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[Lon3Wo1f]

I just realised there aren't any referral rewards. Why did I just notice? I have three people signing up and it hit me. I demand free air for my spreading of the good word!

[Green Mamba]

I think the Game is Free2 Play allready

[S3dition]

Well, there is this: http://mwomercs.com/...ilding-contest/

[Lon3Wo1f]

Green Mamba, on 07 December 2012 - 03:55 PM, said:

I think the Game is Free2 Play allready

Yes it is but why does that mean no reward signups? If I hadn't told these people they wouldn't have known or signed up to play at all. One even became a Founder. I'm not talking billions of MC or 30 free Mechs but even a token gesture like a Mech bay would be nice.

[Stunner]

When I was playing HoN which is another free to play game you could earn the in game currency from friends signing up. As they leveled or did certain acheivements you could earn some more. When you played together as a team I think you both benefitted.

This would be our Cbill equivalent not the MC version.

[JimSan]

most games I know do have some sort of referal rewards, STO has one system for if you refer 5 friends to the game you get a bridge officer or something, get 5 to sub and you get a ship which is something MWO could do, refer 5-10 friends to play the game (for free) and get a mechbay or something cheap, get one to sign up for premium and get a mech? (not an Atlas unless you get 4 to Prem or something lol)

[Sabazial]

Wouldn't work on a F2P game, people would circumvent by creating multiple accounts and "referring" them to get the rewards.

[Roughneck45]

Belphegore, on 08 December 2012 - 08:05 AM, said:

Wouldn't work on a F2P game, people would circumvent by creating multiple accounts and "referring" them to get the rewards.

Just have to put a minimum amount of time played requirement for the newly created accounts.

Referral programs DO work in F2P games, quite well too.

[xxx WreckinBallRaj xxx]

I'm sure it'll get referral rewards soon as they begin to reveal their inability to keep new players due to all the game's neglected problems and issues. Adding a referral system is a tried and true method of life support for a game. When it does come, I hope it gets us some kind of MC or short Premium timer boost. The issue is that things like this are exploited, so you need level requirements on the new accounts to ensure that it isn't worth doing yourself just to cheat farm the rewards like I used to do on League of Legends before they revamped that referral system.(At that time, IP farming was much faster if you just smurfed for referral boosts off your own referral code instead of actually playing the max lvl account. They later corrected this after everyone started doing it and kept sharing the trick on the forums)

[athlonduke]

LoL's are kinda nice, but require insane number of referrals to actually get good rewards.

[PoLaR]

I also referred several people, some who became founders.

A lil' somethin' somethin' would be great, but I only expect to be rewarded In friendship. Lol.

[JimSan]

Belphegore, on 08 December 2012 - 08:05 AM, said:

Wouldn't work on a F2P game, people would circumvent by creating multiple accounts and "referring" them to get the rewards.

STO (Star Trek Online) is a F2P game, its been working there for awhile, you just make the refering system be able to tell who you've refered pays for Prem or not, bigger reward for a paying referal then just a referal.

[Ordin Hall]

Why do you feel so entitled to get rewards for telling people about the game? You should feel rewarded enough as it is if you can get more people into MechWarrior / BattleTech.

[KhanCipher]

Ordin, on 08 December 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

Why do you feel so entitled to get rewards for telling people about the game? You should feel rewarded enough as it is if you can get more people into MechWarrior / BattleTech.

why should i feel rewarded for getting ppl into a game that's filled with bugs, bad netcode, ecm causes some ppl to lag (no really it does), bad matchmaker, and in general is a money making scam that's painfully obvious. now why should i feel rewarded for getting someone to know an IP that it's current form sucks compared to other f2p?

also something else, we were taught that time is money (unless that standard has changed), especially in a f2p game.

[Ordin Hall]

KhanCipher, on 08 December 2012 - 10:36 PM, said:

why should i feel rewarded for getting ppl into a game that's filled with bugs, bad netcode, ecm causes some ppl to lag (no really it does), bad matchmaker, and in general is a money making scam that's painfully obvious. now why should i feel rewarded for getting someone to know an IP that it's current form sucks compared to other f2p?

also something else, we were taught that time is money (unless that standard has changed), especially in a f2p game.

Now why would you want to be rewarded for participating in a "scam"? Are you saying that you would dupe people into a scam if you could take part of the profit? Why don't you just not tell people about it, if it's so bad?

Also I never specifically stated MWO. There are many different games / novels and whatnot in the BattleTech franchise.

[Taizan]

Ordin, on 08 December 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

Why do you feel so entitled to get rewards for telling people about the game? You should feel rewarded enough as it is if you can get more people into MechWarrior / BattleTech.

Its not out of entitlement, its because its a standard in so many games, especially F2P games with RMC. Even in WoW that still is subscription based (+ item shop) you get a bonus when successfully recruiting a friend: http://us.battle.net...cruit-a-friend/

[Lon3Wo1f]

Ordin, on 08 December 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

Why do you feel so entitled to get rewards for telling people about the game? You should feel rewarded enough as it is if you can get more people into MechWarrior / BattleTech.

I never demanded anything except free air

In all seriousness I didn't say I was entitled nor did I even hint at it. I was wondering if I was the only one curious about referral rewards because despite the bugs and balance issues I am quite happy with the game in general and have managed to get a handful of people to join up.

I didn't go around forums spamming "hey try this awesome game and use my referral code so we can be bestest buddies forEVER!" I told only a few people that I thought would be interested and they're very likely to stick around and spend money to get MC. PGI get money for a new lump of coal out of my spreading the good word and as a thank you they could offer something back even if it's small. Maybe a Mech bay for your first X referrals but they only kick in after the referrals have played a certain amount. If a referral buys MC then you get it instantly. It isn't impossible to do in F2P games as others have said so where is the arm in asking?

[Agent of Change]

Lon3Wo1f, on 11 December 2012 - 11:23 AM, said:

I never demanded anything except free air

In all seriousness I didn't say I was entitled nor did I even hint at it. I was wondering if I was the only one curious about referral rewards because despite the bugs and balance issues I am quite happy with the game in general and have managed to get a handful of people to join up.

I didn't go around forums spamming "hey try this awesome game and use my referral code so we can be bestest buddies forEVER!" I told only a few people that I thought would be interested and they're very likely to stick around and spend money to get MC. PGI get money for a new lump of coal out of my spreading the good word and as a thank you they could offer something back even if it's small. Maybe a Mech bay for your first X referrals but they only kick in after the referrals have played a certain amount. If a referral buys MC then you get it instantly. It isn't impossible to do in F2P games as others have said so where is the arm in asking?

I award you a mostly nitrogen and oxygen mix in gaseous form, to claim this reward simply in hale deeply in:

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INHALE..... Hold it

You have received your reward for referrals thank you for your service.