If two ingame items are enough to dissuade you from playing a fantastic RPG... maybe pre-order the game next time? like, I'm against pre-ordering on principle, but if it matters to you THAT much you should just pre-order the thing lol

That said, I don't rembember Rogue Trader having an exclusive pre-order DLC, maybe you mean the limited-time stuff at launch?

But, we are on the general GoG forum. If featured in British comedy from the 80's, on occasion, this place would not stand out, a lot.

Owlcat's long lost any goodwill from me.

Reminder that there are two more expansions (March 2026 and September 2026) on the way:
https://www.gog.com/game/warhammer_40000_rogue_trader_season_pass_2

In case you were holding off on another playthrough with every major additional content there is.

I was just waiting for this DLC—now I can finally start the game. Thanks, Owlcat Games and GOG.com!

2 items or not I don't want to be punished just because I don't like giving my money away for unreleased (and in many cases) buggy games. Now as you pointed out this was a time limited offer, why does it have to be so for a couple of items?

While I would be happy to play this game, I'm not gonna fall for such tactics. If they want me to buy the game I'll happily pay a small fee for those limited items, but to set a time limit without them ever returning is a big no in my book.

At the end of the day, the devs lose a sale and my money goes to someone more deserving.

I have bit of trouble trying to understand why anyone would feel punished if they don't have access to pre-order items. I mean, the other side of pre-order items is to thank all those that pre-order. Most of the time its silly things.... if you really need access to those!! :-p just tryin a faint 'ere

And I agree, they are silly things, such items often end up being replaced by something better later in the game. However it doesn't remove the fact that you get an inferior product just because you bought the game after the release.

Let's assume one is interested in buying it a month or 2 from release, maybe budget constraints or wants to wait for reviews. Why should they be punished because they're late purchasers.

I can understand giving it for free as a pre-order thank you and then charging a fee for late purchasers - the devs get a bit of money and you get full content, everybody wins. Other developers did this and I was more than happy to buy the game and all DLC.

Well, okay, those seem to be valid points. I don't agree tho. Which is perfectly visible in my purchases for Rogue Trader. I left out the FreeBee and the Voidfarer package. That said, i'm not unfamiliar with your line of thinking. I purchased GalCiv 3 complete because i was certain the game would only function at 100% with all the DLC installed

9 months resp. 15 months seems more than enough to fit in another playthrough.
Might actually do the dogmatic fanatic "purge first, purge later" nun-with-a-gun sort of character I've kept putting off.

Even if I try to force myself into a dogmatic playthrough, I end up as a goodie two-shoes iconoclast. :P

I see your point, but you're looking at it from the wrong angle: everyone gets the same product, it's just that early buyers get two extra items as thanks for supporting the game on launch

So you're not losing anything, it's that those people get something extra (on top of the hundreds of items already in the game)

Also as far as the intended progression goes, such items usually break it so I just disable them lol

Some get a version with two extra items. Some get a version without those items. By definition, they are *not* getting the same product.

Preorder exclusives are bad, unless they're sold to later customers as paid DLC. Otherwise, they're simply punishing customers who couldn't afford the preorder, or who didn't know about the game during the preorder period, or (in the future) who hadn't even been born yet.

This would likely be loudly decried in other industries - if for example one had to preorder a ticket in order to see all of the scenes in a movie, some of which would be unavailable to later viewers.

A better thanks to early supporters would be a $5 or $10 discount for preordering.

I think the legal term of product is probably described as the game its self without any addons

Pre-order exclusives are bad, hell there are grounds to say they should be illegal, but no, the main games are one thing and getting one extra sword another, everyone gets the same base game which is the core experience

The movie equivalent of a pre-order DLC would be like getting the making off or some merchandise, not getting extra scenes

Again, I don't like them either, but there's some disingenuity in saying you're not getting the same product, you are