I really feel bad for the those that put their $100 and faith behind the company in the Beta/Alpha of this - they're the true fans and they're the ones who got the full shaft on this.
Hear, hear.
All Relic is accomplishing with this move is pissing off half the existing fanbase. They're not going to bring in a lot of new players with this kind of DLC pile-up (who the hell wants to put down an immediate $120ish dollars just to get all the gameplay content).
I know I must come off as a bitter old man on this issue, but seriously: what the fuck. This game has honestly been one disappointing piss-off after another and I
know there are a lot of people who feel the same as me that aren't as vocal about it.
If I had never played vCoH, you can bet I would never even
think about buying CoH2, let alone pre-ordering the DCE - this is probably the same case for a lot of the pre-orders. This is downright exploitation and shame on those of you that are okay with it - frankly, they're milking you too.