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[kf envy]

a mech pack??



you ask why im not buying a mech pack? because i want more stuff then just more mechs, how about more maps, fixing bugs, remove the bandaide ghost heat and put an a non badaide heat system.

i can keep going on but i dont want to post 3 pages worth of texts

[Carl Vickers]

I think you are going to get 3 pages of text from your post.

[Y E O N N E]

I'm not buying 'Mech packs because none of the 'Mechs are interesting. Somebody gifted me a Viper, so that's neat, but...eh. I want more 20-25 ton Lights.

[Tyler Valentine]

I bought MCs the other night and felt so guilty. I had 60m cbills lying around and no mech bays...
Much as the developers frustrate me with their blatant incompetence, I still enjoy shooting you guys

[Sagamore]

I'm lamenting the new business model of single mech packs. I bought all the other top tier IS packs ($80 Phoenix, $80 resistance I and $80 resistance II). I had $80 earmarked for another big pack around Christmas time but will not likely buy a single chassis pack. I know I'm not alone in this but a lot of people seem to think the new single mech system is better.

[KodiakGW]

Why am I not buying? Simple reason. I level mechs in solo PUG play. And, right now, solo PUG play is an abysmal experience. I'm constantly seeing people do the same stupid crap over and over again. And, I'm getting pretty damn tired of it.

Why should I buy a new mech and get garbage teams over and over? Especially the garbage mechs they have been releasing lately.

Take for instance the Viper. There is someone who is in the top 5 position on three of the leaderboards saying what is wrong with the mech. And, some white night, who isn't even on the leaderboard, is arguing with him that everything is fine. I don't know, who would you trust to give a proper review? Someone who says everything is fine, with no proof. Or, someone who you can see is actually playing it?

PGI better stop listening to their "inner circle" people before they lose the majority of their customers. Besides the Kodiak, the last 4 mech releases have been undesirable. And, all the current preorders have crap locked that will be useless. Four locked JJ on the Night Gry? REALLY?? Maybe they should find some new "inner circle" people who actually have business experience.

[dario03]

Well my biggest gripes right now is mech balance and the mech cost. Not liking how another style of play I like has been nerfed and I don't like how you have to spend $35/$40 to get a cbill bonus mech in a pack when $40 used to get you a light and medium battlemech with cbill boosts.

[RestosIII]

I pre-ordered up to the Viper with basic packs, and regretted it by the time the Kodiak came out. My wallet is shut until PGI does something major that changes my mind. You know what would cause me to open up my wallet, causing a glorious bursting of cash akin to a porno end scene? PvE. I love PvE Mechwarrior. I never actually LIKED Mechwarrior PvP much, but this is the only Mechwarrior game I can get to run on my modern computer any more, so I just make do. Give me PvE, and you could stab my favorite politicians and TV characters while screaming "Your mother is fat!" and I'd still send them money.

[S 0 L E N Y A]

Ive bought a lot this year.
I did buy the Cyclops and was gifted the Night Gyr.
I think I am done for a long time though.
At this point new mechs are just variations of a theme at best.
The meta has been stable for quite some time now - barring ghost heat 3.0 - most of us can look at any new mech and already tell the best way to run it. With very small exception it has been a long time since something truly new has been brought to the table.

To top it off, with longevity concerns I find it very hard to invest any more cash into this game

[AnTi90d]

Nope, wallet is closed.

I have little to no faith in PGI.

The game has taken a nose dive since April.

They really seem to not care about what their current playerbase wants.

They saw a direct correlation between the implementation of the Long Tom in FP and the decline of the playerbase.. and all they give us is bandaids.

The level of condescension in the April town hall and the implied, "we don't care what you want, we're doing this," attitude is a major turn off for a lot of people.

[dervishx5]

When they did the packs of 4 they were usually able to get in 1-2 mechs most people wouldn't buy when packaged with stuff they want.

[Quinn Allard]

Im afraid to spend more money on a game that is sinking and might be gone in a year.

[Battlemaster56]

If I wanted to spend money on this game right now theirs only three mechs I would buy,Kodiaks,Huntsman, und Linebacker,if throw in commando, locust iic, and maybe the vixen then my wallet would be open.

[DaZur]

Meh... I will continue to spend my money as I see fit and will continue to do so until I feel otherwise.

I have no grand delusion that my or for that matter, any number of conscientious objectors closed wallets will slam this e-sport idiocy into full reverse and fix anything that I really give two farts about...

Edited by DaZur, 25 July 2016 - 07:09 PM.

[BLOOD WOLF]

kf envy, on 25 July 2016 - 05:08 PM, said:

a mech pack??



you ask why im not buying a mech pack? because i want more stuff then just more mechs, how about more maps, fixing bugs, remove the bandaide ghost heat and put an a non badaide heat system.

i can keep going on but i don't want to post 3 pages worth of texts

Every time they add more stuff that's not mechs I keep hearing this

Whats "more stuff then mechs"?

Edited by BLOOD WOLF, 25 July 2016 - 07:32 PM.

[CycKath]

I want to buy a 'Mech Pack, but as an Inner Sphere player kind of stuck with no sign of when I'll have something suitable to buy again.

[LordNothing]

im not buying new mechs because there are old mechs that do the same job. you cant keep inflating hardpoints. you start getting into non-viable territory when weapons exceed heat capacity. you cant do that anymore. you can but it wont sell mechpacks.

if you keep doing barrel scrapings, nobody is going to want them. in order to bring in more iconic mechs you need to advance the timeline, and all that entails. in fact that in my opinion is the only way to keep the game alive. people will show up for new iconic mechs and new weapons and equipment. this "current tech only!" doctrine is hurting the game. it has pgi pushing a bunch of 3rd rate doa mechs that do nothing different and no one wants to buy them.

think about it the last mech to sell like hotcakes was the kodiak. for months you would get 6 bears in your lance. phoenix hawk, viper no you didnt see that. you saw them here and there. iconic mechs are where the money is at and those are in very short supply and cannot be relied upon for long term success.

new tech is another path of monetization that really should be explored. these would come out on the pay or wait/grind models, perhaps a supply cache prize or introduce new cheevos with new weapons as prizes. introduce a lot more build options. new armor types, new heat sink types, variations of weapons, etc. creating good builds should totally be the part of the game, so a lot more build complexity is good. when you have been around as long as i have you have built everything that can be built, be it stupid troll builds, top notch meta, boats, mixed builds or anything in between. its getting old.

so yea im not buying. introduce something different and i may consider buying it.

Edited by LordNothing, 25 July 2016 - 08:00 PM.

[sneeking]

I won't buy any more, iv already spent over 1000 only to have most of my favorites ruined and the rest just redundant due to limitations within the game play design.

There is just no valid use for most of the mechs already released but still the business model is centered around more mechs with no focus on uses for most of what we already own.

[El Bandito]

If PGI releases the Blood Kite, I might take a peek, but I have no interest other mechs. Bane is great, but too powercreeping.

[SteelMantis]

I get the new maps for free so I sometimes buy mechpacks.