and the rise of Pay 2 compete begins.

Next step; Prototype AUR items which are easier to fit than ISK items, like some of the standard ones now. making uber fits only available with AUR instead of ISK.

So CCP added new AUR suits today, in case you guys didn't see. VK0's for all classes, and they all cost 160 AUR.

You'll need the respective suit @ lvl 3 to be able to buy it. Now this is pretty lame in general, imo it should be lvl 4, but that's another thread for another time by someone else perhaps.

My complaint is that in the store, heavy suits is the most expensive suit, but now magically it costs the same as other suits because it's AUR?

Why can't heavy suits be a little cheaper in ISK since they cost the same in AUR compared to other suits?

If balancing the suit through cost was the reason, then that's been thrown out the window here then huh.

Make Advanced / Proto Heavy suits better then I can say the cost for these suits are fine, but until then I say it's a rip off. It's no longer "I can buy the proto version with ISK" because it's not equal to the asking AUR price compared to other suits.

If it was equal, then EVERY suit should cost the same, and since the most expensive one is the Heavy VK0, all the suits should cost 85k ISK...fair is fair.

Yeah I'm getting the "better deal" but to get the better deal I'm forced to use REAL money. While every other class can use the ISK version and not feel like they're getting ripped.

Outb4trolls.

Complex dmg mods using less CPU...already there.

pay to win is awesome. Everyone knew what the game business model was microtransactions when they signed up. Free to play doesn't me free.

Pretty sure every sane person on the planet knows the proto fat suits need a massive price drop or buffed and still priced dropped. 250,000isk for the suit, by itself, for a vk.1 vs ~110k for every other suit which all have more slots (both high and low). So we get to pay 210k isk more for a single high slot above the B? Awesome, where do I sign up?

lol too true...

Just kinda sad that I have this neat little quote from CCP's chief marketing officer, David Reid:

GÇ£But say youGÇÖre a real gun nut and you wanna try out every game in the game. The virtual currency we sell, the Aurum, will allow you to use those guns. They wonGÇÖt give you an unfair advantage GÇô it is very important to us, as a skill-based game, a first person shooter, that free to play isnGÇÖt pay to win. So itGÇÖll allow you to customise and to sidegrade; weGÇÖll certainly sell a lot of cosmetic items that weGÇÖll allow you to buy and personalise your appearance a bit if you want to be a bright pink soldier weGÇÖll probably let you do that, but that wonGÇÖt be something youGÇÖll do as a free to play gamer.GÇ¥

Skilled based game, but I can get dmg mods that needs less CPU... interesting. I'm still waiting on these cosmetic items though....so far it's all been P2W.

Next step; Prototype AUR items which are easier to fit than ISK items, like some of the standard ones now. making uber fits only available with AUR instead of ISK.

lol top tier heavy suits are not worth it as they stand now, don't reduce their cost. buff them.

buff the already most cried about class?

good luck with that.

long as they dont EVER allow u to pay $ for SP (boosters aside) then idc what they offer.

low tier heavy suits are cried about. Once we have max classes(proto v proto) fighting each other heavys get the short stick by a mile. proto assaults crush proto heavy's.

Let's not forget the fact that these aurum variants are just placeholders for the user until he/she has trained enough to use the prototype ISK variants which will then make the aurum variants pointless to own other than to look good. On top of that, once the player market finally opens, anyone with enough ISK will be able to buy these aurum variants with ISK from other players as second hand items. This practically nullifies the notion of a pay to win model.

Let's not forget the fact that these aurum variants are just placeholders for the user until he/she has trained enough to use the prototype ISK variants which will then make the aurum variants pointless to own other than to look good. On top of that, once the player market finally opens, anyone with enough ISK will be able to buy these aurum variants with ISK from other players as second hand items. This practically nullifies the notion of a pay to win model.

Not true, it's an advantage becuase you also get the suit, while another player has to lose 400,000isk you only lose 160AUR.

Just becuase you want your suit to be cheaper doesn't mean it should be. I run logi and If I ran a proto one with all advanced equip it would be expensive as **** too. Way more then assualt or scouts (don't know about heavy as my alt does'nt have proto yet) but I'm not here complaining about it.

The aurum prices are fine I am glad ccp is bringing them out as i want them to sell tons and the game have funding

Feel bad for the poor folks who wasted SP on proto suits this soon, only to have it given free for us p2w crew :D

+1 CCP has to make money to survive, I have bought 100 Logi suits and will be using those while I spend the next two weeks getting to the ISK bought suits. Its a stop gap until you get the real thing, that is all.

You missed the point of my post...

Oh for sure. I don't think any Heavy out there can deny this. The problem however is I don't see CCP buffing the suits when there's been so many tears about the class already.

Every heavy would appreciate a buff in the higher tier suits, but I can't see it happening, and if CCP decides to go the other way and nerf it further, then heavies may as well not be in the game.