Seriously SE???

[Kat_Manx]

Honestly, I'm more surprised about the fact that people are surprised about the price. I played FFXI for 7 years and this is what expansions cost. Well except for the later ones, and the mini-expansion packs.

Besides, I already starting saving for this expansion pack in December and did a safe over-estimate of 70$. Should be done saving before it is released.

Anyway..you do realize it's like getting a new game, right? Like, the story of your current game will end, and you are sort of finished, like you are in other games. Then you buy the sequel. It's like buying... idk.. Mass Effect 2.

[Cadmar]

It's really a value based question. I personally have no issue doling out $40 for the expansion. I would most likely pay more to be honest (not that I'm advocating that). $40 is more than worth it to me. I will have more fun and get much more enjoyment out of the expansion that just about any other $40 I could spend.

If you do not feel it is worth a $40 investment then by all means, let SE know with your wallet. However, I believe if you do the math, it is worth far more.

[LandricFrey]

being a MMO player for 15 years, $40 is exactly what I expected an xpac would be. It's amazing they are including content like Gold Saucer for free where most others would have saved that for xpac sales.

[Zumi]

Vs COP which i believe had every mission and story on it from day one.

CoP did not have all story missions out on day 1, they had the first 2 chapters out of 8 total. The rest were added in subsequent patches, the final story line mission was added over a year later. CoP had no new level cap, no new jobs, just new areas and story missions and a handfull new new items mostly lower lvl items for CoP level capped areas. So we are actually getting a lot more in Heavensward, with a new race, 3 new jobs, and storyline missions, new areas and flying mounts.

[HeroSamson]

I say for those who don't like the price just wait a few weeks, I am sure there will be some sort of deals floating around for price drops.

Of course you may lose some ground in the game but I am sure you'll cope.

[Moqi]

It's like buying... idk.. Mass Effect 2.

Except I pay once and then I can play whenever I want. For a game with a sub, 40 is way too much.

[Kat_Manx]

Except I pay once and then I can play whenever I want. For a game with a sub, 40 is way too much.

Well, there IS an easy solution for you if that is too much...

[Moqi]

Well, there IS an easy solution for you if that is too much...

It's what I plan to do.

[QiLymePye]

People seem to forget, you are paying not only for new content, but for first dibs,/access to new content. Treat this like a new book or a new movie. When a new book gets released, if its really good, its released in Hardback. Book is probably around 24.99-27.99. A few months later, you get same book, but in paperback for like 7.99. When the next book in the series comes out, you pay full price. Now, yes, some of us got the game at a cheaper price because it was reworked. It doesn't mean you get that price every time. You pay to be included with everyone else for using product as soon as its released.

Now $40 isn't bad. We are practically getting a new game with the commitment of adding patches and new stuff until next expansion. Look at it like this...You are paying for an expansion that's really a "sequel" that also gets you unlimited DLC until next "expansion". You don't get that from non-mmo's. We buy games and buy all sequels to them but we don't get much in between sequel releases. Just think of this game as one big sequel.

[Gramul]

Because we understand that content is expensive.

But is it really expensive enough to justify the subscription fee, the cost of retainers, the overpriced reskins and nicknacks, content that could otherwise be won, various services like fantasia and server transfers, weddings, special edition upgrades, and expansion packs that cost more than the game itself from a company with many various sources of revenue?

It's not so much the price of the expansion pack itself, as costly as I think it is. It's that they do it on top of the mounting pile of financial mousetraps that have crept their way into this game and the industry as a whole. It's getting rarer and rarer to buy or subscribe to complete games anymore and it's very depressing and frustrating to see people offer little to no resistance or protest.