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[mad kat]

Was thinking about spending a wee bit of money on this 'deal' haha but then the matchmaker over the last two days has reminded me to never give PGI another penny.

[James Argent]

I don't think they'll divulge what heroes will go on sale before the MC sale is over. I've set my sights on a couple of the heroes, but if they don't go on sale I'm probably going to pick up the mastery packs that contain them. So I need to have enough MC to cover the cost of the mastery packs at 20% off...if one or both of the heroes I want are on sale, I'll just buy them, dump the rest into 50% off mechbays, and slowly grind the C-Bills for the other variants. If not, then I just buy the mastery pack(s) for at least some kind of good deal (and instant gratification).

It isn't the way everybody should do things, but for me I think this is the best approach to account for not knowing in advance.

[mikerso]

Picked up resistance 2 yesterday. And with get mc later today

[Catalina Steiner]

Sweet MC, you are mine!

[Felicitatem Parco]

I. Looking at +20% MC followed by -20%MC cost on mastery packs that are already 50% off by default...

mad kat, on 18 November 2016 - 08:23 AM, said:

Was thinking about spending a wee bit of money on this 'deal' haha but then the matchmaker over the last two days has reminded me to never give PGI another penny.

You're right. I hope PGI goes out of business and the MatchMaker autonomously fixes itself once there are no more humans getting in the way.

[Gaden Phoenix]

1 more week to hero mech sales

Want to ask, which are the hero mechs that die die you should get (if a person <me> is willing to spend).

I have the X5, FB and BH2.

Looking to get the -
Grey Death
Black Widow
IV-Four

Any other heroes that perform top of their chassis (and their chassis is good)?

Is the Huggin and Oxide worth getting? Any other heroes worth getting?

[Morggo]

Gaden Phoenix, on 22 November 2016 - 05:41 AM, said:

1 more week to hero mech sales

Want to ask, which are the hero mechs that die die you should get (if a person <me> is willing to spend).

I have the X5, FB and BH2.

Looking to get the -
Grey Death
Black Widow
IV-Four

Any other heroes that perform top of their chassis (and their chassis is good)?

Is the Huggin and Oxide worth getting? Any other heroes worth getting?

Well, I can personally recommend the Huggin. Rock that bird quite often and it's just a Shredder, IF you fancy getting in close and personal with a Light. Wouldn't recommend it (or Oxide) if you're not comfortable with a more brawly Light style but yeah, Huggin is a fantastic hero (IMHO).

Oxide. (insert long sigh and longing sadness).
Well, Once upon a time it was my one and true love and ride. I was one of those that didn't make the archtype change well. you don't see her on the field near as much as the old days, and I find it's pretty easy to splash now. We have one in our group that still runs it and does really solid putting up damn good scores but I'll leave it to others to give better recommendations due to it falling off the table for me (oh.. I WILL figure out and adapt to it... just haven't had the willingness to commit the learning time yet)

[GrumpyMuppet]

Morggo, on 22 November 2016 - 06:26 AM, said:

Well, I can personally recommend the Huggin. Rock that bird quite often and it's just a Shredder, IF you fancy getting in close and personal with a Light. Wouldn't recommend it (or Oxide) if you're not comfortable with a more brawly Light style but yeah, Huggin is a fantastic hero (IMHO).

Oxide. (insert long sigh and longing sadness).
Well, Once upon a time it was my one and true love and ride. I was one of those that didn't make the archtype change well. you don't see her on the field near as much as the old days, and I find it's pretty easy to splash now. We have one in our group that still runs it and does really solid putting up damn good scores but I'll leave it to others to give better recommendations due to it falling off the table for me (oh.. I WILL figure out and adapt to it... just haven't had the willingness to commit the learning time yet)

Couldn't agree more about the huggin. Generally criticised and considered inferior to the oxide but easily my favourite mech. Great straight out of the box.
I've not piloted any other light than the raven so don't know about the oxide.

[Aramuside]

The Oxide has the Jenner CT flaw and got hit badly in the resizing but punches ridiculously hard for its weight. The Huggin always felt quite large so the resize didn't seem to hurt that much. The hardpoints feel better on the Huggin too and its hitboxes aren't as awful. That said if you flank so are striking from surprise the Oxide is ridiculous ....

I suppose that's a long way of saying I like both of them.

