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[Marauder3D]

Lets start with a little admission here:

my name is Marauder3D, and I'm a whale. Take that for what you will. The truth is, I'm a 40 year old lifelong BatteTech fan that is gainfully employed. Mech packs are a bargain for me because time is my most valuable resource right now. Between the wife, two kids, and a dog, I wish days were 30 hours long to do everything that needs doing. So when I want some hot mech on mech action, I play MWO and have gotten great value out of the mech packs that have been offered.

That being said, the upcoming Origins pack rubs me....wrong. Something about getting the best of IS construction rules (Endo, FF, engines being unlocked) but having clan weapons seems a little munchy. Now I've enjoyed the Clan Waves, and the Arctic Cheater is one of my new faves in the pub queue. That being said, I think this Origins pack is the first one I'm just not interested in buying.

How are you all feeling about the pack? Have you signed up already? Are you planning to do so? Thoughts?

[Lorian Sunrider]

This is the first one I've bought since the Legendary Founder pack.

First time I'm been genuinely excited for a pack that wasn't ridiculously over priced (I'm looking at you Clan Waves).

Mind you, I only got to the Hunchback tier as the others don't interest me both from a piloting standpoint and a meta standpoint. Light mechs and medium mechs are my bread and butter.

[TercieI]

I bought it. They had me at "new Jenners." I don't know what to think about it with supposed full rebalance coming. But...new Jenners!!!

[zagibu]

Nobody knows yet if they will have IS customization or not and/or what other limitations PGI will think of to keep them in check.

[Drasari]

I am not to worried, I'm sure they will come pre-nerfed to compensate or have some heavy restrictions in one form or another. Or, perhaps their will be a massive re-balance before then.

A fellow gainfully employed whale.

[Lorian Sunrider]

Also I should have mentioned I buy MC and go for Mastery Bundles for light mechs. I find they are better value once you factor in the premium time.

[TercieI]

zagibu, on 29 July 2015 - 01:33 PM, said:

Nobody knows yet if they will have IS customization or not and/or what other limitations PGI will think of to keep them in check.

? They answered (Twitter IIRC) that they'll have full IS type customization.

[C E Dwyer]

I bought it because the sterling-dollar exchange rate is good.

Also because I didn't want to be a target when this game breaker goes live

[MoonUnitBeta]

What's the problem? It's just IS mechs with Clan weapons...

Endo/FF unlocked doesn't mean much, we all know people are going to remove ferro and put on endo and DHS like every other IS mech.

Clan weapons, meh. It just makes more tonnage for faster engines. Boating clan weapons get's pretty hot.

I assume that Origin mechs will probably be range quirked so weapons are further than normal IS weapons, but not as far as clan. I'm guessing if there's any issues, PGI will handle it with quirks. Quirks quirks quirks.

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 29 July 2015 - 01:51 PM.

[N a p e s]

Got the Hunchback pack cause moar Hunchbacks.

[stjobe]

I won't be buying it, but that might be more because they're Clan 'mechs and I really don't like Clans and the munchkin-ese power creep they stand for.

As for power creep, right now it looks like it's more of a sprint than a creep, and that worries me a bit. PGI says their new "BV" system can handle it, but since nobody's seen that yet... Who knows?

[Accused]

Just get the $40 package like I just did.

You get a fun and iconic Hunchback 2c and a jenner that will be gamebreaking enought ot troll the hell out of people.

[Hit the Deck]

With the Origins Pack, the Clan superiority is almost complete. All that left is Night Gyr (heavily armed Heavy - similar to what HBK-IIC can function as in the medium class) and a Tier 1 ECM Assault.

[Marauder3D]

PowerOfNapes, on 29 July 2015 - 01:51 PM, said:

Got the Hunchback pack cause moar Hunchbacks.

You know for $40 you may be onto something here. My Hunchy 4G(F) and friends could use some more company. Just something holding me back I guess, not sure exactly what.

[Roadkill]

MoonUnitBeta, on 29 July 2015 - 01:50 PM, said:

I assume that Origin mechs will probably be range quirked so weapons are further than normal IS weapons, but not as far as clan. I'm guessing if there's any issues, PGI will handle it with quirks. Quirks quirks quirks.

They're straight-up Clan weapons with Clan ranges. Unless you're thinking that they'll pre-nerf all of the IIC Mechs with negative range quirks?

[Felio]

Accused, on 29 July 2015 - 01:53 PM, said:

Just get the $40 package like I just did.

You get a fun and iconic Hunchback 2c and a jenner that will be gamebreaking enought ot troll the hell out of people.

The C-SSRM-2 has a cooldown of 3.5 seconds. The JR7-IIC has 6 missile hard points. It's one short of being able to continuously chain-fire them for trolltastic cockpit shake with no gaps. Could do it with the cooldown module or a quirk, though.

[Gas Guzzler]

Don't discount the Highlander IIC.

Gauss, 3 cLPL, 21 DHS, 3JJ... will poke nicely from 700 m.

[Alan Davion]

Hit the Deck, on 29 July 2015 - 01:58 PM, said:

With the Origins Pack, the Clan superiority is almost complete. All that left is Night Gyr (heavily armed Heavy - similar to what HBK-IIC can function as in the medium class) and a Tier 1 ECM Assault.

The Kingfisher and Turkina would like a word with you.

[Gas Guzzler]

Hit the Deck, on 29 July 2015 - 01:58 PM, said:

With the Origins Pack, the Clan superiority is almost complete. All that left is Night Gyr (heavily armed Heavy - similar to what HBK-IIC can function as in the medium class) and a Tier 1 ECM Assault.

What ECM assault are you referring to? Blood Asp?

[Kira Onime]

zagibu, on 29 July 2015 - 01:33 PM, said:

Nobody knows yet if they will have IS customization or not and/or what other limitations PGI will think of to keep them in check.

Completely wrong.
We know how they'll work.

IS customization with clan tech.