167 replies to this topic

[MWHawke]

Seriously, YLW is Pay2Win? Have you seen what you can put in it? Absolutely nothing!!! 1 Ballistic point and 2 Energy points. Compare that to any other Med mech. The rest have more hard points in them!!!

[Ragz]

wether you like them or hate them they are definitely not p2w. People saying that see something they want and don't want to pay for it. I mean hell if they had one they'd know it wasn't p2w.

[Rathe]

when I see a wang, I just want to wrack it.

[Salient]

Yeah i like to roll 2 flamers and 2 machine guns on mine

[The Cheese]

Something about the Wang just makes me want to kill it more than I want to kill the others. Not sure what it is.

Come to think of it, the PC gamer skin has the same effect.

[Congzilla]

I bought my WANG-HANG-LO to help support PGI. It's an average mech that makes good money, exactly what I expected.

[J4ckInthebox]

The griefers don't understand the TRUE way of the WANG.

[Cleverbird]

I'll admit, when I see a Wang, I usually focus it...

Me and my friend have started calling it the YOLO WANG

[ArmyOfWon]

buckX, on 01 November 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

I honestly can't believe that people still don't realize what the issue with YLW is. It's a variant that has no C-Bill alternative.

Wrong. CN9-D has 2 Ballistics hardpoints in its Right arm and 2 Energy hardpoints in its chest. In fact, it ALSO has 2 missile hardpoints in its left torso as extras. You can't claim that it has "no equivalent" when there is, in fact, an equivalent. (Just ignore the missile tubes and tada! A Wang without a paintjob!)

[Asgeir]

I too have no issue with this mech, and find it far from inferior. I have put a lot of cash into it, and in the last dozen or so matches I've played, I get a minimum of 2 kills, sometimes up to 5. The last 2 matches I played in it were 4 kill games. I have no idea why people think it is inferior.

[Grizley]

Drago6817, on 01 November 2012 - 12:22 PM, said:

I only ever grief the Yen-lo-wangs for supporting PGI going pay to win.




Can't win in a Mech/tank that's available to everyone I see?

This is two of the most ******** things I've seen in print in the same post. Well played sir.

First point, the Wang is not some godly unbeatable mech. It's a mediocre medium mech that gets 30% more C-bills at the end of the match. There is a stock variant that is effectively the same thing minus the bonus cash.

Second point. Game development isn't free. Someone has to pay PGI for making the game. Cheap ***** like you won't do it but fortunately there are older Battletech fans that have grown up and gotten real jobs who can drop 20, 30 or even 120$ on a game just because they want to be sure there are more Battletech games in the future. Feel free to leech off of us, better yet get a taste for Battletech and actually pay to support a Battletech game 10-20 years from now when you spend more on lunch than you're whining about paying to win.

Face it, some of the players are young and have gobs and gobs of free time to grind out C-bills until their eyes bleed. That's great, you don't see me calling for an hour a day play time limit to balance the game for people with a job vs kids. On the other hand there are those of us who grew up playing TT, have jobs that pay very well and families that take up a fair amount of free time. We can drop a couple bucks, so we're the real customers.

Complaining that someone gets more C-Bills than you is just stupid. If I were PGI I would make sure the only way to get Clan mechs was MC. You can play all you like in freebie mechs, but if you want a Timberwolf you cough up 1800MC, you want that Dire Wolf? Great, 2400MC. Lifetime free repairs like a Trial mech, after all clan warriors do not concern themselves with petty things like money or ammo.

Just putting it out there PGI, Clans MC only, no repair cost. TT stats. You will make money.

[Bobthy]

I have to say, i find it humorous to see people with founders tags complaining about anything being pay-to-win. Especially considering that I don't even have the option of purchasing those founders benefits now. All because i never got accepted into closed beta?

Either way, I don't see a problem with the YLW or founder's benefits. As long as they are available to all players.

[TJ Saint]

Yen-Lo-Wang piloting is like getting hit in the face with the last part of the Mech's name. Anyone who thinks this thing is ptw is a 'ron. This thing is good for taking out knees and that's pretty much it. And unless you are surgically precise with the '20, it isn't even any good at that. That being said, its paint job looks a whole heck of a lot better than the Prison Pajamas from the magazine.

[Vassago Rain]

TJ Saint, on 17 November 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:

Yen-Lo-Wang piloting is like getting hit in the face with the last part of the Mech's name. Anyone who thinks this thing is ptw is a 'ron. This thing is good for taking out knees and that's pretty much it. And unless you are surgically precise with the '20, it isn't even any good at that. That being said, its paint job looks a whole heck of a lot better than the Prison Pajamas from the magazine.

You put a gauss and two medium pulse on it.

[J4ckInthebox]

or you stay with an AC/20 and ML's and put an XL 280 on it. it's a more than decent mech.

Edited by J4ckInthebox, 17 November 2012 - 06:51 PM.

[Sephlock]

Just as an aside, anyone could become a founder, its not like there was a closed selection process...

[Vassago Rain]

J4ckInthebox, on 17 November 2012 - 06:47 PM, said:

or you stay with an AC/20 and ML's and put an XL 280 on it. it's a more than decent mech.

Endo, dubs, gauss, two medium pulse, max armor, biggest engine.

[J4ckInthebox]

been there, done that. But I love the AC/20's punch too much

Edited by J4ckInthebox, 17 November 2012 - 07:06 PM.

[Stargoat]

This game is so pay to wang

[Poptimus Rhyme Wallace]

Bought a Wang for myself, and Bought one for a friend, we teamed up and pwnd the field duo'ing AC20's and rocking solid speed.

The griefing was lots, and much OP was shouted, great times were had by the Wang'kers.

When 2 of our clan mates hopped in theirs, it just became a stompfest, this was in 8man times.
My point its a great mech, just like any other mech is, it all comes down to piloting and tactics.

As to why i bought one?
I'm a Collector ^^

Edited by H8Bitter, 18 November 2012 - 03:49 AM.