21 replies to this topic

[KuroNyra]

Everything is in the title, I can't find where the f*ck I could buy a new mech. Nothing in "Select 'Mech"

I can only select MY mechs, and the Trials ones.

Where can I buy NEW ones?!


Seriously, it was pretty easy with the Wall of Mech, but now it's... Seriously, how in the world did they manage to make it hard to find?!

[Oldbob10025]

you can purchase the mech in the Store on the top right of the screen and then on the left side will say battlemechs and select it from there... I have a hint video on the questions like you asked here...



Your welcome

[dragnier1]

Exploring the UI would get you most of what you need, if not all but, since i did so myself, here's what i found :

Store now handles everything that needs to be bought, including mechs and mechbays. Purchasing mechs via the Store tab is now slightly easier than the old UI.

Checking mechbay inventory unfortunately can only be done via the Store tab. It does seem to make sense on hindsight since the only time you need to check is when mechs are purchased.

[TheCaptainJZ]

The store has much better functionality than before. You can load up the mech you are thinking of purchasing into the mechlab and play around with builds without buying! I'm not sure if it shows the cost or not but you couldn't do this in MWO before, only Smurfy.

[KuroNyra]

dragnier1, on 05 June 2015 - 06:36 PM, said:

Purchasing mechs via the Store tab is now slightly easier than the old UI.

I REALLY doubt that.


I am currently watching... And heck it's bad.
Seriously, why did they get ride of the Wall of Mech?! You could actually see easyly the kind of mech you wanted! Now it's just a list of name with no kind of picture. Seriously, it's horrible to watch!

At least before if I wanted a Crab or an Enforcer I only had to the mechs who were enforcer and after that just selecting here.

[That Dawg]

I think all those who think the new UI is wonderful were so desperate for any improvement, they fawn over this....this whatever it is..its not better than the last one, the first one, its just -again- different.

[o0Marduk0o]

Feels stupid to expect to buy mechs in a select mech screen. This makes no sense at all.
You buy something ... what a surprise ... in a store.

[Oldbob10025]

o0Marduk0o, on 06 June 2015 - 01:34 AM, said:

Feels stupid to expect to buy mechs in a select mech screen. This makes no sense at all.
You buy something ... what a surprise ... in a store.

LOL thats what I thought as well when I found out how to purchase them in a store "Slaps forehead"

[KuroNyra]

o0Marduk0o, on 06 June 2015 - 01:34 AM, said:

Feels stupid to expect to buy mechs in a select mech screen. This makes no sense at all.
You buy something ... what a surprise ... in a store.

I have been with that U.I. since month.

In ALL the freakings F2P MOBA I played. The STORE was ONLY for PREMIUM content -the exception being World of Tank, but that game got at least a decent U.I.)

No, it make more sense to me to buy a new mech in the place were ALL THE MECHS ARE REPERTORIED..

Seriously, it's not even good at the moment. Seriously, Store... Than Battlemechs, Then the Chassis...

Seriously, before it was just "MechLab", and "Non Owned" and BANG, you had all the mech appearing in front of you and you just had to make your choice.

[Stelar 7]

Change can be scary but the new UI is indeed actually better. I've been playing since open beta and this is the best purchases and modification UI yet. We have, as a community, been asking for a Smurphy style interface for years. We finally got it.

To the question above, you can outfit mechs you do not own in the store mech lab,you can not purchase them modified though, the only purchase button is on the small icon before you load the mech lab. However you an make changes that are beyond your current budget.

If they add the ability to save layouts.... And assign unequiped stuff to a pool, we could fit mechs EVE style, much faster.

[KuroNyra]

Seriously, the Wall of Mech must return.

Tired of clicking first in "Dire Wolf" just to see them while before I could see them directly.

[DrSlamastika]

YES, i want to see all my mech together, I dont like the new way

[o0Marduk0o]

KuroNyra, on 06 June 2015 - 05:55 AM, said:

Seriously, the Wall of Mech must return.

Tired of clicking first in "Dire Wolf" just to see them while before I could see them directly.

Everyone wants that and they are aware of it. The new form is just faster to get a certain mech than scrolling through 100s of pictures.

[KuroNyra]

o0Marduk0o, on 06 June 2015 - 07:25 AM, said:

The new form is just faster to get a certain mech than scrolling through 100s of pictures.

