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[Felicitatem Parco]

Veteran Founders
For a $30 price tag, you got $40 worth of MC (10,000), plus an additional 2,500 MC worth of Premium Time (1 month), for a total of $50-worth of "purchasable stuff." Saved $20... not bad.

Elite Founders
For $60, you got $80 worth of MC (20,000), plus an additional 5,000 MC worth of Premium Time (2 months), for a total of $100-worth of purchasable stuff PLUS 1 Founder's Mech. You saved $40, AND got a Founders Mech... not bad at all.

Legendary Fouders
For $120 you get $80 worth of MC (20,000), plus an additional 7,500 MC worth of Premium Time (3 months), for a total of $110-worth of purchasable stuff, PLUS 4 Founder's Mechs (and your name in the credits). It's not a bad deal: you pay straight-up for the MC and the Premium Time, get 4 Founders Mechs for an aditional $10, get your name in the credits, and know you've financially-helped launch the game as much as the Devs could ask you to.

Founder's Mechs are just fancy-skinned versions of the 4 Primary Launch Mechs, and they earn you a 25% C-Bill bonus at the end of each Match. Seeing that they all, individually, cost less real-money than the Yen Lo Wang "Hero Mech" that earns you a %30 bonus, that means the Founder's Mechs were a fairly good deal, in-game-bonus-wise.


I'm not trying to be too biased here, but I did want to explain what was offered as a Founder's Package, what we wound up getting, and what it means to me, in my opinionated opinion.



(Note: All founders were given $X worth of MC when priced at the best bulk-rate, so all Founders got their MC at the same pricing rate as if they were buying bulk-orders of $100 of MC at a time.)

[Redshift2k5]

I'll note that the Founder pack page used to say the elite package was, and I quote, "$115 value"

This puts 1x founder mech as$15 each.

Which is exactly how much the YLW costs (using the best value conversion rate, 3750 MC divided by 250 MC per dollar)

I'm pretty sure this is intentional

[Monsoon]

I bought a Elite pack for $60 Redshift, in exchange I received $80 worth of ingame cash, a Founder's Atlas and two months of Premium time. (Personally, the best deal out of the three founder packs.)

That is a Waaaaaay better deal then the $15-YLW.

Edited by Monsoon, 27 October 2012 - 11:14 AM.

[Felicitatem Parco]

Redshift2k5, on 27 October 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

I'll note that the Founder pack page used to say the elite package was, and I quote, "$115 value"

This puts 1x founder mech as$15 each.

Which is exactly how much the YLW costs (using the best value conversion rate, 3750 MC divided by 250 MC per dollar)

I'm pretty sure this is intentional

Psh... the price of MC and the price of Premium make the Founder's Mechs free to Elite Founders, and they cost $2.50 each to a Legenday Founder.

Seeing that Fouder's MEch's aren't for sale... I'd just say that $15 is riffraff.

Edited by Prosperity Park, 27 October 2012 - 11:15 AM.

[Adridos]

Redshift2k5, on 27 October 2012 - 11:04 AM, said:

This puts 1x founder mech as $15 each.

Every founder's mech is a special mech + mech bay slot. Did you take that into acount?

[Salticidae]

All founders also get 2 free weeks premium time when it goes open beta

[Felicitatem Parco]

Adridos, on 27 October 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

Every founder's mech is a special mech + mech bay slot. Did you take that into acount?

Slots cost less than $2..

Zyne, on 27 October 2012 - 11:17 AM, said:

All founders also get 2 free weeks premium time when it goes open beta

That was just added-in as an artifact the the "Premium Button" debacle...

Edited by Prosperity Park, 27 October 2012 - 11:18 AM.

[Salticidae]

Its still worth 1250MC, and no founder expected it.

[Redshift2k5]

The official value of the elite tier was $115.

$80 MC
$20 premium time
$15 founder mech

I'm not saying the Founder mech costs $15, I'm saying that's how much it was valued at. There is a difference. In actual cost, it was free, because I paid $60 for a $115 package.

[AZA311]

Prosperity Park, on 27 October 2012 - 10:59 AM, said:

Legendary Fouders
For $120 you get $80 worth of MC (20,000), plus an additional 7,500 MC worth of Premium Time (3 months)

Can you explain what it means by an additional 7,500 MC worth of Premium time?

How do we get 7,500 more MC? Sorry, i don't understand.

Edited by AZA311, 27 October 2012 - 12:26 PM.

[Redshift2k5]

AZA311, on 27 October 2012 - 12:25 PM, said:

Can you explain what it means by an additional 7,500 MC worth of Premium time?

How do we get 7,500 more MC? Sorry, i don't understand.

One month of premium costs 2500 MC. Time 3 that's 7500.

[MajHeadache]

Understand that you guys are talking relative values.....

First, thank you Founders for helping get the game started. I wish I could have helped, but was blissfully unaware (now not so blissful).

Then, Founder Haters (or atleast with the emotion you put into the posts) let it go. They paid cause they wanted to and get good bennys + they helped start the game you want to play.

Lastly, Founders please stop looking down your noses. Yes I applaud you, but no reverence is applied. You got and took an opportunity; that in and of itself does not make you special. You conduct on the battlefield does. o7 I will see you on the field.

Wish I had gotten a Founders Pack, might buy a YLW, but I wont get emotional.