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[MovinTarget]

This will affect rep in FP now?


FINALLY! PGI, you have no idea how useless PT has been to players who have no need for more CBills and/or GXP.

I wish this could have happened a while ago...

The one implication that needs to be considered is that this means S7 and FP will give players more bang for their premium time buck since QP will only reward bonus CBills and GXP while the other modes will get that *and* their mode-specific bonuses.

Also, if you have faction boost items, will this stack (i.e. you get a total possible bonus of 15% LP) or will it be multiplicative (I.e. you get the 10% bonus and then you get the 5% bonus on the result give you slightly more than 15%)?

D V Devnull, on 10 April 2018 - 12:13 PM, said:

Hi, MrKvola... There has always been an LP/Rep. Boost with Premium Time in effect. If you don't believe me, just go check it out for yourself. By the way, I just went back through some of my recent screenshots. Apparently my memory of how big a Boost that's given for LP/Rep. with Premium Time running was slightly skewed. It has always only been 10%, so I think we can disregard my earlier query.

You're getting a 'Like' on your post, however, if for no other reason than Discussion Value. I appreciate you making me jog my own memory here.

~D. V. "It's not as big a boost as I thought it was." Devnull

Huh I guess I never noticed...

MrKvola, on 10 April 2018 - 12:57 PM, said:

You are correct. I did not notice it before. So the only new component is 10% Accolades bonus. Still it seems that the bonus was always 10% for LP.

Well, poop I was like all excited... Can't rant about something I never realized I already had...

[Xaius]

If we already bought it do we get the premium time?

[MrKvola]

Xaius, on 10 April 2018 - 01:28 PM, said:

If we already bought it do we get the premium time?

Yes. It will be inserted together with the 'mechs.

Edited by MrKvola, 10 April 2018 - 01:38 PM.

[Dr Cara Carcass]

LOL @ case+xl-engine+gauss in one side.

[NocturnalBeast]

Will existing banked and active premium time get the additional bonuses as well, or only premium time that is acquired after the patch?

[MovinTarget]

Ed Steele, on 10 April 2018 - 02:22 PM, said:

Will existing banked and active premium time get the additional bonuses as well, or only premium time that is acquired after the patch?

Based on the verbiage, i think they are just making it carte blanche. I can't imagibe they have a mechanism to identify which 30 days of your active PT is boosted...

[DFM]

+1 for Countdown to Boombox on legs...

[Knightshadowsong]

okay, one, who is the enormous Idiot who puts an XL on an atlas! Friends don't let friends Atlas XL, it's the MWO sin of sins! Second, Standard Heat syncs!? eww! Double HS or nothing. Third, I see people ripping that LRM 20 off for an MRM20 or even an MRM 30 or higher.

[Horseman]

MrKvola, on 10 April 2018 - 11:56 AM, said:

It is basically an AS7-D with a fancy paintjob and c-bill boost. Not seeing the P2W.

It's a mish-mash between the -D, -K and -RS . I'd say closest to -K given the armor quirks and mobility profile though.

[Seranov]

Knightshadowsong, on 10 April 2018 - 03:04 PM, said:

okay, one, who is the enormous Idiot who puts an XL on an atlas! Friends don't let friends Atlas XL, it's the MWO sin of sins! Second, Standard Heat syncs!? eww! Double HS or nothing. Third, I see people ripping that LRM 20 off for an MRM20 or even an MRM 30 or higher.

There is literally no reason not to strip it (or really any mech) entirely and start from scratch once it lands in your mechbay. That's what I intend to do with all of the Solaris heroes.

[DFM]

Seranov, on 10 April 2018 - 03:19 PM, said:

There is literally no reason not to strip it (or really any mech) entirely and start from scratch once it lands in your mechbay. That's what I intend to do with all of the Solaris heroes.

Another day or two of these and people should start gathering torches and sharpening the tines in effort to get XX Million C-bills from the pack as well to make them actual viable builds.

[Marius Evander]

Knightshadowsong, on 10 April 2018 - 03:04 PM, said:

okay, one, who is the enormous Idiot who puts an XL on an atlas! Friends don't let friends Atlas XL, it's the MWO sin of sins! Second, Standard Heat syncs!? eww! Double HS or nothing. Third, I see people ripping that LRM 20 off for an MRM20 or even an MRM 30 or higher.

Its a LORE build from 1980's storybooks where mixed builds r gud in tabletop. Most mechs need rebuilding after you get them, thats half the fun.

[The Reaper Beckons]

God I cant wait for the 24th. This game has gone nowhere for years

[NocturnalBeast]

Cadoazreal, on 10 April 2018 - 04:45 PM, said:

Its a LORE build from 1980's storybooks where mixed builds r gud in tabletop. Most mechs need rebuilding after you get them, thats half the fun.

Yes, tinkering in the Mechlab is the real "metagame".

[I cant want to]

many of the stock builds are fine for TT, where rng governs almost everything.

this typically does not translate well into a fps environment where you can target where on an enemy you want to put your damage, as opposed to just picking an enemy and hoping that the dice gods are being friendly

[SuperMCDad]

Horseman, on 10 April 2018 - 03:12 PM, said:

It's a mish-mash between the -D, -K and -RS . I'd say closest to -K given the armor quirks and mobility profile though.

Has the -25% crit chance of the -D though.

Anyone know if this is much of a help versus LBX and MG's?

[Akillius]

Mikayshen, on 10 April 2018 - 12:22 PM, said:

Could we get a double XP weekend to help ,level mechs before the Fafnir and Solaris mechs are released? Pretty please.

Good idea
Also the solaris mechs should've been scheduled for a friday or saturday, not mid-work week imo...

[Tier5 Kerensky]

I'm a bit excited about Solaris 7. Before I heard about, I had no longing for 1 vs 1 battles or whole mode, while I understand many people have wanted a mode like that for years.

But now I think it can be very intresting and useful addition to MWO.

[Jonathan8883]

When does the Solaris map drop?
It'd be funny (and good for PGI) if they just dropped it on patch day without doing a bunch of teasers first...ahead of schedule.

We all know that there will be a hotfix on Wednesday next week also.

[I cant want to]

SuperMCDad, on 10 April 2018 - 06:12 PM, said:

Has the -25% crit chance of the -D though.

Anyone know if this is much of a help versus LBX and MG's?

about 25%?