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[Yumoshiri]

Just a curiosity about the marketing strategy.

Having early adopter rewards; sure, that is a nice idea to get support for the design of a mech etc. But what is the point of buying a mech pack, before the release of said mech, if you do not get anything extra? You could just basically wait a couple of days and see if it is worth your value. I'm sure many wouldn't buy a viper anymore after seeing them in action.

I think this gap should be filled with something to lure in customers too. It could be the early adopter rewards, or smaller versions of it.

[El Bandito]

With the new skill tree system, PGI might change their mech pack strategy. We'll see.

[chucklesMuch]

I would probably get the MAD IIC if there was still something on offer pre release wise. Not that I need the prelease stuff... but its just off putting enough (for me personally) that I'm gonna wait for cbill release.

[Jables McBarty]

This (no pre-order rewards beyond a certain point 3+ months pre-release) has been a frequent point of discussion/complaint.

However I'd assume enough people buy during the post-Early Adopter/pre-Release window, because PGI hasn't changed policy.

My guess to purchase motivation: The experience of owning something, not having to wait...more accurately getting closer to the desired object since you cannot quite touch it.