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[Zolaz]

Clan tech is so OP everyone is buying it. That should tell you something. Clan tech will be OP right up until it comes out for cbills or the Hero mech comes rolling out for the chassis.

And I did play on the Test Server for about 8 hours. I havent given PGI any money for Clans and I played in my IS mechs. Clan mechs are just plain better in every regard. Think your favorite build, then make it a zombie mech with more damage going down range. The only saving grace to Clan tech is that it doesnt make the people playing them any better. However, I watched as my team mates picked up 1200 damage matches in brawler builds.

Either buy in or take a brake.

[Deathlike]

I guess it's good that I took a break BEFORE the Clan release.

Because, nothing says boring as repeating the same stuff, different day.

[Lyoto Machida]

Agent 0 Fortune, on 13 June 2014 - 09:58 AM, said:

Actually based on the positive reviews, I am thinking about buy a clan pack, even though as a blueblood IS mercenary, I abhor the filthy clanners, I'll just write up a backstory about how I won it from an ilkahn in a poker game, because lore... (amiright PGI)

Same here...wasn't planning on giving PGI any more money until CW but I haven't seen so much united positivity towards any rollout in a long time.

Plus, I don't want to be on the wrong end of those guns for months until the c-bill versions come out lol.

[Sharknoms]

Lonestar1771, on 13 June 2014 - 10:06 AM, said:

Are you seriously getting butt hurt about how someone plays a video game and forms an opinion about it?

I agree with Zerberus.
There is a major difference between watching a video where someone tells you his opinion or actually playing
yourself and forming your own opinion.

[Augustus Martelus II]

There s always a way to win vs a clan superiority,,,, I remember the lrmpocalypse...died a few time vs the lrm, then learned to avoid open areas....

I remember when 2 ac20 jaeger and cat were kings....had died a few times then learn to watch my back....

I remember the pop tart period.....had died a few times and learn to stay in cover and ambush them.

Clans have their own limits with the omnimechs, I also admit they have better mechs but still they can get killed like an other mech.

Yes there s some adjustment to make but not that much....clan mechs need to keep their superiority....if they nerf them on a way that they will be less effective than an IS mech....it wont be a clan mech anymore.

Something they should do (to start) is 2 lance of 5 clans mechs vs 3 lance of 4 IS mechs. But i guess in the pug games it will be mostly a mix tech on both teams.

And in pug match if its like what i did see.....(if mix tech mechs: clans mechs with IS mechs on the same team) hope they will be in equal numbers in each team.

Dire Wolf must stay a walking forteress....it seem pretty slow compare to an atlas so is firepower help him.

[Bagheera]

ShadowVFX, on 13 June 2014 - 08:40 AM, said:

I'm curious if any of you are planning to do something similar?

I've been on a break for a while now. I pretty much log in for a few matches when a patch makes an interesting change, but beyond that I'm waiting for there to be more to the game.

I'll check out the b-fix for SRMs next week, but that's about it. I want to see that for myself. Beyond that, wake me when we have CW, or when it's 3055 and I can start buying IS mechs again.

Which ever comes first.

[Davers]

"If I like the game I will keep playing, and if I don't then I will stop."

Unproductive thread is unproductive.

[101011]

Sarlic, on 13 June 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

Also it confuses me that people actually spend money for clan mechs while the game is broken. It really does not make sense and it encourages PGI 'bad baviour'.

I paid money for Clan 'Mechs, and I plan on paying more, because yesterday was probably the most fun I have had in MWO for months. Perhaps your game is broken, but mine is just fine.

[Wolfways]

I'm thinking of taking a break for one reason.
After waiting for two years for clan mechs and now not being able to afford one, i find the idea of piloting an IS mech against my beloved clan mechs...sad
(Yes i know PUGS will be mixed anyway, and i don't like that either.)

Even though i don't really like lights i might just wait and sell all my IS mechs when the Kit Fox is out for C-Bills.

[Pale Jackal]

If you do not think the Clans are OP based on yesterday's play, tell me:

Do you really think we've seen the best possible builds that the Clans can use?

Furthermore, if the Inner Sphere is required to use 'mechs with superior pinpoint damage (which is their primary advantage right now), then that simply means that IS 'mechs who do not follow the meta will be strictly inferior to Clan 'mechs.

101011, on 13 June 2014 - 10:47 AM, said:

I paid money for Clan 'Mechs, and I plan on paying more, because yesterday was probably the most fun I have had in MWO for months. Perhaps your game is broken, but mine is just fine.

Yesterday was great, but I don't fancy paying $60 so I can have early access to a Nova. I scoff at idiots who pay $50 for tanks in World of Tanks, and doing the same in MWO is no different.

Edited by Pale Jackal, 13 June 2014 - 10:56 AM.

[Pygar]

Zolaz, on 13 June 2014 - 10:09 AM, said:

Clan tech is so OP everyone is buying it.

OP or not, I bought mine because I was dying for something new, and this is for the most part what we are getting for new mechs the rest of this year. (and w/out clans, we have hit the point where any "new" IS mechs are not going to be that wildly different from the ones we already have.)

If you are just bound and determined to fly IS over Clans, you will probably still be able to do alright in matches. If you are waiting for Clan mechs to be available for Cbills, PGI is unfortunately rolling them out for Cbills kind of slowly- but at the same time is highly likely to put basic versions of them out for trial mechs soon, if not immediately after launch.

[101011]

Pale Jackal, on 13 June 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:

If you do not think the Clans are OP based on yesterday's play, tell me:

Do you really think we've seen the best possible builds that the Clans can use?

Furthermore, if the Inner Sphere is required to use 'mechs with superior pinpoint damage (which is their primary advantage right now), then that simply means that IS 'mechs who do not follow the meta will be strictly inferior to Clan 'mechs.



