56 replies to this topic

[Team Leader]

I think this would be a good incentive for people to keep playing. Obviously not enough to buy mechs and stuff unless, you play an ungodly amount of games or wait like 2 years, but just enough so that they can convert GXP and also buy a mechbay every once in a while. I know MC is the only way for IGP and PGI to make money, but new players are going to be turned away when they see that a mechbay is $1.25 and they need it to improve. They need something to work for, you know? I dont think a few free mc over the lifetime is too much to ask.
Edit: Technoviking is right. They would need to stay to the end of the match, whether they died or not.
Rules to get 1 MC per match: Must win, no trial mechs, have to deal 100 damage, and must stay for duration of entire game INCLUDING spectating. There, that better?

Edited by Team Leader, 31 October 2012 - 01:19 PM.

[Purplefluffybunny]

No. So many reasons why.

[AllGamer]

I'd like that

[CeeKay Boques]

I love this idea, actually...

Wait... what's that? Thousands of trial mechs, like lemmings, jumping off a cliff 3000 times to buy Yen-lo-Wang?

Damn, great ideas spoiled by wait!!!

Maybe... you get 1MC... if you WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MATCH to disconnect!!


NOW I REALLY LOVE THAT IDEA!

[Ghosth]

The only way they keep the servers running is by people buying MC. If you could earn it, they wouldn't make enough.

Games are free to play, but if you want the cool stuff, you have to pay for it.

[SmithMPBT]

They do this in Light of Nova, and the end result was very few people purchasing diamonds.

[Reyge]

TeamLeader, you FINALLY thought of a GOOD idea for once (rather than just trolling)!!! lol

[Xorak]

I'm game. I think anything they can do to maintain a large player base will make more money, and make the game more fun.

[Alexii]

Imo some activity that may reward with MC is cool. When more options then just team deathmatch with cap area are implemented. Guilds signing in to deploy to certain zones fighting for controll etc. Smth like AVA system of Global Agenda....

Edit. Not talking huge ammounts of MC here. Just enough to be worth doing.

Edited by Alexii, 30 October 2012 - 09:55 AM.

[flackee]

No, its bad enough with the suiciders farming cbills, a currency that comes naturally while playing. Making MC farmable would be soooo much worse, you would have a ton more accounts botting and then selling the account. Sorry, but its an awful idea.

[xenonblade]

Unless you had it disabled for trial mechs, plenty of people would grab a trial light, run at an enemy Atlas, bite his ankles a little to get some Cbills for damage (optional), die, repeat until ALL THE MC IN THE WORLD IS IN THEIR POSESSION.

[CeeKay Boques]

flackee, on 30 October 2012 - 10:00 AM, said:

No, its bad enough with the suiciders farming cbills, a currency that comes naturally while playing. Making MC farmable would be soooo much worse, you would have a ton more accounts botting and then selling the account. Sorry, but its an awful idea.

Ah, but what if you only get 1 MC if you complete the match and do at least 1 point of damage? It might actually FIX the suicide problem.

[Endarius]

Technoviking, on 30 October 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:

I love this idea, actually...

Wait... what's that? Thousands of trial mechs, like lemmings, jumping off a cliff 3000 times to buy Yen-lo-Wang?

Damn, great ideas spoiled by wait!!!

Maybe... you get 1MC... if you WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MATCH to disconnect!!


NOW I REALLY LOVE THAT IDEA!

Wise man is wise.

[xenonblade]

Technoviking, on 30 October 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Ah, but what if you only get 1 MC if you complete the match and do at least 1 point of damage? It might actually FIX the suicide problem.

See my post. Grab Trial Light, bite an enemy Atlas's ankles a little, die, repeat until rich.

[Bilbo]

Technoviking, on 30 October 2012 - 10:03 AM, said:

Ah, but what if you only get 1 MC if you complete the match and do at least 1 point of damage? It might actually FIX the suicide problem.

Actually, it wouldn't. The suiciders will just find somebody to shoot at, do their damage, then let themselves get obliterated. They actually already do this, without dealing the damage first. And lets not forget the poor soul who happened to be spotted and destroyed by LRM fire before he got a shot off. Not really fair to them either.

Giving away real money in-game currency is a bad idea.


Ninja'd

Edited by Bilbo, 30 October 2012 - 10:13 AM.

[MeiSooHaityu]

Sorry, but nope. It won't happen either.

[CeeKay Boques]

Bilbo, on 30 October 2012 - 10:12 AM, said:

Actually, it wouldn't. The suiciders will just find somebody to shoot at, do their damage, then let themselves get obliterated. They actually already do this, without dealing the damage first. And lets not forget the poor soul who happened to be spotted and destroyed by LRM fire before he got a shot off. Not really fair to them either.

Giving away real money in-game currency is a bad idea.

If you want the 1 MC, you have to wait until Victory or Defeat screen. You have to see the whole game through. If you have to see the whole game through, you might as well play.

[PANZERBUNNY]

More reasons for leeches to lovingly never pay into the game and gain access to the perks of MC.

What an amazing concept!!

[CeeKay Boques]

1 per 15 minute match?

YLW is 3k. that's 31 days (750 hours) of straight playing to get it. I dunno, that's not crazy.

[Agent 0 Fortune]

That would be taking money directly out of PGI's pockets. MC is PGI's only income model, and anyone dedicating any amount of time to the game should want to purchase MC to make their life easier (converting genreal xp, more mech bays etc). IF you give that away for free, there is no incentive to pruchase anything.