hevansward preorder

[Riardon]

So this makes it 40 euros for Europe. They will follow the WoW pricing model. It's a bit expensive considering the game's population which is far less than WoW's but that's just me. I really hope the expansion will come with 30 days of game time inside or else we have to pay 50+ in the same month to buy both the expansion and the subscription. I hope we will get all the pricing and launch details during PAX.

[Ehayte]

Talked to the dude I trust at Gamestop 2 weeks ago when I was buying Dying Light, if you plan on getting a physical disc from a store I would pre-order it and put your $5 down now. He said they are not anticipating high sales so they are not going to keep many in stock.

[Deathscythe343]

I hope we will get all the pricing and launch details during PAX.

I pretty much expect this. According to PAX's site, the only thing that is listed for SE to talk about there is the expansion. March is also usually considered to be the start of the spring season, so it does make sense for them to announce a spring time release then. Also consider that PAX is roughly 3 weeks before the launch of the final installment of the 2.5 content patch. It stands to reason, that by its launch, we would know pretty much everything about the expansion by then.

[Grey_Cain]

Doubt that this will happen. I haven't played an expansion yet that has done this.

It would probably be a good selling point, though. >_>

As long as they don't delay ma veteran rewards! D:

[ExiaQuanta]

Yup. They said they are looking into how to make ti so that people that order physical still get to play on day one while waiting for their package.

I bet its gonna be something along the lines of giving a code for a 14 - 20 day expansion trial pass. Hopefully your package will arrive after 14 days right? XD

[Deathscythe343]

It would probably be a good selling point, though. >_>

As long as they don't delay ma veteran rewards! D:

A good selling point, yes. But it does seem unlikely. It's not something that I think has ever happened in any MMO expansion for any game, ever.

[am0n]

A good selling point, yes. But it does seem unlikely. It's not something that I think has ever happened in any MMO expansion for any game, ever.

No reason they couldn't start. They recently pulled a number of players back with the free weekend (I was one), but with an expansion in 2 months, it leaves me less excited if I have to dump $40 and $13 in the same month. I may just say 'eh' and move on when the expansion comes out if that is what happens. But including 30 days I think goes a long way to showing good will towards the playerbase.

[Meier]

I pretty much expect this. According to PAX's site, the only thing that is listed for SE to talk about there is the expansion. March is also usually considered to be the start of the spring season, so it does make sense for them to announce a spring time release then. Also consider that PAX is roughly 3 weeks before the launch of the final installment of the 2.5 content patch. It stands to reason, that by its launch, we would know pretty much everything about the expansion by then.

Same. If it is indeed coming out in spring, we are one month away from the start of spring, so a release date and presale should start by March. That would be ideal I'd imagine.

[Deathscythe343]

No reason they couldn't start. They recently pulled a number of players back with the free weekend (I was one), but with an expansion in 2 months, it leaves me less excited if I have to dump $40 and $13 in the same month. I may just say 'eh' and move on when the expansion comes out if that is what happens. But including 30 days I think goes a long way to showing good will towards the playerbase.

No, you're right. It would certainly entice new players if they got a free month for buying the 2.0 version and a free month for buying the expansion.

[Lexia]

Have they said whether or not the expansion will include 30 days of game time, similar to the base game?

Expansions don't include game time.