ARMA 2 (OA) : DLC discussion thread

[Dwarden]

This thread is to recently announced possibility of paid DLC next to free (content update) DLCs ....

(all the DLC discussion goes here and nowhere else, i'm merging it there ... period)

and as sidenote i will quote myself

either You buy or not ...
same like with ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead or ARMA 2 itself

what's the problem?
... it's not like it will be any usual DLC you see around these days

[MrStregatto]

*Will the DLC that is planned for A2OA be free or paid and how it will be distributed?

- Both free and paid DLC is planned for A2OA. It will be distributed through different online channels. We've always given a lot of content to our community for free, however, we would like to see if there is interest from our users to fund development of higher quality and more complex packages. Fundamentally, the situation of the PC market in general, and sales of our products in particular, limits our ability to produce new content funded by the income from sales of the core game alone, as we have done in the past. We understand that this is a sensitive topic to some of our users; however, I suggest to not start any flame wars: if someone does not like to pay for DLC, the easiest thing is to simply not buy it.

So the brits probably are in the next DLC.
I hope only that the DLCs will not cost much.

[Kristian]

Quote from the Q&A:

"Both free and paid DLC is planned for A2OA. It will be distributed through different online channels. We've always given a lot of content to our community for free, however, we would like to see if there is interest from our users to fund development of higher quality and more complex packages."

I'm with this. I will buy all BIS DLCs, if they add good amount of new stuff, example: A small new faction, like Brits

[DM]

the fact that there will be Paid DLC is making me sad

Inb4 the shitstorm about DLC now its confirmed that they will be charging for some of it.

[Hamm]

There are many no`s in the answers, leaves me a little disappointed, also the fact that there will be Paid DLC is making me sad

I don't mind paid DLC that much, just how much it could possibly fracture the community. People will tell you "community's already fractured it doesnt matter" which is true, but adding another layer of separation will do it no good, it all depends on the price/adoption rate. I guess British Army DLC is confirmed at this point...

Also, how will BIS handle pirates? Will the DLC come with it's own key? And seeing the nature of A2 modding, couldn't someone just grab the DLC units and repack them into a mod?

[Zipper5]

Inb4 the shitstorm about DLC now its confirmed that they will be charging for some of it.

^ This.

I think the moderators are more than prepared for it, though. We might see it for a second or two, but by the next it will have disappeared and, hopefully, the poster is banned.

[turzy]

I was like 'yea, thats great!' and then 'oh, thats a shame' all the way through the faq hehe but I'm still as enthusiastic as ever, am really looking forward to it.

As for DLC, I'd pay for BI to give us some quality work without hesitation but they really need to be quite upfront in what they're doing/how long it'll take so the rather excellent mod community we have wont be clashing.

[Mafia101]

Also, how will BIS handle pirates? Will the DLC come with it's own key? And seeing the nature of A2 modding, couldn't someone just grab the DLC units and repack them into a mod?

Maybe like in VBS... encrypted data, accessable only with your copy key idk :P

[maionaze]

As long as the DLC is consistent enough ( ex : 12 new weapons / 7 new vehicles / 10 new unit models / 3 new features ) I am willing to pay the price .

[Pauliesss]

As I said before, I have absolutely no problem with paying for quality DLC.