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 Forar wrote:
I think it's less about the downloads and more about not needing to send out piles of codes.

Some folks in the comments are talking about going triple Battalion and double Regiment, etc.

The digital media codes being one per backer makes sense to me.

Up until two or more friends want to try and save some money on shipping by getting multiple pledges with a single account, of course.

I was going to back this KS however me being EU based it doesn't seem like there will be any savings or they wouldn't be too significant.

I don't care about the digital stuff, poster and coins. It's nice that they got a lot of backing, looks good for the future of the game!

Edit: clarity

pleasestopit wrote:
I was going to back this KS however me being EU based it doesn't seem like there will be any savings or they wouldn't be too significant.

I don't care about the digital stuff, poster and coins. It's nice that they got a lot of backing, looks good for the future of the game!

Edit: clarity

Which is a perfectly logical way of going about it. And everything will eventually go to retail anyways.

Not a real impressive start to the final 48 hours. They did promote the heck out of it, and at this point we're striving toward the stretch goal that really makes it worth pledging for, as opposed to already having it when the skeptical crowd shows up to look things over a second time.

Not to say it isn't a gigantic success even if we don't hit $7 million, because of course it is.

A free pair of dice for almost everybody

Well, if nothing else, the faction dice and dice trays seems to have picked things up (went from doing ~10k/hour to doing that in less than 15 minutes). Might see another bump once the US east coast starts getting off work.

Either way, it just crested $6.4mil, so here's hoping the momentum continues picking up as the day goes on.

 Albertorius wrote:

pleasestopit wrote:
I was going to back this KS however me being EU based it doesn't seem like there will be any savings or they wouldn't be too significant.

I don't care about the digital stuff, poster and coins. It's nice that they got a lot of backing, looks good for the future of the game!

Edit: clarity

Which is a perfectly logical way of going about it. And everything will eventually go to retail anyways.

Getting hold of stuff here in the UK is tricky. I'm in for a dollar, so I can add a few boxes such as the legendary packs as add ons in the pledge manager, as those probably wont make it here. The first one never has.

Faction laser dice are $10 for a pair. A pair of the Faction liquid core dice and the Faction dice tray are $20 each.

Huh, thought dice weren’t possible. What’s next, they gonna offer faction shirts even though they have like 6 on the shop already?

 zend wrote:
Huh, thought dice weren’t possible. What’s next, they gonna offer faction shirts even though they have like 6 on the shop already?

Shirts are a no go simply because each style of shirt is like 12 to 16 different items (Men, Woman and Child plus each individual size). Compound that with the number they would need for the Kickstarter as compared to what they need for their online shop it would seriously complicate fulfillment on their part.

And that's $6.5mil hit. The day has definitely picked up as it has gone on. It looks like it is keeping pace to beat the daily average for the first time since day 3, and may well go higher.

Looks like there might be 500 new backers from today, so just need 3x that number tomorrow to reach the magic 7m

Should be fun finding out.

I have been watching this off and on the last half hour, at current rate we should reach 7 million.

It is being chased, a lot of recent funds comes from pledge upgrades, most likely people pre-paying for add ons by adding more money directly to their pledge level.

I have never done a KS before. If I back at Battalion and the KS reaches 7m we will get 5 free forcepacks correct?

crackmachine wrote:
I have never done a KS before. If I back at Battalion and the KS reaches 7m we will get 5 free forcepacks correct?

That's right.

crackmachine wrote:
I have never done a KS before. If I back at Battalion and the KS reaches 7m we will get 5 free forcepacks correct?

I believe so, yes.

Those battlemats really look nice, I'd add one but I'm afraid shipping to Japan will double the price.

M.

Nearly 700 new backers yesterday, and just under 300k from 7m, it’s not a done deal yet, but it seems fairly likely at this point.

7.5 (let alone 8m+) definitely remain to be seen, but we’ve finally picked up some steam again.

 Miguelsan wrote:
Those battlemats really look nice, I'd add one but I'm afraid shipping to Japan will double the price.

M.

They do say there will be an Asian fulfilment hub. Is that likely to help much on postage if it’s not in Japan? I mean Asia is obviously a big place, but at least it’s the right hemisphere

 Flinty wrote:

 Miguelsan wrote:
Those battlemats really look nice, I'd add one but I'm afraid shipping to Japan will double the price.

M.

They do say there will be an Asian fulfilment hub. Is that likely to help much on postage if it’s not in Japan? I mean Asia is obviously a big place, but at least it’s the right hemisphere

It's probably the fact that a mat consists of a ~30" tube & box, making the final package extra long and possibly subject to extra charges for the oversized dimensions (whereas most of the other rewards are smaller boxes that can be stacked up in a more compact package).

