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[Ewigan]

What about the people who already go those mechs AND bought the Wrath Pack before Decembre 16th? As it sounds they will get nothing.

*sadpanda*

[Creag]

I'd rather have the Raven Bundle

[Shiro Matsumoto]

Make them at least sellable, if we allready have set, ok?

Cause honestly, i dont need the same chassis twice.

Or.. any one other mech with that camo?

Edited by John McFianna, 04 February 2015 - 01:07 AM.

[Crimson Myst]

Just wanted to say thanks to PGI. I know a lot of people seem to be complaining because they already have these.. But a gift is a gift. Thanks again.

[Shiro Matsumoto]

Can we get giftcodes for them instead (so i can give them to someoome who dosnt have them), or store credit?

[Malleus011]

This is a bit strange, but OK.

Might I echo the sentiment that a 'second copy' of hero mechs that can't be sold is a little odd; I can't imagine what I might do with them. This also undermines the 'special' of the (L) chassis a bit.

May I suggest the following additional Loyalty Reward instead:

Founders Warhorn (Beethoven's Fifth open)
Phoenix Warhorn (Ride of the Valkyries open)

Resistance and Urbie are still on sale; do they need a special reward?

[Varhait]

PGI Please!

Change "anniversary" mechs on champion (or standard) variants for those who already have them. Or give us gift codes for duplicates so we can share them with friends.

[JudgeDeathCZ]

uh ok I will have 2nd set of those mechs bcuz I bought Urbie Collector Edition....but I rly do not know what to do with them

[JudgeDeathCZ]

Hey what about some new clan variants for those who already have those (L) mechs?Like flying Direwhale or new MLX-A and NVA-A?

[G SE7EN7]

Hmm would of thought it would have been better to make mechs once off 'limited editions'.

SO yeah cool that your giving peeps the chance to claim these mechs but now I dont feel so special being loyal all this time.

Cool that I get rewarded again for spend my hard earnt cash... but I already got these mechs for being loyal...so I guess cheers for three mech bays???? happy15th.... I guess.... (cake???)

[Lily from animove]

wait wait wait, Am I reading right? someone who byus a 40$ urbie pack will get ALL THREE reward mechs?

so 40$ for the 3 urbie, an atlas, and King crab and a centurion loyalist emch including mechbay?
meanign 4 champion bonus mechs? DAFUQ, tell me i read something wrong.

And everyone past 16th december gets another copy? Hmm not sure what I should do with that copy.

[TheCharlatan]

Was thinking about getting the Urbie pack...

Now SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

I always wanted those cool special mechs, and now i can have them all for 40$, and have the Urbies too? Bought right away.

Thanks PGI!

[Cow And Chicken]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

You make Chicken HAPPY. I GOT TEAR IN MY EYES!

I soooo much wanted these Urður, Verðandi and Skuld Cows!

You guys ROCK... I am ,, speachless!

Regards,
Cow And Chicken

[eFTy]

If I can get gift codes for duplicate mechs, I am SO in (I want that crab!).

Otherwise, no. I really don't want to stare at two identical mechs in my mech bay.

[TamerSA]

I know this sounds a bit selfish but... why are the 1 year appreciation gifts going out on the 15 year anniversary?
I thought the point of the first set was to show appreciation to people who have been playing MWO for a long time... now it's sorta watered down.

Even if these gifts were chasis without the camo, but with the perks for example (or at least some variation) to make the previous gifts feel unique, I would have been fine with it.

I guess we had "early access"

[ThomasAH]

Praehotec8, on 03 February 2015 - 08:50 PM, said:

Plus, people are acting like PGI promised to NEVER, EVER use these mechs again, and they really didn't. All that was said was they would be given as a loyalty reward to paying players.

I won't complain, just clarify: They did promise!
http://mwomercs.com/...iation-program/

"This reward is for anyone who has ever purchased MechWarrior Credits. Eligible players will receive an exclusive new Centurion variant - the CN9-AH - decked out with a custom paint job, along with a 30% C-bill Bonus and a free Mechbay. This custom CN9-AH variant will only be available through our MechWarrior Credits Reward program"

"Eligible players will receive an exclusive new Atlas variant - the AS7-S - decked out with a custom paint job, along with a 30% C-bill Bonus and a free Mechbay. This custom AS7-S variant will only be available through our Pre-Sale Reward program and will be injected into eligible accounts on October 21st. You have until Sept 23rd at 10:00 am PDT to earn the Pre-Sale Reward."

