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[Legion 2.5]

Darth_Trethon wrote...

Will The Irons be included in the Signature Edition if we preordered it from a store othe than the EA store? It's too late to get the Signature Edition from the EA store and I don't want to cancel my GameStop preorder of the Signature Edition either so am I completely out of luck unless I buy a second regular edition of the game from the EA store?

I did the same thing but I prefer weapons over accessories much.  All I do in the first DA is by Spellward, Ring of Ages, and that belt in the mage tower and i'm done.

[CaolIla]

It sucks that there is all this exclusive stuff.

The only ones who will get all the exclusive items are people who order multiple versions (another round of champagne for ea) and the ones who download that stuff for free.

But paying 20 € on top just to get one stupid belt is just stupid. I'll stick with my english version and pray that the pound isn't getting a boost in the next 2 months.

[McManus001]

do you get to name the mabari?

[Darth_Trethon]

McManus001 wrote...

do you get to name the mabari?

You get a whistle to summon the mabari in combat you don't get it as an actual party member so most likely no you won't get to name it. It'll probably work similar to the Ranger's summons in DAO which worked like a spell that brought in temporary aid.

Modifié par Darth_Trethon, 14 janvier 2011 - 07:37 .

[White_Buffalo94]

I preordered a PS3 Sig edition from Gamestop, so I'll get the Iron Belt, correct? I am aware that I'll get the Lion shield, Fadeshear, Appearance changing mirror, DLC character, and all that other good stuff, but idk if I'll get the iron belt :[

[Darth_Trethon]

White_Buffalo94 wrote...

I preordered a PS3 Sig edition from Gamestop, so I'll get the Iron Belt, correct? I am aware that I'll get the Lion shield, Fadeshear, Appearance changing mirror, DLC character, and all that other good stuff, but idk if I'll get the iron belt :[

It doesn't look like it. It's a EA store exclusive so the fact that the opening post doesn't even mention it despites the fact that Fernando Mello provided the info about this item before this thread was made doesn't look promising. So don't hold your breath.....they held out the info about prorder items until after the Sig Edition was out of reach....most likely because of this. Now the only way to have everything is if you were either lucky enough to preorder from the EA store before the 11th or to buy a second copy of the game.

[White_Buffalo94]

Ouch. Alright, no big deal, there will be other belts

[Neil Decurio]

Since you decided to lock the other topic, Mr. Priestly, most of us know about the pre-order stuff that you can get on Steam right now. But all of those items are also given to those who pre-ordered the Signature Edition version, wich Steam users never really got the chance to decide on getting or not (unless we should be forced to select other outlets). It doesn't make up for Steam getting a regular pre-order (at full price) the very moment the Signature Edition goes off sale. It felt like a slap to the face, and it doesn't make me very interested in buying what I was looking forward to for the longest time now, when I know I get a butchered version of it. I have loved basically every single game you have released BioWare, but this time it feels like alot of us are getting shafted purely due to the choice of a very popular digital distribution platform that seemingly EA has issues with.

While it may be crying to deaf ears, or seen as an annoyance that we are annoyed by what has happened, I wish at least that you can get something in the works, in the lines of your Digital Deluxe edition of Dragon Age: Origins, before the shipping of this game. If not, I am at least one person who will not purchase the game I am certain you have worked hard on. And I am not blaming you, but EA for it.

Modifié par Neil Decurio, 14 janvier 2011 - 09:58 .

[Loerwyn]

Neil Decurio wrote...
It doesn't make up for Steam getting a regular pre-order (at full price) the very moment the Signature Edition goes off sale.

According to the Steam News feed, it went up on the 13th. The Signature ended on the 11th - That's hardly "the very moment" it ended.

You had plenty of time to buy the game elsewhere, and it should have been clear by last week at the latest that Steam wasn't getting the Signature Edition. Heck, it should be clear by EA's catalogue on Steam that they're very selective about what goes up and what doesn't - Did you not notice Bulletstorm isn't there? Dead Space 2? Any of the Sims titles? 

Yes, I think EA and/or Valve should kiss and make up, but looking at the current state of things - Don't blame EA for your unwillingness to buy elsewhere. Don't blame EA for you not being able to order the Signature Edition before the 11th despite having months of notice. Don't blame EA for your decisions. EA, and Valve, don't exist to do what you want. Don't blame EA for you not looking into the situation and reading the posts Chris (And perhaps others) have made over the past weeks and months saying that it will not be coming to Steam (And that's not the only time they've said it).

Same goes for anyone who's kicking bins over this. You had your months of notice, and if you didn't see the writing on the wall then you've really only got yourself to blame for missing out on it. I'm usually the last person to defend BioWare, but the information's been here for weeks, if not months. The mods, and regulars, have answered the "Will the Signature Edition come to Steam?" question likely more times than many of us can count, and yet people still kept asking. If you're not going to even consider buying the game elsewhere, then maybe you deserve to not play the game. Harsh, but it had to be said.

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

Well said OS, I do use steam at times myself, but anyone ****ing about not getting the SE via steam had plenty of time to preorder via other means and have no one to blame but themselves. Wah wah someone call the amberlamps.

