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I hate to have to rehash a point, but I think we'd see much less cause for complaint if SE's promotional material - the videos and Official Announcements, not just forum posts (which aren't gonna be sen by anyone who doesn't have the game already) - specified or had a disclaimer that the new content required completion of the MSQ.
If they HAVE done so, please link it. I sincerely have simply not seen any yet.
If they are using flying mounts and the new classes as lures, but not revealing to a potential buying audience of the leveling requirement in their own promotional material - the stuff specifically put out there to drum up preorders and hype - then SE deserves the criticism for what may be a legitimate practice, but remains a shady one, a bait-and-switch proposal for anyone who might NOT have the game but might want to fly dragons, throw tarot cards or wield shotguns from day one.
People want to play the classes they're paying for, and fly like they are paying for.
So, to address the questions:
Aaron: Sure, it will save hurt emotions, but it's kind of a jerk move to make you pay for the major promotional offerings in the first place, and then add more old-content slog to the new stuff after. It's a valid move, and it fits SE's general policy about their game, of which we here are aware, but a lot of people still take exception to gating. Whether they SHOULD is why we have this thread.
Nat: People want to feel like they are getting what they paid for, and not have to REPEAT content they've already done to get it. The new classes start at 30, right? That means you have 20 levels of pretty much The Same Thing We've Already Done That SE Wants Us To Do Again, to get the new classes to the new areas. You may be Totally Cool with that, but why should I wade through ANY old content if I can't just start at level one as a new player?
It's a goofy, goofy design choice. You can't have the new classes at level one, so new players can't have them, and you can't start one at 50, or GET one to the New Stuff without 20 levels of RE-grind. SE is messing with BOTH new players and veteran players alike with this "Strange Design Choice", which is what the thread is about.
If they HAVE done so, please link it. I sincerely have simply not seen any yet.
If they are using flying mounts and the new classes as lures, but not revealing to a potential buying audience of the leveling requirement in their own promotional material - the stuff specifically put out there to drum up preorders and hype - then SE deserves the criticism for what may be a legitimate practice, but remains a shady one, a bait-and-switch proposal for anyone who might NOT have the game but might want to fly dragons, throw tarot cards or wield shotguns from day one.
People want to play the classes they're paying for, and fly like they are paying for.
So, to address the questions:
Aaron: Sure, it will save hurt emotions, but it's kind of a jerk move to make you pay for the major promotional offerings in the first place, and then add more old-content slog to the new stuff after. It's a valid move, and it fits SE's general policy about their game, of which we here are aware, but a lot of people still take exception to gating. Whether they SHOULD is why we have this thread.
Nat: People want to feel like they are getting what they paid for, and not have to REPEAT content they've already done to get it. The new classes start at 30, right? That means you have 20 levels of pretty much The Same Thing We've Already Done That SE Wants Us To Do Again, to get the new classes to the new areas. You may be Totally Cool with that, but why should I wade through ANY old content if I can't just start at level one as a new player?
It's a goofy, goofy design choice. You can't have the new classes at level one, so new players can't have them, and you can't start one at 50, or GET one to the New Stuff without 20 levels of RE-grind. SE is messing with BOTH new players and veteran players alike with this "Strange Design Choice", which is what the thread is about.
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