Pre-orders: Faith/No Faith, FOMO/No Risk

[Iscah]

good point, if you're already at 90 with everything, the earrings are completely pointless.

Their primary long-lasting value is and always has been glamour, so they do still have plenty of point on that front. Literally as well as figuratively this time around.

[Bun_Vivant]

good point, if you're already at 90 with everything, the earrings are completely pointless.

Maybe. The description for them says "The bonus effect will only apply from level 1 through 90. Equippable only by Disciples of War or Magic classes and jobs." (emphasis added). If "through 90" means "until 91" then there is still an advantage to be had even by those already at 90.

And of course, as Viper and Pictomancer will start at 80, anyone wanting to try those new jobs will get an advantage too.

Their primary long-lasting value is and always has been glamour ...

Unless you become an altaholic. Then, because they are account-wide, you'll get lots of actual use out them.

Across my various alts on my two accounts, I've leveled a job to L90 hundreds of times -- mainly crafters, I admit, which don't benefit from the earrings, but I've leveled a combat class to L90 at least two dozen times. The XP boost earrings have helped.

[Rokke]

I enjoy playing 100% "blind" in EA so I'll p/o the digital version eventually. SE's statues/figures are all over the place quality-wise and I don't really like Viper's AF so I'm not going to bother gambling on the box set.

[Taliriah]

I will "preorder" at the last moment for the early access. I just find the concept of pre-ordering irritating. It made some sense to secure a copy for the release day back when games only came in physical form and had a limited supply, but nowadays it's only a ploy to get players to pay well in advance of the actual release of the product, which essentially boils down to lending publishers money with no interest rate.

[EorzeaWanderer]

I'll be pre-ordering because I know I'll definitely be getting it. It's all the same to me whether I buy it now or later, and I get bonuses now. I won't get the digital CE because those always go on sale for half price at some future time.

For the first time, however, I am considering skipping all cutscenes and then getting caught up with the quest journal text. I know it's going to be just more of the visual novel thing for 90% of the MSQ, with most scenes showing a group of people talking to each other about their respective tasks with the same small handful of stock animations.

Note regarding the earrings: If they work like past versions of them, keep in mind the experience bonus is only granted to *monster kills*, so that means open-world kills including individual FATE enemies, as well as dungeon bosses. It's not a flat multiplier on all experience gained, so in the grand scheme of things they're not as impactful as they might seem. They generally provide the most value when you're running your highest-available leveling dungeon.

[GTK0HLK]

Gonna Swallow Up a Collectors Box, and A Steam Preorder DT Copy.

Seems like a Basic Enough good Start for DT.

Sure thr Collectors Box may not fit everyone's taste.

(A Wrappable Material to contain writing/drawing Utensils. PIC Much)

(Book to write and draw in, ETC for those who write notes or anything. Lore Enthusiasts, and Artist or those who like keepsakes.)

(New Map, many want it, not many will have this one.)

(Collector Figure for those who like them. You know they're gonna aim for this one. As it's the Start of the New ARC)

TLDR:
I know what ilk be getting from the game, and these items.

When it comes to SE/CBUIII's FFXIV, the stigma of Pre-ordering is lessened/non-existent.

Unless you like to compare the ebb and flow of Patch/Expac Qualities. (Despite the fact its still too damn early to get a feel out of DT, more so when no patch has been out or will be out for many months to come.)

[Kranel_San]

Digital copies shouldn't run out of stock, and if I learned something. It's not to give my money to the devs until they show everything.

I know I'm but a one person, but I still believe not giving my money to the devs until like last week or something should send a strong message that I want them to earn my money.

[Brynne]

I will be pre-ordering on Tuesday, I'm very excited for this expansion. The part that I mainly play for (the story) looks interesting, there's a few extra pieces of content I'm interested in (Cosmic Exploration in particular) and in general I just love this game and have faith in the developers.

[george357]

yes i will preorder the same as with all the other expacs i have in the past am a long time player of this game.

[Grizzlpaw]

Sounds like Yoshi is doubling down on putting complexity into mechanics while keeping jobs braindead.

Probably wont sub again to EW part II. It feels really good to have some skillcap to shoot for in your job. Something that makes people say "I know them. They're that really good DRK/SGE/ect. player".

Game feels empty if youre just another body on the floor dancing along to fight mechanics. Indestinguishable to anyone else on your job outside of how many AoEs you get hit by.