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#1 shim2

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Posted December 13 2012 - 12:54 PM

Do I really have to spend money to get credits to upgrade or can I get them somehow thorugh gameplay?

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Posted December 13 2012 - 12:56 PM

cibo tells you that you need to buy by real money...
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Posted December 13 2012 - 12:57 PM

Meteor Credits are via real money. Hawken Credits are through playing, and can be used for everything except purely cosmetic items ( mech model changes, paint, thruster color and repair drone style ).
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Posted December 13 2012 - 12:57 PM

Ah.. I have hawken credits but I can't figure out how to use them to upgrade my mech.

Edited by shim2, December 13 2012 - 12:59 PM.


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Posted March 20 2013 - 06:55 AM

I don't understand, are we "forced" to buy meteor credits if we want to upgrde ?
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Posted March 20 2013 - 06:59 AM

You can buy ANYTHING with Hawken Credits EXCEPT for cosmetic items, as Fwip said.  If you want to look fabulous, you have to pay real money for Meteor Credits so you can get camos, different body parts, thrusters, etc.

#7 StutterStep

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Posted March 20 2013 - 06:59 AM

View Postshim2, on December 13 2012 - 12:57 PM, said:

Ah.. I have hawken credits but I can't figure out how to use them to upgrade my mech.
What are you trying to upgrade?  We can help you with this bit of information.

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Posted March 20 2013 - 07:02 AM

View PostRincH, on March 20 2013 - 06:55 AM, said:

I don't understand, are we "forced" to buy meteor credits if we want to upgrde ?
No. In-game currency (Hawken Credits) are earned through playing and also available via various promotional codes you can find on these forums. Hawken Credits can buy anything that impacts gameplay - new mechs, new internals, weapons, etc. You cannot buy cosmetic-only options with Hawken credits.

Paid currency (Meteor Credits) cost real money. They allow you to purchase any components, including cosmetic-only options. This is great for players that want a custom look or players who would rather just fork over a few bucks for a new mech instead of playing several hours to earn the required credits.

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Posted March 20 2013 - 11:40 AM

They really need to make it more clear that things cost Hawken Credits OR Meteor Credits on the prices for things.  My first impression was that they cost both.

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Posted March 20 2013 - 12:39 PM

View PostRincH, on March 20 2013 - 06:55 AM, said:

I don't understand, are we "forced" to buy meteor credits if we want to upgrde ?

If you consider new thrusters, drones, camos, or body parts (AKA purely cosmetic items that have nothing to do with combat) to be an upgrade, then yes. Anything else is a big fat no. New mechs, prestige weapons, items and internals can all be bought with Hawken Credits, which are earned through gameplay.

Edited by Guiotine, March 20 2013 - 12:40 PM.

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Posted March 20 2013 - 12:42 PM

View PostRincH, on March 20 2013 - 06:55 AM, said:

I don't understand, are we "forced" to buy meteor credits if we want to upgrde ?
You can buy new mechs and weapons with Hawken Points OR with Meteor Credits. But cosmetics (like camo, repair drone, thrusters) are for MC only. You need to pay the price to be a pretty princess! :)
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#12 Warrost

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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:29 AM

It is kinda right, that you are "forced" to buy meteor points. The hawken points-rate is really really really really slow, if you are good you'll get 180-220 points per game, and a single upgrade costs 2563 hawken points, equipment 3845 points each, new mechs over 6400 points. You can say what you want, that is extremely expensive (or the HP rate is to slow, choose one).

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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:35 AM

The formula is quite easy to understand -> No funds = No game.

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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:45 AM

View PostWarrost, on April 28 2013 - 10:29 AM, said:

It is kinda right, that you are "forced" to buy meteor points. The hawken points-rate is really really really really slow, if you are good you'll get 180-220 points per game, and a single upgrade costs 2563 hawken points, equipment 3845 points each, new mechs over 6400 points. You can say what you want, that is extremely expensive (or the HP rate is to slow, choose one).

I dunno. I think it's pretty fast compared to some other games I played. Planetside 2 takes FOREVER to build up enough credit to gain stuff. Plus their guns cost too much (about $10 bucks each last time I played). At least the mechs in this game only cost around 5 bucks.

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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:53 AM

The cash builds up quickly once you get playing, when I get a bit active I get an internal or two a day and I don't notice the passing of time. It gets alot faster for new players with the new achievements.
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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:54 AM

View PostThe_Silencer, on April 28 2013 - 10:35 AM, said:

The formula is quite easy to understand -> No funds = No game.

That is right. But let's do a bit math:
We'll use the golden mid: 200 HP per game. How long takes a game? Let's say, 15 minutes. If you want a single upgrade, you have to pay 2563 (to make it easy I'll use 2600). That would be 195 minutes/3 hours, 15 minutes for a SINGLE upgrade.

For equipment 285 minutes/4 hours 45 minutes

For a new mech you have to grind 480 minutes/8 hours. And I calculated with an extrem high HP-rate (I never get more than 140 HP each game).


Some rates are just slow, but this, the current rate, is unacceptable. And it makes it easier for trolls to say "Hawken is a pay2win", not because they are trolls, because they are not completely wrong.


I understand that the game has to make profite. But some things, like i said bevore, are unacceptable.

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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:56 AM

View Postshim2, on December 13 2012 - 12:54 PM, said:

Do I really have to spend money to get credits to upgrade or can I get them somehow thorugh gameplay?

Play Hawken for 1 hour and get 400 MC for free.

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#18 Guiotine

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Posted April 28 2013 - 10:58 AM

From what I hear, the grind is a lot worse in other games. Besides, your math fails to factor in any achievements you may have gotten, which would increase your HC total, and with the wealth of promo codes that are typically available, it's ridiculous how fast it is to build up HC. Besides, if the grind weren't slow, how would they sell HC boosters?

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#19 Warrost

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Posted April 28 2013 - 11:02 AM

View PostGuiotine, on April 28 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

From what I hear, the grind is a lot worse in other games. Besides, your math fails to factor in any achievements you may have gotten, which would increase your HC total, and with the wealth of promo codes that are typically available, it's ridiculous how fast it is to build up HC. Besides, if the grind weren't slow, how would they sell HC boosters?

Here we are. He asked "Am I forced to pay real money?". You answered, not directly. "How would they sell [Insert buyable content]?


The game has to make profite. But it should generate that profite because it's an awesome game, not with forcing players to buy stuff.

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Posted April 28 2013 - 11:05 AM

Warrost, we hear you, but before it can be an awesome profit-mill they have to finish making the game first.

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