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[invernomuto]

What do you think on the Alpha lance permanent pattern sales? Is it a good deal in your opinion? I got the new colours with the Alpha lance challenge and I am thinking about spending some MCs for the patterns (I have only Warhammr and Marauder)...
Which pattern is used in the Alpha lance challenge image (with red and white colour)?
Could you post some pattern idea for marauder and warhammer?

Thanks!

[Juodas Varnas]

I don't think they're good value at all.

You're still better off buying one-shot camos (unless you change them VERY often)

[MauttyKoray]

If you want to swap between multiple camos at will then yes its good to buy them on sale. However if you're only going to purchase a single camo per mech and never change it then one shots are still the way to go.

[invernomuto]

Thanks, I'll wait for a single pattern sale.
PS
Is there a thread with some pattern / Camo ideas for the various mechs? I know that I can "try" them in the mechlab but I'd like to see some pics of the varius pattern/colour on the battelfield.

[El Bandito]

invernomuto, on 10 April 2016 - 01:13 AM, said:

Is there a thread with some pattern / Camo ideas for the various mechs? I know that I can "try" them in the mechlab but I'd like to see some pics of the varius pattern/colour on the battelfield.

Here.

Archer: http://mwomercs.com/...ead-prize-added

Rifleman: http://mwomercs.com/...contest-closed/

Warhammer: http://mwomercs.com/...an-pack-closed/

[Yosharian]

invernomuto, on 10 April 2016 - 01:13 AM, said:

Thanks, I'll wait for a single pattern sale.

Lmao

[Juodas Varnas]

invernomuto, on 10 April 2016 - 01:13 AM, said:

Thanks, I'll wait for a single pattern sale.

To be honest, i don't think i've EVER seen a one-shot camo pattern sale.
But even without sale those one-shot camos are much better value than even the discounted permanent camos.

If there's a certain pattern you really like, just buy the one-shot for it and enjoy. It's *only* 75-125 MC per shot.

[TELEFORCE]

I never realized this. I always thought one-shot camo purchases were for single use, as in per battle.

Guess I'm grossly mistaken. Thanks for the heads-up! I might have to buy into this with my event MC.

Edited by TELEFORCE, 10 April 2016 - 04:55 AM.

[TLBFestus]

PGI values colors and patterns far, far more than I ever will.

I only get free ones, or the odd one on sale very cheap.

People who pay money for access to a HEx or RGB color code are suckers. PGI wants to you pay for them as if they invented them.

[El Bandito]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 April 2016 - 02:28 AM, said:

To be honest, i don't think i've EVER seen a one-shot camo pattern sale.
But even without sale those one-shot camos are much better value than even the discounted permanent camos.

If there's a certain pattern you really like, just buy the one-shot for it and enjoy. It's *only* 75-125 MC per shot.

There was one-shot pattern sale along with perma ones. Clan pattern sale many months back. I bought quite a few one-shot Clan Wolf and Falcon patterns during that sale. So it is not completely impossible to expect other one-shot patterns will also go on sale one day. One day.

Edited by El Bandito, 10 April 2016 - 09:55 AM.

[Juodas Varnas]

El Bandito, on 10 April 2016 - 09:53 AM, said:

There was one-shot pattern sale along with perma ones. Clan pattern sale many months back. I bought quite a few one-shot Clan Wolf and Falcon patterns during that sale. So it is not completely impossible to expect other one-shot patterns will also go on sale one day. One day.

Ah.
I must've not registered it ever happening.
Because i don't care even a little about clans. Don't own a single clan mech AND PROUD

Still. I wouldn't count on it ever happening again.

[FupDup]

I never buy paint by itself, I exclusively use the paint colors that came with my old mech preorder packs.

[Roadkill]

What's that red pattern they're showing on the Alpha mechs on the sale page?

[Juodas Varnas]

Roadkill, on 10 April 2016 - 10:17 AM, said:

What's that red pattern they're showing on the Alpha mechs on the sale page?

I believe it's the Liao faction pattern except with a Red colour replacing the default Green.

[C E Dwyer]

invernomuto, on 09 April 2016 - 11:57 PM, said:

What do you think on the Alpha lance permanent pattern sales? Is it a good deal in your opinion? I got the new colours with the Alpha lance challenge and I am thinking about spending some MCs for the patterns (I have only Warhammr and Marauder)...
Which pattern is used in the Alpha lance challenge image (with red and white colour)?
Could you post some pattern idea for marauder and warhammer?

Thanks!

if your a person that likes to chop and change camo on a regular basis, then this is as cheap as your going to get, and is probably worth considering, and is worth it for chasis that have five or more variants.

However in this case only four, and if you like to look over make a choice and keep it forever, then single shot is the only way to go, as even half price its still 50 mc more expensive.

as others mentioned, never been a single shot sale

[Remillard]

Just imagine if we had a FREE FLOATING SPECTATOR MOVABLE CAMERA in the training grounds how much more pattern and mechporn there'd be for people to check out.

[C E Dwyer]

Roadkill, on 10 April 2016 - 10:17 AM, said:

What's that red pattern they're showing on the Alpha mechs on the sale page?

Its Liao as mentioned by Juodas

[Roadkill]

Juodas Varnas, on 10 April 2016 - 10:22 AM, said:

I believe it's the Liao faction pattern except with a Red colour replacing the default Green.

Looks nice in red! Thanks.

[LegendaryArticuno]

Its a decent deal @50% off.

[Malleus011]

It's nice of them to offer a pattern sale, but the value just isn't great.

When I got the Warhammer pack I got a 'single use' (misleadingly named, it isn't single use, it's lost if you change it) Faction camo for the 6D and 7S. The BW can't be changed and the 6R(S) has the collector paint. I think we also have a free unlocked camo with early adopters (polygon?) and a second one we got in a contest. I did much the same on all the other Newseen packs.

So, even if I had Warhammers (or other 'mechs) to repaint, and wanted to spend buckets of MC on a chassis-wide permanent unlock, which one would I paint?

And why wouldn't I spend less MC on 'one-shot' patterns that I just never change?