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[Audacious Aubergine]

You’d think that we were already spoilt enough for choice between clan assaults. Oh well, another one for my preorder list

[Jonathan8883]

It looks very nice. The low arms help balance the high torso hard points.

Unfortunately, I prefer maneuverable mediums and heavies, so I won't be getting it.

[Windscape]

clan hope, on 01 February 2018 - 12:04 PM, said:

LMFAO are you joking. PGI still havent fixed the friends list glitch .. but yes we can dream cant we

Indeed i can dream

[Daemonara]

Could the badge for this mech be pink please?
Pretty please with a cherry on top?

[Gas Guzzler]

Can the next 90 tonners be the Sunder and Kingfisher now?

clan hope, on 01 February 2018 - 12:10 PM, said:

are you joking me ? clan has high heat and everything i dont care to list everything .. u all make me laugh

High heat doesn't stop Clan assaults from being the best assaults in the game so no, you don't need to list everything, its obvious.

[BlackDeathLegion]

Windscape, on 01 February 2018 - 11:57 AM, said:

If i buy this i hope my money will go to help fix the problems in this game

ROFL!!! Nope, Russ and Paul need to keep suckering you "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!" Types of folks!
Ya'll never learn!

I agree this mech is cool, but I will WAIT to BUY it for C-BILLS when the time comes!

Meh!

[Ropya]

Wanted to ask someone for clarification.

It's been a good while since I bought a mech pack.
I see the premium time noted as (active).

Using logic, I'm guessing that obviously means the 30/60 days is not banked?
Why is it not banked time?
Thought mech packs always came with banked time?

If it is indeed not banked, when does the time start?
At purchase? When the mech is released?
Or when the mech is recieved?

Sorry for the barrage of questions.
Only premium time I've ever bought was via mech packs and it was always banked.
That active note made me pause and stop from buying the $40 pack.
It's still a good value. But having to have two months active straight is likely a deal killer for me.

Thanks for any insight, more detailed the better, anyone can provide.

[YUyahoo]

Ropya, on 01 February 2018 - 12:54 PM, said:

Wanted to ask someone for clarification.

It's been a good while since I bought a mech pack.
I see the premium time noted as (active).

Using logic, I'm guessing that obviously means the 30/60 days is not banked?
Why is it not banked time?
Thought mech packs always came with banked time?

If it is indeed not banked, when does the time start?
At purchase? When the mech is released?
Or when the mech is recieved?

Sorry for the barrage of questions.
Only premium time I've ever bought was via mech packs and it was always banked.
That active note made me pause and stop from buying the $40 pack.
It's still a good value. But having to have two months active straight is likely a deal killer for me.

Thanks for any insight, more detailed the better, anyone can provide.

the active time will start when the mechpack is received in game. I'm guessing PGI has switched to active time because some of us are sitting on 2+years of banked time waiting for the ability to activate it in the same increments it can be purchased (1, 3, 7 days as well as 30days...currently 30 days is the only option and very impractical as most of a 30 day block will be wasted due to the need to work/sleep). If they make the time active we have to use it right away, no saving it for a "rainy day" anymore

Edited by YUyahoo, 01 February 2018 - 01:09 PM.

[XDevilsChariotX]

Ropya, on 01 February 2018 - 12:54 PM, said:

Wanted to ask someone for clarification.

It's been a good while since I bought a mech pack.
I see the premium time noted as (active).

Using logic, I'm guessing that obviously means the 30/60 days is not banked?
Why is it not banked time?
Thought mech packs always came with banked time?

If it is indeed not banked, when does the time start?
At purchase? When the mech is released?
Or when the mech is recieved?

Sorry for the barrage of questions.
Only premium time I've ever bought was via mech packs and it was always banked.
That active note made me pause and stop from buying the $40 pack.
It's still a good value. But having to have two months active straight is likely a deal killer for me.

Thanks for any insight, more detailed the better, anyone can provide.

The active premium time will start when you login and receive the mechs from my experience. I just preordered the collectors as well.

[Peter Overheater]

Are we getting the early adopter rewards if we redeem a standard pack via the comp rewards and buy a reinforcement for cash?

Edited by Peter Overheater, 01 February 2018 - 01:11 PM.

[Roodkapje]

Something that bothers me whenever a new mech is announced/released : Why isn't the cockpit view shown for each mech or just once in case it's not that different for all of them ?!

I mean... look at the Piranha and Thanatos : I would be VERY UPSET if I had bought one of those

YUyahoo, on 01 February 2018 - 01:08 PM, said:

the active time will start when the mechpack is received in game. I'm guessing PGI has switched to active time because some of us are sitting on 2+years of banked time waiting for the ability to activate it in the same increments it can be purchased (1, 3, 7 days as well as 30days...currently 30 days is the only option and very impractical as most of a 30 day block will be wasted due to the need to work/sleep). If they make the time active we have to use it right away, no saving it for a "rainy day" anymore

This sucks bigtime too : No one plays a game 24/7 so why would you do such a thing ?!

Nice way to waste money...

