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#1 Nixcker

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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:03 PM

So in general its a nice game, I like the mechs, I like the graphics/sounds everything pleased me well.
BUT
  • Matchmaking sux badly - Its impossible to fight against a team with lvl 25 Mech, just makes you quit and research a match.
  • Cash rewards are very low - I have to make 40-70 games with top scores to buy another mech/upgrade/requipment, makes you desperate. sometimes when I kill a mech which is 5-15 levels above me I dont get a special reward, all that effort for nothin :S
  • P2W - I must pay money to get those OP weapons and customs for my mech.
  • Low EXP - In most of the games I'm leading with top score, and still my exp isnt far from someone who havn't done anything in the game. same as rewards, I dont get any bonus for killing a high level mech :/
I'll probably edit this post later on when I find more bugging issues.
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#2 MechFighterDDDB4

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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:09 PM

1) yea matchmaking isn't all that great, from what I've gathered from reading around matchmaking is in heavy beta,

2) The cost of everything I think is fine, it makes each purchase all the more worth it :P

3) As for weapons, I do agree, weapons shouldn't need to be bought with real money, giving people who give them money an advantage discourages people without a lot of money from playing.

4) haven't really noticed that one.. though I'm always in the low ranks haha nooby me

#3 KyRoS

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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:11 PM

Try using search, you'll find plenty to dispute your info, other than the MM, which ultimately is a result of lack of players. They are working to improve the matchmaking, but we need more players. I still think Steam is the way to get them..

There is no P2W. The only "special weapon" you have to be lvl 25 to get and that weapon costs just over 4K HC's, which is not that hard to get at all. The default mech, the CR-T has the AR, one of the best all around weapons and the TOW, the bread and butter explosive weapon, if you will. Also, you get internals that money cannot buy. Simply put, the default mech is, in many ways, the most OP mech, thanks to the internals.

XP gains are not bad really, but could use a slight boost IMO. It takes about 195K to get to lvl 25.

EDIT: Oh yea, don't forget to do the free Test Drives to see if you like other mechs. My 7 year old son has like 5 mechs unlocked and doesn't even get to play all that much. His highest lvl mech is like lvl 13. So it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

Edited by KyRoS, February 20 2013 - 01:19 PM.


#4 tman7919

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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:11 PM

Okay I can solve 3 for you. The game is not pay to win. It is merely pay to look awesome or pay not to grind. Where did you get the idea that you must pay for better weapons? Plus the mech you start out with is actually one of the best ones in the game. Now for some more commentary. 1. Please use search function this has been discussed so much that it is quite unbearable. 2. Yeah it is low if you don't get a good score. Check out the comics and especially the new preview. It gives you an award for getting it (in a few weeks). 3. Done 4.  EXP is fine as I see it.
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#5 G4M5T3R

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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:15 PM

Wait what?
You don't buy weapons with MC..
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#6 Elix

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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:19 PM

First of all, be aware that level is far less important than skill. If I can beat you in a level 25 mech, I can beat you in a brand new level 1 of the same type. That's why you don't get bonus exp for taking a higher-level mech down.

Second of all, Hawken Credits are accumulated by and large just for play time. You get a small bonus for winning and ranking high, but most of your HC are going to come from just playing. Your exp is not connected to your HC at all.

Third of all, the only things you have to spend real money on are decorations. You can choose to buy your equipment with MC as well as HC, but it is by far not necessary. The decorative items are strictly that--decorative. They offer no stat bonuses.

Matchmaking is a work in progress, yes, and it will improve in time.

As tman says, Hawken is not Pay 2 Win. It is Pay 2 Not Grind While Looking Awesome. This game is free. There has to be some incentive for people to support the game.
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Posted February 20 2013 - 01:57 PM

I must say MM has improved a bit (at least for me). I still get the occasional 1 sided stomp but I'm starting to find more games ending within 10kills of each other in tdm, MA's with diff less than 500 and I can't speak for Siege because I start swearing at my teammates when they shoot the battleship so I try not to play that.

Anyway
1) yes (but is improving - albeit slightly)
2) rewards are decent and higher than most other f2p games.
3) p2w: no nothing that makes a difference is bought with only meteor points. Only thing you can only buy with meteor points are cosmetics that don't change stats. Game is 'pay not to grind'
4) I find xp gains acceptable. Any higher and getting to lvl 25 would be way too easy.
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