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

[Reinha]

I'm definitely going to pre-order. Why? Because I'm definitely going to play Dawntrail. I don't know if my pc will handle it but I'll upgrade what's needed long before Dawntrail is over. Anyone who knows for a fact they will play the newest expansion when it's current can only benefit from pre-ordering. It's the same price, and you get extra stuff for free buying a game you're going to play anyway.

[Pip_Chick]

Do you intend to pre-order when they start on Tuesday, wait until later, or don't plan to pre-order at all?

What is influencing your decision?

Do you have faith in the developers that you will enjoy the expansion and so have no reservations pre-ordering as soon as possible?

Do you not have faith in them and so have no desire to pre-order?

Are you a collector/completionist only pre-ordering because you will go crazy if you miss out on the pre-order bonuses to fill those collector/completionist impulses?

Will you only pre-order because there is no risk to you and so why not?

I'm pre-ordering because I have faith in the development team. I've no doubt that Dawntrail will have its flaws just as each expansion has had some but I'm also confident I will still enjoy playing the expansion.

I only wanted 1 thing out of this expansion (Female Hrothgar). I am getting that thing, and so I will get the preorder.

[Iscah]

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

Well, yeah, that too. Plus they continue to work if you dip down to synched content in their level range.

But still, whatever range of time you need them for levelling, whenever it runs out, their remaining use is still glamour in the end.

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.

It's been a long time since I preordered anything (since Endwalker, I think), but doesn't it only actually charge you on the day of release? In which case you're not lending them money but just committing to buy the product.

Plus in this game's case, even if you did have to pay (or pay a deposit) then you're possibly getting a tangible benefit out of owning the preorder earrings. It's different to a stand-alone game where you have nothing of it until launch day.

[Wolferey]

I'll pre-order later, I know what we are getting in DT (the fact the game is predictable to this point is a whole nother discussion) so the pre-order is at least "safe" compared to pre-ordering a new game. I used to get the box, but honestly with shipping and import tax it's just too expensive, specially considering I couldn't give AF about the dumb statue they usually add in to this.. honestly wish there was a version with just the art book and cloth map - or a PDF of them for the digital collectors :/

[DrWho2010]

NA/EU square enix store you will be charged immediately when you pre-order. You also cannot cancel.
Playstation store charges immediately too.

[Myrany]

I will be pre ordering the digital version as soon as I am able. Probably Tues night as I will be dealing with the Hubby having Surgery Tuesday morning. Really only pre ordering for the earring. If I get it I get it if not then not. Hubby much more important than a game to me.

[Carin-Eri]

Forgive my ignorance here - as noted earlier, it's the first time I have been here for an expansion launch.

But how is it that the pre-order bonus includes a weapon for one of the new jobs, but not the other?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Forgive my ignorance here - as noted earlier, it's the first time I have been here for an expansion launch.

But how is it that the pre-order bonus includes a weapon for one of the new jobs, but not the other?

I believe thats collectors edition stuff, and yes, its always only 1.

[strawberrycake]

I've played every early access so far so why not.

[Jeeqbit]

But how is it that the pre-order bonus includes a weapon for one of the new jobs, but not the other?

We had a collector's edition weapon for Gunbreaker in Shadowbringers.

The weapon for Dawntrail is also from the collector's edition and isn't related to pre-ordering.