Edited by Roodkapje, 01 February 2018 - 01:12 PM.

[D V Devnull]

Meh... No love at all from the Devs for the 'BAS-E', where it could be set up for '1 Energy, 1 Missile' on all 'Arm & ST Hardpoints'??? A real lack of JumpJet options, where that one could possibly have -- for example -- 2 in the CT and 1 to each leg? No MASC, albeit not a deal-breaker? Lacking ECM variants? I get the feeling this chassis is going to have a hard time getting Pre-Orders...

Plus, like Ropya above me noted, this idea of forcing Active Premium Time off the bat from the chassis release is worse than bad. It's like the marketers are trying to kill off their player base after they pay Real $$$ for the access. That stuff should be BANKED until used, unless things are going to be changed so that Premium Time PAUSES while you're not logged in! Geez... Can't they learn that they should avoid hurting potential future purchases because of people sitting on huge chunks of Banked Premium Time, and instead listen to those ones who really needed Better Activation Options?

~D. V. "simply another nut seeing all the (bullet) holes in things" Devnull





[Minor Edit by Post Author for Thought Clarity.]

Edited by D V Devnull, 01 February 2018 - 01:15 PM.

[Alvar Von Kenesthor]

Oh, C'mon! We don't need another supermeta clan assault. First the Kodiak, then it was replaced by the Marauder IIC, then only Mad Cats II on the battlefield, and now this...

Where is the Urbanmech II-C?

[mad kat]

Whatever you do folk don't buy it. They'll have the Meta high hard point Kodiak copy nerfed within a month!

Edited by mad kat, 02 February 2018 - 12:52 AM.

[Lizardman from Hollywood]

Coffers must be getting low. Usually it's a few days to a week between the end of a preorder and the beginning of another. Well PGI, I hope you got plan B worked out for funding cause I think this may be your last chunk of whalebait that's not behind a melee wall or a lawsuit wall. Hope ya sell enough to keep the lights on between now and MW5 launch.

[WarmasterRaptor]

Sephrus Shanadar, on 01 February 2018 - 01:24 PM, said:

Coffers must be getting low. Usually it's a few days to a week between the end of a preorder and the beginning of another.

Or they just got the schedule right. But please, keep on doomsayer.

[D V Devnull]

Alvar Von Kenesthor, on 01 February 2018 - 01:18 PM, said:

Where is the Urbanmech II-C?

Now there's a really freaking damn good question. Particularly when there's threads like "Urbanmech Iic -- Clans Need Their Urbienlightenment Too [Poll]" @ https://mwomercs.com/forums/topic/249005-urbanmech-iic-clans-need-their-urbienlightenment-too-poll/ to speak of.

~D. V. "We're definitely overdue for a Clan Answer to the UrbanMech." Devnull

[Ropya]

YUyahoo, on 01 February 2018 - 01:08 PM, said:

the active time will start when the mechpack is received in game. I'm guessing PGI has switched to active time because some of us are sitting on 2+years of banked time waiting for the ability to activate it in the same increments it can be purchased (1, 3, 7 days as well as 30days...currently 30 days is the only option and very impractical as most of a 30 day block will be wasted due to the need to work/sleep). If they make the time active we have to use it right away, no saving it for a "rainy day" anymore

Thanks for the info.
Figured thats how it was meant to be read.
Looking over the packs, looks like they actually stopped offering the banked time for the past half dozen or so packs.
But, still offer it with the older packs that had it to begin with.

Im fine with 30 days at a time, and it not pausing while not playing.
I mean WoW and Neverwinter are both $15/30days and are active 24/7.
Difference between MWO and WoW/NW is theres not enough here to keep me primarily active for 60 days straight.

Case in point, played through the holidays to grind out some cbillls, take advantage of the free Ptime, and buy some mechs on sale.
Took a break for a couple weeks, and last week burned a 30 day block of banked. Im good playing it right now. But with Ptime active I feel the 'need' to play this exclusively while its active. Which in turns makes me take a longer break from it after the time runs out. I still have some 5+ months banked.

Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. And thanks again for the info. Always liked the Blood Asp. And, as I said, value for the dollar, $40 isnt bad for 4x Clan 90 tonners, one a cbill bonus mech, plus the mech bays, items etc. Factoring in that 60 days of Ptime is $30 by itself.

Biggest problem for me, is I dont know if ill be active enough into june/july to be playing MWO nonstop.

Now, that said, if stop logging in before its released and wait until im ready to actually play to log in to collect the mechs, in a sense it becomes 'banked time'.
But, a question with that. Logging in. As in the game? Or does even logging into the website 'receive' the kit?

[BEARDOOM]

Rancor must be brawl master, not range p...

[Sniper09121986]

Odanan, on 01 February 2018 - 12:00 PM, said:

Very good choices!!

May I add a Fire Falcon for the light weight-class? (and a Bane for assault?)

Was going to say http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Locust_IIC but Fire Falcon is very decent as well. And looking at the variants Bane looks preferable to Stone Rhino, so seconded there.