84 replies to this topic

[randylin26]

Wow, after a few matches, I wasn't even near the amount to get new items. I think it might take me hours just to get a cool weapon or something. It takes too long just to get hawken points, please hawken team, make obtaining hawken points much faster! (I do like how most parts are permanent thought.)

[DrHojo123]

Agreed it feels to grindy and while it isn't really pay 2 win it kinda feels like it

[Necro]

Just for your information and so you can expand on how long/short you think things should be done it seems 7-10 hours of game time will buy you.

2 items.

or

1 mech.

How long do you feel it should take.

Edited by Necro, December 13 2012 - 05:14 PM.

[OdinTheWise]

Seems fine to me, I put in 4-5 matches and I am at 1500 hc. If it is MC we are talking bout then yes.

[DrHojo123]

2 Items or 1 mech is fine but I think it could be at least faster by speeding the process of HC or reduceing the prices but as I say that is only my opion that is all

[King91OM]

I totally agree. It's not that we don't want to spend on MC but it's just too pricey for my country here. And the only option is to get HC which is just taking too long and I can't enjoy the mech I truly want when others are already enjoying it.

[Inushokin]

Suck it up_ The game just went into OB last night... Come on guys, do you really expect to unlock everything 24 hours in_ It's a MMO...

[DrHojo123]

As we said its our opion we arent here to start any fights or anything just to give our feedback

Edited by DrHojo123, December 13 2012 - 06:36 PM.

[Axton]

 Inushokin, on December 13 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

Suck it up_ The game just went into OB last night... Come on guys, do you really expect to unlock everything 24 hours in_ It's a MMO...

[Decoy101x]

TOO GRINDY!_ obviously no one here has played world of tanks and ground all the way to a tier 10 tank.

[Polaritie]

 OdinTheWise, on December 13 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

Seems fine to me, I put in 4-5 matches and I am at 1500 hc. If it is MC we are talking bout then yes.

I'm maybe half that after 5 matches.

[Shephard]

true obtaining the points needed then haven to purchase m points online as well. come on,. lets earn them every time we level up or get to a spot of mech pilot rank. Our mech gets ranked why not the pilot. To me atm the game and systems are new. And i am not going to subject my credit card to the system and then be broke cause the system took to much out. had this happen once and will not do it again. PUT missions in this game break the pvp style a bit. Please.............

[Demonocolips]

it just seems like risk/reward/time is not balanced out.
the games only last 15 min but some of the parts i have to buy take 20 of these matches to buy and when im unlocking and leveling up really fast in the first two matches it makes no sense to have it move so slow.

[Golgo13]

 Inushokin, on December 13 2012 - 05:53 PM, said:

Suck it up_ The game just went into OB last night... Come on guys, do you really expect to unlock everything 24 hours in_ It's a MMO...

He's right though.. its an mmo. Not a CoD action fps. it will take time to build your mech up. Or spend the cash. Budget 15$ a month for cash and it will seem you are paying for a subscription.

[Elix]

Remember, folks. The free to play model asks you to give it one of two things to progress (not win, progress): time or money. Don't want to pay for your mechs, exp, and gear_ Earn it by playing the game. It's play for free, pay for efficiency.

Note that "pay to win" isn't in there; nothing game-affecting requires you to spend Meteor Credits. Countermeasures are a slightly different case, but that's a ten-page thread in its own right. Use the search function to find any one of the numerous threads about that if you want to get into that conversation. Let's not derail this one with a hijack into talking about cm. This is about Hawken Credit accumulation rates.

[NeverWas]

take league of legends as an example, you need an average of 45 games to unlock 1 champion without spending money on boosters.

and an average game spans about 30 minutes, that's 20+ hours of game play for 1 champion. (and i'm being extremely linen with the game count)

there are currently 102 champions in the pool, excluding some stat improvements we called 'runes' which cost additional in game points.

some says the company will fail because the game is such a grind fest, today the highest live stream viewer they have is 25k, 100k if there's a tournament.

hawken being grindy _ think again.

P/s: an average point one game will get you is 120 points, +150 for one game if you have the daily bonus, one champion costs you 6300 points, go figures.

Edited by NeverWas, December 14 2012 - 05:18 AM.

[Elix]

I'm satisfied with the Hawken Credit gain. Countermeasures need to be slashed in HC price and equipment could stand to have lower prices, in my opinion, but I'm reasonably satisfied with the gain rate.

[Overvolt]

I think to be a period of testing the game really should allow more easily buy items and mechs

[Elix]

 Overvolt, on December 14 2012 - 07:41 AM, said:

I think to be a period of testing the game really should allow more easily buy items and mechs

The game is live. If they intentionally set the price too low and raised it later, that would be an unfair advantage to people who started playing before the change.

[Sookie]

Coming from an older gamer with a lot going on in my life, 7-10 hours of gaming in a week has now become something of a holy grail.

I used to stay up all night and work days then right back to it.  Now my wife, my dog, a baby on the way, job, college (yes I am retraining) and any downtime eat away at my precious game time until it's a vague memory.  

So for someone like me who is stretched on all fronts including money yes, 7-10 hours feels like a lifetime.  I am neither going to reap the rewards of paying for anything with real cash or unlock anything to keep up with the curve.