158 replies to this topic

[Storyteller]

Good move, but why not switching from active to banked premium time as well? I mean I (and I guess a lot of other players) am on vacation in early August so it wouldn't make sense to preorder those mechs now. Not if I don't want to login in for more than a week after release or waste two and a half week of precious premium time.

[GutterBoy5]

yay

[Joe Decker]

Nice Move PGI - I hope your new Monetarization Model is working well for you.

[BALIander]

N1!
Good decision!
Please allow activation on demand `banked`.

Thx.

Edited by BALIander, 05 July 2017 - 06:37 AM.

[Will9761]

I agree with the people, just make the Premium Time Banked and you will sell more mechpacks with greater value.

[Wegrotzer]

Great! That fact was holding me back from purchasing the new packs. Please add it to coming packs as well and you will keep a happy customer

[Arkhangel]

Gr Armpit, on 04 July 2017 - 01:00 PM, said:

Thank you PGI!!!!

Now can you give us Clan Streak MRMs? Please?

Yes, because they're totally going to give you a weapon that never actually existed. Clans has streak LRMs. MRMs are specifically ONLY an IS thing, and they are UNGUIDED MISSILES, meaning Streak Tech is completely incompatible with them, as the entire point of MRMs is simply to pack as many of the damn things into a launcher as possible, which is why they come in such ridiculously large launcher sizes, and completely eschew anything but a warhead and a propellant.

Some people need to get it through their heads that about half of the Mektek crap in MW4 DOESN'T EXIST and NEVER WILL IN MWO, EVER.

Hell, for that matter, about a quarter of the Mechs that pack added don't exist either, specifically looking at you, Warthog.

Edited by Arkhangel, 05 July 2017 - 02:44 AM.

[MovinTarget]

Dee Eight, on 04 July 2017 - 02:09 PM, said:

I started playing Jan 4th, 2016. This is my main account's status...
Country: Canada Banked Premium Time: 18,000 Hours [Activate 30 Days of Premium Time] General XP: 710,547 [View Skill Tree Refund Ledger] 10,833 [Add More MC] 144,514,557

So I'm not wrong? He would have had to have bought all the PT-giving mechs packs like, this month and still have bought PT with $ or MC on top of that in order to hit "six years"...

[MovinTarget]

mycroft000, on 04 July 2017 - 03:56 PM, said:

What is the actual value to premium time now?

It is a bit more niche post-skill-tree-refund as many long time players now have loads of GSP and/or cbills, but for some new-ish players or more casual consumers this is good that they can perhaps get the specific mechs they've been waiting for *AND* some PT to speed up leveling and ease the costs (more XP/cbills per game).

...for others it is simply the principle that the bang/buck ratio stays fairly consistent.

Arkhangel, on 05 July 2017 - 02:30 AM, said:

Yes, because they're totally going to give you a weapon that never actually existed. Clans has streak LRMs. MRMs are specifically ONLY an IS thing, and they are UNGUIDED MISSILES, meaning Streak Tech is completely incompatible with them, as the entire point of MRMs is simply to pack as many of the damn things into a launcher as possible, which is why they come in such ridiculously large launcher sizes, and completely eschew anything but a warhead and a propellant.

Some people need to get it through their heads that about half of the Mektek crap in MW4 DOESN'T EXIST and NEVER WILL IN MWO, EVER.

Hell, for that matter, about a quarter of the Mechs that pack added don't exist either, specifically looking at you, Warthog.

.... no railgun???

As much as I kinda liked some of the MekTek stuff... it did go off the deep end at the end there...

Edited by MovinTarget, 05 July 2017 - 03:17 AM.

[HGAK47]

I swear I only come here for the Judas related Quad comments and traps. Whats this about mechpacks?

[Aramuside]

Dee Eight, on 04 July 2017 - 02:09 PM, said:

I started playing Jan 4th, 2016. This is my main account's status...
Country: Canada Banked Premium Time: 18,000 Hours [Activate 30 Days of Premium Time] General XP: 710,547 [View Skill Tree Refund Ledger] 10,833 [Add More MC] 144,514,557

1201 days isn't anywhere near 2,190 days though so not sure of the relevance of your reply to him. Having bought almost everything (not 2 packs maybe) I'm in the same boat as you but its no where near 6 years. To do that he'd have had to buy in multiple years on top.

Edited by Aramuside, 05 July 2017 - 03:42 AM.

[mad kat]

On closer inspection it has the feet of the Panther..

[Zeoraimer]

A step back in the right direction!

Would prefer Banked PT, since I'd stand a better chance at maximising its use if I can choose when to activate it.

Just in this case of new tech coinciding with that MadCat II drop, it wont make a difference for me. This time...

[Aramuside]

I do feel slightly odd that I just gained an extra 8 months premium for doing not much but cheers PGI.

[KekistanWillRiseAgain]

Are you going to reopen the "Early Adopter Rewards" since the gross greed of stripping Premium Time out of the Mechpaks is the reason I did not pre-order??? Now that you have acknowledged your failure at doing so, then reopen it back up.

[qS Sachiel]

MovinTarget, on 04 July 2017 - 01:19 PM, said:

Perhaps they can offer a little freezer instead. One that is the perfect size for preserving precious little snowflakes.

Unless you just recently bought every single PT-bonused mechpack in existence, I will assume you are exaggerating about that "six years" part or perhaps you made some poor purchase decisions while inebriated.

Sorry if more PT does nothing for you, but there is a whole chunk of the community that very much considers this to be a big part of their reason to buy mech packs.

As much as I love to think they listened to our requests, I am willing to bet more they were concerned about sagging sales...

and all their extended pre-order purchase window

[ExAstra]

This news pleases me.

[Intrepid]

Banked or bust!

[Grey Death Storm]

I cannot wait get my Uziel got all five of them as well as Mad Cat ii however Im little sad Clans didnt get a heavy Guass is and heavy PPC is there something down pipe line where Clans will get Heavy Guass Rifle id love to put 2 on my Mad Cats ii and did clans ever get MRMs I cant remember ?

[Ade the Rare]

Well done PGI! You do read the forums!