OmarsComin posted...
And I don't feel like it's any different than having certain places offer certain pre-order characters.
We think those are dumb too. DLC characters are a nasty situation in any case, they're not allowed in some games and for others it takes a long while to decide if they're allowed or not. Any time you have paid DLC that affects the gameplay, you are negatively messing with the competitive scene. If it's Day 1 on disc DLC, it's extra dirty.
But people act like the game is unplayable or awful because of DLC that doesn't give anyone any adherent advantage (or if any, slight). Also these pre-order gems DON'T affect gameplay at all! I mean unless you plan on using those pre-order gems or those DLC characters, the game is going to be exactly the same for you. You might have more strategies that you have to defend against but I feel like that's where the fun of the game comes in. I realize that it messes up the competitive scene a little bit but most likely they'll just ban the pre-order gems until they're released as DLC (because you're naive if you don't think Capcom will release them all as DLC at some point).
I'm not saying it isn't stupid but people are overreacting.
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