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[razenWing]

Are we not doing that anymore?

For example, any of the upcoming heroes should have special geometry...

I know it's sorta undue burden, but there's absolutely no reason why a EBJ (I) which is essentially a Prime Variant looks a lot cooler than the upcoming Hero, which means something.

Same with IS heroes

I mean, you guys did it with the little siren on the Urbie... 20 bucks a mech on average, just show us some love, change some parts appearance to make them cool. Come on PGI, don't be lazy Suzy.

PS My 2 favorite special geometry mechs to be the "Bane Mask" EBJ and "Gundam" Blacknight.

I am still trying to figure out what's special about my ACH and SHC. If you know, please let me know. Cause I stare at those 2 for hours and couldn't figure out the special geometry that the store page promised. They look frankly the same as regular variants...

(come to think of it... neither does the Crab, Wolfhound, or Mauler look any different...)

Hum....

Wait a min....

(getting pitchfork ready)

[Ace Selin]

I believe they stopped due to it taking up more time that it was worth economically and also affected camo patterns (mechs with special geo had to have camo patterns adapted specifically for them). In the end wasnt worth the time.

[razenWing]

So can anyone point out any difference for the ACH, SHC, CRB, WLF, and Mauler?

[Queen of England]

razenWing, on 05 April 2017 - 06:15 PM, said:

So can anyone point out any difference for the ACH, SHC, CRB, WLF, and Mauler?

The ACH got thigh pads and a hood thing. You'll see it more clearly if you switch camo - the special geometry just turns grey.
The Crab got spikes on the claws and different shoulders (they're more squared off).

[Y E O N N E]

Invasion MLX is best geo.

[Deathlike]

Yeonne Greene, on 05 April 2017 - 07:21 PM, said:

Invasion MLX is best geo.

#alternativefacts (despite owning the Invasion variant)

[TercieI]

May the LCT-1V(P) die forever.

[Xetelian]

Even if it isn't cost effective I would certainly like to have it. It isn't going to make me buy a mech but it'll sweeten the deal.

[Y E O N N E]

Xetelian, on 05 April 2017 - 07:28 PM, said:

Even if it isn't cost effective I would certainly like to have it. It isn't going to make me buy a mech but it'll sweeten the deal.

It made me buy a 'Mech (see above).

[N0ni]

Certainly would like a custom geo Mk II, but i know it's not going to happen.

[MauttyKoray]

I would hope they still did custom Geo on special variants (See the Urbie K-9).

[Karl Streiger]

The special geometry were just some handles for most mechs. Nothing i would call special geometry.

A MadCat without ears or with the full set of 4 mickey mouse ears have "real" special geometry

[TheArisen]

There were some, idk how many, that complained about the special geo because it was grey and messed camo or some such.

[Alistair Winter]

This is one of the big reasons I'm no longer interested in buying mech packs for real money. One of the last mech packs I bought was the Black Knight a la carte, just to get that custom geometry.

We also did a forum poll with several hundred people participating, to show PGI that people wanted custom geometry. But they decided that it's not worth the effort, when they can just sell us expensive hero mechs and collector mechs, which are basically new skins with a different hardpoint configuration. Minimally viable product. The total price for all the Wave 2 Clan hero mechs is $160 and people are definitely talking more about hardpoints than textures, lore or lack of custom geometry, so... the market has spoken.

I guess they also don't want people to get too heavily invested in a single mech, they want people to get tired of their mechs and keep buying more and more new ones.

[TheArisen]

Alistair Winter, on 05 April 2017 - 10:55 PM, said:

This is one of the big reasons I'm no longer interested in buying mech packs for real money. One of the last mech packs I bought was the Black Knight a la carte, just to get that custom geometry.

We also did a forum poll with several hundred people participating, to show PGI that people wanted custom geometry. But they decided that it's not worth the effort, when they can just sell us expensive hero mechs and collector mechs, which are basically new skins with a different hardpoint configuration. Minimally viable product. The total price for all the Wave 2 Clan hero mechs is $160 and people are definitely talking more about hardpoints than textures, lore or lack of custom geometry, so... the market has spoken.

I guess they also don't want people to get too heavily invested in a single mech, they want people to get tired of their mechs and keep buying more and more new ones.

Well to be fair it looked like they were planning to work on it after decals were implemented but maybe they were distracted by models for the new tech?

[Alistair Winter]

TheArisen, on 05 April 2017 - 10:56 PM, said:

Well to be fair it looked like they were planning to work on it after decals were implemented but maybe they were distracted by models for the new tech?

If they were distracted and forgot about it, maybe they should stop writing down their plans on napkins.

[Juodas Varnas]

I'd pay MC for custom geometry on a lot of my mechs.

Catapult noses, Battlemaster cockpits, Atlas skulls, Wolverine chin-turrets, Centurion Mohawks, etc.

[kesmai]

Remember all of the promises pgi made?
It was a promising game with a lot of promises...

[PhoenixFire55]

Only mechs with special geometry were founders mechs. And let's be honest, the "special" geomerty was probably just the first semi-fail try at "normal" geometry that they didn't throw away but rather presented as "special". Nowadays there is no special geomerty anymore since whatever their first try produces goes as "normal" and there never is any effort beyond Minimally Viable^TM.

As Kesmai just said, it was a promising game, key word being - was.

[Snazzy Dragon]

Juodas Varnas, on 05 April 2017 - 11:38 PM, said:

I'd pay MC for custom geometry on a lot of my mechs.

Catapult noses, Battlemaster cockpits, Atlas skulls, Wolverine chin-turrets, Centurion Mohawks, etc.

Too bad, buy p2w heroes instead