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Edited by Crabbotelli:
12/21/2015 12:47:40 PM
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Warning for noobies thinking of buying the booster packs
DON'T
This is nearly the price of a full game and does not represent value for money, not even remotely.
This is not a thread about pay to win/bungie lied
Frankly those arguments bore me now as everybody is just saying the same. Here my concern is people may be unaware what a waste of money it is.
It's takes 2-6 hours to get to level 25 and being 25 offers you not much more than at level one. At £5 maybe it's a more realistic ask but this is just outrageous.
This booster pack is barely a booster at all, starting from scratch doesn't put you at that much of a disadvantage and a few games in crucible you'll easily get to that level.
The game is not old enough to warrant a noobie booster pack at that price as the time saved is minimal.
Not to mention surely you'll want to play through the missions as you bought the game to play. Being a level 25 in the early missions will make the game easier, but honestly it's easy enough without it.
That being said its your money you want to get it, that's up to you, I just think you'll regret it once you do
Edit: spelling/grammar corrections
Edit 2: few people have brought up the reduction in materials you would have if you skipped these levels and jumped straight into TTK, it's a good point that I had not considered
Edit 3: common counter argument other than the troll posts is many noobs won't see this sort of message, so it's pointless, if just a few see this and realise, I would considered it a success I for one, was in the forums early on into my progress of this game. For me it's more an altruistic approach, in I believe it doesn't represent value for money, and there's no way to know that unless you play the game, it doesn't directly affect me but doesn't mean I can't try to show people it's way overpriced
Edit 4: seems to have created a good discussion about value for money. To those arguing against my post thank you for the well reasoned points (on the most part). In fairness I hadn't really considered the fully upgraded subclass but I still believe it doesn't represent value for money. Those saying we should bump over Christmas period to help the visibility of this post for Christmas noobs I think is an excellent idea, and shows this community can be positive.
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Great post and I applaud the warning to help suggest to others what value is....and isn't. One other thing that I thought about, and this is something important to me and surely may not be to others, is that when you insta-level a subclass you miss out on valuable in-game experience and the learning of the nuances of that subclass. Call me crazy, but I kind of enjoy the trial and error that comes from learning from my mistakes and from experimenting with each upgraded 'piece of the puzzle'...as I progress and earn them. What works...what doesn't work...what works with this and/or that...what I could cared to do without....what I can't wait to progress beyond-- it's all helping my Guardian (well, me) understand what each respective class/subclass and all the unique perks/upgrades are all about. Even as a kid, I'd rather get a Death Star lego set to dive into and put together for Christmas, than the fully assembled version. Then I'd disassemble and try to convince the pieces to play nice in order to come together to make Yoda's head. To me the fun is seeing it all come together to better understand how it all works and to actually learn and gain experience in the process. But that's just my 2 cents and meager contribution to the matter. The price [i]is[/i] wickedly insane though, compared to the gain/reward, but I do understand that some people don't want to take, or just don't have as much time, to fully level/upgrade up a subclass. The insta-level 25 part is easily done in a couple hours of in-game time, but I admit that fully leveling a subclass can take quite a lot longer-- especially for someone with very limited in-game time. I'll easily be able to get all 3 characters to level 40, but it is going to be tough sledding (with my limited game time) to fully max out 9 subclasses. By the time I do, they'll probably have added 3 more for each class or completely reworked the subclass system and structure. But for me, I'd still prefer to 'learn on the job' and fully appreciate what my class/subclass is meant to do...and be and spend that money on someday owning a real Death Star. Again, kudos to you for at least putting out the warning for others to see. It's still completely their choice but at least with posts/threads like yours, they will be better informed (if they choose to read), before they make their decision and spend-- what is to probably be-- hard earned money.