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

And incidently they must be pretty desperate for preorders to be putting all this what will most likely be overpowered loot and unbalance the game in the first place, for preorders.

[Neil Decurio]

Unlike CoS Sarah Jinstar (Tip: There's a Edit link on your posts (not a complaint, just in case you weren't aware of it)), I'll say: "Not so well said, OS". I wish it was, but besides a well written entry, you have one view and one view only, people disagreeing with you, are according to you, completely wrong. That's how you come off as anyways. Accept it, some people, like myself, do not want to have multiple sources for their games; A) I don't want discs, as in retail. I don't want to spread my purchases around. [C) I like the community tools Steam offers]. I don't go about saying you're an "idiot" for spreading your purchases about to save money and get whatever unique offer you might get from buying at (in example) Gamespot over Amazon.

Now sure, that means I might miss out on lower prices and what not, but if I got the money to support my gaming habits and sticking to one platform, who are you to say I am wrong in doing so? I personally don't mind when there is a special bow from purchasing at Gamespot, or a amulet from purchasing at Steam, a sword from Amazon, and so on forth. But I do mind when a seemingly single platform (wich happens to be one of the most popular ones) gets completely neglected.

Also, I might make note of, that since I use Steam plenty, being the only platform I use after all - I can easily with confidence state that Dragon Age 2 went up on pre-order right about midnight on the 12th of January, 2011 - at full price. I saw it with my very own eyes, on my very own computer, I was awake at the time and happened to be browing the Store. To me, that is basically right after Signature Edition pre-orders ended. It also feels way too convenient that it was a "problem" getting it to Steam, when they are possibly the biggest competitor to EA themselves.

As for your lovely and humorous statement about not deserving to play the game (hah! that actually made me laugh) - I'll rather say they don't deserve my money (EA anyways, BioWare certainly does, as they have undoubtedly worked hard on this title). Like I've stated before, I'll easily get this game at a bargain, with all DLC released, together with the "exclusive" Signature Edition items in the upcoming Ultimate Edition sometime next year during a 75% off sale. I don't "lose out" by not buying this game now. I got plenty of games that can keep me entertained (over 100 wich I haven't completed in fact), and right now I feel far more interested in The Witcher 2 than DA2 anyways. Again, one could thank EA for that.

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For CoS Sarah Jinstar below: Since I don't wish to flood the forum I'll edit this post; How hard is it to grasp that some people wants to keep their games on a single platform? As in DO NOT want to use EA Store or Direct2Drive (etc.). Who are you to call someone zealots or idiots for sticking to a single platform in the first place? Are you the almighty center of the universe? All worship the almighty CoS Sarah Jinstar, death to all who may not share his/her opinions? Like I wrote above, I don't go saying people spreading their purchases about are poor cheapskates or idiots. If that is their choice, then fine, all the more power to them. I don't go saying people who stick to in example only Direct2Drive is idiots either. You need to broaden your view on the world, seriously. Posts like the one below are just sad. At least "OS" wrote a well written entry, even though it sounds like all who disagree with said person are wrong. Also asterix-ing doesn't make sense, you might want to try using less profanity and different words wich has the same meaning. I neither write "!111eleventyzero!", nor in all CAPS, or use words like "noes" being that it isn't actually a word. So you could've saved yourself the trouble of typing that out, because you are emotional and disagree incredibly strongly (by the looks of things). It just makes you look childish.

Edit #2: Learn what a wall of text looks like. Paragraphs and proper punctuation were both a part of this reply. I'll just go out on a whim and imagine you being in your teens. At least "OS" writes proper replies. I don't happen agree with his/her, what seems to be (to me) a narrow-minded view of "You should buy it somewhere else, even though you clearly state that you prefer having one outlet", but at least they are structured, and not using demeaning language to make someone not agreeing with a point of view look like whining little kids, nor do they contain profanity.

Modifié par Neil Decurio, 14 janvier 2011 - 01:54 .

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

So don't buy the game and stop ****ing because you're a steam zealot. "oh noes I HAVE TO GET IT ON STEAM!111eleventyzero!" If you wanted it digital so bad the EA store offers that as well as D2D.

[CoS Sarah Jinstar]

I know its such a huge hassle to have to start the game via a different launcher! omg so hard and worth a wall of text of whining about!

[Loerwyn]

Neil Decurio wrote...
 A) I don't want discs, as in retail.

Who said you had to buy retail?

Neil Decurio wrote...
I don't want to spread my purchases around.

Fair point, but one other site is hardly spreading.

Neil Decurio wrote...
C) I like the community tools Steam offers.

Irrelevant point. Dragon Age 2 has no Steamworks integration, so the only thing you're missing out on is Steam counting your hours. You can run games through the Steam interface and retain most of the community features - Mostly the IM system.

Neil Decurio wrote...
I don't go about saying you're an "idiot" for spreading your purchases about to save money and get whatever unique offer you might get from buying at (in example) Gamespot over Amazon.

