM.

[C E Dwyer]

Sagedabluemage, on 25 April 2014 - 06:41 AM, said:

I honestly wanted to get the Adder gold one (mah Puma NUUUUUUU) but its just to high a price range. i got all the ones i wanted excluding the warhawk and kitfox from the al la carte stuff. if the 500 buck collection was all of them with the masakari i would have bit that one in a heartbeat but it was only one and i couldnt justify it as much as i wanted too. D:

just one plus the masakari i would have bit for 300 even.

(A lil off topic)maybe for the next time they could give like digital artbooks or send peeps stuff. I still wanna know where they are selling pgi shirts and stuff XD.

NGNG sell STUFF ! so I'm guessing you won't see any official Mech merchandise, because they and PGI are buddies and who would be a mug, and buy a NGNG mug, when you could have a PGI MWO mug

Further thoughts.

Its another PGI exclusive colour, so when the clans arrive it will be available in the mech lab, just like the colour exclusive they did with hotrod and colours

Edited by Cathy, 25 April 2014 - 06:48 AM.

[AlmightyAeng]

No, thank you. But for those who do/did purchase this, thanks for paying for servers. And possibly MechWarrior Tactics.

[Kyynele]

Sagedabluemage, on 25 April 2014 - 06:41 AM, said:

if the 500 buck collection was all of them with the masakari i would have bit that one in a heartbeat but it was only one and i couldnt justify it as much as i wanted too. D:

You do realize that every one of the 500 gold mechs does come with the full Masakari pack? >_> It reads clearly when you mouseover the gold mechs in the clan page.

Or did you mean you wanted all of them in gold for 500?

[Flashripper]

PGI, do you really think us to be SO naive? Do you see your customer base as imbeciles?

Why do you post things which are obviously are not true?

It is not even about selling items for 500$ (for the comparison, i've got over 20 premium planes in Warthunder having payed only 60$ for the whole lot, and they have TWO hardcore modes despite that less than 10% of the playerbase plays it).
I have seen alot of Kickstarter projects make decent games while having really humble budgets. They take their time, but they are honest with their backers, and surprisingly seem like a more viable choice than an established company.

The point is, you have to be true to your word. Do not lie to your funbase, and they will respect you.

[AlmightyAeng]

Kyynele, on 25 April 2014 - 06:49 AM, said:

You do realize that every one of the 500 gold mechs does come with the full Masakari pack? >_> It reads clearly when you mouseover the gold mechs in the clan page.

Or did you mean you wanted all of them in gold for 500?

If he hasn't been around for a while, he might be confused. Originally, it DIDN'T...and PGI changed their minds when people FREAKED.

As it was, several people then had to ask for a refund on the EXTRA Masakari pack they had ordered. Whales...I envy their moneys

Edited by Ghost Badger, 25 April 2014 - 06:54 AM.

[Goosfraba]

Cathy, on 25 April 2014 - 06:47 AM, said:

NGNG sell STUFF ! so I'm guessing you won't see any official Mech merchandise, because they and PGI are buddies and who would be a mug, and buy a NGNG mug, when you could have a PGI MWO mug

Further thoughts.

Its another PGI exclusive colour, so when the clans arrive it will be available in the mech lab, just like the colour exclusive they did with hotrod and colours

I could be wrong but its more like NGNG being buddies with Catalyst and PGI not having a licence to sell merchandise.

[12Bravo]

I don't understand why people are so hurt about these things, and whoever linked that Forbes article is seriously demented... In the article it mentions that no other game would even think about offering $240 packages, yeah, there isn't a game that hasn't even been released yet that had a $15,000 package...

Yall need to get over it all ready.

[The Basilisk]

seriously....who would even DARE to join a PUG drop with a gold MadCat ?????
Does anyone think the enemy team would even get the chance to lay hands on that guy ???????

GOLD MECH == TEAMKILLED D.R.T.