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[Bombast]

LT. HARDCASE, on 09 December 2017 - 10:11 PM, said:

Promising a free Sun Spider hero, on the very day on which you begin trying to sell one for $15, seems like a pretty dumb business decision

Different hero, different pods. And giving people a C-Bill omnimech may very well entice people to buy a pack for the pods.

[Glaive-]

FupDup, on 09 December 2017 - 10:13 PM, said:

According to word on the forum, people buy hero mechs purely for their combat characteristics rather than their C-Bill booster or camo. The free Sun Spider hero will have a different loadout than the Manul, and that loadout will likely be weaker.

I expect sufficiently different and interesting omnipods while still being far from optimal, yeah.
Still, will be great to get the mech, especially once the other omnipods go free for c-bills.
I almost feel bad for not buying anything for so long now
But I'd rather save my wallet for MW5, so what can I say?

[Sjorpha]

LT. HARDCASE, on 09 December 2017 - 10:11 PM, said:

Promising a free Sun Spider hero, on the very day on which you begin trying to sell one for $15, seems like a pretty dumb business decision

Quite the contrary, it seems like a great business decision to me since people will want to build it with the best omnipod configurations and the only way to do that will be buying the mechpack.

[Mcgral18]

Sjorpha, on 09 December 2017 - 10:22 PM, said:

Quite the contrary, it seems like a great business decision to me since people will want to build it with the best omnipod configurations and the only way to do that will be buying the mechpack.

There can't be a grabdeal if there's nothing to grab!


Still waiting for MC availability of some robots...seeing as I'll have 17k MC whenever the MWOWC things are up.
7 MG 2 HLL SadCat?
Yay...if you pay $$

[BrunoSSace]

This is cool, shame I will not be home on that day.

[The Basilisk]

That is a sound marketing strat...if you want to use the Sunspider to its potential you will have to buy the pack to get the rest of the omnipods when it drops end of march.
And the Roughneck is there to remember you that they already made up an overquirked IS mech with a neat little story and nobody protested too loud that they rather make up mechs to fit their mess of a game instead of make the game more fitting for Battletech.

So as usual nothing to see here, carry on buy the mechpack.

[VitiateDiabolus]

BrunoSSace, on 09 December 2017 - 10:59 PM, said:

This is cool, shame I will not be home on that day.

Psst, you could have a friend log in and play your one game...

It's -probably- not against the ToS... well it's probably not enforceable anyway..

[mouser42]

It must be Christmas Thank You PGI

[Mcgral18]

The Basilisk, on 09 December 2017 - 11:09 PM, said:

That is a sound marketing strat...if you want to use the Sunspider to its potential you will have to buy the pack to get the rest of the omnipods when it drops end of march.
And the Roughneck is there to remember you that they already made up an overquirked IS mech with a neat little story and nobody protested too loud that they rather make up mechs to fit their mess of a game instead of make the game more fitting for Battletech.

So as usual nothing to see here, carry on buy the mechpack.

The 3 normal (Prime -A- should be available

Not the ECM, or the 2E arms from the Hero


You'll still need the GrabDeal for those

[Requiemking]

Promessa, on 09 December 2017 - 11:19 PM, said:

That's real nice. Basically you have all the Sun-spiders then since they are omni, well, once they are out for cbills. You'll probably see a lot of sun spider heroes with stock pods for a while

They're new. Matt popped in last page and cleared that up.

[Xetelian]

Chris Lowrey, on 09 December 2017 - 09:51 PM, said:

There seems to be some confusion here. Both the Roughneck and the Sun Spider will be unique variants from the ones currently available through the Store.

Sweet.

Edited by Xetelian, 09 December 2017 - 11:52 PM.

[Kargush]

FupDup, on 09 December 2017 - 10:10 PM, said:

You get a mech, and YOU get a mech, and EVERYBODY GETS A MECH!

Except that the "free" car from Oprah was a prize, and so taxable. Which meant a lot of people ended up selling a car they couldn't afford to keep. It was also nothing more than a stunt to drum up extra attention for a line of new cars (Pontiac G-6).

So I wouldn't be surprised if there was something more here.

But hey, free gift and all that. And more Roughnecks are always welcome (I don't know why, but I just like that mech).

[Chris Lowrey]

Requiemking, on 09 December 2017 - 11:22 PM, said:

They're new. Matt popped in last page and cleared that up.

Thanks but I’m not Matt

[Kargush]

Chris Lowrey, on 10 December 2017 - 12:32 AM, said:

Thanks but I’m not Matt

That's exactly what a Matt would say!

[Sleepyboy14]

My response to PGI for December 27th,

Edited by Sleepyboy14, 10 December 2017 - 12:38 AM.

[Beaching Betty]

Lol you got me right there until I looked at the one saying that you get the heroes of the two mech.

[Tincan Nightmare]

Pretty cool on PGI's part to give out 2 heroes, they could have just given away standard versions and most people would be happy, because hey a free mech. Always gotta love the machines that give you that 30 percent cbill boost.

[SovietArmada]

just my luck im going to be out of town that week with good chance of no internet. Otherwise very generous of them with the free stuff here.

[xVLFBERHxT]

When will the free Sun Spider hero mech injected? 27.12.2017? After release of the Mechpack?

[Jay Leon Hart]

So a free Hero for the new homebrew 'mech releasing that month, to hopefully increase sales, plus a free Hero of the other homebrew 'mech?

I can dig it