Just ignore the day 1 DLC.
You consider DLC a microtransaction?
Edit: Maybe Iām just too old, but I thought microtransactions were something you get prompted to purchase while playing the game. Is that no longer the case?
Microtransactions are āsmallā purchases made in a game (or via some kind of store that allows you to buy stuff to be used inside of a game).
DLC is any additional downloadable content that is not included with the game (so something like a day 1 patch wouldnāt be considered DLC, Iād say).
All microtransations are DLC, but not all DLC are microtransactions, generally (before someone comes along with some kind of physical microtransaction or something I guess)
I personally just view microtransations as anything that isnāt āplayable contentā. So buying a mount from an in-game store would be a microtransaction, while buying an expansion wouldnāt be. Map packs kind of blur the line in this instance, because one could argue that theyāre essentially āworld cosmeticsā, but its a hard and fast rule and not something Iād try to enforce as a law, ya know?
Itās clear that there are multiple different definitions that people have for āmicrotransactionsā. I think itās safe to assume that larian has a definition similar to mine. No time in the game that Iāve noticed did I get prompted to buy the DLC. In fact, I didnāt buy it; it seems early access people got it for free.
Thatās a courtesy for people who didnāt pre-order but want the dice cosmetic. It was originally a pre-order exclusive but they changed it when asked to.
Just clarifying what you meant. I thought I missed something. DLC to my mind is likeā¦ an extra race or somthing a bit more relevant than purely cosmetic stuff. Not going to argue semantics here, fair enough to call that a micro transaction and itās certainly DLC.
Even excluding the cosmetics, this DLC includes the soundtrack. I havenāt purchased it myself (yet), but Iād imagine that a soundtrack to a game with over 200 hours of cinematic would be rather extensive (again, I have not seen it, so I donāt know). Even if itās only 30 to 40 minutes of music, at $10, thatās at least on par with the cost of most albums anywhere else. I feel itās got to be more than only 30ish minutes of music, though, so, for the album alone the price seems legit.
Itās the soundtrack and some DSO2 cosmetics that everyone who bought the game during early access got for free. Theyāre selling it to everyone else for $10.
Technically itās DLC, not MTX as MTX almost always entails individual purchases of items, usually in-game. Itās more of a Collectorās Edition than anything. That no one seems to care about, even the people who detest predatory practices.
Do you mean the Mask of the Shapeshifter? That allows, once per long rest, to change appearance to another random character. Effectively a Disguise Self cast.
Thereās also the dagger thatās 4-7 weapon. But I replaced that before I even dealt with the goblin camp. Thereās so many magic items I wasnāt worried about it.
The biggest coup is the hat and cape. They offer no bonuses but they look so fly Iām probably never taking them off.
