Gamestop deal -- exclusive enhancements?

I received an ncsoft email with a link describing the Gamestop promotion for Going Rogue (pasted below). My question is whether or not the 5 "enhancements" are significant. I hope not, if that would mean my existing characters will be inferior in this regard compared to new characters.

Second question: is Gamestop the only promotion, so that the analysis is -- might as well buy from Gamestop since 5 exclusive in-game freebies are better than zero in-game freebies?

http://goingrogue.na.cityofheroes.com/en/gamestop/
Order Through GameStop and Get Exclusive Items

Reserve a copy of City of Heroes Going Rogue™: Complete Collection at GameStop, and get five exclusive Enhancements and a Razer Sphex™ City of Heroes Going Rogue Edition Desktop Skin.

Bonus: Razer Sphex™ Desktop Skin and 5 New Enhancements

The City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection brings the super-powered world of comic books to life in a massively multiplayer 3D online universe. This collection contains all of the brand new City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion content, City of Heroes, City of Villains®, Mission Architect, one month of free game time, and the Complete Collection Item Pack.
Free Razer Sphex™ City of Heroes Going Rogue Edition Desktop Skin: GameStop customers who reserve City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection early receive a free Razer Sphex™ City of Heroes Going Rogue Edition desktop skin. The Razer Sphex delivers high tracking quality on the thinnest mousing surface ever. This high performance, repositionable surface gives gamers the precision and tracking quality they demand in intensive games like City of Heroes. (Supplies are limited.)
Exclusive Enhancements: The five exclusive Enhancements increase the damage and recharge value of a character power and have a small chance to trigger an additional ability. The Enhancements and their additional abilities are:

• Will of the Seers—Chance for minor psi damage.
• Clockwork Efficiency—Chance for minor energy damage.
• Might of the Empire—Chance for knockdown.
• Resistance Tactics—Chance for minor smash damage.
• Syndicate Techniques—Chance for minor lethal additional ability triggered.

Unless that just means the numbers are the same as a level 20 DO. Funny how all the pictures of them have a 1 on them.

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From Black Pebble:

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Originally Posted by Black Pebble Today, we announced a new promotion with GameStop and Razer. For those of you who may not have seen this information, customers who place an early reserve for the City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection at GameStop will receive a Razer Sphex gaming desktop skin with a Going Rogue design, five unique enhancements and a $5 off coupon for use at the Razer store. These benefits are in limited quantities. I would like to take this time to provide some insight as to how this initiative came about. What is the Goal of this Promotion? As many of you have picked up on, City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection is really designed to attract new players to the game. One of the greatest challenges new MMO players face is learning how the game works. The enhancements are designed to make the starting experience even more convenient for these new players, but we didn’t want them to be game-breaking, or make our veteran players feel like they had to have them as well. This is why these are only provided to new characters and cannot be sold/traded/stacked. First, you can’t have enough of them to 6-slot out any power. Secondly, for a L1 character, that 16% damage/recharge boost is nice, but once you hit L20+, IO’s start getting a lot more competitive. The proc rate is low to begin with, and at L21 they won’t even kick in anymore. A L50 character could use these enhancements if they chose to, of course. We believe this would benefit the new players much more, as our veteran players have a better understanding of the options available to them. Why Now? When we launched the prepurchase program, we did not plan on offering incentives for preordering the Complete Collection. A preorder program is different from a prepurchase, and we did not see a value in offering competing programs. Since we launched our prepurchase program, we have been having discussions with GameStop, Razer and some of our other partners about new ways to promote the launch of Going Rogue. As some of you have mentioned, as a new expansion for a major MMO, Going Rogue deserves a lot of attention. We agree with you, and so did our partners. But evaluating ideas and nailing down the details took a good amount of time, which is why you haven’t heard about it until now. Why Are We Doing This? As you probably know, GameStop is the top gaming-focused retailer in the US. When they expressed interest in putting together this new program, it felt like a great way to get the word out on Going Rogue and to make sure every GameStop store in the country was promoting our launch. Fine, but what about people who don’t have a GameStop nearby, or don’t shop there? That’s where Razer comes in. As part of the GR launch, Razer will be launching their own GR site, promoting CoH in all of their forums, newsletters, providing a coupon for GR customers and even designing a brand new mouse pad with our help. So we decided to pool our resources to create one powerful marketing campaign, designed to create an opportunity that seemed so interesting that someone who doesn’t yet play CoH would be interested enough to try this game. Our goal is not to force anyone’s hand, or cause you to feel regrets. This was an amazing opportunity to have two of the strongest names in the gaming industry support the launch of Going Rogue, and we feel confident that it will provide some of the visibility and buzz you have been asking for. One of the biggest features in Going Rogue is that we are redefining the new player experience. Our partners are helping us make that experience even more attractive. Will There be Any Other Preorder Programs? We have no plans at this time to have any other preorder program. What About Prepurchasers? We do understand that some of our prepurchase customers may have decided differently had they known upfront that this preorder program was coming. This is why we tried to make the in-game goodies something that would have a stronger value for new players than for existing veterans. We do hope you’ve enjoyed these past few months with early access to Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning. Prepurchasing Going Rogue is still the only way to get early access to these two awesome new power sets. If you have any other questions or concerns that were not addressed by me, or in the information released by GameStop or Razer, please let me know in this thread. I want to make sure that you have all of the information available to you, and that details of this promotion are as transparent as possible.

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Originally Posted by Black Pebble Thank you all for the feedback regarding this promotion. I would like to answer some of the more commonly asked questions. Many of your questions are answered in the Going Rogue FAQ. As for some of the others: As with most of our physical boxed products, the retail (boxed) version of the City of Heroes Going Rogue Complete Collection is stackable once, even if you have already bought or prepurchased the separate Going Rogue Expansion or the digital version of the Complete Collection. Thus, if you prepurchased Going Rogue, and you also buy the Complete Collection at GameStop, you can enjoy the benefits from both purchases. The five enhancements will not be purchasable separately when Going Rogue is launched. They will be exclusive to GameStop at launch. The five enhancements will be provided via a code that is printed on your receipt when you receive your Complete Collection retail box from GameStop. The digital version of the Complete Collection will be available from NCsoft for our US and EU customers on launch day. The Complete Collection Item Pack will also be available for our prepurchase customers on launch day.

I hope this helps everyone...

Thank you for the time...

@Travlr (Main) / @Tymers Realm (Test)

Thanks Tymers for providing the quotes. I think that answers my basic question -- the in-game freebies are not significant and there are no other promotions to consider. So I can just buy from wherever (probably Amazon since it gives me free shipping).

Simply put, they are slotable at level 1, once your character reaches level 21, they become in-effective.

The value of the GROs is 16.66% Damage / 16.66 % RechRedux. Exactly equal to 2 DOs or 1 SO.

The procs of the 5 GROs are:

• Will of the Seers: Psi Damage

• Clockwork Efficiency: Energy Damage

• Resistance Tactics: Smash Damage

• Syndicate Techniques: Lethal Damage

• Might of the Empire: Chance to knock down

Put in my pre-order for two boxes at Gamestop this past Tuesday. So excited. Makes it seem more real.

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