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[EnigmaNL]

Awesome, finally the Founders 'mechs get a well deserved raise from 25% to 30% C-bill bonus!

Also really happy with the free 'mechs! The King Crab is going to be awesome!

Thanks PGI, this is how you show appreciation for your long-time backers!

[STEF_]

really really

[Toe Cutter]

Please hold off any action to any previous posts I have made requesting a mass round of firings at PGI. At least until I get to play with free stuff.

[Opus]

PRESENTS

Wow, thanks for the gifting Russ,

Iff'in you keep doing this your going to prove me wrong, and I'll have to deliver Beer in person remember you got till Dec 7th though

Edited by Opus, 15 September 2014 - 12:01 PM.

[Burphlap]

What can you say? Good Job PGI!! I dont feel listened to but I do feel appreciated. The Founder mechs being brought up to being equal to all the other Heroes was a long standing gripe of mine. Actions speak louder than words and these actions make me want to stick up for you.

Ok, maybe I do feel listened to about some of the long standing gripes. Russ' comments about the island fiasco and this program goes a long way to repairing some bridges, at least with me. I hope you listen to your player base some more and make a battle tech game that everyone wants.

Credit to where credit is due, PGI did good.

[Matta]

Last week's events were U-turn for MW:O (for the better, of course).

Stay on that course, listen to your community and I can vouch that this community will pay you back multiple times (in gratitude and financially).

[IceCase88]

Enough said!

Edited by IceCase88, 15 September 2014 - 12:04 PM.

[IraqiWalker]

Ozric, on 15 September 2014 - 11:53 AM, said:

OK, now that I have a few minutes to calm down I can give you the thanks you deserve for the free mechs, mechbays, MC and cockpit items that add up to making this the best package reward you have ever made. Many props.

/engage rant

But using the hero version of the ever popular Mad Dog as the reward for people who already have everything/lure for those that don't, is quite frankly in very bad taste. $370 is a crazy amount of money to expect someone to put out for a single mech if the Mad Dog is all that you are after, and the cbill bonus version of such an iconic mech is obviously something genuinely desirable. Meh and humbug, and meh, and also, four months from pre-release to release? I thought you were done with those kind of time scales.

Many of us saw this coming when Russ teased wave 2 last week of course. The vulture was the logical reward mech precisely because it was so desirable. What other mech stood a chance of attracting anybody to picking up the old clan pack? And perhaps more importantly, ensure that as many current clan pack buyers pick up the full wave 2 pack as well? I guess it's just that your recent change of form had given me hope that you would choose another path.



Now clearly I am suffering from a bad case of sour grapes, and some might say, bitter envy. At least I am aware of it, and it's not without cause. The Vulture is my favourite mech of all time and I have been looking forward to it since the moment I heard of this MWO game that might be being made, but paying that much $$$ for it is just impossible. Free mechs are awesome and all but as I no longer play IS they mean nothing to me, and all I will be seeing on reward day is all the people piloting my favourite mech four months before I do, and in a cbill bonus version I will never own. Humbug, and more humbug. And q_q

/rant disengaged

So basically well done for the reward scheme. It's a great gift to the community and a real sign that you are turning things around. It's way more inclusive than I expected and will send waves of positive MWO chatter across the interwebs.

But damn you for the Vulture deal. Damn you right in the ear.

I believe the Vulture will be released for C-Bills. It just won't be the (I) variant with the 30% C-Bill boost. So you will get it for free, if you want. Without the 30% C-Bill boost.

[lashropa]

**** YES

[Kaptain]

Definitely a step in the right direction. Thank you.

[Xtrekker]

stevemac, on 15 September 2014 - 11:01 AM, said:

AS7-S that mean were getting rear firing streaks

I already have those. They're not all that awesome for me, but your mileage may vary.

[1453 R]

WOW. That is a whole frogging kitload of phat lewtz, most of which I qualify for. Yeeee! Plus the CN9-AH is back, the King Crab's making it in, and even if you've never spent a dime on MWO in your life you're still eligible for the Active Player bonus, just for helping keep the playerbase up. Even the hardest-line of N.O.P.E. Piranha-haters have some good news

I can get behind things like this. Appreciation packages are never a bad way to patch things up with a hostile community, and it's a great way overall to let people know that you really do care about the support they've given you throughout the year. Besides, who am I to argue with free swag?

[Ozric]

IraqiWalker, on 15 September 2014 - 12:03 PM, said:

I believe the Vulture will be released for C-Bills. It just won't be the (I) variant with the 30% C-Bill boost. So you will get it for free, if you want. Without the 30% C-Bill boost.

That was entirely my point! Don't make me put my ranting hat on again...

[Jim thorne]

Hey niko I don't want to sound like a greedy Sob but I spent over 120$ on this game would I be able to receive the legendary bonus?

[Johnny Reb]

Classy move, much appreciated.

[That Guy]

some fantastic stuff in there. the CN9-AH makes its return!


and an IS assault with twin AC20? thank the maker for ghost heat

[xWiredx]

Just puked rainbows.

[Jonathan Paine]

KING CRAB!!!

[IraqiWalker]

Ozric, on 15 September 2014 - 12:05 PM, said:

That was entirely my point! Don't make me put my ranting hat on again...

No please! I'll stand in the corner, and be quiet.

[Appogee]

This is excellent all round. Thank you, Russ.