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[MacClearly]

Deathlike, on 20 February 2017 - 02:34 PM, said:

Always... from the start.

Again how? Merc or Loyalist, pay is the same. Perks are pretty much the same. Don't see what you mean except for those in a faction with a lot of players.

[MacClearly]

QueenBlade, on 20 February 2017 - 02:50 PM, said:

Loyalists should be seeing bonus' for taking Faction (House / Clan) based mechs like:

House Kurita:
DRG
PNT
+50% LP +20% Cbill increase for showing your loyalty

or

Clan Smoke Jaguar: (totem mechs)
EBJ
+25% LP +10% Cbill increase for showing your loyalty

...it would be a start

And I know the IS Houses would have the better deals since there are many more variants available for the IS than Clans.
May be to help with it, set it up where having 8/8 Omnipods on certain Clan variants would be considered part of the loyalty system for loyalists.

Should be really?

Then Mercs would have to get a lot more cbills to even it out.

[MischiefSC]

MacClearly, on 20 February 2017 - 07:23 PM, said:

Again how? Merc or Loyalist, pay is the same. Perks are pretty much the same. Don't see what you mean except for those in a faction with a lot of players.

Except a Loyalist can't move, can't change and is stuck, which prior to 1 bucket was terrible. Only ever play the mechs and faction you pick.

Also usually you make LESS than mercs as you don't get contract bonus.

Steep penalties for switching around if you ever do decide to break with your faction.

And you know what offsets those disadvantages?

Nothing. Oh, wait, we were allowed to 'vote' for stuff that was absolutely irrelevant. So you're pinned in place for less pay and steep penalties if you ever change your mind but in return for that you got to vote on something irrelevant -

which any merc could get around by making 1 alt account, playing 10 scouting matches and then just using to vote with while keeping the ability to switch anywhere, get bonuses, play IS or Clan mechs and pay a tiny cost to break constracts compared to a loyalist.