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[Drizz]

founders packs will give buyers a big advantage i plain on getting elite founders pack secondly preium accounts again will have advantage gain more xp an c bills faster
freeplay will be slower otherewise who would bother buying them !.researching stuff takes time getting the c bills to buy thing will take time all so Wake up people Pay Players will have an advantage gaining xp and C-bills as in the speed they get things how ever Freeplayers will still beable to get all the things that pay player can get
im not shore if there will be a c-bill xp converter from elite mechs yet

[G34R B0X]

Also another thing that would be totaly awesome would be to buy certin items, like a giant steal Sombrero to put on an atlas ( you cant tell me that doest not sound awesome) Or a Flagg and banner to have trailing behind you into battle, but im sure every one on here will aggree that the number one thing they will pay for will end up being Custom paint jobs. There has to be a lot of Fun, Scary, odd, and just plain aweome paint jobs, becaus lets face it, if theres a 80 ton killing machine barreling down on you, its going to be a hell of a lot scaryier if it looks like a clown

[Satan n stuff]

The ability to mount some speakers on the outside of my mech so I can intimidate the enemy with awesome music.

[Dechan Fraser]

I would pay for the ability to pop open the cockpit and add firepower with my personal sidearm

[Seth Ford]

I am new to the lore and therefore I apologize in advance If my ideas are not canonical per se to the Battletech Universe.

• In Chromehounds I loved the spike melee weapons. I personally like to make fun tunnel visioned classes designed for specifically 1 task but does that task extremely well in addition to my workforce/jack of all trade VTs.
  
• 2 or 3 passenger vehicles such as the 125-135 ton Ares http://www.sarna.net...es_(BattleMech). I would pay for this in a heartbeat if I could have it for my Lance but really more importantly If it was say $100 for this Battlemech (yes I would pay that much for it) I would really be getting it so I can be utilized by my House whenever they need me. (even though I realize this wouldn't even have been introduced until 3132 and MWO takes place in 3015). I wouldn't mind If I didn't even have a way to defend myself! If could provide the best support for my Lance/team with this Mech I would do it!

[Sural Argonus]

Personally I would pay for custom decals, but I would prefer the ability to make my own (for submission and approval)

Possibly mech chassis, but not weapons/equipment. Extra animations and taunts...aren't that important to me, but not against them....

Mostly I'd pay for Mech Chassis and maybe extra decals.

[Jost]

I would pay for:

Ability to have multiple mechs (this would make matchups a bit easier: bid a lance BV, then the team picks mechs to meet that BV)

Ability to have multiple pilot profiles (again, easier matchups - if today the party needs a light, I'll run a light.If they need an assault, I'll stomp out with an assault).

Customization: colors, decals, non-tactical additions.


I also think the devs should consider using a kickstarter-like model (even using kickstarter) to allow us to prove that we mean we'll pay for features. It's one thing for us to _say_ that we'd pay X for a particular new feature. It's another for us to actually pledge the funds.

Edited by Jost, 29 May 2012 - 08:43 AM.

[Hopdevil]

Has anyone ever experimented with commercials on game startup. I hate commercials, but if they pay the bills.........

[Juiced]

I dont think something like this is going to happen.

But if you could get with a company and offer MWO Throttle/joystick/peddles. Id buy those as long as they were quality products

[Kenshar]

Umm guys..... The thread is asking people what they would honestly pay for so the devs can see... You can shut up with all the flame for people who want to buy special mechs or weapons... If you want a ******** thread go start one.

[GrizzlyViking]

A jj equiped Thor with 3 UAC-20s, unlimited ammo, and infinite auto-fire with no signficant heat like we used to do for fun in MW3. (Disclaimer: I am kidding about this, but this could really be done in MW3.)

[Madog]

Custom miniatures of your mech from the game, custom config, paint job, and all.

[Kenshar]

I would honestly pay for:

Additional pilot profiles per account
normal mechs and mech types
Storage
Weapons
All gear
Boosts (exp and in game currency)
Access to premium mechs and weapons (something like premium subscription)
Bling

I work a lot and don't have time to keep up with some of my friends who have a less rigid schedule. Being able to keep up with them in gear and mechs for some cash would be great.

Before you all go crazy over buying equipment and items with real money:
1. This is a question that I answered honestly for the devs so I don't care what you think.. Please don't bother with a reply.
2. Get a real job/ responsibilities and then see how much you care about someone crying about how you bought your mech to keep up with your friends while they "earned" theirs.

I will be buying the founders pack and whatever else the devs decide to sell to help me keep up. Some say that's unfair because you have to "earn" yours in game.... I say I "earned" mine out of game. If you wanna complain cause you don't have the cash to spend on the game... then possibly stop playing the games so much that you have all the gear I don't have time to grind for and get a real job so that you too can chose what money you have spare. In the end skill is what makes a mech pilot... not gear. I have my skill and hopefully can supplement my limited time with bought gear to match.

Overall I hope the game has enough cash buys to help the gamers with limited time keep up with all the ones who don't.

[Bigchunk1]

The way world of tanks did it was great except for premium ammunition. Premium ammo just made your tank stronger for money AKA 'pay to win'. I like when the game exchanges time played for money e.g. you get a subsription for $10 a month and you earn c-bills at double the rate that you would for not paying the subscription.

Some of you have also mentioned exclusive mechs. That would be nice, but only if they are as powerful as mechs of the same class. e.g. an exclusive medum chassis novacat is arguably the same strength as a non-exclusive medium chassis Timberwolf. Unique but equivalent.

[Dechan Fraser]

Could I get a framed picture of Theodore Kurita for my cockpit?



Would make me fight so much harder.

[THOTHMW4]

NHUA

[Blaze0303]

Honestly, I'd pay for this game...

But since its free to play, I would pay for custom skins or maybe a "premium" server.

[vlask]

Ability to buy nice fast small agile, but lightly armored and poor weapon equipped flying machine like a chopper or some kind of plane. Dunno how big maps will be, but it will be great cheap addition for fast scouting. Chopper will be best, i like flying stuff and flying in circles around some alone assault slow torso rotating mech and firing to his arms with mine one light/medium laser sounds to me as lot of fun.

It will require ofc some team matching config - dunno if there will be battles slot based or maximum tons limited. If slot limited, just leave there 1-3 max slots for flying stuff, if ton's limited - then it will be great for filling free tons.

[CheezeDoodle]

As a joke - have your Mech flicker in and out as Bender from Futurama on an enemy's HUD during ECM jamming......and when missle lock occurs have his voice say "Kiss my shiny metal ****" for a $1 a pop.

Serious-

• I would pay for addiitonal mech slots (garage space) like WOT
  
• I would pay for alter ego pilot accounts (linked to same PC/email account) that would allow you access to same level of Mechs, but only allow one alter ego per faction. You should still have to earn your way with each character, the only carry over would be access to mech types. The "garage" space would remain the same. So you could have 4 mechs and 1 pilot, or 4 pilots with a mech each. Make trading between the accounts restricted (or not allowed) and put in safeguards against team sabotage. Limit it to 4 or 5 pilots per account and not allow pilots from the same account to be used at the same time. This would discourage creating an "unlimited" number of pilots connected to one account, or use a veteran account to dump C-Bills into a "new" warrior or let someone have a pilot on both sides during a battle. The sheer number of mechs to grind through and garage space cost would keep down most of the riff raff.
  
• I would pay to buy chassis that are "classic" (Rifleman, T-bolt, etc.) but do not impact the balance of the game. Make them limited edition or "short production run" mechs. I don't think anyone would gain an overwhelming tatical advantage/disadvantage with most of the classic mechs. If what I am reading is right about the mounting system, we won't have to worry about someone going into the mechlab with a Rifleman and turning it into a Crusader missle boat, so the game balance should hold.
  
• Make premium servers/maps available on a pay per play or limitied subscription basis with options not available on standard servers. For example, if you wanted to use Long Tom or Naval/Areospace bombardment, you would have to pay to play on those servers supporting those options. All sides would have access to those resources on the servers, how they would be deployed would be up to the admins. Newer players or people who did not want to pay could still enjoy the game on the standard servers. Make access to these servers not just pay to play, but rewards for racking up specific points or performing specific missions within certain parameters to get the gamers talking about them. Make "thematic" servers like one with Solaris and each of the arenas available, or recreate battles from the massive amounts of lore that are out there. Or you could make a server that is specific to a planet (Hesperus II, Earth, etc.) or zero gravity effects.

Just some of my suggestions.....

Edited by CheezeDoodle, 29 May 2012 - 10:54 PM.

[Spirit of Night]

Perigren, on 02 November 2011 - 08:23 AM, said:

the ability to control my pandora feed or i-tunes library in game.

Great idea, Add an additional small panel (or something to that extent) that tells you the current song, volume, skip ability.
defiantly sounds good