Evolve XB1 Digital Pre order bonus

Pretty stupid, but from what I played a good play should be able to unlock all of tier2 pretty quickly. They even lowered some of the challenges since Alpha, but I have no clue how steep the tier 3 gap will be.

Like others said though, better this than what Destiny did.
 
Xer0 said:
So...pre-order for the opportunity to play less of the game?

I...like...what?

Man. Fuck this game.
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The grinding was never part of the game. It's just a strategy to stop people trading it in. When you pre-order digitally they don't have to worry about that.
 
The fact that there is grinding involved in unlocking characters worries me about this game; I wouldn’t be surprised if a change to the progression is made before launch that either speeds it up or makes it negligible if they’re already handing out preorders that negate it.
 
Although it is a pretty silly pre-order bonus it's actually not all that bad imo. No dev time was really pulled to do these stupid pre-order bonusses. It doesn't mess with the balance of the game. It doesn't give exclusive skins or anything.

It does skip a huge part of the game which can be a good and bad thing depending who you ask. If the final game has enough depth then skipping the progress won't be a big issue.
 
Pre order to spend less time playing our game. Is the grind bad or something?

While it's nice they haven't stuck weapons or other stuff behind a pre order, what an odd choice, just don't bother. Be a trend setter, everyone gets everything at the same time.
 
Seiniyta said:
Although it is a pretty silly pre-order bonus it's actually not all that bad imo. No dev time was really pulled to do these stupid pre-order bonusses. It doesn't mess with the balance of the game. It doesn't give exclusive skins or anything.

It does skip a huge part of the game which can be a good and bad thing depending who you ask. If the final game has enough depth then skipping the progress won't be a big issue.
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Just so you know that : The new monster and the new Hunters may be unbalanced. So it could affect the balance of the game.
 
jelly said:
Pre order to spend less time playing our game. Is the grind bad or something?

While it's nice they haven't stuck weapons or other stuff behind a pre order, what an odd choice, just don't bother. Be a trend setter, everyone gets everything at the same time.
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Getting to tier 2 isn't, but we won't know if the tier 3 grind is bad until release.
 
jelly said:
Pre order to spend less time playing our game. Is the grind bad or something?

While it's nice they haven't stuck weapons or other stuff behind a pre order, what an odd choice, just don't bother. Be a trend setter, everyone gets everything at the same time.
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Unfortunately this is not true if you pre order at gamestop you get access to the Monster pack which gives you the games fourth monster. Were getting something else as pre order incentive but I haven't gotten the info on what that is yet.

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If I had to guess I would think it will be a group of hunters or a map pack.
 
FZW said:
At least its not denying PS4 owners of content
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Pretty much. Didn't Blizzard do something similar with the PS4 release of Diablo III? It didn't have extra content over the X1 version (ignoring those first party IP rifts), but you could get yourself some ingame items that made leveling go faster, right?
 
Awesome. As a new dad my time is very limited these days so this pre-order bonus is perfect. I'd rather jump in at top tier with my buds then have to grind up to reach them.

Not saying it's perfect, but it's perfect for me.
 
Who cares. Within 24 hours of launch there will be a shit ton of people who have played the game non stop and will have had everything anyway.
 
From what I've seen from players using the beta, I was gonna be a smartass and ask if the content made the game look more fun.

But skipping some of the grinding might qualify.
 
Tenebrous said:
Pretty much. Didn't Blizzard do something similar with the PS4 release of Diablo III? It didn't have extra content over the X1 version (ignoring those first party IP rifts), but you could get yourself some ingame items that made leveling go faster, right?
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Diablo ps4 had a "the last of us" rift stage which was carazyyyyy
 
Lord of Castamere said:
Well it's not that, because every map will be free. It's probably just a skin.
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You already get skins in the monster pack, One for goliath and one for each tier 1 hunters weapons. And I just looked you are right they said all maps free so that leaves me confused probably just a skin for Kraken or some other nonsense.
 
