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[Codestar]

Evening,

I finally went ahead and spent a small fortune on a camo and two paint colours. 3250MC's to paint up my Atlas. My other mech is a summoner. One of the colours obsidian black does not appear in its available palette? Hotrod black appeared to be exactly the same colour and this appears in both. Also 1250 for camo for Atlas. I have to pay again for summoner? I have just put $200 into my MC bank and I am feeling like its just been robbed! Do not tell me Obsidian black is an IS only colour. I don't give a damn about "lore". I just paid 1000MC for a colour I cannot use on my other mech. Or am I missing something?


Codestar

[Codestar]

Looking around the forums and it seems:-

[color=#959595]Any colours you purchase are permanently available for any 'mech in your garage regardless of chassis. [/color]

Why is Obsidian Black not appearing in my owned colours or in the ALL colours filters when setting camo spec for my summoner. Is this a bug?

Codestar

[TheCaptainJZ]

Colors are universal so yes, it should be there. Possibly you could try logging out and back in and see if the problem corrects itself. If you toggle filters and that sort of thing and it's simply not there, file a support ticket.

Also, you have to be careful about camo patterns. They are never purchased across more than one chassis. if you do the one-shot, it is seriously just one mech. The unlock is for all variants of only one chassis.

[Ingga Raokai]

I can paint my hellbringer with the two black colour, obsidian and the hot rod. And so my other IS mechs, like above stated, paints are unlocked across all the mech.

that might be a bug?

Edited by Ingga Raokai, 09 December 2014 - 09:49 AM.

[Codestar]

I bought the colours two days ago. So logging out doesn't fix it. I'll get some screen shots and file a support ticket.

Camos. I "wrongly" thought the expensive unlock worked the same as the colours. I have 6 atlas but I only ever use one of them so a one shot camo would have been fine. I bought the expensive one thinking I could use it on my Summoner and whatever my next mech is.

Cheers

Codestar

[Codestar]

Even more confused about camo's single shot is only 125. Unlock is 1250 so unless you have more than 10 variants of the SAME chassis this would be a really stupid purchase (Me stupid!). No mech has more than 10 variants yet? Do people buy more than one of the same chassis?

Codestar

[TheCaptainJZ]

Codestar, on 09 December 2014 - 09:53 AM, said:

Even more confused about camo's single shot is only 125. Unlock is 1250 so unless you have more than 10 variants of the SAME chassis this would be a really stupid purchase (Me stupid!). No mech has more than 10 variants yet? Do people buy more than one of the same chassis?

Codestar

No, it's there if you like to repaint your mech and change camo. Some people find one and just stick with it. The unlock allows you to swap between 2 or more patterns freely if you purchase them. When they are on sale, they are usually 50% off and some patterns are more expensive than others so it might be worth it to some.

Even if you stick with a one shot pattern, you can still freely change the colors at no additional charge though so the best value is really in the one shot.

[Codestar]

Obsidian black is there. Its just drawn at the end of my owned palette against the black background where the steam comes from so virtually invisible.

Codestar

[Tesunie]

Warning on the one shot cammo, once you place it on, don't change it. If you change your cammo pattern (not colors), it will be gone forever and need to be repurchased. Were as the unlock you can switch between cammo patterns across the chassis and always be able to revert back for free.

One shot is as it is described by it's name: It is a single application of the pattern. Once changed, it is gone for good (until repurchased).

[DONTOR]

NEVER use the permanent unlock camo, use the ONE SHOT versions they cost generally 75-125 MC these are the smart way to go.

[TheCaptainJZ]

Interesting. Glad you found it!

[Appogee]

Codestar, on 09 December 2014 - 09:59 AM, said:

Obsidian black is there. Its just drawn at the end of my owned palette against the black background where the steam comes from so virtually invisible.

Ha!

Glad you found it.

[Macksheen]

Also, feel free to post here w/ questions on camo / colors / whatever before you spend real $. We've all made poor spending decisions and maybe can help a bit.

[Keira RAVEN McKenna]

Single shots mean you use them and if you take them off... they are gone.

The more expensive unlock means its your permanently, you can use it on all variants of that mech AND you can take it off and put it on all day long.

Hotrod Black is shiny, Obsidian Black is shiny AND has a hint of purple in the gleam.
The best black for gameplay is Camo bBack as it doesn't shine so you blend in more.
Failing that, a really dark grey as nothing is really black in the backgrounds... more grey.

Edited by Keira RAVEN McKenna, 09 December 2014 - 02:09 PM.

[Bront]

Keira RAVEN McKenna, on 09 December 2014 - 12:02 PM, said:

Single shots mean you use them and if you take them off... they are gone.

The more expensive unlock means its your permanently, you can use it on all variants of that mech AND you can take it off and put it on all day long.

Hotrod Black is shiny, Obsidian Black is shiny AND has a hint of purple in the gleam.
The best black for gameplay is Camo bBack as it doesn't shine so you blend in more.
Failing that, a really dark grey as nothing is really black in the backgrounds... more grey.

I thought the shinyness was more dependent on the mech than the paint.

[dragnier1]

All purchased colours are usable on all mechs in the account they were purchased. Look harder, they're indicated in each relevant colour section as being "unlocked". You do know there are sub-menus for colours, do you?

Another thing. Sales for colours come and go. I used them to stretch my mc. Do the same unless you have loads of spare dole. In that case can i haz some molla plz