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[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

I've been around this game for a LONG time, and I've seen a lot of stuff, but this one just hit me...

They want 1000mc, for a feature they removed from the game, and are now selling back TO me for my atlas.

Why is no one calling BS on this? My atlas HAD glowing eyes back in the day, and then they took that away from me, now they're trying to sell it back to me, for 1000 mc, there's very little that bothers me with this game, but I mean, this one's honestly making me twitchy, simply because it's a clear nostalgia bait tactic.

Come on PGI, you know this isn't cool to some of us who've been playing your game since 2012/2013...

Yes, I'm well aware of this being a low tier complaint, and that there are much bigger fish to fry, but in a world where publishes are trying increasingly scummy ways to make money, the fact that this WAS a feature before, was taken away, and is now being resold to us, should give us all pause.

[Bud Crue]

The original announcement thread is loaded with folks calling BS on this. See also the outreach thread.

Edit:
https://mwomercs.com...-back-feb-19th/
https://www.reddit.c..._eyes_are_back/

Edited by Bud Crue, 28 February 2019 - 05:05 AM.

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

I took a look around and didn't see that, I'll take another look, thanks Bud.

[RickySpanish]

Yes I was wondering about the fact that we had them way back when. I suppose though that there was *some* effort expended to bring them back, and to make them colourable. Not quite 1000 MC mind you, and really an uncolourable red variant should have shipped for Atlas pilots of yore for free. Ah well.

[Bombast]

Yah... this was a bad move.

All Atlas's should have gotten an automatic bolt-on for red glowing eyes, like how the K-9 has it's lightbar as a bolt-on. Then they could have sold the different colors, which people would buy to be different.

[Felbombling]

I've been around since closed beta.

FAIR WARNING!

Putting glowing red eyes on your Mech in reality is putting a big red glowing targeting point on your cockpit. The Atlas red eyes were removed for a reason... it made it criminally easy to snipe cockpits, even from distance.

Save your Mech Credits.

[Grus]

Felbombling, on 28 February 2019 - 06:31 AM, said:

I've been around since closed beta.

FAIR WARNING!

Putting glowing red eyes on your Mech in reality is putting a big red glowing targeting point on your cockpit. The Atlas red eyes were removed for a reason... it made it criminally easy to snipe cockpits, even from distance.

Save your Mech Credits.

Truth.

[K O Z A K]

Coming next patch: would you like to buy the left leg bolt on for your blood asp? Just 1000mc

[CMDR Sunset Shimmer]

Felbombling, on 28 February 2019 - 06:31 AM, said:

I've been around since closed beta.

FAIR WARNING!

Putting glowing red eyes on your Mech in reality is putting a big red glowing targeting point on your cockpit. The Atlas red eyes were removed for a reason... it made it criminally easy to snipe cockpits, even from distance.

Save your Mech Credits.

Oh I'm well aware, that being said, I'm fine with that, go ahead, snipe my cockpit, it's more a matter of a feature that was in game, and was just removed, is being resold to us instead of simply returned to us... just make it a toggle, that I can turn on or off, simple as that... the fact it's a bolton, and was basically STOLEN from me to begin with, is frustrating... I don't care how practical it is, I want my glowing red eyes.

[Kodyn]

I already headshot Atlai more than any mech, because that left eye has been a known quantity for so long- this will only make it easier. No desire for mine to glow, but I'll gladly take aim at anyone else's extremely noticeable, glowing cockpit.

[Bombast]

Felbombling, on 28 February 2019 - 06:31 AM, said:

I've been around since closed beta.

FAIR WARNING!

Putting glowing red eyes on your Mech in reality is putting a big red glowing targeting point on your cockpit. The Atlas red eyes were removed for a reason... it made it criminally easy to snipe cockpits, even from distance.

Save your Mech Credits.

That's why they should put it on a toggle. That way you can leave it off while advancing, but turn it on when you pop out into a brawl where the light wont really matter, but will strike fear into your enemies.

Kind of like how the K-9's light and siren are off most of the time, and only turned on to pull over and give traffic citations to friendly assaults.

[Karl Streiger]

Felbombling, on 28 February 2019 - 06:31 AM, said:

I've been around since closed beta.

