DLC pricing. #Milking (Ranting and Suggestions)

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 16:21 PMtuvok

this has already been done with AssGrens. they just don't give a shit

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 08:25 AMJoshua9

what's the big deal already( unless the issue is what you got with your collectors edition, which does seem disappointing to me).

As to DLC commanders, from my perspective, whether I get a new commander or I end up playing against one, every time relic adds them, they add content to the game for me to enjoy, even if its simply in the new challenges I have to run up against.

There is almost certainly going to be price reductions for these older commanders down the line, when there are new shinier options for the people who are most eager for new material to purchase. I'm sure relic/sega will want to maximize their returns on these, so that once the first round of buyers have had these for 6 months or so at a premium, others will be given access at a more modest price.

It could be a year before I even really start using the new commanders at the rate I"m going, but I did just buy 20 dollars worth, mostly to support the company in the mean-time. Hell, if this is the only model that gets companies to invest in the future of RTS games these days, then I'm willing to put some money towards generating confidence in the product.

And Pay-to-play arguments are balance arguments only....nobody can ever bring more than 3 commanders into any match. If things are balanced properly, whatever commanders you pick, you are restricted from using any others, so nobody in the context of a single game, will have more actual options than anybody else. You will have different access,not better access, unless something is broken, and if that is the case, it won't stay that way forever.

Regarding skins, I couldn't really care less. Because I couldn't care less, the price could be cheaper, but then I still couldn't care less. The price is set for people who want the skins enough to pay for them. Coh1 didn't have alternative skins and there wasn't a whole lot of bitching about that fact.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 19:08 PMIronRoman

COH 2 IS FOR NOOBS BY NOOBS

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Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 19:00 PMThrill

Next DLC will come before Christmas, that's for sure.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 16:18 PMjmarks2001

I'm a little concerned about them not being able to re-balance (nerf) these new commanders. I mean the people that bought them, did so because they were advertised to do X, Y, and Z. Can Sega/Relic really change that after people paid for them? That would be like buying a vacuum cleaner, and two weeks later, Hoover shows up at your house and tells you that they have to turn it into a microwave.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 16:25 PMjmarks2001

True. I guess as long as the performance of the units and abilities is modified and none are actually taken away. Although, the Soviet Industry one is pretty specific so it might be hard to make adjustments. Regardless, I think this about to blow up in their face. CoH2 will still be a good/fun game, but the competitive scene will die off. I can't see people playing this in 6-7 years like vCoH.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 19:00 PMThrill

Next DLC will come before Christmas, that's for sure.

Jump back to quoted post13 Nov 2013, 19:38 PMBudwise

Whatever you do dont buy the DLC, otherwise you are perpetuating the problem.

Jump back to quoted post9 Nov 2013, 05:13 AMThe Dave

Con!,

If you played COH you would know that before the game was "stale", as you understand it, it was almost unplayable because Relic refused for the longest time to do anything about Kangaroos being into your base by 7 minutes and then crushing your troops over and over again. Before that, trenches and gliders crushed all your people. The PE infantry spam and ACs were ridiculous. ToV represents this shift where relic nose dived from legendary to comically insane.

VCoH and CoH+TOV were done by separate teams if I remember correctly. The TOV expansion caused ridiculous problems to the game essentially ruining a perfect rts and running off over 3/4s of the initial community.

Guess who is in charge of this game? The track record simply isn't there. Nothing that they have said or done in this game thus far has been anything to the contrary of a big fucking letdown and this is about to make it even worse.

Mark my words.

Jump back to quoted post14 Nov 2013, 05:03 AMAppleseed

i actually kind give up on relic right now. don't plan to purchase any DLC or commanders anymore and just use what i have. i brought the collector edition which is cost alot already then all 4 new commanders from last update. however since i am only choosing between 3 commanders per game, and only 2 out of those 4 commanders from last purchase is in my loadout, and my favort commanders are actually from base game lol. so i think i am good with commanders atm. unless there is a super sale i won't going to buy any new commanders from them.