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[kergin]

Hello everybody,

Just started to download the game to give it a try and looking at the tutorials as well to try to be not such a noob when i get into battle. A few quick question

Im coming from World of tanks (and other mmos) but im guessing that you have to buy in game money to get a premium account or something like that..

Are there premium mechs?

And how do you earn in game credits?

Just a few questions that i thought of when looking though the forums. Thank you for your time and i hope im not such a terribad noob when i first try it (pointers would be nice ha ) thank you for time!

[Marvyn Dodgers]

Welcome aboard!

In terms of credit/money, I think the best way to sum it up is you earn C-Bills in game, which you can use to buy standard mechs and equipment to refit mechs. You earn these buy getting kills, wins, assists, destroying components, capturing bases, harvesting resource points, etc.

For cash you buy MC, which can be used to buy standard mechs, hero (premium) mechs and premium account time.

And yes, there are guides (somewhere here on the forums)

Good luck in the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe.

Edited by Marvyn Dodgers, 14 January 2013 - 04:31 PM.

[Redshift2k5]

The Premium Time costs MC (cash currency). Premium gives you bonus XP and c-bills per match.

There are premium mechs (Called Hero Mechs). These are only available for MC (cash currency). Hero mechs have unique hardpoints and come with a lifetime +30% C-bill boost per match.

You can only get MC (cash currency) by paying real money.

In-game currency, called C-bills, you will earn after every match.

[Aym]

Something to note is that none of the "Premium mechs" or anything that is available for real-world money and NOT in-game currency is any stronger than what you get in-game.

[Coole]

Don't forget that MC is also needed when you convert exp (EXP) in a mech to general exp (GXP). Very small fee, though.

[PhDGreg]

Couple of basic things:
1) Expect to suck early on. Expect to come near the bottom of the ladder and get blown to pieces. Don't let it get to you; everyone needs time to learn.

2) Take your time. Don't slam on the throttle as soon as you can and keep it on until you're in the middle of a pack of enemy mechs. Stick with your team mates and try to shoot at what they're shooting at.

3) Get into the habit of always targeting the mech you are firing on (press R) - the information you get about it in the top right is essential - shoot at the already damaged or critical areas.

4) Start playing in 4 man groups using TeamSpeak as soon as possible. See guides such as this for details. You'll have more fun, learn more, win more... It's a whole new game.

Enjoy!

[RagingOyster]

Good to have you!
New players are always a welcome sight.

Check out the guides on the forums and feel free to ask around. Plenty of friendly folks here that would be more than happy to answer questions and explain stuff to ya

[Snowcaller]

Welcome, Bro.

Look at some guides, i did a post in this section of the forums about 'how to avoid instadeath', but there are many others.
Especially look into heat management and weapon handling. They'll save you a lot of hard and frustrating trial and error.

It's probably easiest just to try some trial mechs for a week or two, get a feeling for what rough weight you want to pilot the buy a mech with real monies if you can, so you can get into tuning and tweaking your own mech sooner rather than grinding to get it. Premium time speeds thing up fast, but you'll still get a fair whack of change and XP without it.

classes [Light, Medium, Heavy, Assault] aren't necessarily indicative of what a mech is designed to do, for example a Cicada is a medium, but it was desinged to accompany or hunt light's and a dragon is a heavy, but is a fast harasser, a role often assigned to mediums.

There's a lot to learn, but immerse yourself in it rather than fight it, and you'll do fine.

It'll be good to serve with or against you.
Good to have you in the fold.