Premium Trophy Mount Pack: Bad Idea?
Warning, this post is going to critique the new Premium Trophy Mount Pack. I'd ask that you hear me out before getting mad. If after seeing what I have to say you still think I'm a moron, fair enough. >!(Yeah, I know people will see several paragraphs and not bother reading, and just down vote.)!<
I have two different critiques. First, is the idea of DLC for DLC. I see this as potentially a poor use of the dev time and resources since this DLC will only be for a very small number of players overall. Unlike a new weapon pack, or new map this new DLC doesn't add anything to the game as a whole. Its only for people that have the trophy lodge DLC, and want more options for that specific DLC. In other words, a niche in a niche. While this DLC may end up being profitable, and we don't know if it will or not, I'd much rather the development resources be spent on DLC that has a more wide spread appeal. Also, I think plenty of people will see DLC for DLC and ask, why isn't this already included in the trophy lodge DLC? The nickle and dime approach turns a lot of people off. This brings me to the next point.
My second issue is with the idea of restricting the animals for the special floor/wall mounts. For anyone not aware the new special floor/wall mounts are only for a very limited number of different species. This screams that EW intends to add more of these special mounts as DLC for different species. If so, that is some hardcore nickle and dime stuff there. They could easily make 3 special mounts, one for small, medium and large animals and that would cover everything.
I'm sure some people won't care about any of this, and maybe some or all of my critiques will end up being moot as we get more details on this DLC. I'm curious what you guys think. Is this a good use of dev resources? Should this have just been FreeLC for those with the lodges?