That's fucking terrible yet somehow still better than actual exclusive content for preordering. I...I guess that means I support it? I need to lay down.
 
It's a fucking BETA. Who ever gets upset by this needs to re evaluate themselves. It's not a big deal and is not forcing anyone to do it nor does it give anyone advantages other than not having to invest a lot of time. I don't mind unlocking the normal way. Should be fun :)
 
I can't see the game doing well player-wise a few months after release, if all we've got is what we had last beta with a few more maps then there's not much to go on :/
It might sell well though.

That Wont Fit In There said:
It's a fucking BETA. Who ever gets upset by this needs to re evaluate themselves. It's not a big deal and is not forcing anyone to do it nor does it give anyone advantages other than not having to invest a lot of time. I don't mind unlocking the normal way. Should be fun :)
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It's the final game too.

Also, why is the excuse always "I don't care about it".
The more and more people don't care about it the more they'll push these shitty pre-order bonuses.
 
Saw this last week, pretty ridiculous really.

So the only sense of achievement with the X1 release now is winning a matches?

Where as the PS4/PC release will be winning the matches in attempt to unlocking the new tier.

I know where I'd rather throw my money
 
I thought that Turtle Rock was a better studio than to use a terrible XP system to try to extend the longevity of their game. It's stupid.
 
BrettHeazy said:
Saw this last week, pretty ridiculous really.

So the only sense of achievement with the X1 release now is winning a matches?

Where as the PS4/PC release will be winning the matches in attempt to unlocking the new tier.

I know where I'd rather throw my money
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The only sense of achievement should getting better at the game, thus you winning more matches. Unlocking stuff isn't an achievement.

I would throw my money at the pc version since you can use a mouse.
 
Lactose_Intolerant said:
The only sense of achievement should getting better at the game, thus you winning more matches. Unlocking stuff isn't an achievement.

I would throw my money at the pc version since you can use a mouse.
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How is working towards unlocking new playable characters not an achievement?

edit: well not the working towards, but unlocking new characters in my view is achieving something
 
I had never heard of this game, looks interesting lol

Preorder seems fine, Destiny set the bar for me in assholery
 
Isnt there a extra monster you get with the DLC as well that you cant get any other way than pre-oredering.

I think half of the pull of playing is working to unlocking something and the sense of achievement you get from that, by doing this thats all taken away.

I would have preferred them to include time locked skins ( a 2 months or so) but you still needed to level up to get these skins
 
OsirisBlack said:
I could be wrong but didn't destiny just pick up where GTAIV left off?
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I wouldn't say so personally. Exclusive alpha, beta first, exclusive content on disc. Exclusive content for around a year "atleast" and then they will probably have more exclusive content with the rumored expansion+2 extra DLC packs.(which they could possibly lock off for another year)
 
Whoa. That's really sad that this is a thing that your games leveling system is so broken you need something that fixes it to be a bonus to boost sales.
 
That Wont Fit In There said:
It's a fucking BETA. Who ever gets upset by this needs to re evaluate themselves. It's not a big deal and is not forcing anyone to do it nor does it give anyone advantages other than not having to invest a lot of time. I don't mind unlocking the normal way. Should be fun :)
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People said this about the Destiny alpha/beta too. It was just literally the first couple hours of the game with the rest locked off. Some minor weapon balancing was the only notable change from alpha, beta to release. When AAA says "beta" they are more often than not presenting near final code for stress testing.
 
I heard the beta progress transfers on the XB1 version as well and not on PS4 or PC. So between the beta progression and preorder bonus . . . how much of a game is left?
 
MSI said:
I heard the beta progress transfers on the XB1 version as well and not on PS4 or PC. So between the beta progression and preorder bonus . . . how much of a game is left?
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It's supposed to be a competitive game. So theoretically your not really playing it for the unlocks but competing/ having fun
 
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