Ashen.2907 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 THe pre-order bonus weapon selection for EoD ended up being, essentially, an extremely common drop. Something I got many of within hours and days of launch and hundreds over the course of the past year. None of the other pre-order bonuses are of any interest to me so I am left wondering if the Eagle Eye weapons will be common salvage fodder as the weapons for EoD were? I am willing to pre-order if the benefits for doing so are worth my it to me, but a getting an extremely common weapon skin doesn't meet that requirement. Any answer or indicator of the rarity of the weapon set would be appreciated. No answer will be interpreted as meaning that the weapons will be commonplace and so render a pre-order inappropriate. Thank you for your consideration. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silesium.5623 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 is that even a question it will be commen :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) My bet is on a common weapon similarly to EoD. Except going back to the articles, it looks like they describe it in 2 different ways: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/ Quote Prepurchasing guarantees you the following three rewards: the Demon Hunter title, the Arcane Spellweaver’s Hat Skin, and an Eagle Eye weapon skin of your choice. Here it's "an Eagle Eye weapon skin". https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/new-rewards-in-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/ Quote If you’re prepurchasing the expansion, you’ll get a weapon choice box that will get you started on the Eagle Eye weapon set—one of three upgradeable, two-tier weapon sets coming in Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure. Here it's a "weapon choice box". Either way, even if it's at some kind of black lion skin pricing tier, I'm not blindly prepurchasing an expansion for it. If it's somehow hard to get those weapons/skins then I might as well not care about the related collection, since I'll still need 15 more weapons/skins for that tier. If it's easy to get then getting 15 vs 16 of these weapons doesn't seem like an actual difference. At this point whatever it is, I think I already decided it's not worth for me to prepurchase. Edited June 28, 2023 by Sobx.1758 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheezy.2846 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 It's part of a collection of upgradeable weapons. It'll be common. It's a preorder bonus, of course it's just a little freebie common skin you can use early, that's all they ever are. Just a fun extra. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted June 28, 2023 Author Share Posted June 28, 2023 7 hours ago, Sobx.1758 said: My bet is on a common weapon similarly to EoD. Except going back to the articles, it looks like they describe it in 2 different ways: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/announcing-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/ Here it's "an Eagle Eye weapon skin". https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/new-rewards-in-guild-wars-2-secrets-of-the-obscure/ Here it's a "weapon choice box". Either way, even if it's at some kind of black lion skin pricing tier, I'm not blindly prepurchasing an expansion for it. If it's somehow hard to get those weapons/skins then I might as well not care about the related collection, since I'll still need 15 more weapons/skins for that tier. If it's easy to get then getting 15 vs 16 of these weapons doesn't seem like an actual difference. At this point whatever it is, I think I already decided it's not worth for me to prepurchase. Thanks for the insight. I think I willl skip prepurchasing as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokke.6239 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I also found this strange in Path Of Fire A common drop? 😅 That's not the expectation I have when seeing it on pre order rewards. But, oh well, it's fine I suppose Just very odd choice imo 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Public Display Name.7694 Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) You just know it's going to be a "Flame Serpent Weapon Chest" 2.0 situation. It's the first thing I thought when reading it. The real enticement is going to be the "Pay early to receive a BETA test privilege" Edit: (Very relevant, specially that california part) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9hfZJ9VKPE Edited July 7, 2023 by Public Display Name.7694 Definition of Pre-ordering. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante.1508 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 You instantly can tell if the bonus weapons are something special or not.. Cool looking? Flashy with special effects? Something you'd want a character to use in end game? Nope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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