A hair under $255k to go to $7m...

Buckled and bumped up to Company. Which looks like it should hit $7m, netting a reasonable amount of little plastic robots.

 Ghaz wrote:

crackmachine wrote:
I have never done a KS before. If I back at Battalion and the KS reaches 7m we will get 5 free forcepacks correct?

I believe so, yes.

Yep, one short of the 'double forcepacks' we should have unlocked has Catalyst not been so tight fisted.

This is assuming you are not daft and don't pledge at Regiment level.


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 Graphite wrote:
Buckled and bumped up to Company. Which looks like it should hit $7m, netting a reasonable amount of little plastic robots.

You will get more but in the event that you hadn't noticed you will not be getting the full bonus force packs.

At $7M you will get the Mercenaries box, 4 (2 +2 bonus) force packs, and 3 salvage boxes. For $150. One Forcepack for every $37.5 spend, more than the cost of most loose add ons. It offers a direct saving on vehicle boxes only.

At $7m you will get the Mercenaries box, 11 (6 +5 bonus) force packs, and 3 salvage boxes. For $275. One Forcepack for every $25 spend, less than the cost of any add on..

Loose forcepacks as add ons cost $30-$35 or $40.

Here are my recommendations.

- Buy in at Battalion, if you cant pledge now pledge what you can and upgrade later. Last time you could buy a Bloodnamed pledge and upgrade it later to Star Colonel. I expect this will be similar.
- If you want more forcepacks than eleven buy multiple Battalion pledges.
- If you want only a few more than eleven allocate all your vehicle packs to the included add ons and buy any lance packs separately.
- If you only want a handful of forcepacks Company is Ok. The Mercenaries box set will cost you $75 retail when you reduce that (still ignoring the three random mechs) you are paying $18.75 each for four forcepacks. It is not a bad deal. Note that with the value of the Merc box removed a battalion pledge is $18.18 per force pack. Value is closer than it looks.

I backed at regiment at the start, but now want to go to double the battalion - how do I DO a double of a single pledge level?

axotl wrote:
I backed at regiment at the start, but now want to go to double the battalion - how do I DO a double of a single pledge level?

You cant right now. If you are happy with Regiment, I wouldn't be but you do you, keep your pledge.

You can downgrade, save money and so long as you do NOT cancel and repledge but 'manage your pledge' you will keep your free Visigoth if you have got one. If you cancel then repledge you lose the early bird bonus.

There will be a pledge manager, all add-ons will be handled there. That is where you add a second pledge.

There is no guarantee Catalyst will allow duplicate pledges, but they will be daft if they do. I m prepared to buy two Battalion pledges at $275 each. I am not prepared to buy one Battalion pledge and eleven force pack add ons. I doubt I am the only one.

If in doubt keep your pledge as it is, If it is handled same as Clan Invasion, your pledge rewards are a flat total, currently it is the value of a regiment, $500, if you don't change things during the pledge management phase other than to add your address and pay shipping) this is what you get. However you can amend that pledge level later and then channel the funds you have allocated into anything. You could reduce your reward level back to recruit and spend the other $465 on shipping and add ons. Not that I would recommend that.

Currently there is no way to buy the add ons, you can allocate funds now, but you do not have to. There will be plenty of time later, and it may behoove you to spread the payment over several pay cheques.

We know you can back for multiples of tiers.

From update #22:

“If I back for multiple reward tiers, do I get the stretch goals for each reward?

YES! The only things that won't stack are per-Backer gifts like the Timber Wolf and Visigoth.”

You can absolutely pledge for double battalions. People have been talking about doing so openly for weeks now. If you’re willing to spend $500+ on the campaign, and don’t care about the select choices found in the regiment specifically (or just want to buy as add ons), it’s a very valid choice to get a pile of extra plastic, especially once we hit 7m, which we’re about 100k away from now.

Edit; you can’t select multiples on KS itself. Just back at the tier you want, and if you wish you can overpledge for the extra, which will be sorted out in the pledge manager later.

Based on Orlanth's analysis above, I've bumped my pledge to Company, and added Liquid Core dice. I did notice an Add-On option for SalvageBox: Legendary II & III. Have they mentioned what is in them?

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
Based on Orlanth's analysis above, I've bumped my pledge to Company, and added Liquid Core dice. I did notice an Add-On option for SalvageBox: Legendary II & III. Have they mentioned what is in them?

The 'Mechs (and venicle) from the Legendary II and III ForcePacks which are in the Kickstarter.

Just crashed 7 million $!
I will get my ,,Cracked Canopy Cookbook“! 😅

$ 7 MILLION STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED!