Player Accidentally Unlocks Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer DLC

[The.Bard]

Does anyone doubt that this will cost them an additional 10 dollars? maybe even 15? You guys have been reeled in. They aren't going to stop cashing you guys in.

And you only have yourselves to blame.

ZEEL! You're back! Hey! Break out the party hats!



I'm glad to see your vacation hasn't dampened that positive outlook of yours we all know and love! Nothing can dampen your spirits!

You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna buy the DLC for the 360, and THEN, I'm gonna buy a copy on PC, and then buy the DLC AGAIN. And the whole time I will dance dance DAAAANCE in my underwear.


A far more attractive depiction of me underwear dancing.

 

[Disturbed-Hell]

Wait a second... "Geth Infiltratior"?

Spoiler

Huh.

OT. Hope this is legit becasue infiltrator is my favorite class and the Geth are my favorite race in the ME3 universe.

 

[The.Bard]

I should keep a running tally for each instance someone misuses the word "entitlement" in an argument against DLC.

Color me curious... in what was is calling a bunch of people who think - nay, demand - that they be given content at no additional charge anything but a case of entitlement? According to Merriam-Webster:

Definition of ENTITLEMENT (pay special attention to #3):

1:
a : the state or condition of being entitled : right
b : a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract

2: a government program providing benefits to members of a specified group; also : funds supporting or distributed by such a program

3: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges



Most of the arguments against the DLC rely upon "the belief that the buyer is deserving of or entitled to" the privilege of cost-free DLC. Thus, entitlement.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Adept would include the Krogan Battlemaster, and Vanguard would accommodate the Asari Justicar,

are we sure this isn't backwards?

 

[geldonyetich]

Whoops, guess someone gave the wrong guy access to their servers.

 

[Fapmaster5000]

I'm just trying to figure out how having a Geth on your side is supposed to make sense while fighting the synthetic bastards.

SPOILERS!

Because in a perfect play-through, you can get both the Quarians and the Geth for the final battles. This is why they would be in multiplayer (and why there's RAGE over the "synthetics v. organics" theme of the ending - it can be disproved in a paragon run, and now, apparently, in multiplayer).

Of course, Geth do not intentionally infiltrate, so...

 

[Atmos Duality]

Color me curious... in what was is calling a bunch of people who think - nay, demand - that they be given content at no additional charge anything but a case of entitlement? According to Merriam-Webster:

Definition of ENTITLEMENT (pay special attention to #3):

3: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges

Most of the arguments against the DLC rely upon "the belief that the buyer is deserving of or entitled to" the privilege of cost-free DLC. Thus, entitlement.

Pay special attention to the word "BELIEF", it completely undermines "entitlement" as an objective argument.

Here's the real "controversy":
"This DLC is overpriced, and is making the game cost more."
"No, it isn't. You're acting entitled. Shut the fuck up."

What gets defined as "extra"? Who sets the standards? The customer? The Publisher? Well, if we blindly accept the Publisher, then expecting anything more than an opening crawl and a credits roll could be interpreted as "Entitled" too.
If we blindly accept the customer, then the game ought to not only include all the content, but be free of charge as well.

It's a revolving door of useless argumentation. Two sides screaming uselessly at each other over something that does not have a definitive "right" or "wrong" answer.

Hence, why using "entitlement" as an objective argument is absolute bullshit, and using it as a catty insult is nothing more than trolling.

 

[Sethran]

Must be hax. Nobody gets that many golds in a pack. [/troll]

Still, I'd like to play as a Geth. Legion was awesomesauce.

 

[The.Bard]

Color me curious... in what was is calling a bunch of people who think - nay, demand - that they be given content at no additional charge anything but a case of entitlement? According to Merriam-Webster:

Definition of ENTITLEMENT (pay special attention to #3):

3: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges

Most of the arguments against the DLC rely upon "the belief that the buyer is deserving of or entitled to" the privilege of cost-free DLC. Thus, entitlement.

Pay special attention to the word "BELIEF", it completely undermines "entitlement" as an objective argument.

