martian, on 08 December 2021 - 03:57 AM, said:
Would that not annoy the current golden 'Mech owners? They paid a lot of cash to buy "limited" and "exclusive" items.
It's currently annoying everyone who joined the game after that point a heck of a lot more to not even be able to get a Gold Camo Mech Variant of their own. All one needs do is search around the entire MWO site in order to see what I mean. Everyone who joined after that Offering was over should finally have a chance (
even if it was done with a "
G2"
designator) after more than 6+ years to get one too.
In all seriousness, I'm really not trying to be mean to the Original Gold Camo Mech Purchasers here. But, it happens that I do think continuing to block anyone else from having one is rather cruel, selfish, and extremely petty. Worse, stopping a New Gold Camo Mech Variant Sale does bad things against PGI's Financial Bottom Line for MWO at this point. Unfortunately now, they're under the thumbs of EG7 (
Yes, I'm talking about "Enad Global 7" which became PGI's parent company. You did hear about that, right???) to boot, and if they can not continue to keep MWO financially growing, then MWO will get shut down and
NONE of us will have it to enjoy anymore. So those who would dare to keep Gold Camo Mech Variants permanently exclusive to people before that certain past point really have to understand that things have reached a breaking point where PGI can not safely leave it that way anymore.
Plus we should keep in mind, this is the End-Of-2021 Holidays going on now. Are those previous Original Gold Camo Mech Purchasers really so horrible that they would not have some Holiday Spirit and let others help give PGI a nice boost in the finances where they really need it? Remember that money talks in business, and if Matt/Daeron/Mark/Francois/etc. can get the Real Life $$$ rolling in, then they can get their hands on the additional people & resources to get a lot more things fixed up and running in MWO as well, and at a much faster rate too! That can only mean positive things for MWO in the future from there forward. But again, they're metaphorically "under the gun" to get the Real Life $$$ first before they would be allowed to get what they need and/or want for getting the job done. So do those previous Original Gold Camo Mech Variant Purchasers want to see things happen, or do they want to choke MWO to death and lose everything for everyone?
Maybe I've gone insane, but I think the choice is made far too simple by putting things completely in their proper perspective here.
~D. V. "
If past Gold Camo Mech Buyers stay too tight-gripped, then MWO will remain slow-developing or go dead." Devnull