I would more germanely wager that Bungie is counting on the fact that it will cool down by September 15th.
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Destiny |OT24| Dances with Wolves
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figadapaura
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EU store updates on Wednesdays, so DC PS+ Edition isn't available just yet, but I'm now tempted by the £19.99 full game version.
I play a lot. But I was Max level 32 by early January and I got to stay there until Mid May when HoW came out. And then I was level 34 on three toons before the end of May and I'll stay there until Sept. 15. That's more than a month or too.
But I get your point. Other people who play more causally will take longer to reach max level. If you do a PoE 32 each week, which takes 30 minutes to an hour, you can reach max level in four weeks. If you play well in ToO you can get there much faster.
I would be all for hearing about a different leveling system for Destiny. But I don't know what it would be.... The whole structure of the game is designed at it's core around grinding for the new stuff. I'm not sure the game's new content each DLC would have the same appeal if there wasn't a level increase.
I don't even understand this comparison in the least.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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Slammin_Hammon
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Oh how I wish I had a black hammer.
He's talking about the fact that the DLC pricing establishes a 1 dollar = 1 pound (or euro, I forget where Daemul is in the world) conversion when they aren't equivalent in purchasing power.
He thought you were talking about the in-game currency exchange.
He's talking about how much the expansion costs in really money his country. It costs a lot more than $40. I am not sure who is to blame for this or why the cost is so much more for them.
figadapaura
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He means that while you are being charged $40, we are being charged £40. Which is closer to $60.
He's talking about actual currency.
I feel bad for him. Some of his answers were not great, and he was not the right person to be talking about that subject (that's Deej territory). But even the guy that gave the Eurogamer interview has noted it's gotten out of hand:
Deej has his hands full with the BWU this week.
At the same time - this is a wholly self-inflicted wound. The absurd digital CE pricing, the needless exclusive digital bits that are different from the bits given to year 1 players. None of it was a good idea and I still can't figure out how they didn't anticipate significant blowback regardless of the messaging.
I feel like Bungie and Activision have lost touch with their customers on value. Give people some crumbs but charge them a premium. They also keep wanting new customers but treat long time players like trash. It wasn't until people screamed at them for their perks reset BS that they changed it.
Just poor planning all around.
wesleyshark
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I think he's referring to the pricing parity between the US and other countries... Which isn't an EA issue in isolation, but you'll see that in a lot of media more and more. $40 =/= £40, or so it goes.
Stantron
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Anyone know how to unlock this grimoire specifically?
http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Grimoire_Cards/House_of_Wolves
http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Grimoire_Cards/House_of_Wolves
everyday math
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America fuck yeah
MandrakeUK
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First nightfall andddd HAWKMOON IS MINE, exotic collection is complete. ou yeeeeeeeeeeeee.
The perks also make my elemental Void Scholar really good too. I am not sure if you can roll a scout rifle with all the perks on the Scholar or not (I don't think you can) but I really like the perk combo that it has...
wesleyshark
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I can't wait for these items to be revealed and for them to be massively underwhelming compared to the "demand for value" that folks have self generated. They'll be fun items for sure... But cosmetic at maximum. Plus there'll be new and better rewards for long term players anyway... People are too quick to jump off the cliff.
Apologies Daemul. I read the statement as 'in-game currency exchange,' and was thus baffled as I thought you were implying that you were somehow being swindled out of ACTUAL currency in-game.
I feel like a jack-ass. Yes, the way games and DLC are priced outside of the United States is really awful.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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Buy it.
Honestly the game and the support Evolution has given it is amazing.
Uhhhhh....
The outrage is about the fact that UK people are having to pay over 50% extra for the exact content, digital or not.
You pay $40.
We pay $63.
That is not ok.
Shit, maybe tonight's the night
Does this mean that the price to pay for these extra emotes is like $100? >>;
Congratulations! I need to find a husk of the pit somewhere.
NEED to? ;-p
figadapaura
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In the UK the Digital CE is £74.99, which is $117.87.
The Physical CE is £79.99, which is $125.73.
Only one place you can find one of those these days... Ask Nami how long he farmed it.
I've gotten two ATS/8 Arachnids so far this week. Hoping to go 3 for 3.
Ah, that makes sens. I was wondering what the hell was going on when he started talking about microtransactions.
Bungie/Activision are to blame. Other devs and publishers, even the money gougers EA, charge us the proper price for their DLC and expansions, I have no idea why Bungie and Acitivision see the need to be different though.
Yep, me, Fig and other DestinyGAF Brits are being ripped off heavily and being the charged the price a brand new game goes for in the UK, which was actually what the main focus of the Eurogamer article was before it got turned into an emote whine fest.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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For the $80 edition we need to pay...... a whopping $125.74
One-hundred -and-twenty-five-dollars, seventy-four cents.
Edit: Damn Fig >.<
Certainly. See my above post
<3
I see now
grimlock33
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Missed you and Hellgast this past weekend. Only got 1 run in but it went well. My Neglected Titan is only missing the boots now.
To complete my collection of exotics, yes, that is what is required. It wasn't a statement of personal desire.
Do other games price things in this way? Is TAX included in the UK price?
No worries man, I should have been more specific.
OkayRene
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Got a link?
JohnOfMars
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I don't really get this "wait and let them tell you" idea when Bungie/Activision isn't waiting to take our pre-orders. They announced the price and CE goodies immediately after the first trailer. And it's not like you can be asked to wait anyway, since the Physical CE sold out immediately. (And as DeeJ oh so helpfully reminded us, it's now twice as much on eBay.)
I also don't get the "wait" approach since if you wait til September, it's too late to change anything. By voicing our complaints now, we give Bungie time to make things right. (Please understand, this does not mean I'm okay with the vitriol and cries for people to be fired.)
If Bungie's pitch relied on going through the whole marketing plan, they should wait on taking our money too.
This is Bungie's mess, through and through.
Yep it's always priced the same way in the UK and tax is included in the price too (20%).
To all of my European brothers & sisters, I sincerely apologize for giving the impression that I was unsympathetic to the bullshit exhange rate when it comes to game retail & DLC.
I've spent many a Euro, Krown (is that how it's spelled?), Swiss Franc, and Pound as a temporary resident and visitor to the old continent; and was always baffled at how expensive everything was.
I've spent many a Euro, Krown (is that how it's spelled?), Swiss Franc, and Pound as a temporary resident and visitor to the old continent; and was always baffled at how expensive everything was.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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Yes tax is included.
However, Tax is at 20%.
So we are still getting gouged regardless.
Destiny is so far over and above normal pricing over here it's not even funny anymore.
Edit: With some napkin math, the price that the stand alone TTK 'should' be is around £30, including Tax.
KINGofCRA5H
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Congratulations! Wolfpack rounds will change your life.
silver.tongue
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What?
ignorant American here.
I had NO IDEA the exchange is that bad. holy shit.
NISA EU online store prices everything the same as US except in pounds. It's fucking gross.
Oh thank God I'm not the only one who read it that way. It's not what you think Silver!
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