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[Ezekeel666]

In the light of recent positive-ish developments from PGI, especially the increase of CB rewards, I would like to contribute some cash for the development. Problem is nothing sold really appeals to me.

I am not a regular player, so Premium Time is rather unattractive since it ticks down even on days one does not login which seems like a waste. Also I already have all the vanity stuff I want.

I would be interested in a mech with a +30% CB bonus however the mech variant I want, TBR-S, is not available. I could get a TBR-PRIME(I) or TBR-C(S) but all my builds use the TBR-S as a base and I do not feel like gimping myself just for that CB bonus and I am definitely not gonna pay extra for it.

I am probably not the only player who would spend cash on a mech with a CB bonus which however unfortunately is not available in the variant they want, so my suggestion is that PGI should sell +30% CB upgrades that the players can apply to any mech they choose (except mechs which already have a CB bonus). Make them 10 bucks or so each in MC and I am positive these would sell like hotcakes (some whales with OCD probably would upgrade their entire mech armada).

Implementing such an upgrade functionality into the client should be easy. Mechs probably already have some flag denoting a CB bonus which is set for the current Hero/(S)/(I) mechs. Simply add an upgrade button to the mech selection interface that sets this flag for the selected mech in exchange for some amount of MC. Done.

What do you think? Anyone else who would pay for such upgrades?

[FupDup]

They should just make it cost the same as a hero mech of the same tonnage. That way, the argument "Oh, but it reduces hero mech sales!" would be invalidated, since each of these enhanced variants would generate the same amount of revenue for PGI as a hero mech sale.

[Lostdragon]

We have been asking for this for 3 years.

[Ezekeel666]

FupDup, on 20 November 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

They should just make it cost the same as a hero mech of the same tonnage. That way, the argument "Oh, but it reduces hero mech sales!" would be invalidated, since each of these enhanced variants would generate the same amount of revenue for PGI as a hero mech sale.

I think that price would a bit high. After all you already bought the mech.

Yes, it probably would cannibalize some of the Hero/(S)/(I) sales but I am certain the losses due to that would be only a tiny fraction compared to the additional income.

Lostdragon, on 20 November 2015 - 03:15 PM, said:

We have been asking for this for 3 years.

Any reason given by PGI why they do not want this? It cannot be the work it would take to implement because that is a piece of cake.

[Lostdragon]

I don't recall them ever giving any kind of response to this request, but that does not mean they never addressed it. They probably can't code it or feel it would hurt sales of heroes.

[FupDup]

Lostdragon, on 20 November 2015 - 03:28 PM, said:

They probably can't code it or feel it would hurt sales of heroes.

If they do feel that way, I already offered a way to counter that fear...

[sycocys]

Literally something we've been pestering them for since the Yen-Lo-Wang was announced.

[Ace Selin]

They will likely release an S version mech for every chassis and that will be issue resolved for PGI

[Jive Korsan]

sycocys, on 20 November 2015 - 04:15 PM, said:

Literally something we've been pestering them for since the Yen-Lo-Wang was announced.

Very true. I don't think it's going to happen

[Elizander]

Lostdragon, on 20 November 2015 - 03:15 PM, said:

We have been asking for this for 3 years.

I still remember I have a thread about it in the suggestions forums as I'm sure others have made. :3

[3xnihilo]

We could compromise, maybe, a 15% cbill bonus purchasable for any mech, even Heros. If you like the hero buy it, add another 15% for 45% bonus. If you don't like the hero at least you can still get a small bonus for it. I have at least 3 or 4 mechs I would buy this for right now.

[Elizander]

3xnihilo, on 20 November 2015 - 05:43 PM, said:

We could compromise, maybe, a 15% cbill bonus purchasable for any mech, even Heros. If you like the hero buy it, add another 15% for 45% bonus. If you don't like the hero at least you can still get a small bonus for it. I have at least 3 or 4 mechs I would buy this for right now.

Yup suggested that too that DIY hero mechs have a smaller bonus than hero. No go :3

[Ezekeel666]

Well that sucks.

Since PGI apparently is not interested in my money I will continue playing this game for free. No one can say I did not offer to contribute.

[Elizander]

Ezekeel666, on 20 November 2015 - 06:06 PM, said:

Well that sucks.

Since PGI apparently is not interested in my money I will continue playing this game for free. No one can say I did not offer to contribute.

It's pretty old. The title started out as 1250mc to turn a mech to a hero but I edited it later to include tiered upgrading starting at 5% to 20% and the MC prices adjust accordingly with examples. I think it's already been archived. Oh, found it here.

Other people have suggested a premium module that gives your mech c-bill bonuses that can stack with heroes and a bunch of other things.

[El Bandito]

I would pay full amount of Hero mech price to pimp out my AWS-8R with 30% C-Bill bonus. Then it is cash printing time!

[TheArisen]

How about weapons that boost Cbills, XP or loyalty?http://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/211987-cbillxployalty-boosting-weapons-no-p2win-poll-updated/