Surprise for those who preordered

wojtek

does anyone remember that game developers promised to give a little present for those who preordered game? what happened with this promise? maybe someone knows?

wojtek

"To all who have pre-ordered, we ask for your patience as we move toward our final release date -- and we will be working on something a little extra for you. To all who have volunteered, we thank you for your dedication and support. "

this is what Trent Oster said about it in november u guess

O_Bruce

Months of additional waiting, I guess ;p

Hence next time I'm not gonna pre-order BG2:EE.

SCARY_WIZARD

Wasn't it Baeloth?

Kamigoroshi

I could have sworn it was a new loincloth for Minsc. Luckily the sight of it stays normally hidden behind a giant furball... probably.

PugPug

My guess is they completely forgot. I don't mean that in any personal way, I've just known that to be admitted privately when it has come to teases like that in other games.

elminster

SCARY_WIZARD said:

Wasn't it Baeloth?

Yep.

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PugPug

Didn't those things go to everybody, though?

elminster

PugPug said:

Didn't those things go to everybody, though?

Nov 2012

"I think there's some confusion here, or Trent may have misspoke - it's not that only people who pre-ordered will get an extra bonus, but rather than with the additional time we've added some things that we weren't going to add. Unfortunately they're both not yet finished, but one will be going out as an announced feature in a post-release updates, and the other will be going out as a super secret (but really cool) easter egg in one of the post-release updates." - Phillip Daigle

http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/comment/137732/#Comment_137732

Dee

For final clarification, the two goodies were:

- Baeloth, a new recruitable NPC
- A handful of new kits to play with

Southpaw

PugPug said:

Didn't those things go to everybody, though?

@KidCarnival's son is right. I have not pre-ordered, but got Baeloth and new kits to play too.

O_Bruce

@Dee
Oh, really? Baeloth was introduced in one of the patches weeks after release. Same for the new kits.

KidCarnival

Southpaw said:

PugPug said:

Didn't those things go to everybody, though?

@KidCarnival's son is right. I have not pre-ordered, but got Baeloth and new kits to play too.

Actually, it's my nephew and he kinda got lost when I was babysitting. Hand the eyeball over, finally my sister will forgive me!

Semi-on topic: I pre-ordered and didn't even get the pre-order badge.

elminster

ZelgadisGW said:

@Dee
Oh, really? Baeloth was introduced in one of the patches weeks after release. Same for the new kits.

Baeloth was introduced in patch 1.0.1012. That was released mid-january (Jan 14). The new kits were introduced on February 22nd. So more like a month and a half after release (in Baeloth's case).

Freche

In-game pre-order exclusives sucks major balls and imo only promotes piracy. I pre-ordered and am glad all content is available for everyone.

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O_Bruce

I have nothing against additional content for everyone. I have someting against lying to the customers, thought.

Eleutheros

@ZelgadisGW Does that mean you would be perfectly happy if Baeloth and the extra kits were available only to those who preordered?

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mashedtaters

I thought it was just the pre-order badge.

Calmar

Back in the day I bought the Collector's Editions of Baldur's Gate 2 and Icewind Dale 2 to get the bonus content. But I don't give a damn about being part of some exclusive minority. I want as much of the good stuff as possible, but I want others to enjoy the game, and, most of all, I want my beloved IE games doing well and having a thriving online community. If there's special content, let everyone have it, as long as I can have it too.

O_Bruce

@Eleutheros

No, that's not it. I would be perfectly happy had Trent said that there would be extra content for everyone, not for pre-orders only.

The same way I feel for full support for additional languages. Nobody ever stated that I have to wait probably more than year after ship. And the feature was advertised.

To sum it up, if there is something Overhaul can't do, can't provide, can't make in time, please state so. It's better than toying with people's expectations, regardless of your intentions.

EDIT:
To be blunt, Baeloth is a highly unlikeable addition for me, so I wouldn't even want him as a little extra. Drow, sorcerer, max HP, exelent stats. I hate sorcerers to very idea of that class, and also I'm not into drow fetish .

Dee

Strictly speaking, Trent didn't lie about the something extra. He misspoke (and definitely could have worded his post better, which is why Phil needed to clarify it). And even misspeaking, he never said the "little something extra" was only for those who preordered.

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Southpaw

I haven't pre-ordered, but honestly speaking...I would not mind to get the extras for everyone else too.

elminster

I really don't get why anyone would be upset over this still. You saved $2 on the purchase and you got the additional content. The last of which was released 6 months ago. Also Beamdog has been generous when it comes to refunds for people who aren't satisfied.

As far as I know Trent Oster never stated that those who pre-ordered would get any bonus content on the release date for the game. His original comment was "To all who have pre-ordered, we ask for your patience as we move toward our final release date -- and we will be working on something a little extra for you. To all who have volunteered, we thank you for your dedication and support. "

http://forum.baldursgate.com/discussion/4796/ship-date-delay/p1

O_Bruce

"To all who have pre-ordered, we ask for your patience as we move toward our final release date -- and we will be working on something a little extra for you."

Either it refers to pre-orders or my Polish "grammar sense" is in the way. If it is the second one, I apologize.

Banex

Amazing totally amazing.For the past 3 to 4 months we've all been whinging,weeping,down in the dumps and downright disheartened at the possibilty of no patch-no future for BG2EE-how we've all been left in the lurch with a half finished game etc etc etc.Now the dust is clear,it's all systems go-patch coming,work to continue on BG2EE,everythings back to normal,and now what do we get?People bitching that they never got exclusive content when they pre-ordered.

Let's get our priorities right eh,as in there might have been no patch and no future content,full stop.Be thankful these guys are still on the case with BG.When all the legal bullshit was going on,they could have just said "Sod this!" and moved on to other stuff.

O_Bruce

I bitch, because I want people to be honest with me. They can be blunt, if they want to. I don't care about extra game content I recieved or not.

elminster

ZelgadisGW said:

"To all who have pre-ordered, we ask for your patience as we move toward our final release date -- and we will be working on something a little extra for you."

Either it refers to pre-orders or my Polish "grammar sense" is in the way. If it is the second one, I apologize.

All that is saying is to those who have put money forward at this point (sept 2012) we are working on something extra to make up for this delay. It never says that it is something exclusive to pre-orderers. There is no dishonesty in their statement.