Here's the real "controversy":
"This DLC is overpriced, and is making the game cost more."
"No, it isn't. You're acting entitled. Shut the fuck up."

What gets defined as "extra"? Who sets the standards? The customer? The Publisher? Well, if we blindly accept the Publisher, then expecting anything more than an opening crawl and a credits roll could be interpreted as "Entitled" too.
If we blindly accept the customer, then the game ought to not only include all the content, but be free of charge as well.

It's a revolving door of useless argumentation. Two sides screaming uselessly at each other over something that does not have a definitive "right" or "wrong" answer.

Hence, why using "entitlement" as an objective argument is absolute bullshit, and using it as a catty insult is nothing more than trolling.

I'm absolutely on the same page with you in regards to it being a useless argument. I have long advocated that those who don't like it should voice their complaints by not buying it and stop complaining, and those who do like it should buy it and enjoy in peace.

While I admire your ability to argue semantics, you are still arguing semantics. Until courts intervene to dictate otherwise, the publisher dictates the content. If they dictate content the customer dislikes, then their sales should plummet and they should rectify it back in line according to what customers will pay for. But they absolutely still dictate what it and isn't "the core game." Bioware says the character was developed as DLC; it is DLC. Until a law says otherwise, the content is not part of the core game.

Ergo, anyone who believes they are owed this content flagged as DLC without additional cost, is - by rights - acting out of entitlement. It's not bullshit, it's not a catty insult, it's simply what the hell it is: people saying something that costs money should be theirs without the additional cost.

 

[razor343]

This is clearly fake...

Geth do not infiltrate.

 

[hazabaza1]

Ah, more Krogan that I can't ever fucking unlock.
I WANT A KROGAN DAMMIT DIUASHNFKAJSLF

 

[nuba km]

damn my principle stopping me form getting this game, because I want to play as geth and krogan battlemasters *single tear* they make headbutting a art form.

 

[Atmos Duality]

While I admire your ability to argue semantics, you are still arguing semantics.

EDIT: Upon re-consideration. I see how this would go in circles.

I'm still calling bullshit on anyone using "Entitlement" as a copout argument, since it's ultimately futile, and not helpful in the slightest. Customers have a right to be happy/unhappy with the deals EA (or anyone else) is offering; calling them entitled for saying why they reject those offers is in itself childish and blatant trolling.

The whole topic has lead to a lot of disrespectful name-calling, as is the wont of the Internet.

I posit again that if they hate such things, they should just reject doing business with such models to begin with, lest they encourage and enable them. If you buy the DLC, expect more of future games to become DLC.

 

[ElPatron]

pictures of this DLC already on the disk or I call bullshit on the grounds of self-entitled gamer Bawww"ing syndrome.

This isn't funny at all, the Escapist should censor that word and replace "entitled" by "educated".

It's like people using "troll" as an argument every time they disagree with someone.

 

[Dalek Caan]

... Hell yes Krogan Battlemaster. Oh god this is better than sex.

What about sex with a Krogan Battlemaster? Maybe you shouldn't answer that.

Now about the geth..

/Reaching Consensus..

We approve.

 

[Nurb]

EDIT: nevermind

 

[Matthew Ostman]

Krogan Battlemaster sounds nice... but I'm still holding out for the Hanar Spectre

 

[LtFerret]

Ah, more Krogan that I can't ever fucking unlock.
I WANT A KROGAN DAMMIT DIUASHNFKAJSLF

Well I want a damn Salarian
I have a Krogan and hes fun and all but I'm more of an engineer guy

 

[hazabaza1]

Ah, more Krogan that I can't ever fucking unlock.
I WANT A KROGAN DAMMIT DIUASHNFKAJSLF

Well I want a damn Salarian
I have a Krogan and hes fun and all but I'm more of an engineer guy

Guess what class I have everything for except skin tone?
I think Bioware is plotting against us.

 

[blackrave]

4.99$ for a DLC that adds feature that is already in the game.
Why? Because FCK U!
Sincerely EA.