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[AC Rimak]

Bump for greater justice.

[Scar]

This problem can be solved by adding so-called "unit camo" that can be chosen by the leader of the unit and may cost...let's say...2000-5000 MC...or even 10 000 MC

Same goes to the unit insignia.

Edited by Scar, 30 November 2012 - 01:16 AM.

[Shiney]

+1

[StandingCow]

Scar, on 30 November 2012 - 01:12 AM, said:

This problem can be solved by adding so-called "unit camo" that can be chosen by the leader of the unit and may cost...let's say...2000-5000 MC...or even 10 000 MC

Same goes to the unit insignia.

Yep, since the entire unit is paying for that, it should cost a lot.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

In League if you buy a skin for a hero you can switch between that skin and the regular for free as much as you want. Once again they screw themselves by not copying League of Legends. They should allow bought colors for a Mech type to be freely applied/removed from any variant of that Mech type once it's been paid for... kind of like the weapons.

[Tambu]

Kunae, on 29 November 2012 - 11:48 AM, said:

MC's to buy the permanent paint sets.

C-Bills to apply them to mechs.

+ 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000......, you get the idea

[Salticidae]

Right now i have not added paint to any mech as im just Xping them all, but i have no plans to piant my mechs because of the cost,
I agree with the OP i should beable to purchase a colour/pattern/special and apply it to any mech, that way i would have to purchase 4-5 things to run around in my merc corps colours on all my mechs, right now im not that bothered as it seems to expensive, and the only mechs i will have to piant are the ones i will be using in Skaldborg matches, but even my corps would not make you piant your mech to play with them.

Buying colour/pattern/special with MC, and applying them with C-bills is a great idea

Edited by Zyne, 30 November 2012 - 01:45 AM.

[GODzillaGSPB]

Make a poll out of it.

[Teh Zig]

Yes, exactly what Banditman said, do exactly that. I've already dropped some cash on this game, and plan to continue doing so regularly as it's relevant to my interests. But this paint thing has been done all wrong. At 200MC per colour, per use, it's totally useless. I could not paint the mechs, and buy bays, and other things with that MC, and never really be bothered. As the pilot, I don't get to see the colour of my mech anyway.

[Lavi]

Dunno if it's been said previously, but....

I had also thought on the "buying packs"...

But, another idea could be memorabilia packs...
I consider 250Mc for a banner or 250 for the dropship a rip off (true, you can remove it from the current mech and put it on another.....so you need to only buy them once)

But what if you want your "office" trully decorated?
you could sell a "Kurita office pack" for example... kurita banner, katana hanging in cockpit so you can have it in case of ejection, dragon boblehead... this kind of items... not just 3 items, but maybe 4-5 so it can please a wider kurita audience for a cheapo price. (and of course davion/merc/steiner/marik/liao sets would also be welcomed)

Zyne, on 30 November 2012 - 01:41 AM, said:

Buying colour/pattern/special with MC, and applying them with C-bills is a great idea

Agree with the guy who said it originally... Buy the paints with MC and pay c-bills to the poor blue shirt guy who will apply them (but not 300k cbills)

[Benthic7]

Cannon Fodder, on 29 November 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

I sent Bryan Ekman a message on this, his reply can be found here:

His reply is interesting. In essence, he's telling the players to hold off on buying paint because they will likely revise the way it is currently set up.

I concur with the suggestions in the OP.

[SiDheBRX]

Bump, 100% agreed.

[Aym]

Thank you for articulating my thoughts humorously and thoroughly Banditman. And may I just say if you do join an FWL unit I look forward to dropping with you!

[AA Yeti]

I support this message!

[Banditman]

Friday morning visibility . . . incoming.

[Orkhepaj]

do you rly have 30 hangar bays? insane

[The Legendary Samurai]

While I agree with the OP in many respects, I just have to ask... why would you paint all 30 mechs? I have 18 but I regularly play only 5-6 of them. No chance I'm ever spending money to paint the Jenner K.

[B4DKARM4]

Their current payment model isnt sustainable.

Look at planetside 2, they had a very similar payment model in relation to camo and weapon unlocks. Someone asked John Smedley on his twitter the day after the game launched, if there was a chance that purchases would change from locked to character/server to account wide unlocks. His response? "Sorry no."

Few days ago?

Oh yeah, we are totally going to change the unlocks for real money purchases to account wide.
Its being touted as "we listen to the community" but, honestly? I wouldnt be surprised if they looked at their week one purchases and saw that almost no one saw any point in buying largely cosmetic items under such a punishing system.

Consumers are NOT STUPID.

Once word gets out that your business model is largely unfair, people are NOT going to spend money on it. If you want this game to flourish and you want more money coming in, you have to meet us (your playerbase) somewhere in the middle. Pay real money for skins? They should be available for ANY mech that can utilize them. Thats just common sense. I could even see restricting it to weight class (buy tigerstripe for assaults, can only use tigerstripe for assaults).
Restricting it to mech or even losing it all together if you change the pattern is unnaceptable when we are having to pay real money for it.

Meet us halfway and we will support your game by throwing money at you. Try and **** us over with greed ..... well, see where that got SOE and J Smedley. Adapt or die guys.

[Kunae]

The Legendary Samurai, on 30 November 2012 - 07:10 AM, said:

While I agree with the OP in many respects, I just have to ask... why would you paint all 30 mechs? I have 18 but I regularly play only 5-6 of them. No chance I'm ever spending money to paint the Jenner K.

Because you want to be able to look good, and/or match your unit colors, even when leveling up mechs you may never play again.

[MayGay]

Want to sell more MC?

Start cooking with cheese!