Ray Of Light
09-06-2006, 05:35 AM
It is approaching that fateful time when I place my Nightfall pre-order, and I am staring at a screen with Nightfall £24.99 next to Nightfall Collector's Edition £49.99.
My request to Anet is for 100% clarity in announcing the CE content ( either on forums or their web-site ), because I am not easily swayed to pay 200% of the standard game price...
[1] Making of Guild Wars Nightfall behind-the-scenes DVD.
I almost never take any interest in such discs when they are inlcuded with movie DVDs, but there is some mild interest because this is behind-the-scenes of a computer game production.
[2] 124 Page collector's art book.
Again this would generally hold zero appeal, but I have heard other players acclaiming previous GW art books.
Q. Is the art work exclusive to this book or the same as materials posted on the web-site ?
[3] 2 Collectible skill pins.
I would like some of these for sure, but the real-money price I would place on them is not necessarily that high.
Q. Are these from the 1st set of pins, a new 2nd set or exclusive to the CE ?
Q. Are these pins fixed or random ?
[3] Character mini-standee.
:lol:
[4] Poster-sized map of Elona.
There is a plain expanse of wall above my PC, but really I would only pay for a poster map if either of the following is the case...
Q. Is the map a work of art ( illustrations and such feature on it ) ?
Q. Is the map an in-game cartography aid ( features actual game detail ) ?
[5] Guild Wars Nightfall soundtrack CD.
The appeal of this pretty much hinges on the following question, as I find one scenario rather more monetary-appealing than the other...
Q. Does the CD contain additional music for the game or music from the game itself ?
[6] And more.
Obviously this is the big unknown at the moment, on which my purchase decision hinges...
Q. Will there be exclusive armaments ?
Q. Will there be an exclusive miniature ?
Q. Will there be an exclusive emote / emote-effect ?
The answers to these questions will certainly impact the purchase I make, and I suspect that of a number of other customers.
At the moment - bereft of clarification ( being a tad overdramatic :roll: ) - I am going to pass the Nightfall Collector's Edition by on the assumption that I will be disappointed to open it and find :
* Freely distributed on-line art work in paper format.
* 2 Fixed Prophecies skill pins.
* A simple general-geography map.
* The soundtrack in CD form.
* No exclusive in-game content.
It will be too late for you to secure my shiny money if you add exclusive in-game content a week after release ( Kuunavang where are you :( ) !
My request to Anet is for 100% clarity in announcing the CE content ( either on forums or their web-site ), because I am not easily swayed to pay 200% of the standard game price...
[1] Making of Guild Wars Nightfall behind-the-scenes DVD.
I almost never take any interest in such discs when they are inlcuded with movie DVDs, but there is some mild interest because this is behind-the-scenes of a computer game production.
[2] 124 Page collector's art book.
Again this would generally hold zero appeal, but I have heard other players acclaiming previous GW art books.
Q. Is the art work exclusive to this book or the same as materials posted on the web-site ?
[3] 2 Collectible skill pins.
I would like some of these for sure, but the real-money price I would place on them is not necessarily that high.
Q. Are these from the 1st set of pins, a new 2nd set or exclusive to the CE ?
Q. Are these pins fixed or random ?
[3] Character mini-standee.
:lol:
[4] Poster-sized map of Elona.
There is a plain expanse of wall above my PC, but really I would only pay for a poster map if either of the following is the case...
Q. Is the map a work of art ( illustrations and such feature on it ) ?
Q. Is the map an in-game cartography aid ( features actual game detail ) ?
[5] Guild Wars Nightfall soundtrack CD.
The appeal of this pretty much hinges on the following question, as I find one scenario rather more monetary-appealing than the other...
Q. Does the CD contain additional music for the game or music from the game itself ?
[6] And more.
Obviously this is the big unknown at the moment, on which my purchase decision hinges...
Q. Will there be exclusive armaments ?
Q. Will there be an exclusive miniature ?
Q. Will there be an exclusive emote / emote-effect ?
The answers to these questions will certainly impact the purchase I make, and I suspect that of a number of other customers.
At the moment - bereft of clarification ( being a tad overdramatic :roll: ) - I am going to pass the Nightfall Collector's Edition by on the assumption that I will be disappointed to open it and find :
* Freely distributed on-line art work in paper format.
* 2 Fixed Prophecies skill pins.
* A simple general-geography map.
* The soundtrack in CD form.
* No exclusive in-game content.
It will be too late for you to secure my shiny money if you add exclusive in-game content a week after release ( Kuunavang where are you :( ) !