Does preordering Dawntrail not come with shadowbringers and Endwalker?

I have ARR, Heavensward, and stormblood active on my account. I am currently capped at level 70 experience wise. I preordered Dawntrail...does this not come with the other 2 expansions (shadowbringers/endwalker)? Do I have to buy those in order to progress?

You'll have to buy them separately. (´･ᴗ･`)

Preordering DT will allow you to play SHB and EW... when DT actually launches on July 2. Not before then.

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You will get every expansion on launch day, but you don't get them beforehand. If you want them right now you have to buy Endwalker.

Seems like one of those weird things they really should look into changing. If you get a trial player to buy the new expansion, let them get those non-trial expansions now so they can keep going.

The MSQ is linear, so yes, getting Dawntrail will give you Shadowbringers and Endwalker.

However, it will only give it when you input the Dawntrail code, which you can't do until Dawntrail officially releases on July 2nd.

In order to play Shadowbringers and Endwalker before then, you'll need to purchase Endwalker.

i'll never understand preorder culture,

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It's not all that deep, really. If people enjoy a game and would be purchasing the xpac anyway, why not pre-order and get some extra goodies along with it?

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No matter how many reviews you watch and how many bug fixes you wait for before making the purchase, you'll still lose out on the most precious MMO experience there is: exploring new content for the first time when it's still new for everyone. The only way to have that is by taking a leap of faith and buying the expansion before the servers go live.

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It's simple. If you know with complete certainty you are going to play something and have the money, why would you not preorder it?

I am definitely going to play it. I have loved every single expansion. I have enough faith in the game that I subscribe for 6 months at a time. Because I know I will be playing for that duration.

If I was like a lot of the people on this forum, who don't have that faith, then maybe preordering wouldn't be the right move. But for me personally, it is. It's not that difficult to understand, really.

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In general or for this game?

For the latter, I’ve played actively since 2014 and know I have no plans to stop (aside from the occasional break), so I’ve preordered for all expansions and the pre-order bonuses are nice.

If you never cared for those, by all means don’t.

The early access is just the cherry on top, I don’t really care much for it.

This is something that needs to change for this game. As people have said you will only get the content you are missing when the expansion you pre-ordered launches. Its a really stupid way of handling pre-orders, WoW does it better by giving you access to all of the content in the game when you pre-order an expansion.

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Preordering DT will allow you to play SHB and EW... when DT actually launches on July 2. Not before then.

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The ShB and EW licenses will apply when DT early access starts on 28 June.

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This is something that needs to change for this game. As people have said you will only get the content you are missing when the expansion you pre-ordered launches. Its a really stupid way of handling pre-orders, WoW does it better by giving you access to all of the content in the game when you pre-order an expansion.

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They want money, and this gets them more. If people want access to the old expansions before the new one launches, they're able to buy the old ones like everyone else.