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Eddv posted...

KanzarisKelshen posted...

I don't think this really helps because the problem isn't, at least IME, that you can't buy something

This is absolutely not true. There was a very long stretch of the game where for want of a 5 I was having to put a lot of money on the line in buydowns.

I did say 'we're working hard to make sure this isn't the case'

Like the assumption is nobody needs to buy Garrus Vakarian just because they need a 6 because we'd be piss-poor admins if we failed to address such a simple issue.

ScareChan posted...

my point is more whoever is winning the most can pricelock weaker teams out of the premium mercs they want down the line. What you are saying now is just be happy with the opening pool because its larger

The opening pool and the revealed mercs as well, mostly. A large part of why you probably won't see M5 for a bit is because we need to make a ton of builds in advance so we avoid the issue of build drought that leads to limited options. The dream would be to release 6-7 fighty mercs week in week out and one or two PSes. We'll see if that can be managed.

ScareChan posted...

like I would have loved to hoard more lowbies for fun combo abilities but I had to save and try to wait to buy higher teir mercs so my fun stuff had to go to the wayside.

We're working out ways to win the game while deliberately sacrificing a tier a fair amount. The 'bounties' system I mentioned a while back, for example. You will still 100% have to fight money with money if somebody does paydowns, but that's kind of the point because the only way to win for 'cheap' should be to build a merc squad that crushes in all tiers. Winning in your weak tiers otherwise should require burning cash.
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