I haven't played much of this game, but from what Alistair told me he seems to be an important character, and he's with you even before you meet Morrigan.
I'd be surprised if anyone actually bought this. $300 could get you a PS3, an Xbox 360, or a Wii, or five new games, or a dozen used ones. If they listened to the market they'd realize that most gamers aren't that enthusiastic about motion control (can you even call it that?) and would rather have controllers in their hands. And even parents who know less about these things will see the price tag and be turned off.
But really, I understand they need to make a living, and that making content takes time and effort, but in my mind it still seems like they were working on it and took it out due to time constraints. It's great that they made the game complete without it, but I'd rather they took the extra months to get this content in there so I didn't have to pay $9 for something I could have had with the rest of the game for no extra cost.
From a business standpoint, what they did makes sense, and they got it out in time for the holidays. But being the cheap customer I am, I'd rather pay as little cash as possible. I'm a patient person; I can wait a few months. But now that they've made it DLC and attached a price, I won't buy it.
I know that a lot of players will, however, and I won't try and argue that they shouldn't.
The idea behind rewarding the party leader is nice, but I can see it backfiring in PUGs. Whenever I pugged there wasn't any hassle about who was leader because it didn't really matter, beyond assigning raid symbols to mobs. Now that the leader supposedly gets rewards for completing the instance I can totally see two people bickering about it and causing one more problem that PUGs don't need. You can argue that if they're bickering then they aren't worth the time and effort, but some people only have a certain amount of time to play and finding more people would take too much time.
Right now it's not enough information to blow a fuse over; I'm just going to keep an eye on it and hope the drama queens don't kill each other for whatever this reward is.
Rest in Peace, Ezra. While your life was short, you impacted the lives of millions through your quest, bow, interactions while playing, and, most importantly, your story.
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Dec 22nd 2009 1:24PM (Joystiq)But really, I understand they need to make a living, and that making content takes time and effort, but in my mind it still seems like they were working on it and took it out due to time constraints. It's great that they made the game complete without it, but I'd rather they took the extra months to get this content in there so I didn't have to pay $9 for something I could have had with the rest of the game for no extra cost.
From a business standpoint, what they did makes sense, and they got it out in time for the holidays. But being the cheap customer I am, I'd rather pay as little cash as possible. I'm a patient person; I can wait a few months. But now that they've made it DLC and attached a price, I won't buy it.
I know that a lot of players will, however, and I won't try and argue that they shouldn't.
Assassin's Creed II DLC was cut from main game due to time constraints
Dec 22nd 2009 12:36PM (Joystiq)BlizzCon 2009: Blizzard announces cross-server instances
Aug 22nd 2009 5:00PM (WoW)Right now it's not enough information to blow a fuse over; I'm just going to keep an eye on it and hope the drama queens don't kill each other for whatever this reward is.
Ezra Chatterton passes away
Oct 23rd 2008 8:01PM (WoW)Rest in Peace, Ezra. While your life was short, you impacted the lives of millions through your quest, bow, interactions while playing, and, most importantly, your story.
We're all Horde tonight.