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[Brody319]

Shadow Cat - March 4th

The art will be released.

[Star Wolves Admin Account]

Pff, doofus, totally buying a mech based on concept art. A fool and his money are soon parted as they say.

You need to be a real winner like me and buy it before you even see the concept art.

[Brody319]

Blueduck, on 03 March 2015 - 05:37 PM, said:

Pff, doofus, totally buying a mech based on concept art. A fool and his money are soon parted as they say.

You need to be a real winner like me and buy it before you even see the concept art.

Pfft!

I ordered the Executioner pack like 10 minutes after its release.

but a lot of people really want the shadcat.

[Lordred]

Blueduck, on 03 March 2015 - 05:37 PM, said:

Pff, doofus, totally buying a mech based on concept art. A fool and his money are soon parted as they say.

You need to be a real winner like me and buy it before you even see the concept art.

Some times, but not always.

Better to be a happy fool, then an angry wiseman.

[El Bandito]

Bought DJ Sona instead, using the free money. PGI still hasn't offered me anything worthwhile to spend money on.

[Mcgral18]

It will be a long time before I get my 7 MGs....but at least I've got this.

[Corbenik]

I cant wait for the art to be released but It just makes me lulz thinking about the orange green color its gonna have, for me the scat in those colors :x ::shakes head:: im more of a greyish or darkish color kinda mechguerrero but meh at least its not green with orange lines ;x

[Gamuray]

@Lordred

I'd say both are equally BAD, neither being good. If the wiseman was truly wise, then he'd be plenty happy. One mustn't be a fool to be happy. Why make the sacrifice of one when you can have both? =P

(Also, what you said is quite similar to saying bliss from ignorance is better than anger from wisdom. I would rather know that I'm being cheated and be angry about it than be happily dropping money into things. Besides, nobody ever changed something because they were happy with it, always because they were dissatisfied.)

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Anyways. March 4th Shadowcat Artwork. Oh boy! Another mech pack the price of a fully fleshed out game. I'll wait for it to come out for c-bills.. By then I will also know whether it's even worth my time getting >_>
I get the whole Free-to-play revenue making scheme of microtransactions, but I'm pretty sure than a minimum of $30 for early access and a few bonuses is no microtransaction. If you could select the bonuses and extras and they added up to $30 then that would be arguable as micro. No.. what PGI's main scheme seems to be is MACRO transactions. I suppose, at least, the content is permanent, unlike games like EVE where a paid ship can be destroyed, gone until you pay again. <-Not that this justifies anything.

Edited by Gamuray, 03 March 2015 - 07:05 PM.

[Tennex]

yeah but what time

[Brody319]

I told you so.

[Mechteric]

[Weeny Machine]

At this point I cannot get it anymore why people are hyped about a new mech pack. Simply because you can drive the new mech on the same (few) old maps and it is still an arena match - nothing more, nothing less.

The only thing which would really hype me is a couple of new maps and a kind of scenarios where you really feel as if you were on a Battletech battlefield...not in a Solaris arena. Oh wait, Solaris arenas are mostly dynamic and change during the match. My bad..

[Poppaukko]

Bush Hopper, on 04 March 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

At this point I cannot get it anymore why people are hyped about a new mech pack. Simply because you can drive the new mech on the same (few) old maps and it is still an arena match - nothing more, nothing less.

The only thing which would really hype me is a couple of new maps and a kind of scenarios where you really feel as if you were on a Battletech battlefield...not in a Solaris arena. Oh wait, Solaris arenas are mostly dynamic and change during the match. My bad..

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[Mcgral18]

Bush Hopper, on 04 March 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

At this point I cannot get it anymore why people are hyped about a new mech pack. Simply because you can drive the new mech on the same (few) old maps and it is still an arena match - nothing more, nothing less.

The only thing which would really hype me is a couple of new maps and a kind of scenarios where you really feel as if you were on a Battletech battlefield...not in a Solaris arena. Oh wait, Solaris arenas are mostly dynamic and change during the match. My bad..

New CW map coming next patch as well.


4 VS 4 mode in the works. Some new stuff on the table, but nowhere near completion.

[Deathlike]

Cockpit level arm weapons. Do want. I think the side torsos weapons are approximately there too or am I off on that?

Edited by Deathlike, 04 March 2015 - 02:26 PM.

[Brody319]

Deathlike, on 04 March 2015 - 02:26 PM, said:

Cockpit level arm weapons. Do want. I think the side torsos weapons are approximately there too or am I off on that?

looks like the torso weapons will be at the King Crab level, and the Arms at the Blackjack level.

[DjPush]

Bush Hopper, on 04 March 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

At this point I cannot get it anymore why people are hyped about a new mech pack. Simply because you can drive the new mech on the same (few) old maps and it is still an arena match - nothing more, nothing less.

The only thing which would really hype me is a couple of new maps and a kind of scenarios where you really feel as if you were on a Battletech battlefield...not in a Solaris arena. Oh wait, Solaris arenas are mostly dynamic and change during the match. My bad..

Because some people love this game. Myself included. I like to pew pew the QQ on the battlefield. See what I did there? Pew pew the QQ. THATS MY NEW SAYING!!

[0bsidion]

CapperDeluxe, on 04 March 2015 - 11:53 AM, said:

I have a feeling I'm going to like that shoulder level gun arm, and that shoulder mounted energy point, man. I have to say I'm started to get a little excited for this mech.

[Deathlike]

Brody319, on 04 March 2015 - 02:30 PM, said:

looks like the torso weapons will be at the King Crab level, and the Arms at the Blackjack level.

The true Clan hill humper has arrived... with JJs to boot!

It will be glorious.

The Nova has nothing on you...

Edited by Deathlike, 04 March 2015 - 03:13 PM.

[Dakkaface]

Corbenik, on 03 March 2015 - 06:19 PM, said:

I cant wait for the art to be released but It just makes me lulz thinking about the orange green color its gonna have, for me the scat in those colors :x ::shakes head:: im more of a greyish or darkish color kinda mechguerrero but meh at least its not green with orange lines ;x

Shadow Cat Package comes with two faction content packages. Grab a Smoke Jaguar pack and you have the grey and black paint to give it the darker look you prefer. My Invasion mechs tend to be painted in a mix of Hodrod and Polygon blacks.

Gamuray, on 03 March 2015 - 07:03 PM, said:

Anyways. March 4th Shadowcat Artwork. Oh boy! Another mech pack the price of a fully fleshed out game. I'll wait for it to come out for c-bills.. By then I will also know whether it's even worth my time getting >_>
I get the whole Free-to-play revenue making scheme of microtransactions, but I'm pretty sure than a minimum of $30 for early access and a few bonuses is no microtransaction. If you could select the bonuses and extras and they added up to $30 then that would be arguable as micro. No.. what PGI's main scheme seems to be is MACRO transactions. I suppose, at least, the content is permanent, unlike games like EVE where a paid ship can be destroyed, gone until you pay again. <-Not that this justifies anything.

I'll grant you macro transactions - $30-$240 mech packages are not cheap. But the packages have always been cost-effective. I mean, even the lowest level $30 Wave Three pack at the moment is getting you 51 days of premium time, six cockpit items, three paints, three mechs+bays, and a C-bill boosted mech+bay. In terms of MC? You'd need to buy a hundred bucks worth of MC to get all that stuff.