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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
I bought into the Founders program for MW:O because I love Battletech. I wanted this game to be made and I put my money where my mouth was. It is no different from any other kickstarter and I am happy to see developers break the old style publishing model to allow gamers a say. With that said, I haven't used any of my Founders money or Premium Time in MW:O. I earn XP and the in game currency at the exact same rate as someone who hasn't spent a dime. I have the same 4 mechbays as everyone else. At no point do I feel like I am disadvantaged.
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I bought a Founder's package as well, though I am on my last month of Premium currently and own 26 mechs and 28 mechbays, all bought with my founders MC. I have an overage of about 60 million C-Bills, and community warfare hasn't even started.
That said, I play in most of the tournaments and it's my most heavily invested game at the moment time-wise, likely going to continue as I finally got my wife into the game, so she's rolling with the WoL as we extract maximum pubbie-tears.
I like the F2P model, because in games that I only play in a passive sense (PS2, Age Of Wushu, Tribes:Ascend) I only end up spending 5-15 bucks on the whole thing, which is pocket change. If I get really into it, or I believe in it (like a kickstarter), throwing $60 bucks at something I've got nearly 200 hours of playtime in already is just ducky.
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Originally Posted by Rathji
I don't agree.
If I enjoy a F2P game, I have no problems dropping some cash to save me several hours of grind (exp/cash/whatever) if the game is good enough. The reason being is I have very little time to play games and I am willing to pay for an improved experience or a little savings in time. If I was able to drop 20 hours a week into gaming, my opinion might not be the same.
That said, I don't often do this. In fact, the last time I did was well over a year ago.
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My comment was more in regards to the fact that I can grind all the CBills needed to kit, upgrade and roll out any mech I want in 3-4 days of casual play, not that buying things is silly. I just blew about 10$ of my MC on paint this week (wooo purple/gold Atlas).