anet is at e3 Collin is there for a presentation so idk where your getting your info from
A shadow of darkness falls, there is nothing you can do but watch.
The clear blue sky turns a dark sickening green and swirls with corruption.
A dark laugh of evil echo’s in your mind!
Been watching E3 streaming from Youtube.com 9am-6pm PST, Saw Nintendo, Sony, UBsoft, EA…ect but NCsoft/Anet? Nope cant recall seeing any of their PR stuff.
There are always people that complain about expansion prices, I remember seeing similar threads in EQ, WoW, etc.. My take is that be lucky you are playing a game that actually release expansions and updates. You could be playing one of many many other MMO’s that are on maintenance mode and barely upgrade or release content anymore. And for a game that does not charge monthly subscriptions unlike other titles, I think the price is well justified.
For $50 you’ll get so many hours of entertainment, it’ll make you feel silly for paying $150 a month for cable bills.
I seriously don’t understand why the core game comes with it
at least let me give the core game i just now got again to a friend
They need to remove the core game and adjust the price to accommodate. Or add in that extra character slot.
These prices are unacceptable for an EXPANSION. I do not care that this game has no subs, it has a Gem store (that I have invested in over the years SINCE launch) so saying ‘Oh but No sub!!’ is not a good enough excuse. Sorry.
There are always people that complain about expansion prices, I remember seeing similar threads in EQ, WoW, etc.. My take is that be lucky you are playing a game that actually release expansions and updates. You could be playing one of many many other MMO’s that are on maintenance mode and barely upgrade or release content anymore. And for a game that does not charge monthly subscriptions unlike other titles, I think the price is well justified.
For $50 you’ll get so many hours of entertainment, it’ll make you feel silly for paying $150 a month for cable bills.
There are always people that complain about expansion prices, I remember seeing similar threads in EQ, WoW, etc.. My take is that be lucky you are playing a game that actually release expansions and updates. You could be playing one of many many other MMO’s that are on maintenance mode and barely upgrade or release content anymore. And for a game that does not charge monthly subscriptions unlike other titles, I think the price is well justified.
For $50 you’ll get so many hours of entertainment, it’ll make you feel silly for paying $150 a month for cable bills.
Except its 49.99 × 4 accounts. Do the math there.
First of all, that’s your problem if you have 4 accounts. Secondly, what’s ironic is that you only need to pay $49.99 × 4 once. Where as within 2 months you would’ve paid more than that for cable tv which you likely don’t even spend that much time watching anyway. I’m using cable as an easy comparison, but we all know we spend a lot of money on other things that we don’t spend a fraction of the time using.
My point is you’ll get hours upon hours of entertainment value out of this. It’s cheap as heck if you think about it. And with no monthly subscription charges, the price is well worth it.
Been watching E3 streaming from Youtube.com 9am-6pm PST, Saw Nintendo, Sony, UBsoft, EA…ect but NCsoft/Anet? Nope cant recall seeing any of their PR stuff.
Well you missed it I guess. The stream was live via the link I provided from 6:30 PM to about 8:00 PM Pacific Time U.S. I watched it live so I don’t know what to tell you. If you want to deny it happened then fine, that’s on you.
And again my second link in my previous post clearly shows they are an exhibitor there.
Been watching E3 streaming from Youtube.com 9am-6pm PST, Saw Nintendo, Sony, UBsoft, EA…ect but NCsoft/Anet? Nope cant recall seeing any of their PR stuff.
Well you missed it I guess. The stream was live via the link I provided from 6:30 PM to about 8:00 PM Pacific Time U.S. I watched it live so I don’t know what to tell you. If you want to deny it never happened then fine, that’s on you.
not denying it, saying I didnt see it. Looks like they bought the ‘cheap’ slot, as it was after 6PM. Oh well.
There are always people that complain about expansion prices, I remember seeing similar threads in EQ, WoW, etc.. My take is that be lucky you are playing a game that actually release expansions and updates. You could be playing one of many many other MMO’s that are on maintenance mode and barely upgrade or release content anymore. And for a game that does not charge monthly subscriptions unlike other titles, I think the price is well justified.
For $50 you’ll get so many hours of entertainment, it’ll make you feel silly for paying $150 a month for cable bills.
Except its 49.99 × 4 accounts. Do the math there.
First of all, that’s your problem if you have 4 accounts. Secondly, what’s ironic is that you only need to pay $49.99 × 4 once. Where as within 2 months you would’ve paid more than that for cable tv which you likely don’t even spend that much time watching anyway. I’m using cable as an easy comparison, but we all know we spend a lot of money on other things that we don’t spend a fraction of the time using.
My point is you’ll get hours upon hours of entertainment value out of this. It’s cheap as heck if you think about it. And with no monthly subscription charges, the price is well worth it.
I can’t believe how blind some of you are being about this.
HOT+Base game for 49.99
If you have the base game, you get no benefits from the added ‘bundle’
HOT should cost us between 34.99 and 39.99 and not a penny more since most of us here (you need a base account for forum access, yea?) have the base game already.
But if you just wanna throw your money away, thats on you. I’m going to fight this until Anet changes this. Or Ill just wait until next year when HoT is on sale for the correct price it should be.
Either way, you guys do NOT need to make comparisons against Sub MMOs and Cable TV (none of which are in the competition here, as I pay for Neither. I use OTA TV and I play LoTRO/Tera when i get bored in GW2)
Been watching E3 streaming from Youtube.com 9am-6pm PST, Saw Nintendo, Sony, UBsoft, EA…ect but NCsoft/Anet? Nope cant recall seeing any of their PR stuff.
Well you missed it I guess. The stream was live via the link I provided from 6:30 PM to about 8:00 PM Pacific Time U.S. I watched it live so I don’t know what to tell you. If you want to deny it never happened then fine, that’s on you.
not denying it, saying I didnt see it. Looks like they bought the ‘cheap’ slot, as it was after 6PM. Oh well.
Simply correcting your false statement. Let me remind you:
I seriously don’t understand why the core game comes with it
at least let me give the core game i just now got again to a friend
Its quite normal in good MMOs that expansions inclued all previous content so
that new players only need to buy the last version and not everything that has
been release before.
I mean who would really wants to buy 10+ different games to start with a longer
running MMO ?
EVERY MMO is awesome until it is released then its unfinished. A month after release it just sucks.
Best MMOs are the ones that never make it. Therefore Stargate Online wins.
The reason they think this is acceptable is because most people just comply and pre-purchase in excitement not stopping to re-evaluate the madness and sheer disrespect to the original players. They should have a $30 expansion only version and yes I said $30 because honestly when it comes and you see it that’s being very generous…
I agree that there should be an option that doesnt include the core game for those who already have it. Maybe via the Black Lion Trading Company (gem store), since thats already a link to your existing profile. Make it so that you can only spend real money on it if you dont want it to be accessable through farming gold in-game.
I agree that there should be an option that doesnt include the core game for those who already have it. Maybe via the Black Lion Trading Company (gem store), since thats already a link to your existing profile. Make it so that you can only spend real money on it if you dont want it to be accessable through farming gold in-game.
That is already available. Go to the Gem Store, click the HoT pre-purchase icon, select the version you want, pay with real money, instant upgrade. That’s how I bought my Ultimate upgrade.
More info on the upgrade process be it through the website store or BLTC:
