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Because usually we try to discourage people from posting things that violate contracts here.

It’s immoral to talk about it. At this stage it causes less hype for the game and more bitterness towards the people that have access. I guess we just be hating.

I for one will only say one more thing about the beta.

I didn't notice that the facebook page had been updated so much. There are some really good images in the gallery. You guys would probably enjoy them.

Well, this thread has lost all my interest now.

The Founders Packages just went on sale:

http://mwomercs.com/founders

In addition to the $30 Veteran and $60 Elite Packages, they are also offering a new $120 Legendary Package.

I admit, I caved in and went for the latter. This game is amazing and deserves to be supported.

Catapult or Atlas...

I'm just getting the thirty buck one. If the Raven had been one of the 'mechs, I might have been interested in the sixty buck one, but meh...

Might get the $60 myself, as I wouldn't mind picking up the Catapult.

Melissia wrote:I'm just getting the thirty buck one. If the Raven had been one of the 'mechs, I might have been interested in the sixty buck one, but meh...

You sure you might not also enjoy the Jenner? At least temporarily - the c-bill bonus could allow you to buy the Raven sooner, assuming it will not be available for purchase right from the start but that one has to work their way up. The Raven is a bit (~2.5 million CB) more expensive, after all.
On the other hand ... having a Founder's mech in the mechbay and not using it - I can understand the reluctance.

That said, you could always just take the added in-game monies ("mech credits"), even if the Jenner doesn't interest you. It's somewhat unfortunate that we still do not know what we'd actually get for $40 or $80 worth in MC, though.

LordofHats wrote:Might get the $60 myself, as I wouldn't mind picking up the Catapult.

There's something to be said for LRM20s.

Not getting it. It'd be a waste of money because I don't like the Jenner. Never have.

If I got any of those 'mechs it'd be a catapult. But no. Not gonna spend thirty extra dollars on that.

The sad thing is that I want the Legendary account and the amazing controller from earlier in the thread. This game is both amazing and insanely expensive!

Melissia wrote:If I got any of those 'mechs it'd be a catapult. But no. Not gonna spend thirty extra dollars on that.

Yeah. The price of some of things in microtransactions is insane sometimes. The new Ezreal skin in LoL is going to be like, $30. For a SKIN. The mechs are like $20 each (accounting for the $$$ they're giving you with the packs for in game items). EDIT: And don't get me started on some of the ships in STO. Those things can get pricy.

All for a bunch of 1's and 0's.

LordofHats wrote:The mechs are like $20 each (accounting for the $$$ they're giving you with the packs for in game items).

To be fair, the Packages also include up to 3 months of gametime, and the $120 one will add your name to the credits.

I think the biggest incentive for most people would be the $10-20 discount for MWO shop currency in the Elite and Veteran Packages, respectively. If you look at it this way, the premium gametime and the mech are a free bonus. The $120 Package is for the crazy people who buy it not because they care that much for the monetary value alone, but because they see part of the amount of money spent as a "donation" for the developer. I think.

Generally I agree about your assessment concerning microtransactions, however. If you think STO is bad (at least you can also earn anything, given enough time), look at APB.

I bought the legendary pack to suport the developers aswell as having all four mechs in my garage... I would have willingly paid £40 for a decent mechwarrior game and the legendary pack is only £75.00 so I see it as a payment for the game and a donation to support developers doing great work......

So, can we at least talk about things we did in game in extremely vague terms? Cause I'm fairly certain I slapped down Lynata last night.

If it's the typical MMO Beta NDA, you can't post about being in it or mention that you're in it, or anything like that.

RatBot wrote:If it's the typical MMO Beta NDA, you can't post about being in it.

Well it's a good thing I'm not in it then, and was only making-pretend-joking trash talk, a-ha, a-ha. *Cough*.

infinite_array wrote:So, can we at least talk about things we did in game in extremely vague terms? Cause I'm fairly certain I slapped down Lynata last night.

you could start each topic of conversations with "I'm not in the Beta but if I were I would have ........"

I'm not in the Beta, but if I were, I'd be running Catapult, with the lasers replaced with as many SRMs as I can get. And screw Jump Jets. If you can't get into position with legs, you don't deserve to be in a Mech.

I'm not in the Beta, but if I were, I'd be mad at infinite_array, who is also not in the beta, for blowing up 3 tons of LRMs still in their launcher.

I'm not in the Beta, but if I were, I'd still be laughing at seeing 3 tons of of LRM ammo cook off and seeing Lynata's mech, which doesn't exist since he's not in the beta, go up in flames.

I'm not in the Beta, but if I were, I'd still be laughing at all the LRM's cooking off in their pods as I kill steal the wrecks.

I'm not in the beta, but if I were, I put 2 LBX 10's on my atlas plus as many SRM's as possible and I'm stomping around one shotting people in the back.

Awww it's like our own Dakka mechwarrior meme.....

our mercinary companies moto should be "I'm not in the Beta but if I were....(something something)"

I have my old controller for Steel Batallion, and yet am still tempted to pick up the specialty controller for this game...

You know... I really, really hope they start making the Mechs modular in terms of their meshes.

That's one of the best things about ChromeHounds and ArmouredCore and most other Mech games; It's fairly easy to tell from sight what the enemy and allies are armed with, due to AutoCannon having different profiles and models than lasers or missiles.

If i didn't play Mechwarrior 4 is it worth going back and playing or is it too dated?

Is the MW4 free anygood?

Mech 13....

I'm not in the beta, but if I were I would cackle maniacally as I ran around in a Jenner taking potshots at assault 'Mechs before using my jump jets to get away. I if I were in the beta I might discover this is often an effective tactic to get half the enemy lance chasing you, which means they're not capturing our base.