feywild pre-order packages details popped up - link

[bracelet]

Pretty sure they are referring to the "Steed of the Borderlands" from the Keep on the Borderlands Bonus Items purchase.

Apologies for the snark then. I forgot about the mounts in that.

[Chai]

It'd be nice if they included a mount bag.

Pretty soon we are going to need a BAG bag, so we can hold all the bags we have for each bag we need to hold the items that would otherwise sit in inventory space.

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[Hobgoblin]

Yea, lemme stop you right there. KotB horses are not bound to account, they are BtC.

That said, a few people claim to have purchased the pack. Can any of you confirm the binding status of the uniforms? If BtC, does every toon get one?

didnt they change this with this last update?

[Chai]

It always amuses me when people say they purchased something the game is selling to "support the game". Like the game is a charity. /facepalm It is admirable, really it is.

The game (or makers of the game) should be the one supporting the game with quality. Quality design, quality work, quality bundles, quality entertainment.
Any time someone says, "well I bought it to support the game", I mean come on man. Any company could be so lucky to have as much blind support as SSG does.

With all that being said. Yes, good game, I'm hooked, I love it, ect ect ect.......But don't try to make your purchase seem like some altruistic act. That is just foolish.

-Bunker

P.S. Dandonk, this isn't aimed at you. You just happened to be the most recent poster of the "I blindly support the game by throwing money at nothing" post of the week. There have been many before you, and will be many after.

Yep, basically this.

[Bunker]

Pretty soon we are going to need a BAG bag, so we can hold all the bags we have for each bag we need to hold the items that would otherwise sit in inventory space.

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It would be nice if they implemented a setup that allowed at least 1 bag or each type (collectable, gem, hirelingfolder, ect) to be placed in a separate area on the inventory section. Like cosmetics have. Just one for each type. That would free up a fair amount of inventory slots.

However, this might prove to be a bigger undertaking then they wish to work on. Like you said, we need some sort of BAG for the bags......for sure.

[Caarb]

didnt they change this with this last update?

No they only changed the mounts from daily dice to BTA

[straytext]

What is useful about a perm hireling anyway?

What do they do that temp hirelings don't do?

I rarely use hirelings, and when I do, I just go hire one in the marketplace. Why would I spend $100 to avoid running to a hireling vendor every once in a while?

As others have said, you can summon them wherever. They pull levers, yadda.

There is only one truly universally useful hireling and that's Elieri from the Starter Pack. Why you ask? She's only level 3! Yes, but she has Divine Vitality. She's basically a rest shrine on a 5 minute timer that you can summon wherever you are, dismiss, then summon again.

Also, she can stand on pressure plates and pull levers.

[Aelonwy]

That would be worth the $79 right there

Don't bet on it.

Anyone else disappointed that it only has 13 quests? Versus Sharn's 17, and I don't raid but I'm willing to bet the reduction from 2 raids to 1 isn't going to make many customers happy.

There's nothing to compare to the Dimensional Augment Bag (super-duper useful) in Sharn, Ravenloft had extra Shared Bank Storage. A hireling folder per character for those of us that buy the top package and have all these perma-hires would have been aces here and wouldn't be all that new of tech either.

No Mirrors of Glammering?! Why?

And no new Weapon Auras? But, but... Glitter Sparkles?! Come on, they already made a new aura for the Shadow Weapon imbue... I can't believe they didn't go the extra step to make it a cosmetic bonus item.

For once, I'm not sure that I want the top package... the white unicorn comes with the middle package. What does the Winter Eladrin look like on a female character?

[fatherpirate]

Before ----------- BEFORE----------- you get a pre-order from me, you
need to clearly state what I would get unlocked immediately vs what stays locked until release date.

no early unlocks ... no early money (no exceptions)

[hands mic back to SSG]

[J1NG]

What does the Winter Eladrin look like on a female character?

PB's done a thread on it here. (Although on a female Gnome only at this time)

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...wild-Cosmetics

J1NG

[iba]

Things are very odd when Aelonwy doesn't want cosmetics :P

[Aelonwy]

PB's done a thread on it here. (Although on a female Gnome only at this time)

https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...wild-Cosmetics

J1NG

Thank you.

A little disappointed the white unicorn isn't ALL white, and the mosaic would also look better on white than gray but Winter Eladrin is really very pretty.

[Gregen]

A little disappointed the white unicorn isn't ALL white

I'm a fan of the gold mane, personally. Goes well with my bard wearing the High Society outfit/cloak with its gold accents. And the sparkles really tie everything together lol.

[Aelonwy]

Things are very odd when Aelonwy doesn't want cosmetics :P

Its not so much that I don't want cosmetics as... is one set of helm/armor/cloak, and a black in addition to white unicorn mount worth $50 to me.

In the past the top bundle has also come with extra Mirrors, weapon auras, and additional goodies like Shared Bank Space or Dimensional Augment bag that give it added value to me, and while I don't often purchase such things as Astral Shards and XP pots I do see them as additional value as well.

This time the top package looks so... anemic. Its like they're testing the waters to see how little they can put in and still get bites. Like when the box of cereal you always get at the grocery has stayed the same price but you notice the weight has gone down 5 ounces. I just don't think at this time... I feel like the top package is worth that extra $50. *shrug* So they'll only get $80 from me this time. *shrug again*

[Caarb]

Before ----------- BEFORE----------- you get a pre-order from me, you
need to clearly state what I would get unlocked immediately vs what stays locked until release date.

no early unlocks ... no early money (no exceptions)

[hands mic back to SSG]

They do - look closer

[Dandonk]

-snip-

I like to play it, so I give them money so I hope it can continue. If we all withheld our cash in hopes of something "better" coming, I'm pretty sure there'd have been no DDO for a while now.

Altruistic? I'm not doing this for anyone else but me. I love DDO. I want to play it for a long time still. So they get my money.

There are things I had hoped they would do better, and things I still hope they'll do better, but at the end of the day it comes down to if I like playing DDO or not. I do, so they get money.

[thedip]

I would normally buy the ultimate pack but I am going to wait to see what the dungeons are like. I love hirelings and use them each life, but again we get more and more stuff that takes space in my limited bank slots two mounts two hirelings, cosmetic outfits etc.

Depending on the dungeons, this may be the first expansion that I may pass on.

[Bunker]

I like to play it, so I give them money so I hope it can continue. If we all withheld our cash in hopes of something "better" coming, I'm pretty sure there'd have been no DDO for a while now.

Altruistic? I'm not doing this for anyone else but me. I love DDO. I want to play it for a long time still. So they get my money.

There are things I had hoped they would do better, and things I still hope they'll do better, but at the end of the day it comes down to if I like playing DDO or not. I do, so they get money.

That is fair.

SSG/Turbine has shown more "value" in their bundles in the past. So I know they have the ability to put better thought, quality and all around value into a game that players pay money for. Yes, you can spend money on this game with the hopes that it will keep the lights on and the servers up and running, because spending money on the game might actually keep the game going longer. And by the transitive property because we enjoy the game, by spending money, this will make our enjoyment last longer.

But anytime you see a post about "supporting the game", it is makes me think it is just another player loosing touch. We are hooked, and like a good drug we accepted the first ones for free (the quality and high value), but now with the hook in, we players are willing to throw money at something that is not as high quality, and not as high value.

But don't worry. It is ok. It is ok. We are just doing it to support the game.

[Thrudh]

I like to play it, so I give them money so I hope it can continue. If we all withheld our cash in hopes of something "better" coming, I'm pretty sure there'd have been no DDO for a while now.

I give them money for stuff.

When I run out of xp potions or slayers boosts, I buy more. I buy inventory slots for my alts (and even a couple of times for bank characters).

I have no problem giving them money.

I don't give them a ton of money for basically nothing.

Micro-transactions is the way to go... 400 DDO points here and there, 1400 now and then... Oh, I'm getting low? Buy some more when double-points sale comes up... they make money from me.

One large $130 transaction where I get basically nothing I want? No thanks.

Sure, lots of people like cosmetics, so they are getting something they want.

Not sure why they couldn't make more of us happy though instead of just one group.

I have a VIP subscription so I give them money to keep the game on (but only because I get stuff for being VIP - if VIP just gave you cosmetics, I wouldn't do it either).

[Dandonk]

-snip-

I will probably have to admit that my addiction is probably skewing my perspective, making me much more likely to spend money where I wouldn't otherwise. Oh, well