Mcguire, on 18 October 2014 - 05:23 AM, said:
After thinking about this for a week I've come to the conclusion this mech should never go C-bills.
I look to the direwolf as proof that all those who hate clan must have changed there minds because it is everywhere now making that mech feel cheap. The maddog isn't an Op mech actually the arms fall off if its looked at the wrong way but it feels good playing it since its in a club of sorts, Im not playing on ego here or anything just saying anything that costs real cash should stay that way., imagine if you bought a hero mech the one you always wanted and suddenly a few weeks later everyone had it? just because they have time to play and farm free C-Bills. I'll end with Thanks for reading Enjoy the game (Its getting better guys/gals) See ya on the battle field.
First of all, WHY ARE WE CALLING THEM REWARDS.
They are NOT a reward, there is no achievement you can unlock that gets you "reward" mechs. Last I checked, you were PURCHASING an item, not being "rewarded" with an item. They are PURCHASED mechs.
Secondly, no. The Direwolf is 18 million c-bills, come on. I see timberwolves everywhere and you can't buy them with cbills yet.
I.E.
The premise is false.
Thirdly, every mech in the game is free outside of Hero/Champion and Founders/Invasion Mechs. Invasion mechs are just clan founders mechs.
That's how it's always been and for VERY good reason.
The clan mechs were always advertised as being pre-order invasion get it EARLY mechs. So the argument "Imagine if you bought a hero mech, the one you always wanted and suddenly a few weeks later everyone had it" is flawed. Hero mechs aren't free, and were never advertised as being free. Also "everyone" has a Madcat already, and they aren't available for C-Bills yet, so I don't really understand the logic. Putting a mech behind a paywall doesn't stop it from being a popular mech, it just forces people to spend money to get it, which is bad for business.
Fourthly -- if I always wanted a specific mech, lets say Direwolf for example -- you purchasing a direwolf does not diminish my need/want to pilot one. There is literally ZERO correlation. I couldn't careless if everyone piloted a direwolf other than what that would say about it's balance.
So yeah, that's absolutely 100% all ego talking. You want to be in some sort of "exclusive club" that isn't even exclusive, it just cost money.
I don't understand this mentality. If spending money makes you feel good, okay -- but just look at how many people bought madcats with cash. They are in every match I play, usually 4 or 5 of them, so what's that say about commonality even behind a pay wall, it means your club is still very open, and very big, and very NOT SPECIAL.
Unique is bad for GAMEPLAY. Last I checked it was a GAME so gameplay should be front and center. NO CHASIS SHOULD EVER BE LOCKED BEHIND A PAY WALL. If they ever were, those mechs would automatically be banned from competitive private matches and actually act as DISSERVICE, since any time piloting that mech is basically for naught unless you're a strictly casual player. In which case, why are you dumping boatloads of money into "Shiny Special" mechs in the first place?
It makes no sense, and reeks of "I wanna be special" types of entitlement. Let the ego go, if the Maddog isn't out of line, you'll see it turn up in the same proportions as all the other mechs do once it's not longer the brand new hotness.
This is like LoL when they release a new champion, it's popular until the next one comes out. So cry about it because you stupidly spent money on it, and you wish you could take it back for some reason just because other people have it too.
Literally makes ZERO logical sense.
Edited by Laokin, 18 October 2014 - 11:30 PM.
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