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[Odanan]

XxCulannxX, on 30 April 2015 - 10:49 PM, said:

Curious about the lack of variety between the variants. Nearly every other chassis has some variation, with this pack outside the mauler it appears that some of the variants have duplicate hardpoints. Is this due to cannon?

Except for the Mauler 1P and 2P, which were created by PGI (due to the lack of more time-wise variants), all other variants in the pack are canonical.
Indeed, Wolfhound, Crab and Black Knight are very uniform... I expect the quirks will help differentiate them (there should be a pulse laser variant, a large laser variant, a PPC variant...)

Edited by Odanan, 01 May 2015 - 04:22 AM.

[Twilight Fenrir]

Rubberanvil, on 30 April 2015 - 06:58 PM, said:

On the black knight the head while knightish is a bit johnny come lately as Japanese were ahead of the curve by a few decades on that style.

I think they watched Pacific Rim before doing the art for this mech pack

Just like they were playing Lost Planet 2 when they thought up Viridian Bog

Edited by Twilight Fenrir, 01 May 2015 - 04:42 AM.

[Bulvar Jorgensson]

On the subject of ~DAY ONE~ adopters.

Where is my freebie CLAN HERO mech for getting all o the clan packs on day one that they are announced?????

Almost a year and not a SINGLE CLAN hero mech with special cammo, Sounds, Quirks.

HECK there are TOTEM mechs that can be created.

Let us see some parity of purpose (or are we just seeing the OHHhh look more IS players so give them more (cough *Cash Grab*))

[PFC Carsten]

Does Clan culture even endorse the concept of heroes?

[Tom Sawyer]

Ok I caved in last night and ordered. At 5 bucks per mech and all other freebees I just said fine. I can justify it in my head.

Having said that I hope PGI actually continues to upgrade and improve this game. Quirks should not be band-**** for broken mechs. Community warfare is more than just a giant gun and some walls. How about larger maps? With "towers, pads, capture points WAAAAAYYYY out there that if a side captures gives a bonus like control of a overhead sat showing location of all enemy mechs. Maybe another capture point waaaaayyyyy out on the other side that gives control of some special turrets at the base that will open and fire at the enemy? How about bases with multiple targets? Space Tower, Hangers, Ammo Bunkers, Mech Repair Bay? Not just a single gun or gen but actual TARGETS? Everyone you capture or destroy gives points to the attackers. Not just a single omega gen. Buildings and objects that be destroyed. Looking at you silly red trees.

So much could improve this game......

[Twilight Fenrir]

PFC Carsten, on 01 May 2015 - 05:08 AM, said:

Does Clan culture even endorse the concept of heroes?

Very much so, just as much, if not more than the Inner Sphere...

One of the highest honors a Clan mechwarrior can achieve is to earn lines in 'The Rememberance' Thus acheiving a special kind of immortality. In addition, bravery on the battlefield is the only way for Clan mechwarriors to continue their genetic legacy. They all must be heros, or they don't get to have their genes in the pool.

[Surn]

Ordered with bitcoin..nice....now gimme my ecm black knight!

[Boaz Roshak]

Well for clan hero’s I guess they could make some things like stone rhinos , Kodiaks or even dip into things like tundra wolfs and other non-Omni mechs if that’s what you really want, otherwise what would the difference be just a fancy paint job or CT hard point. The first day bonus was a cool idea but there are plenty of people that need at least some lead up time to dropping money and or do not even log in on a daily basses. This bonus lasted all of what, 15 hours. So no buying yesterday have no motivation to get this for another 30 days

Edited by Boaz Roshak, 01 May 2015 - 05:34 AM.

[stealthraccoon]

You had me at CRAB.

I got the Crab package because I wanted the Crab... the Wolfhound seems like it doesn't do anything the Firestarter or Panther can't do - I haven't really grown attached to either. As for the Black Knight and Mauler, just not my bag baby.

I also have no interest in Jaegers, but I am not one to walk away from free stuff. For $40 I think it's a great value, and $40 is basically one trip to Round Table, which is kinda hit or miss on the value scale.

Edited by stealthraccoon, 01 May 2015 - 05:33 AM.

[Duke Nedo]

Ordered it within a few hours after I first heard of it. I wish that would gimme the 1-day award, but I think I missed it with a few hours. 1st of May is a holiday over here so people are on holiday...

Anyways, none of the mechs really bring anything new or OP unless quirked a lot, but they all look like they will be above average good. The Mauler looks fun, and with the right quirks they all can be.

[Nightshade24]

Bulvar Jorgensson, on 01 May 2015 - 04:51 AM, said:

On the subject of ~DAY ONE~ adopters.

Where is my freebie CLAN HERO mech for getting all o the clan packs on day one that they are announced?????

Almost a year and not a SINGLE CLAN hero mech with special cammo, Sounds, Quirks.

