BigBANGtheory, on 27 November 2014 - 03:17 AM, said:
I feel MC is a cheat, not in game but in terms of value.
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Is it just me or is the piss being taken here?
Sorry until you sort this out i'll be opting for the Free part in F2P.
While I agree that MC price mechs are overpriced (at least for my financial status and perspective) there are ways of turning them down considerably - you just need to be strategic on your purchases and take advantage of the price fluctuations. If you invest now in MC, you'll get more 20%, making the price per MC go lower. If you accumulate that with the ocasional 50% rebate on hero mechs, you get each mech for a fraction.
Same applies to Mechbays. For instance, last Black Friday I bought MC that was later spent on buying around 30 mech bays a few months later when they were at half price. You just need to wait and hold the currency.
As for spending MC on regular mechs, that never crossed my mind as I can get them through normal play time. Same as Champion mechs.
Last but not least, MWO is an ongoing project and needs regular funding to keep working and innovating. F2P games need people thay pay - from small spenders to the big whales. Otherwise it wouldn't work. MWO business model is not Pay to Win but Pay to Save Time. Which is perfectly legitimate as they don't prevent you from reaching high competitive levels.