I really feel like this is a glaring issue with the new expac and one of the reasons why I'm hesitant to pre-purchasing it.
They themselves said that one of the things people want most with expansions are elite specs, to make their class feel new when they are playing new content. I doubt allowing free use of weapons previously locked to elite specs is enough to satisfy that. The middle-ground in their own words are the new weapons but we're getting them really late. I will have experienced most of the expansion without that new feeling. It will feel an awful lot like living story, which I think it would be wise of them to avoid with this new setup of mini-expacs.
Allowing free use of weapons previously locked to elite spec will open up a lot of buildcraft for the classes but that's not something the day-to-day player will care about. Most people just grab the "meta" build from some site or cobble together something without having inherent build knowledge. It doesn't really have any marketing power either, new players won't care about that, they might be interested in new weapons though.
I really feel like this is a glaring issue with the new expac and one of the reasons why I'm hesitant to pre-purchasing it. They themselves said that one of the things people want most with expansions are elite specs, to make their class feel new when they are playing new content. I doubt allowing free use of weapons previously locked to elite specs is enough to satisfy that. The middle-ground in their own words are the new weapons but we're getting them really late. I will have experienced most of the expansion without that new feeling. It will feel an awful lot like living story, which I think it would be wise of them to avoid with this new setup of mini-expacs. Allowing free use of weapons previously locked to elite spec will open up a lot of buildcraft for the classes but that's not something the day-to-day player will care about. Most people just grab the "meta" build from some site or cobble together something without having inherent build knowledge. It doesn't really have any marketing power either, new players won't care about that, they might be interested in new weapons though.
