Rodrigo Martinez, on 26 May 2017 - 12:40 PM, said:
I tried to start play in a newbie mode. With a mech I don't know and don't have any SP on it. Getting 1-3 SP per match. Now I'm sure only in the operations tree and maybe weapon. After 7-8 matches I'm not sure do I like this mech or no. But I still have to play many more matches to get at least max weapon performance.
You needed the same amount of XP to unlock your skills as you had before.. (and then add on another 70k on mechs you might not even play just so you could unlock elites..) Play a few matches, unlock a box, play a few more under the old.. New is play a few matches add 4-5 skill points, play a few more. I see zero difference.
Modules were an add on after the mech was mastered, and tough crap if you had more than one weapon, you had to choose which one got a boost, and some mechs you only had one module in the first place. the module system let you add cool down to one weapon, now you get it to all, for about the same price as single wepaon module. (there were well over 30 weapon modules then mutliple that if you played both IS and clans.. Just having a single weapon module of each was over 200m
By the time you play 40 matches, about what you would take to unlock elites under the old system, you would have the mech mastered. I have zero clue how this way takes longer.
Under the new system i have skilled up 4 new mechs complete, 2 nova's and a warhawk and dire from scratch.(that is almost done) My clan account has no GSP.
Having had the account for a year now, i still barely had weapon modules i needed unlocked. I had enough modules to use on a couple of mechs as long as they had either lpl, mpl, ML or uac10.. and i just started buying them almost a year after starting the account as i bought some mechs first to have a little variety.
Now, i have 4 new mechs skilled up, enough points to skill up another 15 mechs that i masterd under the old system.
SO 1 year, i had enough modules to load up a few mechs. and many moudles not even unlocked yet. After 4 years, i had finally unlocked my last weapon module on my Main account. thats 4 YEARS!!!!
after the switch i have a bank load of cash because it took me about a yaer to get to the point i actually had the money and GXP to unlock things. Another 2 weeks my entire account of 36 mechs will be finished.. and i got 100m in the back, and 5 new chassis. Under the old, minus 5 chasis, and no money, and a good 6 months to a year grinding c-bills to get to around 8-10 fully kitted mechs, just to load up my 2 standard drop decks, and maybe a mech or two for quick play fun.
Edited by JC Daxion, 26 May 2017 - 01:10 PM.