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[w0qj]

Has anyone noticed that the Founder's Package Mechs are all ammunition based (either auto-cannons or missiles).
So forcing you to buy ammo somewhat offsets the +25% C-Bills bonus in the Founder's Package mechs (all 4 flavours of them).

Now, if only the Founder's Package offered energy-based Mechs with +25% C-Bills bonus, I would be very happy

[NullEleven]

Harabecw, on 22 June 2012 - 08:27 PM, said:

1) It's been done in WoT - it works. And it'll work better because no Founder's 'Mech is an invincible steel wall kicking around trash cans (like a Type 59 vs most lower tier armored buckets).

I think the biggest issue is you'll end up with a scenario where you can't even play your top tier mech because it isn't worth the repair/rearm bill after the match (losing money to play a round) like in WoT. That is if you don't have premium currently or a founder mech.

Edited by NullEleven, 30 June 2012 - 04:34 PM.

[donkeybas]

Gigadouche, on 22 June 2012 - 03:12 PM, said:

I think the permanent c-bill bonus is going to make people want to play their founders mech(s) more than they would normally (or more than they even want to) purely because a lot of people will be looking to maximize their currency gained/time invested ratio. This is partly why I didn't buy a founder's pack, I don't want to feel like it would be more beneficial to be playing a founder's mech rather than a mech of similar tonnage/loadout to "max" my gains. Anyone else consider this? And I know there's gonna be people that are gonna say something stupid like "well, if you let it make you want to do that, its your fault!! ahurp". It's human nature to min/max everything especially if you're "farming" for something else specifically, and it's gonna happen and be quite widespread, I'm sure of it.

I fail to see what the issue is. Someone who has purchased a mech or four, is going to be more likely to play them than other mechs? So what?

w0qj, on 23 June 2012 - 08:47 AM, said:

Has anyone noticed that the Founder's Package Mechs are all ammunition based (either auto-cannons or missiles).
So forcing you to buy ammo somewhat offsets the +25% C-Bills bonus in the Founder's Package mechs (all 4 flavours of them).

Now, if only the Founder's Package offered energy-based Mechs with +25% C-Bills bonus, I would be very happy

Hmm, I imagine the energy-based weapons will cost more to repair and to purchase, in addition to needing enough heatsinks to run them.

The founder mechs are the prime variants, which have a mix of both energy and ammunition-based armaments.

Edited by donkeybas, 30 June 2012 - 04:41 PM.

[Whaler]

Glad the OP is living up to his name, or at least part of it.

[Badfinger]

Too Late, Done Deal, and I like it!!!!!

[AlphaKale]

I went Legendary to support the game, and also to have more variety at startup. I'll have an extra four mechs to try out; the variety off the bat will be more than worth the cost. I'll also have one mech from each weight class, so I can try out all the different role warfare roles without having to go mech shopping. Immediate access to all the roles in the game and a stable of mechs from day one? Well worth it.

[mechnut450]

oh I know I will be using a cat for a while until either a maruader of some forum out or a small light mech, I figuer with the cat I can sit at some mid point and hamer the ememny or if I change the config to short range I can use a defence set up orwith a mixed missle rack I cna prolly just annoy everyone until they kill me

[Demoned]

NullEleven, on 30 June 2012 - 04:33 PM, said:

I think the biggest issue is you'll end up with a scenario where you can't even play your top tier mech because it isn't worth the repair/rearm bill after the match (losing money to play a round) like in WoT. That is if you don't have premium currently or a founder mech.

I also play WoT also have a type 59 and a T25 and the freebies given away at special events, yes they allow me to fund my T9's /10
but i found u can also supplement your high tier tanks by using credit grinders ie Easy8 KV1 and 2 (PzIV also a good 1 but not my style of play)
and i'm sure MWO will be the same some mid range mech that excels at earning credits on a premium status or not,
so i don't see why so many people worry about the income incress on any mech, it'll all be playable in the end some will just have to work harder if they want to save real money.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

If you don't want to pilot the Mech then don't pilot the Mech. Avoiding the deal seems illogical to me. You could have just went for Veteran then. But what are you going to do when you actually WANT to pilot one of these Mechs? Well now you won't have the bonus you could have had. Great going.

I support the permanent boost because gambling with 60 or 120$ on a game you've never played nor can't even demo/trial should reward us for doing so. We were also here when the company needed us to be. We helped fund the game without any assurance that it would be a great or even good game simply because we wanted to assist and hoped for the best. You can't say any of this if you waited 6months post release, saw a good game you're able to try out entirely for free, THEN decide to give them money. We took a risk, you didn't, and we should be rewarded for it.

[CT Tarantula NL]

well, just recently went for the legendary pack, because in all fairness, if you wanna do it, do it best and not half, ofc IF you can afford it.

Been waitin for years to see type of gameplay of the mech, was a lil dissapointed when i found out only IS are in game, but at least we got a great mech game , had reinstalled my MW4 Veng & mercs, played it for a while but missed the good ol servers, I know of the mod for crysis, tried it but somehow it was too much, vehicles and mechs wise...

btw i like the catapult and hunchy, the jenner was used mostly in mw 1, if any1 here remembers that 1

But my fav mechs are :Shadowcat , Marauder , Warhammer and Rifleman

And to the comparison of wot, yes i do own a type, a lowe, hell even got the churhill,mathilda and bloody valentine, do i primarly use em, hell no, altho even after they nerfed the crap out of the type, i still like it, But tanks like Batchat 25T and such costs bloody money even if you do mk a few kills, most o/t time u end up with 1000-3000 extra after a battle and yes im premium account so that got to be halfed for non prem users, u see not a money maker, but heck its fun to use. But after 3-7battles i use a type to mk up for the losses, and thats exactly what im gonna do in MWO. at least i think Coz 1 of the more apealling mechs is the Stalker and the Dragon!

just my 2 cents tho,

Cheers

[sheradin]

I dont think it will be a prob I poilet what I like

[anonymous153]

Its just going to be a cash-grinder to me later.