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[bobo03]

I am curious as to recently why whenever you are awarded premium time from an event, it automatically starts at the time it's awarded. Personally I think that's a bit underhanded and even thoughtless by PGI. I am not sure if the same applies to Premium Time that's purchased also. But here's the thing. Say I do a challenge and grind hard to accomplish it, but then I need to take a day or two off from the game, the AWARD that's given is just wasting away now. I mean think about it, if you complete a challenge and are awarded a mechbay....you are not required to go purchase a mech just to utilize that mechbay or risk losing it. So why the lack of choice in the using awarded premium time?

[EyeOne]

You're lucky they let us bank time at all.

It's a prize, just go with it.

[Cyborne Elemental]

I agree, it would be preferable for it to be banked after winning it.

But then, free stuff is free stuff.

[Pjwned]

EyeOne, on 26 September 2014 - 12:21 PM, said:

You're lucky they let us bank time at all.

It's a prize, just go with it.

Considering how much time is wasted on premium time, even for people that pay for it rather than winning it, no I wouldn't say that's lucky at all, I would say it's more like the borderline minimum that PGI could do for letting people get some actual value out of it.

[Archon]

I also really wish they would let us activate it at a specific time.

[_____]

If you don't care about the GXPs, you can monitor your status in your challenge stats. Log off when you know you're past the point marker and the system hasn't updated your stats yet. Premium time won't activate until you log back on AND the system updates your point total.

[Pyrrho]

You also have to "redeem" the time. So once that pop-up shows up --- EJECT!

[Archon]

If we can do that, why don't they just let us activate it with a toggle?

Edited by Archon, 26 September 2014 - 12:32 PM.

[AlexEss]

Archon, on 26 September 2014 - 12:31 PM, said:

If we can do that, why don't they just let us activate it with a toggle?

Because "banking" permium time was never a intended feature. It was brought in to correct what was in essence a snafu from theri side.

Premium time is one of the things that keeps the doors open.. any free premium time is supposed to be a taste of the good stuff. Enticing you to buy more. Being able to bank it is contra productive to that.

Edited by AlexEss, 26 September 2014 - 12:35 PM.

[Training Instructor]

Because they think their game is worth playing after you get the premium time...which it's not for anyone who's been playing awhile.

Pretty sure their data told them that with a lot of the recent challenges that rewarded a mech bay first, and premium time as one of the higher goals, far too many players fought to get the mech bay, and then logged off and didn't bother going for the premium time.

That's why the last challenge gave away the premium time first, and the mech bay was more difficult to get.

I played it safe, and just didn't bother playing at all, as the mech bay was the only thing worth getting, but playing a bunch of matches to get it over the weekend was more effort than I'm willing to put into a challenge weekend, since challenge weekends tend to be floods of lrms, and that gets old match after match.

Edited by Training Instructor, 26 September 2014 - 12:41 PM.

[AlexEss]

well the good news is that PGI will be looking at ways to make premium more "worth it" to get once the dust of CW p2 settles. I foresee a loyalty boost and perhaps some special vanity item or some such.. maybe a set of special paints that you get after x months of premium or something...

Who knows.

[CDLord HHGD]

What happens when you buy a sub for WoW? Do they only count the time you play or does that clock keep ticking whether you are logged in or not?

/rhetorical question

[Pendraco]

At least they are giving you the premium time as a Tier 1 reward - you can make use of it while completing the other Tiers. It's a gift, take it or leave it.

[Kain Demos]

Did anyone else get their premium time from Wave 2 yet?

I sure didn't.

[Warblood]

Kain Thul, on 26 September 2014 - 12:48 PM, said:

Did anyone else get their premium time from Wave 2 yet?

I sure didn't.

Did you get your wave 2 mechs yet? or just the bonus mech?

http://mwomercs.com/...ons-wave-2-faq/

might get it on Nov 4th when the Ice Ferret drops.
Or the most unlikely...

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All other content will be delivered by December 16th, 2014."

[Kain Demos]

Warblood, on 26 September 2014 - 01:35 PM, said:

Did you get your wave 2 mechs yet? or just the bonus mech?

http://mwomercs.com/...ons-wave-2-faq/

might get it on Nov 4th when the Ice Ferret drops.
Or the most unlikely...

All anyone has yet is the Mad Dog, the other 'mechs are in a staggered release.