No, it's longer.

Why does everybody want it back for you? For the style? Or maybe because it was better that way?

Edited by KuroNyra, 06 June 2015 - 09:17 AM.

[TheCaptainJZ]

They should have both. People are divided so why not both?
The point about pictures in the store is pretty valid.

[o0Marduk0o]

KuroNyra, on 06 June 2015 - 09:17 AM, said:

No, it's longer.

Why does everybody want it back for you? For the style? Or maybe because it was better that way?

I want it back too, as additional option.
It is only faster when you know exactly where the wanted mech is, because you have a wall of mech pictures. The current option is fast because you remove chassis you don't want with every click by filtering them.
Though you can do the same with a wall of mechs with appropriate filters.

[dragnier1]

TheCaptainJZ, on 06 June 2015 - 12:17 AM, said:

The store has much better functionality than before. You can load up the mech you are thinking of purchasing into the mechlab and play around with builds without buying! I'm not sure if it shows the cost or not but you couldn't do this in MWO before, only Smurfy.

I didn't know i could do that, should have tried it before i bought my grasshoppers.

o0Marduk0o, on 06 June 2015 - 07:25 AM, said:

Everyone wants that and they are aware of it. The new form is just faster to get a certain mech than scrolling through 100s of pictures.

I agree that this new format is better. In my case i could go straight for the grasshoppers and purchase all at one shot without having additional clutter.

In the old format all the mechs by weight categories were bunched together and not in order or weight nor alphabetical order. Plus, if i wanted to purchase all 3 variants of the grasshopper i had to do the same steps 3 times : mechlab - purchasable - heavies - click on buy button. The owned mech info doesn't update unless you returned to the main page either, which means if i'm not careful i might purchase the exact same mech i bought earlier by mistake.

That is less likely to happen in the new format, it is updated once purchased.

[WustenFuchs1991]

I think we are all forgetting the real issue here.

Since when is a game so convoluted that the player base needs to make a youtube tutorial on how to use the most basic part of the game they play. To go further, if this is so complicated then why isn't PGI doing it themselves. (EVE, I'm looking at you with this as well.)

tl,dr - Making joke about tutorials being missing/useless

[dragnier1]

SourKraut91, on 07 June 2015 - 05:51 AM, said:

I think we are all forgetting the real issue here.

Since when is a game so convoluted that the player base needs to make a youtube tutorial on how to use the most basic part of the game they play. To go further, if this is so complicated then why isn't PGI doing it themselves. (EVE, I'm looking at you with this as well.)

tl,dr - Making joke about tutorials being missing/useless

I do see your point here.

Do note as well, that for every mech introduced there are at least 3 variants of it added into the game. This is bound to overwhelm any new player unfamiliar with Battletech. Not all the changes are great, but at least the mechs are more organised and new players can tinker with mechs before deciding whether they wished to purchase (a good thing i say).

Hopefully any future changes would be :
1. Easy to use and navigate
2. Simple for all users to understand.

For now, we'll have to make do with player made tutorials. And learn to adapt.

Edited by dragnier1, 07 June 2015 - 08:18 AM.

[Anachronda]

KuroNyra, on 06 June 2015 - 05:14 AM, said:

I have been with that U.I. since month. In ALL the freakings F2P MOBA I played. The STORE was ONLY for PREMIUM content -the exception being World of Tank, but that game got at least a decent U.I.) No, it make more sense to me to buy a new mech in the place were ALL THE MECHS ARE REPERTORIED.. Seriously, it's not even good at the moment. Seriously, Store... Than Battlemechs, Then the Chassis... Seriously, before it was just "MechLab", and "Non Owned" and BANG, you had all the mech appearing in front of you and you just had to make your choice.

But in the old way, it was for buying both premium and c-bill content. It also had mechs for mc on top making it harder to find stuff you could buy with cbills. I understand what you are saying about the store because I thought the same thing. Except when I thought about it, because of the fact the old UI had both in the same place, it actually kind of makes sense.

I should also point out that the old way was very disorganized and didn't let you put things in order. Now it is better and easier to find stuff IMHO.

Edited by Anachronda, 07 June 2015 - 11:34 AM.