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[TLBFestus]

Reading through this whole post, while there are lots of suggestions, I get the overall impression that even the WHALES are finding less stuff to convince them to open their wallets.

Maybe this will accomplish through "boredom" what the community could never do through organization of a spending boycott, a decrease in income for PGI that causes them to up their game.

[Lightfoot]

Remove the Gauss Rifle de-sync.

[Scyther]

I've already dropped a couple hundred on the game, which puts MWO in the list of about 5 games ever I have spent that much on. (BTW, I feel I received very good value for each of my purchases to date)

At this point, I feel I have enough mechs, variety, options etc that I am unlikely to buy any package for a fair while. (I'm not a collector, there are no 'must have' mechs for me etc.)

Things I would still pay out cash for:

1) A Solaris Arena package, offering Solaris-oriented mechs AND introducing at least 3 Solaris maps featuring some kind of slugging match with maybe a drop deck option (not a fan AT ALL of single-mech respawn). Single mech battles without respawn (like we have now) should be OK but drop deck would be a nifty wrinkle. (It should really also feature Duncan Fisher voice-overs and Arena rewards similar to current Faction ones)

2) A PvE release. The most recent one I have played was MW4: Mercs and I thought that had a nice, fly-between-systems, buy/trade mechs and gear, accept missions for various factions etc. feel to it. Doesn't need to be single-player (in fact shouldn't be) but still should be able to PUG it or solo it if need be (hire NPC lance mates if no players in with you, for instance). I don't imagine PGI will be able to do this... just saying that I would pay for it.

3) Possibly, any package in the $20-$30 range that I felt was offering something I need but don't have (like the Modules included in recent packages... because I haven't been buying RIDICULOUSLY OVERPRICED modules). The value would need to be hefty, which is not always recommended for long term business practices (people start to expect too much). Just saying again that, if my $$ are gonna head their way, that's an option.

4) Anything else that is significantly different/cool from the 40-50 mixed IS/Clan mechs I already run, as that is enough to cover most of the basic builds/playstyles currently available. Again, has to be hefty value/$$ because I don't just throw money at the flavor of the month.

[Ovion]

Honestly?

Packs with things I like.
Cauldron born, bushwhacker certain lights.
Melee
Vehicles (tanks, flyers, elementals)

[Demoncard]

Randomly generated maps for each planet in CW (as in, one for each. More could come later). Tweak those maps bit by bit after they've been played on for a while.

CW wouldn't be as monotonous. Some maps would obviously be easier to defend than others, but it'd be ok because there would be planets that could be easily attacked. CW would become more interesting than simply "Let's go play Terra Therma or whatever on planets one, two and three!"

The problem with this is, producing a map generator, and then fiddling with the results might prove to be too much work for PGI.

But yeah, new mechs every few months, bug fixes, challenges, etc etc

Edited by Demoncard, 17 February 2015 - 09:28 AM.

[Big Tin Man]

What's gonna make me throw down another $50 on top of the $300 I've already spent?

Continued movement along the current trajectory. The wallet was clamped shut for most of 2014 for MWO, but at the end after the IGP split and the opening on a conversation with the players (even through ngng's softball questions) things are moving the right way. CW got introduced, and Russ gets it that it needs more depth. I threw down on a basic resistance to get in early solely for the loyality crab, and then maxed it when CW dropped. I bought a basic urbie package to help send the message that they need to listen to the community (and 12v12 urbie CW will be hilarious).

To me, it's not any specific item, it is seeing the game moving toward filling out the original vision. I've thrown down money in good faith as they have taken some good steps. They need to move the game forward some more and fill out CW with depth, and polish a lot of other stuff before I think about it again. In my mind I've already paid it forward, it's their turn to deliver.

[Rebas Kradd]

TLBFestus, on 17 February 2015 - 08:39 AM, said:

Reading through this whole post, while there are lots of suggestions, I get the overall impression that even the WHALES are finding less stuff to convince them to open their wallets.

Maybe this will accomplish through "boredom" what the community could never do through organization of a spending boycott, a decrease in income for PGI that causes them to up their game.

Out of curiosity (and this is kind of the point of the thread), what does "upping their game" mean to you? Other than cheaper stuff?

[Brody319]

You will all be tosin dosh at the new mechpack.