Yesterday was great, but I don't fancy paying $60 so I can have early access to a Nova. I scoff at idiots who pay $50 for tanks in World of Tanks, and doing the same in MWO is no different.

Well, I am paying money for 'Mechs, premium time, mechbays, cockpit items, colors, patterns, to fund the game, and to tell the devs that I appreciate what they did with the Clans. I believe they deserve my money for what they have done.

[Raigner]

Sarlic, on 13 June 2014 - 09:07 AM, said:

Also it confuses me that people actually spend money for clan mechs while the game is broken. It really does not make sense and it encourages PGI 'bad baviour'.

Because some of us do not fill the game is that broken. ever consider that?

[Rando Slim]

Dudes, my buddy was playing with me on the test servers and was rolling in a Boomjack and ripping face like 450-500 damage regularly, they had no answer for it most of the time. Clan mechs are either medium speed or outright slow and don't maneuver all that well. Some have bad heat problems and their weapons have long durations A good IS pilot can hang with them fine, a good IS light pilot specifically can dominate, they have no answer for a Jenner or Firestarter or Spider.

[Pygar]

Pale Jackal, on 13 June 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:

If you do not think the Clans are OP based on yesterday's play, tell me:

Do you really think we've seen the best possible builds that the Clans can use?

Furthermore, if the Inner Sphere is required to use 'mechs with superior pinpoint damage (which is their primary advantage right now), then that simply means that IS 'mechs who do not follow the meta will be strictly inferior to Clan 'mechs.

Actually yeah, a lot of us had our Clan builds worked out weeks ago- pretty much as soon as PGI let us know what variants we were going to have access to...and a lot of Clan mechs have a set amount of free tonnage to work with w/out the ability to strip off gear to gain much more.

And yeah, duh...if your mech sucks now, it is still going to suck next week. However, if you have good IS builds you can win with now, you will be fine.

Edited by Pygar, 13 June 2014 - 11:04 AM.

[Sarlic]

101011, on 13 June 2014 - 10:47 AM, said:

I paid money for Clan 'Mechs, and I plan on paying more, because yesterday was probably the most fun I have had in MWO for months. Perhaps your game is broken, but mine is just fine.

Raigner, on 13 June 2014 - 10:59 AM, said:

Because some of us do not fill the game is that broken. ever consider that?

If you do not see the serious flaws in this game and the behaviour of the marketing departement, then with all respect you should get robbed from your money.

[Raigner]

Pale Jackal, on 13 June 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:

If you do not think the Clans are OP based on yesterday's play, tell me:

Do you really think we've seen the best possible builds that the Clans can use?

Furthermore, if the Inner Sphere is required to use 'mechs with superior pinpoint damage (which is their primary advantage right now), then that simply means that IS 'mechs who do not follow the meta will be strictly inferior to Clan 'mechs.



Yesterday was great, but I don't fancy paying $60 so I can have early access to a Nova. I scoff at idiots who pay $50 for tanks in World of Tanks, and doing the same in MWO is no different.

I do not need nor care for your opinion on my spending habits, i am supporting what i want and buying what i find of value to me, whether you agree with it is completely inconsequential, i had an amazing time yesterday PGI blew my expectations out of the water, i have no regrets. laugh all you want but your the only one who cares.

[Raigner]

Sarlic, on 13 June 2014 - 11:07 AM, said:

If you do not see the serious flaws in this game and the behaviour of the marketing departement, then with all respect you should get robbed from your money.

Neat. Please see my previous statement. Oh were you not busy taking a vacation? You should get on that.

[Pale Jackal]

Raigner, on 13 June 2014 - 11:08 AM, said:

I do not need nor care for your opinion on my spending habits, i am supporting what i want and buying what i find of value to me, whether you agree with it is completely inconsequential, i had an amazing time yesterday PGI blew my expectations out of the water, i have no regrets. laugh all you want but your the only one who cares.

Except you encourage PGI's ridiculous behavior.

If MWO was released like a normal title, $60, it'd receive horrible reviews regarding its lack of content. However, since it's a "free to play" title, that gets rubes to pay... what, up to $440 if you went Legendary + Overlord + Warhawk package?

So, as you can see, I have nothing but contempt for people who encourage such business behavior. I have contempt for free to play games, and the only reason I'm here is because it's a Mechwarrior title.

I don't have a problem spending $60 or $120 per year. If PGI gave me the option of paying $120 per year to have access to all the content in the game, I'd do that. But they don't. If you buy premium time, you still have to grind for content. If you want to play around with an Ilya, you need to drop $15 to $30.

Yeah, the free to play model is stupid, and people like yourself encourage it.

Anyhow, Community Warfare will be here any moment, right guys? Oh, that's right, PGI can't charge you ridiculous sums for that, so they'll just make some more hero 'mechs instead.

I could easily pay $60 to $120 for 'mechs. But I won't, since I'm not stupid enough to give money to a company that has repeatedly disappointed the community. No 3PV and no coolant flushes, right? PGI promised! LOL.

Edited by Pale Jackal, 13 June 2014 - 11:32 AM.

[Zerberus]

Lonestar1771, on 13 June 2014 - 10:06 AM, said:

Are you seriously getting butt hurt about how someone plays a video game and forms an opinion about it?

Bwahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaahahahahaahahahahahaah

No

It`s the sensationalist "I`m important, so take my words as gospel" approach (becasue if he weren`t important", why should anybody care that he`s leaving? Or for that matter even if he IS? It`s still just a freaking video game, kids.) that I think is below our intelligence.... but butthurt is most definitely something else

Edited by Zerberus, 13 June 2014 - 11:40 AM.