HECK there are TOTEM mechs that can be created.

Let us see some parity of purpose (or are we just seeing the OHHhh look more IS players so give them more (cough *Cash Grab*))

Don'[t worry, after wolverine and thunderbolt hero the clan heros are expected to come (or sooner but this is if they get the problems sorted and done)

[Nightshade24]

Boaz Roshak, on 01 May 2015 - 05:32 AM, said:

Well for clan hero’s I guess they could make some things like stone rhinos , Kodiaks or even dip into things like tundra wolfs and other non-Omni mechs if that’s what you really want, otherwise what would the difference be just a fancy paint job or CT hard point. The first day bonus was a cool idea but there are plenty of people that need at least some lead up time to dropping money and or do not even log in on a daily basses. This bonus lasted all of what, 15 hours. So no buying yesterday have no motivation to get this for another 30 days

Clan hero could have unique omnipods for the weightclass (for eg having something like richardo vecci's direwolf.
1 M in each arm
1 M and 1 B in each side torso

stock load out = 2 x SSRM 6, 2 x Cl LRM 20, 2 x LBX 10. unique hardpoints = 1B and 1M in same torso for both side torso with no JJ or heavy nerfs (ie side torso of the direwolf S.

and M arms...)
(Alice newkirk direwolf? 3B each side torso, stock load out 6 UAC 5)

(Natasha kerensky direwolf? 2E each arm, 2E CT, 1E head, 1E somewhere else I do not know, and a B on a top mount side torso, stock load out = 2 ER PPC, 2 Large pulse, 3 medium laser, 1 small laser, 1 UAC 20. )


The CT and set bonus for quirks should be unique and good, as well as maybe a limit that prevents hero omnipods going to other mechs, but other mech omnipods can go to hero, etc...

[PhoenixNMGLB]

For clan heroes I think unique quirks and paint jobs would sell it for me.

[Flashover23]

InnerSphereNews, on 30 April 2015 - 09:17 AM, said:

Pre-order the Resistance 2 package before 11:59:59 PM PDT April 30th and receive the next IS Champion 'Mech free.

The next Champion 'Mech is the Jagermech JM6-A(C) and will be released on May 5th.

Russ is full of surprises today

YSurpriseMV

I get paid on Fridays. Even with direct deposit, I couldn't take advantage of such an offer. So thanks for nothing, and if you could purchase and get a free mech, enjoy it.

[Nightshade24]

Flashover23, on 01 May 2015 - 06:56 AM, said:

YSurpriseMV

I get paid on Fridays. Even with direct deposit, I couldn't take advantage of such an offer. So thanks for nothing, and if you could purchase and get a free mech, enjoy it.

Perhaps they should extend this special offer to 4 months that way nearly everyone could get it... oh wait, that ruins the whole point of it, no?

[Flashover23]

Nightshade24, on 01 May 2015 - 06:58 AM, said:

Perhaps they should extend this special offer to 4 months that way nearly everyone could get it... oh wait, that ruins the whole point of it, no?

Yes, how silly of me to forget. They never extend offers or large events by three or more days so more people have a better chance at buying a clan pack or possibly getting the points for a free mech or 5,000,000 cbills...

oh, wait...

[Navid A1]

I do hope that PGI realizes that the reason why people buy mech packages for these INSANE prices is that they hope their money helps the creation of new content and features.
It means that people are giving PGI extra money (like 3 times more than what the package is actually worth IMO) on PGI's only money making option to help creation of things that can not be monetized.

I really hope that PGI does not think that people find these prices OK by any means.
if PGI keeps on going on this trend of ONLY preparing new mech packs and putting little resources on actual gameplay features; Even the most die hard BT fan will eventually back out from the repetitive experience.
And when that happens, good luck selling mech packs for 80$ to the average gamer... let alone 120$.


Also, Another personal opinion of mine is that non stop mech packs will occupy the art teams time and prevent them from doing any revisit to the released stuff.

[ThatGuy539]

WonderSparks, on 30 April 2015 - 12:04 PM, said:

...Damn, you PGI guys drive a hard bargain. I know I should refrain from buying this after the amount I have already spent, but...
I suppose another $80+ could not hurt too much. _{(If only you guys took CDN, I hate having to convert to US and spend more than what the package is labled for)}

Ya...20c extra on the dollar hurts.

[Odanan]

ThatGuy539, on 01 May 2015 - 07:39 AM, said:

Ya...20c extra on the dollar hurts.

First world problems. If you knew the changing rate I get in my country...

[ThatGuy539]

Got watching The Avengers last night. When the movie ended I noticed that I had 5 minutes to finally decide if I wanted a package with the Jagger. (11:55 PM PST) So I did it. Dam you PGI.....



Also. (Cain from Robocop 2...looks similar to the knight... )

Edited by ThatGuy539, 01 May 2015 - 08:17 AM.