Johnny Gorbachev, on 05 February 2016 - 03:01 PM, said:
I'm a new player, you know why new players rarely post here? Because new players rarely every stay. Unless youve been here from the start, grind is the name of the game. Thats the point of this post, you don't feel the grind, so its irrelevant to you. Actually it is relevant, because that means this game isnt going to grow past the current players who are tolerating it.
Completely untrue IMO, unless you are the type of person that needs everything yesterday.
Yes, my main IS account has been around for a couple years now, and i have over 50+ mechs, a bunch of modules, and engines and such.. But I also enjoy the long game, I don't need it all yesterday. I'm also a pretty casual player, that takes breaks all the time. I often don't play for a few months, then come back a few weekends and then take another break. Sure I could if i shell out a few hundred bucks, you know like the cost of playing an MMO for a year for example.. aka 180 bucks like any premium account on any MMO and i'd get about what i already have. But if someone that is pretty darn casual, as i know guys that play in 3 months what i have played in 2+ years i got tons of stuff.
So after not playing clans, ever... I decided to start a brand new account for Clan only. Basically so no different than being a a new player, with one advantage as i know how to play, But that said, i see new players all the time that learn the ins and out's in no time are better than me. I Never played an online FPS till this game, ever and i have been gaming since pong launched. So if some casual guy can do this, anyone can.
My clan account i put in 30 bucks, as Yes the game is FTP, but that does not mean you should never have to spend a single dime like many seem to think. So i bought a timber Champion to help me unlock modules.. though honestly i wish i spent 55 and got the ala cart timber for a hero bonus, but i didn't and i digress.
Now this second account is about 6 weeks old, and i don't play a ton, and seeing i only have played my clan account on steam to keep track, i only have 80 hours logged on it. which means a few nights a week along with a couple completed events over the holidays, and few days of buying some premium day passes on a couple of Saturdays that i put in a good game session, so yea, some of that 80 hours was on premium, but that is why it's there. Hardly tons of play or money.
As of today, On the clan side of things i Now have 3 heavy, 2 assaults, and 4 mediums, along with some colors, and a seismic, and already have targeting unlocked, and less than 1k away from Airstrike upgrade. I did all this as a pretty casual player on my clan account, and didn't spend much money at all.
by the time i hit 100 hours i should have my 12 mech Clan drop deck. Add in another 50 hours maybe? by the time i finishing leveling all these mechs, i should have more than enough to load up my drop deck with modules. 150 hours in any game is really not much.. even for a casual player.. and to be actually good in a online PVP game,150 hours is absolutely nothing. and most likely will take people 100's more..
In other words, by the time most people are good at the game.. they should have tons of decked out mechs anyway.. because you earn C-bills, WAY faster than you actually get good. And the reason why you are not good, is not because you don't have modules, it's because people have not learned to play. It's just a fact of Online games.
During all this leveling time, the whole 80 hours of it.., i never once complained about someone having a seismic, or what ever.. I finally grabbed one, because i wanted mechs over modules up till now, and that was my choice. Modules are nice, but hardly the game changer people wan't to think they are. They are just nice bonuses.
I am much more worried about the pilot, than i am how a mech is loaded up, or if it has modules, that is for sure.
Edited by JC Daxion, 12 February 2016 - 01:30 AM.
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