And you'd be an 'idiot' if you did, because calling me an 'idiot' for doing that makes absolutely no sense.

Neil Decurio wrote...
Now sure, that means I might miss out on lower prices and what not, but if I got the money to support my gaming habits and sticking to one platform, who are you to say I am wrong in doing so? I personally don't mind when there is a special bow from purchasing at Gamespot, or a amulet from purchasing at Steam, a sword from Amazon, and so on forth. But I do mind when a seemingly single platform (wich happens to be one of the most popular ones) gets completely neglected.

Neglected makes it sound unintentional. It's clearly a planned move on someone's part, but whom we don't know - It makes the most sense for it to be EA, of course.

As I explained to someone else earlier, I don't really agree with Steam being exempt from the Signature Edition, but I do find it utterly preposterous that people claim to be 'unable to purchase Dragon Age 2' and are 'refusing to buy it' simply because they cannot be arsed to spend two minutes registering on, say, Direct2Drive or GamersGate and preordering/pre-purchasing the game in that manner. 

Limiting yourself to one sales platform is ridiculous. No, it's beyond ridiculous, especially when you, more often than not, get no benefit from purchasing from that one store. Where else in life would you do something like that? Is your local independent grocery store the only place you buy food? Is your local bookstore the only place you would buy a book? So why is Steam the only place you'd buy a game? Yes, it's a major player, but its catalogue is so limited it's unbelievable. 

Again, as I said above, EA's catalogue on Steam is selective. We were told the Signature Edition would not be coming to Steam, and have been told that for at least three weeks (Going by my above link). That's three weeks to find another distributor, three weeks to find another online store that can sell it to you. If you're in a place where you absolutely cannot import it from anywhere, then yes, that's unfortunate, but you're in a tiny minority. Most sales of a game like Dragon Age would happen in the US and the EU, both of which are fully covered by numerous suppliers and distributors. Everywhere else takes a back seat, even from the greats like Microsoft - In the past year, a number of countries have only just become eligible for Xbox Live, for example.

Either way, the writing's been on the wall, the information's out there, and so is the evidence. If you can't - or don't want - to see it, then why is that EA's fault? Why is that Valve's fault? It's not.

Modifié par OnlyShallow89, 14 janvier 2011 - 12:12 .

[spelslinger]

So.. i who have pre.orded Signature Edition since 2010 still get all this cool stuff? even troh (sorry) i orded it from webhallen sweden?

[Neil Decurio]

spelslinger wrote...

So.. i who have pre.orded Signature Edition since 2010 still get all this cool stuff? even troh (sorry) i orded it from webhallen sweden?

Yes, the Signature Edition should include the goodies (and more) mentioned in the topic, even if you pre-ordered it back in 2010 and from Webhallen in Sweden.

Modifié par Neil Decurio, 14 janvier 2011 - 01:55 .

[darkchaz]

very nice

[JHU_P4NDA]

 This is really exciting stuff! The only that has me worried (I'm a worrier) is that I preordered the SE of DA II from the EA store, and there I used a different email address. Hopefully this won't cause any problems in terms of getting all of the promotion items on the same account. 

Does anyone know how to rectify this? Or perhaps when I get the pre-order download stuff, they'll simply give me codes to input into my Bioware account?

[kotor-charger]

so I pre ordered DA2 about a week and a half ago will I still get this new add on stuff

[Eishiva]

I ordered the special edition Nov.1st so will i get the new staff addon as well i have my recipt If you need it

[eziken]

JHU_P4NDA wrote...

 This is really exciting stuff! The only that has me worried (I'm a worrier) is that I preordered the SE of DA II from the EA store, and there I used a different email address. Hopefully this won't cause any problems in terms of getting all of the promotion items on the same account. 

Does anyone know how to rectify this? Or perhaps when I get the pre-order download stuff, they'll simply give me codes to input into my Bioware account?

You should be fine if you register the game with you primary email account because you have to register the game before getting all the d/lable goodies. But man i stil kinda wish they would had hold out till pay day for the signature editiion deadline, or atleast still having the edition. The catch would it being $10 more or something. Even making it around $60-$65 at the EA store and $70 everyplace else to get people to come to them. Now I'm just rambling about my procrastination, but yeah just be sure to register it with you primary email account and you should be fine.

[Loerwyn]

Eishiva wrote...
I ordered the special edition Nov.1st so will i get the new staff addon as well i have my recipt If you need it

Uh, that's nothing to do with the pre-order. You need to look at this topic.

kotor-charger wrote...
so I pre ordered DA2 about a week and a half ago will I still get this new add on stuff

As it says in the original post, yes.

JHU_P4NDA wrote...
This is really exciting stuff! The only that has me worried (I'm a worrier) is that I preordered the SE of DA II from the EA store, and there I used a different email address. Hopefully this won't cause any problems in terms of getting all of the promotion items on the same account. 

Does anyone know how to rectify this? Or perhaps when I get the pre-order download stuff, they'll simply give me codes to input into my Bioware account?

You'll want to get in contact with EA Support. Click 'BioWare Game Support' at the bottom, and it'll take you where you need to go.