I am in at launch if no annual pass. If there is an annual pass then I will wait again for the inevitable sale just like Forsaken and its annual pass. That is how I jumped back into D2.
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Destiny 2: Shadowkeep leaked (Year 3 Expansion)
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Why wouldn't there be space combat equivalents? Vendors for tons of weapons and ships and more.
Then the annual pass would just be more expensive and people would complain.
Do you complain that WoW and FF14 are scummy when they don't include expansions in their subscription?
Because it's not a space ship game
It's a first person shooter
Definitely down for some more moon adventures and activities, especially if Bungie applies some Forsaken-like creativity toward the new location. Hopefully Bungie still has some big announcements for D2 beyond this leaked new expansion DLC. While new content is cool (its really the bare minimum), but D2 could really use some substantial system level updates and UI clean up.
Destiny these days is a lot more mtx monetized than something like WoW though. I just booted D2 back up for the first time since the last dlc came out, and I saw the store had been overhauled to showcase A LOT more cosmetics that you can only purchase with real money
it's beautiful!
Seriously though, I am done buying Destiny 2 expansion packs.
Has that changed a lot in the last 6-7 months? Because WoW is 15 years old, and it's store last I played had less stuff in it than Destiny 2's, a game that's 2½ years old
This is a game that is HEAVILY monetized: paid base game, paid expansion, monthly sub, cosmetics, paid character boosts, paid appearance changes. What Destiny does is pretty much run of the mill for service games nowadays. Is that a good thing? No, I'd rather prefer no MTX of any kind at all but it's sure not more than WoW.
I'm not a fan of WoW's monetization one bit. However those pets and mounts are the result of them slowly being added over a period of more than a decade. Destiny 2 has way more cosmetic stuff, and it's been around for a quarter of the same time. And on top of that it also has lootboxes.
I really don't think it's even comparable
Don't even try going into discussion about whole scummy pricing model of Destiny 2 on Era. It's a lost fight :)
The massive inclusion of paid cosmetics in WoW did not begin until recent years.
Yes it did? Like I said, the first cosmetic mount came out like a decade ago, and they've been slowly adding more ever since, same with the pets
Yeah of course because it's an older game. Bottom line is: Destiny's monetization while outdated and not entirely consumer friendly, is also not out of the ordinary compared to other similar games. The biggest negative change on MTX this season is that the things you get for free from gameplay are completely old stuff from year 1, everything new is separate individual purchase, and only a select few is bright dust purchasable.
It being an older game doesn't really seems relevant though. You're claiming that there's been a massive rise in the cosmetic mtx content in wow in recent years. Which isn't really the case based on the release dates I could find for the various mtx pets and mounts, unless our own definition of "massive" is very different.
And what you're describing with regards to everything from the new season being something sold mostly for money, is extremely different from a game like WoW.
Probably, Forsaken is basically half the game as it stands now and the annual pass while being different than old expansions, does add a healthy amount of endgame and fun exotics. I assume whatever the new expansion with the previous DLC costs will be worth it.
Because they're the same kinds of games, right? Destiny is the only game in this category that does this stuff and some of you lap it up like that's the way it should be. You accepting it doesn't make it any less ridiculous.
This might be a good time for me to jump back into destiny . I feel I am so far behind now it would take forever to catch-up .
Newest expansion has a quest that has you end up with gear that puts you at the level needed for the new content, so it's not too bad.
I'm lost with all the add ons - expansions etc , if I just have the d2 base game is there a single upgrade that gets you up to date ? Maybe I'll just wait for this one .
Yes, Legendary Collection or Complete Collection, but I would suggest waiting for now, a sale might be coming considering E3 and the imminent announcement of the new expansion.
If this Exp is 40 then the 60 edition should include all the previous content. Then get ready to pay for the Season Pass on top of that after.
It sounds like Bungie is listening and decided on a big expansion as annual pass only was not popular. bigger ? is how will they fix crucible? trials?
As said in the other thread I was setting myself up for disappointment and while a new expansion I think is positive if it is near the caliber of Forsaken, I will be really disappointed if they do not announce they are bringing D1 forward into D2 and then will essentially make it a hub for all future destiny content going forward.
I would love to replay D1 on PC and imagine when they release D3 if they did this that it effectively had all the content from D1 and D2 within the same game because D3 is essentially a $60 expansion to the main destiny hub effectively making it a true lite-mmo
I would love to replay D1 on PC and imagine when they release D3 if they did this that it effectively had all the content from D1 and D2 within the same game because D3 is essentially a $60 expansion to the main destiny hub effectively making it a true lite-mmo
If you already have vanilla you already have first two dlc whether you purchased or not.
Forsaken + annual pass is $40
Shadow keep + 4 season passes [aka annual pass 2019] is this years deluxe edition for $60
Shadow keep alone is $35
If you already own forsaken I think you can buy it's annual pass for $15
Come September, you won't need to buy forsaken bundle or standalone annual pass 2018 to be up to date with everyone (we're still in the last season of forsaken annual pass content drops). After September you can purchase seasons a la carte, I think they said you don't need to technically own shadowkeep to participate in individual seasonal content. Forsaken and annual pass has a lot of meta weapons for both PvP and pve, so if you want that have at it.