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[JayVrb]

Title.


***EDIT***
For those that do not remember the original skins from closed beta or early open beta (i.e. Red Atlas w/ red eyes, yellow Catapult, bluish multi-colored hunchback, etc), this is what I'm talking about.

I'll get some pics posted.

Edited by Vrbas, 03 January 2013 - 09:25 AM.

[JayVrb]

Dang, that got pushed down fast. Bump

[stjobe]

Vrbas, on 03 January 2013 - 08:47 AM, said:

Dang, that got pushed down fast. Bump

Don't bump. Instead, perhaps explain what you mean by "original skins", and why they are/were better than the current?

In short, you got no replies because you wrote a bad OP.

[GODzillaGSPB]

Sure, we'll get them back. For 500 MC each.

[JayVrb]

stjobe, on 03 January 2013 - 08:49 AM, said:

Don't bump. Instead, perhaps explain what you mean by "original skins", and why they are/were better than the current?

In short, you got no replies because you wrote a bad OP.

Fixed. They're not "better", I just enjoyed seeing them around and running them; preference thing really.

Edited by Vrbas, 03 January 2013 - 09:06 AM.

[JayVrb]

pics added

[Moro Ibex]

lol Please, please dear lord above, give use back the glowy eyed atlas. I miss popping them in the cockpit from the other side of the map. My ppc stalker needs to be even more powerful

[Tennex]

i do miss the shiny pannels on the catapult.

They should put thse colors in mechlab. so that those skins are reproducible


The recent customizable skins are too dirty. They added a bunch oof dirt and it doesn't really utilize the cryengine to look very good. it just looks like dirty low rez textures, ruining the overall high rez textures on the actual model.


Have option in camo lab to remove dirt/grime.


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Edited by Tennex, 03 January 2013 - 09:53 AM.

[JayVrb]

Yeah, I definitely miss the Catapult skin. I can only imagine 2 reasons they would remove the original skins:

1) They want to gather statistics on the new skins and patterns
2) They intend to make us purchase them later by removing them and creating "demand"

[Ngamok]

The Hunchback pic looks more like the Founders colors.

Edit: Also, the Catapult colors are there. They are premium colors now. The Desert pallete I belive.

Edit2: the Atlas with the glowing red eyes someone already pointed out. You could see them across the map in Colony really easy and shoot them at the beginning of the round. All you had to do was zoom in on the red dots you could see.

Edited by Ngamok, 03 January 2013 - 12:03 PM.

[The Amazing Atomic Spaniel]

That Hunchback skin was the default one before the December 18 patch. It was actually rather nice.

[JohnnyC]

I'm sure they will... for $6 per paint job or more.

[JayVrb]

Ngamok, on 03 January 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

The Hunchback pic looks more like the Founders colors.

Nah, the Founder's was a deeper blue... the one above is more of a faded green.

Ngamok, on 03 January 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

Edit: Also, the Catapult colors are there. They are premium colors now. The Desert pallete I belive.

Absofrakinglutely stupid I have to pay for that now. Maybe make it free to those who participated in the Founder's program?

***EDIT***
I just checked, the original gold colors from the pics above cannot be recreated w/ any of the color palettes available currently.

Ngamok, on 03 January 2013 - 12:00 PM, said:

Edit2: the Atlas with the glowing red eyes someone already pointed out. You could see them across the map in Colony really easy and shoot them at the beginning of the round. All you had to do was zoom in on the red dots you could see.

I do remember that, but it's not really any different now w/ thermal vision :-/ Maybe make the glowing eyes only appear on ECM Atlai; that's totally something I'd see PGI do and then say "Ooo000oO L00ooOk, we balanced ECM!"

Edited by Vrbas, 03 January 2013 - 12:52 PM.

[darkfall13]

I do miss the Atlas glowing eyes. They helped with the "I'm going to kill you" allure. Though you could see them from outside the solar system...

[Davers]

I did like the glowing Atlas eyes too. They looked menacing.

[Taizan]

I really liked the old HBK skin, but I guess its so detailed it can't be repainted.

[Gristle]

You can come close to the original HBK Skin. Make the Primary and Secondary channels Basic Blue and the Tertiary channel Basic Red or PC Gamer Red. You'll be missing a few of the decal details, but it's an OK substitute for the original skin.

[BerryChunks]

I'd prefer better skins, palettes, and more patterns than what is available. I'd also like to wait on having these until the game can official come out of beta by having all it's issues fixed.

I'd like to not pay money to color my mech. I already have to pay if I want to be competitive with other people, since every mech chassis has a "double price" variant, when locks Elite behind a high Cbill wall (or you can just get it instantly by paying real money). Premium timers usually end up with 100 mil+ leftovers, while Free players are constantly strapped for Cbill. MC can be directly traded for Cbills by simplying buying mechs, by the transitive property being that when you buy different mechs with MC, you can use the parts on it without having to buy the parts with Cbills, therefore essentially behaving as if you bought those parts with MC anyway.

4 mech bays are the max for free players. More comes with paying real money. You need to OWN 3 variants of a single mech in order to get elite skills. Therefore, you need to sell mechs to buy different variants to train up elite. Mechs and parts sell for half price, meaning a Free player continually falls behind, even if the Premium game timers Didnt get Cbills essentially for free by buying mechs with MC instead of CB. Even if Premium game timers didn't get +30% more CB just for playing.

Due to these factors, it is P2W, since only paying people will realistically be able to have max loadouts (unless free players want to stick with Light or, at most, medium mechs, Im getting Elite commando because it's what my account can afford without paying real money), Can we at LEAST have free coloring and skins? I mean, the really important stuff to spend real money on (special mechs with superior Level 2 weapons and internals, and the Cbill walled "third variants") are things that anyone in their right mind would pay real money to have, and just work 1 extra hour a week, instead of grind 50 hours playing the game.

At least give free palyers the ability to look good, if not be effective.

[BerryChunks]

Vrbas, on 03 January 2013 - 12:26 PM, said:

Nah, the Founder's was a deeper blue... the one above is more of a faded green.



Absofrakinglutely stupid I have to pay for that now. Maybe make it free to those who participated in the Founder's program?

***EDIT***
I just checked, the original gold colors from the pics above cannot be recreated w/ any of the color palettes available currently.



I do remember that, but it's not really any different now w/ thermal vision :-/ Maybe make the glowing eyes only appear on ECM Atlai; that's totally something I'd see PGI do and then say "Ooo000oO L00ooOk, we balanced ECM!"

We're supposed to be able to see mechs from far away, otherwise ER lasers are worthless.

[a rabid chihuahua]

well the hunchback is the founders mech skin. the others you can just paint.