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[Garran Tana]

Both Hero mechs in March

[arcana75]

Brain Cancer, on 09 December 2017 - 09:11 PM, said:

This is so amazing it deserves to be quoted and requoted.

[xVLFBERHxT]

arcana75, on 10 December 2017 - 03:11 AM, said:

This is so amazing it deserves to be quoted and requoted.

OK. HERE WE GO!

Edited by xVLFBERHxT, 10 December 2017 - 03:22 AM.

[Brizna]

Haha, all those people complaining about this being suspicious or getting free stuff! Hilarious...

Me, I say thanks PGI, and merry Christmas!

[C E Dwyer]

Nice two free mech bays in March and some MC

Edited by Cathy, 10 December 2017 - 04:24 AM.

[Zacharias McLeod]

Cathy, on 10 December 2017 - 04:24 AM, said:

Nice two free mech bays in March and some MC

No, you can not sell the Hero Mechs.

They will be like the other Heros and the loyalty variants.

[Agent1190]

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.

This is extremely awesome guys. Thank you very much!

[Bud Crue]

Nostalgia based game, giving away mechs that have no nostalgia value.
Only thing shocking about this is that it is a pretty smart move on PGI's part, and I am just not used to them having such foresight.

This gets folks on during a normal major lul, builds some good will with the remaining population, gets mechs that a good portion of the population would not otherwise buy into the game, removes any legit claim of the Sunspider Hero being P2W, etc.
Color me impressed PGI.
I may think your "balance efforts" are the epitome of stupid random nonsense, bordering on self-harm, but this lil' give away? It's a smart play. Well done.

[Heavenward]

Thank you and Merry Christmas PGI!

[C E Dwyer]

Zacharias McLeod, on 10 December 2017 - 04:47 AM, said:

No, you can not sell the Hero Mechs.

They will be like the other Heros and the loyalty variants.

You can sell any Hero for C-bills, and have any Loyalty mech removed from the bay for no remuneration if you contact support.

I would think these will be like Loyalty mechs with no sell value, but they still can be removed for a free Mech bay if desired

[Chados]

The 27th is going to be a very big day on MWO.

[Bandilly]

FupDup, on 09 December 2017 - 10:05 PM, said:

Every single person that plays one match on December 17th will get all the goodies.

*Cough* 27th *Cough*


You don't want to get the date wrong on this one.

[Unnatural Growth]

Hey, I'm as salty a vet as about anyone, but even I know when to just say "Thank You" to PGI for some really cool FREE STUFF!

They did not have to do ANY of this.

Nice thing to do for us PGI, THANK YOU, and MERRY CHRISTMAS.

[Koniving]

Jonathan8883, on 09 December 2017 - 09:25 PM, said:

I think Russ may be trying a new way to drive Omnimech mech pack sales. If you get the Sun Spider hero, you are locked into the hero omnipods with no customization until it drops for C-bills - unless you buy a mech pack, in which case you have A/B/C/whatever pods available.
The free hero means you can play it for +30% c-bills immediately, thus making a $45 "pack w/ hero" effectively a $30 pack.

More customization on something good IF you spend money, and effectively a discount on pack costs.

That makes an eerie bit of sense.
I still wouldn't care. (Not spending til it comes on cbills. We have a serious need for like 20 or 30 new maps asap... we've got plenty of mechs and these post 3050 mechs won't be able to be put into Mechwarrior 5, so they haven't got much point to being supported currently unless a DLC is going to expand the ending from 3049 to 3070 or so.)

It's a shame that it is a Roughneck hero. I already have one. Though with a second and the new skill tree, I can rig it up entirely different from my current one and maybe make a more speed oriented hit and run rather than a medium range brawler and tank.

Edited by Koniving, 10 December 2017 - 06:00 AM.

[Zacharias McLeod]

Koniving, on 10 December 2017 - 05:58 AM, said:

It's a shame that it is a Roughneck hero. I already have one. Though with a second and the new skill tree, I can rig it up entirely different from my current one and maybe make a more speed oriented hit and run rather than a medium range brawler and tank.

It will be an other brand new Roughneck hero and not the Reaver.

Totaly new loadout. And like they sayd it should be different from the normal Roughneck variants too.

Totime nobody knows how the loadout looks.

[Bill Lumbar]

I have none of them.... so thanks PGI, Free stuff is always a nice thing to get.

[Zh0u]

What is "stocking stuffer clicks"?

[FupDup]

Bandilly, on 10 December 2017 - 05:51 AM, said:

*Cough* 27th *Cough*


You don't want to get the date wrong on this one.

Doh! I have to go back and burn the evidence now.

[Bandilly]

Zh0u, on 10 December 2017 - 06:25 AM, said:

What is "stocking stuffer clicks"?

Loot bags that we get during some events. You open the bags and get a few c-bills, MC, XP, or some other random thing. Not a huge deal, but hey it's more free stuff.

[Seranov]

Neat. Thanks PGI. Happy Holidays, everyone.