"Eligible players will receive an exclusive new King Crab Assault Mech decked out with a custom paint job, along with a 30% C-bill Bonus and a free Mechbay. This custom King Crab variant will only be available through our Top Tier Reward program and will be injected into eligible accounts on December 16th. You have until December 16th at 10:00 am PDT to earn the Top Tier Reward."

But as others said: The main problem seems to be that duplicates probably can't be sold.

[Lily from animove]

ThomasAH, on 04 February 2015 - 02:52 AM, said:

I won't complain, just clarify: They did promise!
http://mwomercs.com/...iation-program/

"This reward is for anyone who has ever purchased MechWarrior Credits. Eligible players will receive an exclusive new Centurion variant - the CN9-AH - decked out with a custom paint job, along with a 30% C-bill Bonus and a free Mechbay. This custom CN9-AH variant will only be available through our MechWarrior Credits Reward program"

"Eligible players will receive an exclusive new Atlas variant - the AS7-S - decked out with a custom paint job, along with a 30% C-bill Bonus and a free Mechbay. This custom AS7-S variant will only be available through our Pre-Sale Reward program and will be injected into eligible accounts on October 21st. You have until Sept 23rd at 10:00 am PDT to earn the Pre-Sale Reward."

"Eligible players will receive an exclusive new King Crab Assault Mech decked out with a custom paint job, along with a 30% C-bill Bonus and a free Mechbay. This custom King Crab variant will only be available through our Top Tier Reward program and will be injected into eligible accounts on December 16th. You have until December 16th at 10:00 am PDT to earn the Top Tier Reward."

But as others said: The main problem seems to be that duplicates probably can't be sold.

well I think only granting the centurion would be enough for the urbie pack. but Ok, nice for everyone who can now get 6 mechs for 40$ with 4 being champs.

The dublicate thing is a bit of an issues if we can no sell them, It's only suitablke for a few people who probably drop with multiple of those mechs in the CW. The most annyoign thing is,that laoding the mechlab on a decent pc is the most time consuming thing, and more mechs make this take longer and longer.

Edited by Lily from animove, 04 February 2015 - 03:13 AM.

[eFTy]

Was it so hard to just pick any other chassis and give that one a new, special variant? I know it takes time and resources, but it's one variant for one mech, for crying out loud...

[WhoopieMonster]

Appreciate the effort and it is welcome for those who may want to get in on the action and haven't already.

For those of us that have already back you guys, it is less of a reward. But I appluad you all the same.

[Alistair Winter]

This perfectly illustrates one of the many flaws of PGI's "limited edition" model and shows why it's better to do like Star Citizen and just let everything, every little ship and cosmetic item, be available in-game for regular in-game currency.

Now you have people who are upset because they shelled out an extra $80 dollars (or upgraded their packages for a high price) in order to qualify for the Loyalty mechs. And then PGI goes and hands all 3 Loyalty mechs out to anyone who bought the $40 Urbanmech package.

This is very different from Star Citizen, where all players know before their purchase that anything they buy will also be available to everyone else. Indeed, some things are more expensive to buy in Star Citizen right now than when they were sold the first time (such as the Origin 350R racing ship). PGI has gone the other way, and effectively made people pay a high price first, and then made them available for people who spent less money.

A lot of people are saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", but these aren't gifts. They are customer appreciation rewards. Those are two very different things.

TL;DR - This whole problem would have been avoided if PGI abandoned the silly "limited edition" approach and simply followed Star Citizen's example. But it's probably too late now. They can't change the 15th anniversary reward, because they've already sold mechs based on those rewards. Best thing PGI can do at this point is to let people with duplicates receive Premium time / MC instead of the second mech.

As for the people who spent a lot of money on what they thought was a limited time offer?

"Oops."