Sarsaparilla Kid, on 28 April 2017 - 07:24 AM, said:
[...] I've seen some pilots figure they'll have so many GSP from the module conversion to fully master over 200 mechs beyond what they currently own...kind of a waste, so those are the ones that might want to sell some modules beforehand, as we do have all the new technology coming soon, which will require a healthy amount of C-bills to refit your mechs.
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i'm giving you just a few numbers now about my Modules after 5 years of playing this game : 2.000.000.000+ Cbills or (PTS) 46174 GSP - taking already owned g/xp etc into acount thats more then 600(!) Mechs i can fully skill (assuming 91 nodes +30 extra for respec etc)
so what you say is essentially that i should go and sell about 2/3 of my modules before this goes live next month just to keep the GSP amount ANYWHERE near realistic to ever spend. Since i only get half the value back (instead of the many times promised FULL refund) that would effectively mean i sell modules worth about 1.400.000.000 Cbills to get about 700.000.000 Cbills back because oherwise pgi just slaps me with (in such an escessive amount) useless GSP.
i'm fine with a new skilltree system, even if i think the design is bad and the balance will shift extremely towards even more boating and some other flaws, i can live with that.
What annoys me is that i get kicked in the nuts for buying modules in the first place instead of buying mechs/equipment. and that without any logical reason. I get punished for buying modules and loose YEARS of CBill grinding, where mechbuyers just think "well, cant care less, i dont loose anything"
What is the solution?
A) full cbill refund for modules

implement a slider that lets you divide the refund in GSP and Cbills (VERY easy to implement)
Why wont PGI do this (russ himself said that on twitter)?
There is NO Reason. not a single one.
Except if they just want to piss of many core gamers that are playing this game for years and have spend up to thousands of $ prem time, mc etc., because many of those will be gone if they keep on going like this as far as i see the reactions in all the forums and channels.