FAIR WARNING!

Putting glowing red eyes on your Mech in reality is putting a big red glowing targeting point on your cockpit. The Atlas red eyes were removed for a reason... it made it criminally easy to snipe cockpits, even from distance.

Save your Mech Credits.

I call BS m, it was BS then its BS now.

No ******* weapon combination is able to make a killshot at a range when you only see the eyes.
When you can shoot at glowing eyes you can do the same without glow.

Played Atlas for most of my active time (most of it in closed beta) while I killed several Atlas by headshot (standing still, blocked, staring) the same faith did never happen myself.

Other mechs sure but the Atlas proud menacing not a single time.

[Antares102]

Felbombling, on 28 February 2019 - 06:31 AM, said:

I've been around since closed beta.

FAIR WARNING!

Putting glowing red eyes on your Mech in reality is putting a big red glowing targeting point on your cockpit. The Atlas red eyes were removed for a reason... it made it criminally easy to snipe cockpits, even from distance.

Save your Mech Credits.

People will still put red eyes all over their mechs, even remove head armour and then complain very vocally why they constantly getting head-shot... it's always the same.

[MeiSooHaityu]

If PGI wants to charge for glowing eyes/cockpits on mechs other than the Atlas, that's fine IMO. For the Atlas though, since this was a previously removed standard feature, it should be available for free for that mech. Taking away something and then charging the customer base back for it is not a good look.

P.S. It's kind of funny their announcement post even used an old image from when it was standard equipment.

Edited by MeiSooHaityu, 28 February 2019 - 09:22 AM.

[Koniving]

Overall the bolt-on prices are pretty terrible. Being able to win them in Solaris is a pretty moot point as the 7 buckets ensure that unless an event is going, you'd have to jump from bucket to bucket to be able to find one other unlucky sap to play against... and even then, if you only got one or two good mechs for one on one play, there's no guarantee you'd win to work toward your earnings.

I'd be happier if they were closer to 500 , though considering that when you buy it you only get one, that should be the high end cost if even. And until the 50% sales hit, I'm gonna wait on it if I get 'em at all. I did the same thing with the chainsaws. I'd be fine with a 1k MC price tag if it unlocked it for all variants of a chassis.. But what amounts to about 6 dollars for one bolt on and only a single copy of it? Am good without it, thanks.

[Shadowomega1]

I also think the Atlas should have it come as default, however I wouldn't mind if they had an alternate that was buy able. One that has only the right Eye light up like a Revenant of mythology.

[BrunoSSace]

It was a KDIC move. Report me, but pulling something out than reselling it, is something that should never happen.
That is what EA would do.

Edited by BrunoSSace, 28 February 2019 - 12:28 PM.

[Felbombling]

Karl Streiger, on 28 February 2019 - 08:48 AM, said:

I call BS m, it was BS then its BS now.

No ******* weapon combination is able to make a killshot at a range when you only see the eyes.
When you can shoot at glowing eyes you can do the same without glow.

Played Atlas for most of my active time (most of it in closed beta) while I killed several Atlas by headshot (standing still, blocked, staring) the same faith did never happen myself.

Other mechs sure but the Atlas proud menacing not a single time.

Either your math skills or memory are failing you, Karl. Don't forget that when the glowing red eyes were removed, it was at a time before ghost heat limitations and/or structural/armour buffs. Things were vastly different then, when it took 33 damage to snipe a cockpit. A dual PPC + Gauss Rifle combo would produce 35 damage. Two Gauss Rifles + PPC would produce 40.

Just sayin'.

Edited by Felbombling, 28 February 2019 - 12:52 PM.

[Khobai]

PGI needs to give glowing eyes back to founder's atlas for free.

they can charge for glowing eyes on other mechs, thats perfectly fine. but removing the glowing eyes on the founders atlas that used to be free and charging for them is wrong.

also the Atlas needs a buff because its !@#$ing terrible. PGI rewards boated loadouts so damn much with the skill tree and quirks that mixed loadout assaults like the Atlas just arnt able to keep up

Edited by Khobai, 28 February 2019 - 01:25 PM.

[JediPanther]

Pgi is try to pretend to be EA now. They only wish EA would buy them out.