Is it worth getting into MWO if you're pretty much a total greenhorn? I had always been put off due to hearing complaints about grind and microtransactions and whatnot, so I never gave it a shot myself. Don't know if it's one of those games where the population is so full of veterans by now that newbies are basically cannon fodder.
The HBS game was alright (though some missions felt like total bullshit), and MW5 is pretty fun, though kinda repetitive (still need to try out the DLC stuff/mods). I just keep finding myself getting drawn to the setting and wanting some more giant robots, and it's a bit of a shame there aren't a whole bunch of different games set in the universe. But that's probably due to the issues with copyright and sales and all that, yeah? I don't really know the whole story.