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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:40PM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said

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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:10PM (Unverified) said

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While you sit there with your mouth shut the rest of us will voice our opinion on the matter. This micro transaction stuff is getting out of hand.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:20PM Ignatius said

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Nickel and dime, nickel and dime, nickel and dime.

Hammer a nail, hammer a nail, hammer a nail.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 11:03AM Streeks1984 said

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What is sad is that idiots will actually do this. I cant believe they are gonna charge for guns to be played in the game......WOW! Anything to make a buck, I dont support EA for many reasons and this one just adds to the long list.
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Posted: Mar 29th 2008 3:51PM (Unverified) said

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I will not be buying Battlefield: Bad Company. I would rather not encourage companies, like EA, to continue exploiting us gamers with these dubious microtransactions.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:40PM AoE said

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Thank you for pointing out that at the end of the day... it's whether this stuff sells or not that encourages EA to continue their microtransaction experimentation.

So seriously, if you don't want to see EA doing more and more of this in the future? Don't encourage them! Writing angry comments in response to blog posts about their shenanigans is all fine and well, but EA's not looking at blog backlash, they're looking at the money rolling in.... Please keep this in mind the next time you're thinking about purchasing a bit of cruddy DLC like this from EA... and remember if you make the purchase, you're just encouraging them.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:02PM (Unverified) said

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I'd go even further- if you buy the game itself, you're contributing to the mindset that it's okay to not ship a game with a complete feature set.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 12:44AM GreyFox said

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Couldn't agree more with both of you.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 1:00PM ludwigk said

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Wait up, Matt, you shouldn't talk about 'a complete feature set', because a game with DLC ships (whether you feel entitled to it or not), is shipping with more features than the same game without. DLC is a feature, requiring additional development time and resources. Its just not one that you like.

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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:42PM einhanderkiller said

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Needs more :facepalm:
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:46PM Wubbytoes said

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If it doesn't affect the game at all, then what the hell is the point of this ridiculous DLC besides nickel and diming the consumer? Stupid EA.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:49PM (Unverified) said

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You act like you didn't see this coming. But it's true EA is a money whore and i am afraid of what they will do to beloved franchises they have now bought with their fucking house of gold.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:46PM Eugimon said

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It's obvious that the crew behind Lumines had some sort of communicable mental disease, first it spread to the team behind the latest Ace Combat and now these guys have it. I heard this is actually a very old and ancient disease that goes by the name of greed.

The only cure, for people to ignore and boycott their schemes.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:47PM shoeshine said

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I honestly don't see what the big deal is. Forza 2 charges for new cars, Halo 3 charges for new maps, Rock Band charges for songs. So what if they charge for a gun? Don't buy it if you don't want it.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:10PM Premature ejaculation man said

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These guns will most likely be included on the actual disc. You pay to unlock them. These maps from Halo 3 or these cars from Forza are developed after the game is released.

The poor thing by EA is that they are going to earn money by simply locking out users who didn't shell out to buy an extra edition beforehand.

If Halo 3 or any other game for that matter released a special edition which gave people more content than your disc and allowed them to use it against you unless you paid up, you'd be pissed.

EG: Imagine if the gravity hammer was locked unless you got the legendary halo pack? Leaving 80%+ users without the ability to wield it while rich people smack you around with it. The game should be enjoyed by all, not simply because someone had enough cash to get limited edition copies

EA is dividing people by who has the most money to use features that were already developed and people who don't.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:20PM Premature ejaculation man said

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hmmm there may be wholes in my argument I'm thinking >_>
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:49PM (Unverified) said

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I'm not familiar with Battlefield games, but can you pick up the enemy's weapon? What happens if you haven't purchased that weapon? Do they ask you if you want to buy it before proceeding?

Or is it like the other games with DLC maps, where you can't play on servers with these weapons enabled if you don't have them?
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:00PM (Unverified) said

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In the PC Battlefield games you could pick up weapons you hadn't unlocked yet and use them for as long as you could stay alive or run out of ammo.
But like most FPS online games the life expectancy of a player is very short. So you had to quickly revel in the fact you've found a secret gun, then fire off a few shots, maybe kill 1 or 2 guys, then die.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 10:01AM Duke said

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Yeah Mouse, I am sure you could pick them up and try them but as soon as you die they are gone again. You can do that with unlockable weapons in COD4 too. Its pretty standard in games with unlockable weapons.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 2:32PM (Unverified) said

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And here ladies and gentlemen, is the reason why they'll NEVER abandon microtransactions. Fucking people who support this shit by buying it should be beaten to death with their consoles.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:49PM blindspot said

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Theres nothing that pisses me off more than this.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:56PM AoE said

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well... it's better to be pissed off than pissed on. ;)
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:49PM (Unverified) said

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Unless you're into that kind of thing.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 2:50AM (Unverified) said

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I just watched a movie that pissed me off more than this oh and there was a guy that was pissed on in that movie so yes is better to be pissed off than pissed on.

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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 9:56PM Kyattsuai said

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So, EA's in the midst of more DLC abuse, and the subtitle of the game is "Bad Company"? The jokes write themselves.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:03PM In A World said

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Wha... oh right because EA is a Company... who is Bad... they do Bad things as a Company... they are, in fact, a Bad Company... El Oh El! That's puntastic!

P.S. FUCK EA!!!
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:04PM (Unverified) said

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*face palm*
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:07PM (Unverified) said

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*face foot*
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:09PM (Unverified) said

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*mouth dick*
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:10PM (Unverified) said

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*butt plug*
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:16PM The Artist Formerly known as Jes said

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*Hand dick*

*wanks*
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:47PM (Unverified) said

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*finger butt*
O_O
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:50PM Slaziman said

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???
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:53PM (Unverified) said

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C-C-C-Combo breaker
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:58PM ChooChooCharlie said

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Profit.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:15PM DWells55 said

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Profit!
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:17PM DWells55 said

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Wow, apparently I missed that someone beat me to the "Profit" reference by a good 15 minutes. This is where an edit feature would come in handy so I could just change my post to "I fail" or something.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:01PM (Unverified) said

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What anime is the pic from?
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 12:05AM PoisonedAl said

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Who fucking cares?
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 1:17AM rTwelve said

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Google Image Search
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 1:17AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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Apparently, Deuxhero does.
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 5:32AM (Unverified) said

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It appears to be Gunslinger Girl (I'm not sure). 12 episodes.
And I was about to give EA a chance.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=94076&page=2
Saddens me.
The only thing that is sure, is that whoever is going to buy this "extra" is a moron.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:03PM The Artist Formerly known as Jes said

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Can I buy a nuclear strike? I really want to see if everything really is destructible.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:42PM einhanderkiller said

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It isn't. From what I've seen, the game uses pre-determined breakpoints; the game just uses more than what most games use.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:04PM ChooChooCharlie said

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The fact that the guns are already on the "Gold Edition" makes me wonder if this is another one of those "it's already coded into the game, but were gonna have you pay to unlock it" sort of things.
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:10PM Shmil said

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well it is EA, and what you describe is somewhat unethical and mean, so the answer is yes
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:11PM Shmil said

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choco i added you to brawl
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 10:20PM ChooChooCharlie said

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k, I'll add you
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Posted: Mar 24th 2008 11:03PM (Unverified) said

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Oh shit! I was the combo breaker!
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Posted: Mar 25th 2008 1:36AM modifiedbears said

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Whether the weapons are on the disc or not is pointless. The fact is they are trying to charge a premium for what should be included with the price of the game. If you actually had to download the data this would somehow be alright with you? You can't be serious.
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