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> > Thought I’d add my voice to this too. I generally stay out of any discussions, but this announcement has bugged me a lot since I heard about it. I apologize in advance if I repeat anything that has already been said.
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> > These days, I don’t play online. I only play games for their campaigns and love seeing the MP community thrive. That being said, I specifically bought the UE with the understanding I would be receiving all the DLC associated with the game. I was not concerned about the leaders and extra MP maps, although it was cool to have them all in order to have a complete game.
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> > In the past, 343i has received it’s fair share of hate. However, while I have had some complaints, I have had a generally positive view of them. These complaints are, in the grand scheme of things, minor. As a new studio, they knew they had a big responsibility to create a game for one of the largest and most loved franchises in the world. There have been complaints about how they executed their role and their design choices, sure. But in my mind, they were a new studio comprised of (nearly) a completely new team. I don’t think it would have made sense for them to keep doing what Bungie did. 343’s take on Halo was vastly different, but I liked what they did. They made design choices they believed were best for the game while keeping in mind the franchise they were working with. And if you look at the games released by them, no one can argue they are technically poor games. They are technical marvels. They feel amazing to play and I can jump into any of the levels and enjoy them just as much as the games developed by Bungie.
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> > All this time, I held 343i in high regard as a good company. They did not expect players to pay full price for half a game and have to pay another $60 for the rest of it like many other companies that don’t need to be mentioned here. And when they did mess up with MCC, they worked to fix it. When I heard about Halo 5’s microtransactions, I figured the honeymoon period was over. I’ll mention again that I was not interested in the MP aspect of it, but I always want Halo MP to be great like it has been in the past. And guess what? The extra payments were only to enhance Halo 5; they never took away from the entire experience. I adored this business model. The option was there for people who wanted to pay for some extra goodies, but the rest of the community’s experience was unaffected. My respect for 343i increased. By this point, I would always be doing one of these whenever I heard about 343i: http://www.sharegif.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/applauseclappingthatgirltho.gif. I became an Xbox loyalist because my friend introduced me to Halo CE about 14 years ago. And I am so happy I have stuck with Xbox all these years. Halo has been my favorite universe since then and will be for the foreseeable future. Without going into any more long stories, I hold Halo very close to my heart and have a deep connection to it.
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> > I felt the need to have a long prologue to explain where I’m coming from. Since the announcement about the paid expansion, I have begun to have concerns about the way 343i conducts the business side of things. I was first upset to hear there would be an UE since that contained a lot of important content and implied an incomplete game. But setting that aside for now, I raised the necessary funds to purchase the UE. I felt at peace knowing I had access to the entire game. Now I hear that my purchase was pretty much pointless. What have I gained from purchasing the UE? HWDE? I could have bought that separately. And while I would like to have the complete MP package, it’s not necessary. I end this thought in the hopes that this is another time where 343i themselves will come out and fix these doubts I am having just like they did with Halo 5.
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> > 343i, I really hope you get a chance to read this. Not because I have any hatred toward you. I love you guys. I simply wanted to speak out on a rare occasion as an ardent fan of the franchise. Please don’t make your business model like so many other companies have and alienate the fans who have stuck by your side for so long. Sure you’ll get your money in the short run, but you will lose a lot of loyalty, respect, and ultimately money in the long run.
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> > Apologies if my thoughts seem all over the place. I only looked over what I wrote to fix typos.
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> You embody my argument! And, actually, I think you embody most of what this whole thing is about and the whole respectful side of it as well, containing the towards eachother over a measely $30.
> Your stance on the idea that raising those funds to give and have the entire game, not to worry about having to purchase any of it already paying that greatly high price which is even higher for other countries! I always come back hoping that someone will embody the argument and take the flag in a non-insulting way for what we as the side that wants ATN to be in the Seasons Pass, truly stand for, beyond the whole argument of comparing prices, and what other games did and how Halo Wars 2 is no different, or even that we should just suck it up and or ‘if you don’t like it, don’t buy it’.
> Truth be ever so clearly told, I think we’ve lost the logical argument, it’s been done before and companies want money, it’s a known fact, but we as for the trust argument, well, we hold up on the fact that we were shocked that we weren’t covered, and what with the whole “343 changed the Season’s Pass description” thing, well that didn’t make it any better.
> In my shoes, it should be beyond understandable of something like this, having mustered the entire Ultimate Edition worth of $25 gift cards, in what an “Ultimate” experience we would get. But than again, those are my shoes, and they probably wouldn’t fit on most of you, and well, big words like “Ultimate” aren’t as ultimate in this day and age anyway, I mean, look at Star Wars Battlefront “Deluxe Edition”.
> An emote, and a meta pistol eh? Wow, that’s quite a luxury.
It is a frustrating trend games took. With enough fan out cry EA (seemingly) is taking a turn. I feel like 343 ignored what other games went through, are trying to correct and ignores their stake holders all to make a quick buck.
Hopefully they discount it for UE and season pass holders. Additionally, remember the mess of all their games when developing H6.
