207 replies to this topic

[Malleus011]

No.

E-Sports isn't something I care about and I have no interest in contributing to it. I find asking your playerbase to support your tournament prize package to be a bit questionable as a business practice. Isn't that what sponsors are for?

IMHO, it's the wrong direction for the game, and I'm a little dismayed to see PGI expending resources on it. The patch today adds some much needed development to CW, but it's still not really fun to play, doesn't appeal to the bulk of the playerbase, and the maps are awful. Infowar doesn't really exist and we've heard nothing about it since last year. I would still rank the game as a 'C' effort, and you don't make successful sport games out of mediocrity. Just like the Steam launch, I feel like they really aren't ready for what they're trying to do, and develop so slowly that they aren't likely to get there before the license runs out.

Contributing my own money to something that seems like folly doesn't seem beneficial to me or them. Your mileage may vary.

That is not a lovely Overlord dropship. Yikes.

[Lily from animove]

TheCharlatan, on 13 April 2016 - 01:27 PM, said:

I'm considering it.
Just to support the game and bla bla bla.

BTW, i thought that the Overlord dropship looked bad... then i saw this:


Hmmmmm... yep, it's an egg. And it's always been.

yes an egg with thrusters, whats not cool about it
Just see mechs as little babies hatching from eggs. Nature made eggs that way ecause its a safe method. Therefore egg dropships are the perfect way to copy nature.We just need camo patterns for it

Edited by Lily from animove, 19 April 2016 - 05:40 AM.

[Karl Streiger]

Does this mean people support the tournament because they like it, or what is reallistic - they don't give a damn about the tournament but want to have this 10% XP bonus.

Edited by Karl Streiger, 19 April 2016 - 05:42 AM.

[Zerberus]

Support teh tournament, support PGI and MWO, and get a 10% boost from now until December, for 10 bucks?

The boost alone is kind of a no brainer unless you´re alkready swimming in c-bills, the rest is icing.

[Ultimax]

Zerberus, on 19 April 2016 - 06:37 AM, said:

The boost alone is kind of a no brainer unless you´re alkready swimming in c-bills, the rest is icing.

Even with my current 90 mil cbills or so its tempting.

[Kotzi]

I would rather back Transverse. And why pay money for XP boost. Levelling mechs is the only thing i have left in this game. Why shorten my only fun...

EDIT: Cbill Bonus? I only read XP Bonus.
EDIT II: Ok found it but it still does not really convince me to support.

Edited by Kotzi, 19 April 2016 - 07:04 AM.

[Mister Blastman]

Why should I support the tournament? If PGI can't afford the tournament, they shouldn't have a tournament! It is not my responsibility to help them fund it!

[ImperialKnight]

Valve/Dota 2

Buy $10 Compendium to support players? Gives you in game bonuses? 25% goes to pool prize? OMG-best-thing-happening-to-esports-ever-only-second-to-next-coming-of-geesus-universal-acclaim!!! #hype!!!! #buyallthecompendiums!!

PGI/ MWO

Buy $10 Pack to support players? Gives you in game bonuses? HALF of revenue goes to prize pool. OMG-what-is-this-shoddy-business-model-go-and-die-please!! #burninhell!!


Yup, nothing to see here. Carry on.

[Alistair Winter]

knightsljx, on 20 April 2016 - 03:02 AM, said:

Valve/Dota 2

PGI/ MWO

Are two very different games, with two very different demographics. As for the in-game bonuses, I have no idea about them. I don't play Dota and I don't feel like Dota-fans have any bearings on my reactions.

I do know that there's millions of kids around the world spending obscene amounts of money on Dota. That may have something to do with it.

[Isolani]

I wasn't going to get it when we were talking about it just being an xp bonus because I really don't care about the tournament or e-sports in general. But when it turned out to be a 10% c-bill bonus too, I bought it because it's worth it for such a long term boost to c-bills.

I find the idea of giving money to other players for playing a game distasteful. I would have rather the whole $10 had gone to PGI...at least then I could pretend that they will use the money to improve the game in some way instead of pissing it away on some e-sport nonsense.

So the moral of this story is, I have no principles and can be bought off with just a 10% c-bill boost.

Edited by Isolani, 20 April 2016 - 06:51 AM.

[Dthamilaye]

E-sport is not "nonsense". It is one way to raise the awareness of the game with the general population and having bigger price money always helps with that.

And getting more awareness is very important for the game in the long run if we don't want it to grind to halt without any players. We need more players, desperately. Instead of 1500 online players (Europe) at a time, I would like it to be like 15000 or something. It would help the queues and give better tiers of good and bad players etc.

Edited by Dthamilaye, 20 April 2016 - 03:43 AM.

[TercieI]

TercieI, on 19 April 2016 - 04:36 AM, said:

Betting the CB thing is a typo.

Glad to have been wrong. Amazing deal for $10

[xengk]

Does the Tournament Support Pack stack with Premium Time?

[Isolani]

xengk, on 20 April 2016 - 05:26 AM, said:

Does the Tournament Support Pack stack with Premium Time?

Yes, it all stacks...premium + 10% tournament + 30% c-bill mech if you have one.

Edit: Here, I had a screen shot of a game at the end with all the bonus stuff...

Edited by Isolani, 20 April 2016 - 06:11 AM.

[xengk]

Isolani, on 20 April 2016 - 06:07 AM, said:

Yes, it all stacks...premium + 10% tournament + 30% c-bill mech if you have one.

Edit: Here, I had a screen shot of a game at the end with all the bonus stuff...

Thanks for the reply.

I got kodiak and phawk to feed when they arrive.

[Ultimax]

Mister Blastman, on 19 April 2016 - 06:50 AM, said:

Why should I support the tournament? If PGI can't afford the tournament, they shouldn't have a tournament! It is not my responsibility to help them fund it!

They can afford the tournament. The 100K Prize pool is already there.

This will inflate the prize pool, bigger potential draw of more players, more players/interest means more exposure for the game, which can translate into more potential players and more revenue.

That's the goal of tournaments like these. Increase awareness, increase playerbase, increase revenue.


And not for nothing, it's 10% Cbill boost, 10% XP boost and a handful of swag items that right now costs like a $1.25 a month. (a tiny bit more)

As far as microtransactions go, that's a pretty good ratio.

[paws2sky]

I'm on the fence. The boosts are pretty tempting, I want to see this game thrive, and, well, I really want more warhorns.

At the same time I have zero interest in tournament and competitive play (for prizes) because it often brings out the worst in otherwise decent people. Oh, and an influx of pros and semi-pros which throw everything out of wack. That's just my experience though.

Still, warhorn...

[Roadkill]

Purchased. Was very tempting at +10% xps. No brainer when you add +10% c-bills to that.

[Afuldan McKronik]

Puchased for myself, gave away two more. To newer players, to show that not everyone is too uptight to think about other players.

[Ultimax]

paws2sky, on 20 April 2016 - 10:12 AM, said:

I'm on the fence. The boosts are pretty tempting, I want to see this game thrive, and, well, I really want more warhorns.

At the same time I have zero interest in tournament and competitive play (for prizes) because it often brings out the worst in otherwise decent people. Oh, and an influx of pros and semi-pros which throw everything out of wack. That's just my experience though.

Still, warhorn...

In my experience in this game, competitive play has only brought out the best in decent people.

They bring their best, play their best, and have good sportsmanship.


The guys who are a-holes are already a-holes, being in a tournament doesn't suddenly change them into that.