[Saint Atlas and the Commando Elf]

Initial post is updated. You can see the list for the hero sale.

Sadly, the Sleipnir is not on that list.

[Insanity09]

There doesn't seem to be a thread about the double xp portion of the event, so it seems this was as good a place as any.

The Double XP conversion is NOT working. 1MC is still converting 25 mxp to 25 gxp. I actually did a conversion (one MC worth) to verify and yes, my gxp total only went up by 25. Per the double xp event tab, this conversion, with rewards, is supposed to be active as of about 30min ago.
I logged in and out of the game, I restarted the game. Still not working. Disappointing.

Working as of a minute ago. Would still like to know why there was a delay on this.
Any insights appreciated.

Edited by Insanity09, 25 November 2016 - 04:43 PM.

[LT. HARDCASE]

50% off Medusa and Butterbee are in my future.

[RazerThrone07]

Sthtopokeon, on 25 November 2016 - 01:38 PM, said:

Initial post is updated. You can see the list for the hero sale.

Sadly, the Sleipnir is not on that list.

Please, can Hero Cyclops, Sleipnir be added to list of assault mechs?
Since the Kodiak Hero SB was included in the list.

[Audacious Aubergine]

RazerThrone07, on 25 November 2016 - 06:29 PM, said:

Please, can Hero Cyclops, Sleipnir be added to list of assault mechs?
Since the Kodiak Hero SB was included in the list.

I think only mechs that are available for c-bills are on the list for having their heroes on sale, and the Cyclops missed out on that by a couple of weeks

[Dee Eight]

Same as the summertime hero/champions sale. The kodiak's had only just gone to MC so they weren't included in the sale. Cyclops are still too new for this sale.

[mikerso]

Can we see a list of the discount on the mastery packs and premium time?

And thanks for the list of discounts on heroes. I now know how much mc to buy.

[Dee Eight]

hero/champion sale = turn your MC into C-bills maximum value sale also. LCT-1E is 380MC and sells for more than 2 million c-bills.

[mikerso]

Gaden Phoenix, on 22 November 2016 - 05:41 AM, said:

1 more week to hero mech sales

Want to ask, which are the hero mechs that die die you should get (if a person &lt;me&gt; is willing to spend).

I have the X5, FB and BH2.

Looking to get the -
Grey Death
Black Widow
IV-Four

Any other heroes that perform top of their chassis (and their chassis is good)?

Is the Huggin and Oxide worth getting? Any other heroes worth getting?

So my heroes

Pirates bane fun and tactically a great fast weapon just don't stand still.

Deaths knell fast and fun, but I believe it lacks firepower compared to the pirates bane.

Oxide packs a punch and is great for scout mode, but I believe it lacks in the jump jet area.

Ember got hit by the resize, but has better maneuverability with the jump jets. It has less firepower than the oxide, but to me the jump jets can win the day.

Huggin, love it so much I have two. It has more manuevaribilty than the oxide, and more favorable hit boxes. It does have less firepower, and like the pirates bane should not stand still. It and the Ember favor the crazy light pilot.

Sparky can run the dual erppc in the chest as good as the summoner.

Quarantine is a very lackluster hero for me. It can perform, but the other wolverines that can be bought for cbills out perform it big time.

Muromets has lost a lot to nerds, but is still effective in a triple large pulse format. It has high energy mounts in the side torsos, and can hill poke really well.

Legend killer is a fun snap shooter, and can be great with ac2 in its ballistics.

Tempest is a great ecm heavy, and can boat lasers fine enough, but is not a brawler at all.

Bounty hunter is a great hero, and puts out laser vomit with the best of them. One of my best heroes.

Top dog is the one I use the most in faction play. It tanks and came out of the resize fairly well. I have two of them.

Misery is fun and the ballistic slot on the stalker let's you have some variance.

Edit to add two I forgot.

Edited by mikerso, 25 November 2016 - 10:15 PM.

[mikerso]

Dee Eight, on 25 November 2016 - 09:11 PM, said:

hero/champion sale = turn your MC into C-bills maximum value sale also. LCT-1E is 380MC and sells for more than 2 million c-bills.

Also the locust mastery pack at 20% off could be a great way to get premium time, a good hero mech, and a few cbills.

[El Bandito]

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A la carte purchases are not eligible for the 20% discount offered through this Countdown to Black Friday sales event!

BOO! BOO!