So often there's a lot of frustration as to which model gets the "Special" cbill earning designation.
Mind you this is not something I am recommending as a retroactive thing, but as something going forward.
Why can't the (S) be issued as a Token, something that we get to decide, one time, then it's permanent, just like Faction Content?
I don't want to lobby, for instance, to change the PHX-(S) to a specific model. Because as I learned when I did that for the Zeus, for every person it "helps", you cheese off a bunch more people who want the OTHER version as their C-Bill earner.
Before, the Special came with unique geometry, etc. So it was really not feasible. Now? No such obstacle. The Geometry is the same across the board. As best I can tell, there is no programming issue that should make it a problem to do.
So one does thusly:
1) Purchase Collectors Mech Pack.
2) Goes to a selection screen (just like Faction content) and Chooses which of the Variants in the pack to bestow the (S) Token upon.
3) Confirms (twice) Selection
4) Now gets to use the variant of preference as their Primary/Cbill earning version.
I believe it would significantly boost sales of Collectors Packs, make them more of a "value" to the customer (I would prefer them to be about half the price, but that is an argument/debate for another thread. Or maybe get the "Base" Collectors for 10$ markup, and the "Choice Package" for an additional $5-10? ) and do not see where it would add any significant workload to PGI.
Thoughts?
***Edit***
For the record, I am only talking about the token being applicable to Mech sin the "Base" (Collectors) Package, not the Hero Mech, or even this new trend for "Reinforcements". Not sure if it would be any real issue to add the reinforcements, and if not, great, but if so, still getting to choose between the 3-4 base variants would be huge, IMO.
Edited by Bishop Steiner, 06 March 2016 - 09:25 AM.