RE: GR Pre-purchase


Aett_Thorn

 

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Originally Posted by Mrs_TopDoc View Post
Is it a choice if there aren't any options?
But there were options, and we were informed of them. Deal with it.

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When GR was first available for pre-purchase, was it known that there would be a different special offer from GameStop?
Not relevant. We were informed before anything was put on sale in the NCStore that people buying early wouldn't be getting everything that came with the complete edition, and would have to spend more later.


 

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Originally Posted by Brillig View Post
Sheesh guys, he said his facts were indisputable! How can you all be here disputing them?
Well, what he said was:
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The indisputable fact is that giving benefits to new customers which are not also extended to existing, even long-time customers, fosters resentment in those long-time customers.
And since I, as a "existing, even long-term customer", can get every benefit and reward being offered, his basic premise is flawed. If the vets can get every single thing exactly the same as the new players, what is he babbling about?


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Originally Posted by aett_thorn View Post
the devs run a business. That business is making games. It is also to make money. In order to make the most money they can, they need to both keep existing players and attract new ones. Sometimes, decisions will not make both camps happy, but those decisions need to be made. As such, they try to make a fair amount of choices for both sides of it.

This.


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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
Not relevant. We were informed before anything was put on sale in the NCStore that people buying early wouldn't be getting everything that came with the complete edition, and would have to spend more later.
It wouldn't let my multi-quote, so my questions are missing. I had asked if we knew there would be a special promotion at GameStop later when people were first able to pre-purchase from NCSoft. So Forbin is correct that it's not relevant that GameStop had a special deal, but thankfully he(?) answered the main part of my question. If people knew that the "buy it now" deal wasn't going to be the complete edition that would be available later, then yes it was a decision to get access to the powers now and probably have to buy it again later to get the rest of the goodies and not just bad luck.


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Originally Posted by Mrs_TopDoc View Post
It wouldn't let my multi-quote, so my questions are missing. I had asked if we knew there would be a special promotion at GameStop later when people were first able to pre-purchase from NCSoft. So Forbin is correct that it's not relevant that GameStop had a special deal, but thankfully he(?) answered the main part of my question. If people knew that the "buy it now" deal wasn't going to be the complete edition that would be available later, then yes it was a decision to get access to the powers now and probably have to buy it again later to get the rest of the goodies and not just bad luck.
Sorry about the "deal with it". In hindsight that was harsh. The forums have had a couple of arguments about the Gamestop issue and it's easy to forget that sometimes it's an honest question and not someone looking for an argument.

I had hoped that by answering your main question it would in turn answer the following questions.

It is unfortunate for people that started the game after those announcements and pre-purchase went on sale, because to them it could easily appear that this was sprung on the player base at the last moment, but it's not the case it is just bad timing.

My impression from what I read from Black Pebble's (The marketing guy) announcements is that the Gamestop offer was something that went thru at the last minute. They held off saying anything until they were certain the deal was approved. Can't really blame them for not wanting to get egg on their faces if they hinted that they were working on a deal and it never happened.


 

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
Not relevant. We were informed before anything was put on sale in the NCStore that people buying early wouldn't be getting everything that came with the complete edition, and would have to spend more later.

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It wouldn't let my multi-quote, so my questions are missing.
Did you mean nest quotes? You have to show the software who's boss to do that (i.e. edit the quote tags).

Multi-quoting is pretty easy. Just click the box with the quotation marks (between the Quote button and the Quick Reply button). Click the box on each message you want to quote, then go to the bottom of the screen and hit the New Reply button. It will have quotes of all the posts you clicked the button for. You can even include quotes from posts on different pages of the thread. It remembers what you clicked when you load a new page.


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Ironblade haz da madd skillz:

Did you mean nest quotes? You have to show the software who's boss to do that (i.e. edit the quote tags).
Edit quote tags? Why on Earth would anyone do that?





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