[BARBAR0SSA]

Clan Light mech that goes 167kph, has spider legs + firestarter torso hitboxes.

[Widowmaker1981]

Lightfoot, on 17 February 2015 - 08:44 AM, said:

Remove the Gauss Rifle de-sync.

You keep saying that, but it would make gauss the best weapon in the game by such a long way.. i would literally put one on every single mech i played. and id probably only play Dire wolves so i could have 3.

maaaaybe, if the cooldown was increased to at least 8 seconds (and the grid iron adjusted)

edit: they should only explode when charged though..

Edited by Widowmaker1981, 17 February 2015 - 10:30 AM.

[Jon Gotham]

I'm really not sure....certainly no more mechs. I simply have no interest in grinding any more mechs! Grinding means solo/group queue games and I'm trying to limit my exposure to that lately (my playing hours have crashed through the floor).
I'll wait to see what voip does to the playerbase/gameplay and see after that...if it keeps sliding to a WoT style of gameplay/target audience I can't see anymore dollars flowing towards PGI's coffers to be honest.

I won't pay for a game not catered to my interests, i.e the ones stated at the start! Community-based, faction-led TEAM battletech game. Keep taking the onus on working with others away and my dollars will work with something else:)

Edited by kamiko kross, 17 February 2015 - 10:37 AM.

[Tuefel Hunden]

Shadow Cat.

[Kassatsu]

I'm pretty good with what I've bought (or pre-ordered) so far. Probably a full-scale first-person experience akin to star citizen would make me throw more money at this game, but that's literally never happening, so we'll see. Maybe they'll add the Marauder and it won't be 1: outclassed by mechs introduced over a year ago, and 2: won't have a ridiculous looking redesign.

[goggles2]

-fix the god awful ui
-add some stuff to make CW more interesting/rewarding
-fix the servers issues hitreg/teleporting mechs
-fix the scaling of mechs and cockpit views
- less dumb attack lanes maps more open and diverse maps
-more visual polish on maps (seriously most maps are barely a visual upgrade from mw4)
-more polish on mech animations (smoother walk/run etc)

really i could careless about new mechs at this point id rather see current content refined and polished more

[Wrathful Scythe]

Only if there is anything I'm interested in. I'm at a point where I have every mech I'm interested in and can build many builds in a great variety so I don't see why I should buy anything anymore. I bought the panther only for the pre-order stuff or more like I bought Premium time and a Panther with goodies was strapped on it.

Maybe if Clan Wave 3 does not suck, then I might buy it. I like my gargle and the sh*t lynx can be fun, too but ultimately only the Hellbringer was interesting in Wave 2. The Ice Ferret sounded interesting too but in the end it is just to big of a target.

PS: wait a minute... ah yes, I bought the Urbie collectors.... guess I lost control over myself.

[RePlayBoy101]

[RedlineHunter]

They could do something like War Thunder did and sell a good pve campaign. They did two campaigns, one for US and Japan, PGI could do one for IS and one for Clan and make it available offline.

[Alistair Winter]

goggles2, on 17 February 2015 - 11:08 AM, said:

-fix the god awful ui
-add some stuff to make CW more interesting/rewarding
-fix the servers issues hitreg/teleporting mechs
-fix the scaling of mechs and cockpit views
- less dumb attack lanes maps more open and diverse maps
-more visual polish on maps (seriously most maps are barely a visual upgrade from mw4)
-more polish on mech animations (smoother walk/run etc)

really i could careless about new mechs at this point id rather see current content refined and polished more

So what would you actually spend 50 dollars on, if not new mechs? Even if they fix all those things, how would you spend the money?

[goggles2]

Alistair Winter, on 17 February 2015 - 11:42 AM, said:

So what would you actually spend 50 dollars on, if not new mechs? Even if they fix all those things, how would you spend the money?

its not like i currently own every current mech, color and camo in the game theres plenty id be willing to spend mc on if this game got some polish and refinement

[Ursh]

I'd spent $50 on some sort of Hero value pack and a couple of mechbays, if I spent money on the game again.

*Shrug* I've got the Ember, Huginn, X5, Flame, Ilya, Kit Fox Prime, and Stormcrow Prime as hero mechs...guess I've got a thing for them.