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[Koniving]

Apparently on December 27th, according to the CEO of PGI, if you log in and play at least one match... you will get the following:

• 3 days of premium time (will be immediately active, so make the best of it).
  
• 3 million cbills.
  
• 1250 MC (please correct if I am remembering the amount incorrectly).
  
• A new Roughneck Heromech (Not the currently existing Reaver but a completely new one). Inner Sphere.
  
• A new Sun Spider Heromech (not the Hero available in the store's preorder but a completely separate hero). Clan.

Worth noting: Hero mechs are unique from standard mechs in that they have things that others do not (making them more similar to a completely different mech in a weight class) or they combine traits of multiple variants into an amalgam of sorts. But more importantly, they have a 30% C-bill multiplier which stacks with premium time.

Also worth noting: Given the pre-order pages and 30% off MC prices both come out to about 15 bucks per hero mech, that's a 30 dollar value in heroes given for just playing a match on December 27th. This is useful for everyone, but especially useful for new players.

See you on December 27th. Please keep this PSA visible to new players by bumping it up if it starts to fall too far from the front page.

[Zh0u]

Yes. This is probably the most important date to login and play in the whole of 2017. Great great announcements for new players, especially F2P players like me.

[KanKrusha]

Iaaarrgghh , there is no way I will be able to play that day! You have to laugh don’t you? Laugh or cry.

[Koniving]

https://mwomercs.com...s-loadout-info/
Info ont he two mechs.

[Zh0u]

KanKrusha, on 11 December 2017 - 09:10 PM, said:

Iaaarrgghh , there is no way I will be able to play that day! You have to laugh don’t you? Laugh or cry.

Get someone to play it for you? Just 1 game...regardless win or lose.

[Darrious Quinn]

KanKrusha, on 11 December 2017 - 09:10 PM, said:

Iaaarrgghh , there is no way I will be able to play that day! You have to laugh don’t you? Laugh or cry.

You're not alone dude... you're not alone. I'll be driving cross country that day. So unless 1) I find an old internet café that actually has it loaded (fat chance) and 2) my wife actually goes along with that crazy idea for a video game.... I to will not feel the love this PGI Christmas

Damnit PGI!!! Why can't you execute your good ideas on dates that make bloody sense like ... LIKE ON CHRISTMAS WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY HOME!

Edited by Darrious Quinn, 12 December 2017 - 07:07 AM.

[Bandilly]

Darrious Quinn, on 12 December 2017 - 07:06 AM, said:

You're not alone dude... you're not alone. I'll be driving cross country that day. So unless 1) I find an old internet café that actually has it loaded (fat chance) and 2) my wife actually goes along with that crazy idea for a video game.... I to will not feel the love this PGI Christmas

Tell your wife that stopping by McDs to use the wifi with your laptop is worth about $40 for the 15 minute stop...which you might need anyways to get food and use the restrooms.

Edited by Bandilly, 12 December 2017 - 11:51 AM.

[MechaBattler]

Hope they're advertising it on the Steam page too.

[Koniving]

I should probably note something, too.

The Sun Spider is an Omnimech, as such it can change the pods and hardpoints...
But as the Omnimech is not yet released, these pods will not be available (regardless of if you pre-ordered them) until release date. So you'll be playing it (the hero being given out) with the stock omnipods for a while.

Edited by Koniving, 13 December 2017 - 11:51 AM.

[loopala]

]"2 Free Hero Mechs with Mech Bays - Delivered in March"

so the free mechs delivery is the same as the sun spider

Edited by loopala, 13 December 2017 - 10:43 PM.

[Koniving]

loopala, on 13 December 2017 - 10:42 PM, said:

]"2 Free Hero Mechs with Mech Bays - Delivered in March"

so the free mechs delivery is the same as the sun spider

Ah. Guess that makes sense. Was kinda expecting same day delivery. At least of the Roughneck hero (given the chassis and such already exists).

[loopala]

Still smoking deal. 27 Dec is a must play day

[Keltan]

Yeah, I can't play it either. Worked during the week to get MWO on my old laptop so I could suffer through one slideshow match. But they added a 50 match score requirement. Can't do it when the game is a slideshow. Generous offer if I could play that day.

[TheFourthAlly]

Help a new player get some loot - Bump!

[Jingseng]

Burmp.

See also: second set of cbill sales list (40% off unseen and IIc heroes)... scroll past the first set on the announcement post.

[loopala]

MUST PLAY DAY

[Remy Wolf]

Yup, the email I got about this is literally what prompted me to come back. I've been considering it for a while, got back in the battletech mood, but hadn't decided yet. Saw the email and figured that was enough to at least get downloaded and play a bit. It already paid off for them in my case, I bought some MC with the sale on that too. Premium time is the most likely place to spend that MC for me.

So far I'm having fun. I went back to lights, picked up an Arctic Cheetah and am basically alternating between being a little laser AMS and ECM escort and being a sneaky flanker on battles where teams get focused in one direction and area. If you aren't paying attention a little guy with ECM and an ERPPC can do a lot of damage from behind.

[Koniving]

With another year and a half of Premium time despite never having bought it in my life (would think that if not used up as quickly as possible, anyone playing since 2012 might have at least half that in storage), I'd likely spend it on what I'd always spend it on.

Mechbays and Patterns. And maybe cheap heroes.

[EXO-Scorpion]

aye aye Koniving, also to add. PGI sent out emails to everyone!

REDEEM CODE "MECHWARRIORONLINE_GIFT_2017" to get 7 days of free premium time!

(email doesnt say when the above code EXPIRES) I'm hoping of saving it for January when I get my PIRANHA MECHS!

[Horseman]

Keltan, on 15 December 2017 - 05:24 PM, said:

Can't do it when the game is a slideshow.

One word, lurms.