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[JP Josh]

for some reason i always saw the awesome as being the Helga women mech of the is.

[Alexandr Britten]

Hawkeye 72, on 20 June 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

We hit a spike ever since the Beta announcement, and I don't see this stopping anytime soon, especially once the PR machine gets going and major gaming websites start promoting the game with reviews/previews

I have to believe at some point they'll start using the media (in the beta?) and we'll hear a little more because of the NDA for the 'regular' people. Reviews should be good.

[ermine]

Iulianus, on 20 June 2012 - 04:51 PM, said:

.....and P2win has begun....

sorry if that sounds pessimistic, but XP and $$ bonuses sound like an unbalance to the game right from the start.

I would have paid for the "founder" status and skins. The bonuses are upsetting.

You have to consider that a substantial portion of the player base will be older guys who don't have a lot of time to put into grinding. We are the ones who tend to have money but not time. The bonuses are bribes given to us to financially support the game while partially balancing us against the college kid types who have loads of time to grind and less money to spend.

[JP Josh]

Iulianus, on 20 June 2012 - 04:51 PM, said:

.....and P2win has begun....

sorry if that sounds pessimistic, but XP and $$ bonuses sound like an unbalance to the game right from the start.

I would have paid for the "founder" status and skins. The bonuses are upsetting.

xp and money dont do jack **** other than unlock mechs and buy more toys faster and say look at me i supported this game. while granted they get that we learn all the dirty little secrets of our mechs and how to take theirs down. let them do that theyll just be the dudes driving the mause for the first time down the middle of a map.

[Tasorin]

Estimated $600K+ in the first 24 hours.

Well done PGI.

Nice work OSD.

[Hawkeye 72]

JP Josh, on 20 June 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:

for some reason i always saw the awesome as being the Helga women mech of the is.

Dudeee me too!

Btw if anyone noticed I am whoring out the likes on this thread

Alexandr Britten, on 20 June 2012 - 04:58 PM, said:

I have to believe at some point they'll start using the media (in the beta?) and we'll hear a little more because of the NDA for the 'regular' people. Reviews should be good.

No doubt they will be

[Sigmund Sandoval]

I would love to see some stats on the machines selected by elite founders.

[Razor 1]

Great Job !

[Hawkeye 72]

Sigmund Sandoval, on 20 June 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

I would love to see some stats on the machines selected by elite founders.

Unfortunately I am not sure that will be possible until after launch. We will see though

[B B Wolfe]

ermine, on 20 June 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

Show us your autocannons. Wooo!

/Wanders off wondering why there aren't more female gamers.

I don't have any autocannons mounted right now, but I do have a pair of gauss rifles just for you. <3

Hikaru, on 20 June 2012 - 03:01 PM, said:

The main appeal of MMO's is wish fulfillment. Your avatar = you, or your dress up doll.

Mechs don't have that, especially the less anthropomorphic ones. Mad Cats would not be popular without arms. They'd just be Catapults.

This game, even if it were a brand new IP, would never appeal to women. With only ~150K registered and the game already in beta phase, what this game needs is to appeal to more and more men who don't know the IP but who do play similar F2P arena combat/FPS games. We don't need people who play Farmville or Angry Birds. We need people who play League of Legends and Team Fortress 2.

There are so many things wrong with this, that I will not bother. Except I just did. Sort of. FYI, I play both League of Legends and TF2.

Fetladral, on 20 June 2012 - 03:57 PM, said:

You mean make female looking mechs like they made female transformers?

Oh god, please no. The last thing I need is battletech Allenby.

JP Josh, on 20 June 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

guys we got one girl gamer here... my gf although she did mark male on her profile to keep from getting a flood of friend requests.

I have not had this problem. Hmm...

Edited by B B Wolfe, 20 June 2012 - 06:14 PM.

[JestersHK]

Thanks for all the efforts Hawkeye. Greatly appreciated.

JestersHK

[Hawkeye 72]

JestersHK, on 20 June 2012 - 06:18 PM, said:

Thanks for all the efforts Hawkeye. Greatly appreciated.

JestersHK

Steel Dominion exists to serve the people of the Inner Sphere and overthrow Comstar and its treacherous ways!

[Cmdr Rad]

Huh... I was just thinking "There should be some code to be able to compile the founders statistics"... And then I found this post. Thank you kindly, vigilant OSD Agent. Your services are greatly appreciated!

[xfreewater]

Thanks for the stats... how did you come by the merc corp counts?

[Twisted Power]

You did a sexy job with those numbers there man, it is great to see it put together and now I know that this game's community is AWSOME!

I just KNEW i wasn't the only one DYING to play a new MW since the last one!

Edited by Twisted Power, 20 June 2012 - 07:34 PM.

[Eximar]

This thread is full of /win.

[Vashts1985]

Hawkeye 72, on 20 June 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

its gonna take days to watch dat credits.

[Hawkeye 72]

xfreewater, on 20 June 2012 - 07:14 PM, said:

Thanks for the stats... how did you come by the merc corp counts?

For the initial batch I went to all their websites and looked at their official roster or estimated based on their unit forum member count. As this becomes more well known, I am having a lot of units submit their corporation numbers to me so we can create an accurate demographic of how the mercenary units are broken down. .

[Vulpesveritas]

Vashts1985, on 20 June 2012 - 07:41 PM, said:

its gonna take days to watch dat credits.

And I hope my name is on them.

[Eximar]

Vulpesveritas, on 20 June 2012 - 08:01 PM, said:

And I hope my name is on them.

Only if you upgrade.