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[Gabrion]

Marauder II - We need more assult mechs!

[Claydo]

I would pay money to directly get the items which are purchasable with XP instead of buying premium time and playing dozens of games to obtain the XP.

Lets say you to get most the upgrades for a given mech it requires playing 150 games (I'm terrible, so that seems about right). If I were to buy premium time it would still take me ~100 games to achieve that same goal. That's going to take me forever because I have a job and a child so I don't get to spend a lot of time playing. Also because I don't have much time to spend playing it really makes it seem like a terrible waste of money to buy premium time because I may not get to use it at all if I get busy and don't have time to play this game.

Premium time should be the 'bargain way' to get C-bills and XP if you're not a total cheapskate and just play for free to get XP. Premium time shouldn't be the only way to spend money to get upgrades. Those of us with more money than time should be able to buy our way onto equal footing with those who are playing dozens of games.. Their skill and experience would likely still rock us, but for the casual player (even with a credit card) there's just no way to get onto equal footing in this game.

[Nuds]

I would like a option to choose the color or style of my HUD and weapons interface. I would like to be able to customize your experience while playing. I notice there are screens in the cockpit so maybe you could have stats or custom screens that you could pay to use.

[Iacov]

I would pay for:
- the possibility to change the color of my (large pulse) lasers....i could imagine pay 200-300mc (per mech variant) or 30-50mc (per laser) for switching the color from blue to green (and other colors of your liking)
- fancy camos/decals (but not as much as 750mc each and per mech variant - that's crazy!)
- an 30% c-bill boost upgrade for non-hero and non-founder variants (because maybe I prefer a specific variant, but still want that 30% boost...) could imagine a price between 2000-2500mc per mech variant
- fancy cockpit stuff
- and for my beloved Vulture/Mad Dog ... but that's another topic

[King Arthur IV]

cosmetic on projectiles.
eg.
different color lasers
big molten ball of plasma for my ac20.
different color tracer rounds for ac.

[Pando]

Stat resets

[Troggy]

I would pay for a tournament ladder (Solaris) (as a game mode). Run a tourney on regular intervals (Once a month, twice a month, once a day, whatever people will play for). Announce in advance. Rotate the team arrangements, rules, etc. (i.e. 1 vs. 1, 4 vs. 4, single-knockout, aggregate points, and so on).

Make people/teams pay some MC to enter (a small amount), then do random matches sequentially until completed. A small number of C-bills for each match (the normal) and a tonne of C-bills for winning (or placing high) in the tournament. Basically, just convert the amount of total MC paid into an equivalent number of c-bills paid to the winners (or just re-distribute the MC). And a tournament ribbon of course.

Of course this will need to be programmed as a game-mode, but might make a nice bridging action while we wait for community warfare. I'm sure a bunch of the RHoD players would be game for this sort of thing.
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Troggy

[Strig]

I think this guy has a brilliant idea: Mech figures with unlock codes for in-game versions

HAAUK, on 10 January 2013 - 11:19 AM, said:

Hello there,

Here's my humble suggestions, as in the title.

The mechs in this game have kick *** designs and detail, I really hope to be physically able to posses figurines/models/action figures... etc of these mechs in the past and now.

Maybe the developers can consider engaging a toy manufacturer to produce such figurines/models/ action figures and sell them via mechwarrioronline?

and in each of these figurines, maybe an unlock code to redeem a varient of that mech online? (throw in a couple more freebies like 1 extra mech bay... etc)

I don;t know about the others.. but i will probably buy every figurine you produce... hhahhaha... Please do not make it a random pick thingy like the wiz-kids booster packs.


I'm posting from Singapore (South East Asia) and the only mechwarrior/battletech figurines i ever got my hands on was the wizkid board game mechwarrior: darkages...

didn't manage to get my favourite Timber Wolf thou...

Edited by Strig, 14 January 2013 - 02:02 PM.

[Werewolf486 ScorpS]

Unseen mechs that look right and not some unseen in name only....

[Jeremiah Battleborn]

I understand why MW offers a lot of incentives for premium, and as a free to play game that requires a lot of performance and upkeep, asking for a subscription for the content that required hard-developing work is 100% justified. Microtransactions are not my favorite things to deal with, but I would be happiest if the majority of them were customization oriented. I would DEFINITELY pay for pilot costumes/emblems (current pilot costume looks like a green frog-***), and reusable paint configurations. Right now, the best investment and most likely reason for my buying MWC is the mechbay, a permanent addition to my inventory.

startrant/ What I would hate to see, and what would be a deal-breaker in my mind is punishing the players that don't play premium by way of exclusive methods. Offering overpowered weaponry/mechs to premium members-only, for instance. That to me would be a moral pitfall, as it says to free-to-play members that unless they pay up, they will get creamed. Similar tactics are used by lunch-line bullies and Battlefield 3 with the addition of that damned crossbow. /endrant

[Quasifrodo]

I would pay to change my pilots name. Not sure how much I would pay, but If it was reasonable you can have some more of my money for the service

[blinkin]

Werewolf486, on 14 January 2013 - 05:59 PM, said:

Unseen mechs that look right and not some unseen in name only....

as long as you pay for their lawyers and any payouts required by the lawsuits.

Strig, on 14 January 2013 - 02:01 PM, said:

I think this guy has a brilliant idea: Mech figures with unlock codes for in-game versions

i have seen this thread as well. you should put a link to the thread in your post.

[Mass Fogger]

How about custom laser colors. I would pay for a purple Death Beam!

[Postumus]

I would pay for hero mechs that cost about $5-7 US, regular mechs that cost about $1-5. As it stands, I have my founders MC which is quickly dwindling, and if I don't see some discounts planetside is gonna get my cash instead.

[Scrawny Cowboy]

A fanged lower jaw for my Atlas! And an energy hardpoint in the head so I can mount a flamer would be a nice touch...

Edited by B3RZ3RK3R, 16 January 2013 - 12:20 AM.

[Scipio Africanus]

I'd pay real money to be able to bypass the "grind 3 variants before you can access elite skills on the one you actually like" mechanic. Call it Advanced Training or Robot Tutoring or something.

[King Arthur IV]

http://mwomercs.com/...ts-we-purchase/
keeping paint will make us purchase more paint. more colors more money!!
we like to play with cosmetics!!!

[Rhymetard]

70 pages of suggestions, not getting paid for reading them here but here's an idea: a personalized gui per clan members (screen after log in). Not sure how far that could go but it would replace the gui for your clan and it's members, stylizing it to represent your group. Maybe even clan, guild, company issue HUD designs as well.

[Errant Variable]

I would (will!) pay for:
-$1-$2 mechs (per chassis)
-$.50-$1.50 components (XL engines especially)
-Permanent paint

[Magitek]

I would buy a hero Highlander mech and a hero Timberwolf/MAD CAT. As of this writing, I have thought about buying one of the current hero battlemechs, but none suite my playstyle. Even with the bonus C-Bills, I just don't think I would have enough fun in them for it to be worth my money. It's a super easy fix though, just make a oh so popular hero mech for the Highlander. I wont even suggest anything for the Timberwolf, because that thing is going to be a media blitz.