So it is included behind a paywall of either $70 or a monthly subscription until they hypothetically remove it, at which point it would no longer be included?
hm, i assume you are just bored. have fun buddy.
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Iâm trying to understand your aversion to the word âincludedâ but commitment to the word âfreeâ.
I have to pay to get access to the battle pass and it âcomes withâ (another way of saying âincludedâ) my purchase of the game. So it isnât free.
If you need help with the definition of those words, you can look them up.
While I wont claim to understand their view, some people apparently want to do just that.
Note, there should still be season content, it should just be available in both Eternal and Season. Which would not affect you negatively in any way.
In S4, the whole itemization revamp IS the season content.
So true.
I am so annoyed when people say X is free, after they paid for the thing that gives access to X.
I wont pretend I donât also say it sometimes, but even more reason to be annoyed by it, since the marketing trick worked.
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yes, you need to purchase, or rent, the game to access anything that happens inside the game. you got that totally right.
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Great. So itâs included in the purchase, and isnât free.
well, you also need a smartphone, or pc, to access free playstore games, by your logic. they arent free then.
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Now your just being deliberately obtuse. You know what it means when we say free.
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Charlie Chan say: âMind like parachute: only function when open.â
August 18, 2022 Blog: The Battle Pass has Free Tiers and Premium Tiers. Throughout the pass players can earn a variety of rewards for free, just by playing. At any point during the Season, players can purchase the Premium Pass to unlock the ability to earn Premium rewards tiers containing seasonally themed Cosmetics and Premium Currency.
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Youâre not âtrying to understandâ anything. Youâre trolling. Iâm not sure why these guys are getting sucked in. Theyâve been around long enough to smell a troll when they see one.
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I got a FREE copy of Diablo 4 when I purchased my 4090. The cost of my 4090 wasnât higher because it came with Diablo 4, and it wasnât included in the box. I was given a code to get a FREE copy from Blizzard.
This applies to quite a lot of people, some got it free with KFC too I believe.
So the battlepass is FREE to those, whether itâs âcurrently includedâ in the base game or not is irrelevant, many people play Diablo 4 that didnât purchase it, and have access to the Battlepass. If they decide to make the Battlepass premium only, then it will no longer be FREE.
That being said, FREE and Included as synonymous in this discussion, youâre both just being anal about something to get your post count up⌠Stop it, itâs ridiculous.
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Ooooo mom got tired of the all the bickering.
Your anecdote doesnât apply to the majority of players and isnât relevant.
Being aware of marketing jargon and knowing the difference between something that is free and included is part of being a responsible consumer. Theyre not synonymous at all.
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I also got my copy from Nvidia. But Alte is still right that you got it at no additional cost. It was not free.
Others are of course also right that everybody knows what you mean by âfreeâ. Still, it is never a bad idea to be more accurate with language.
Especially nof if the language otherwise used is basically âcorporate PR speakâ. We shouldnât let that shape our perception.
The point is, heâs arguing just for the sake of argument. He knows that its FREE. Heâs just arguing that itâs included because⌠well, heâs a troll basically.
Trying to make out that theyâre not synonymous when I specifically said theyâre synonymous âfor this discussionâ shows that he doesnât care if heâs right or wrong, heâs going to argue about it anyway.
The whole point was, you donât PAY for the battle pass, and itâs only available in Seasonal. So when you play Seasonal you get FREE cosmetics from the pass that youâre not paying for and donât get in Eternal.
If the cosmetics and therefore the Battlepass was âincludedâ in the cost of the game, you (1) would get them in Eternal and (2) wouldnât have to complete the seasonal journey to get them (because itâs not available in Eternal and isnât included if you have to work for them).
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Not all seasons had themes, and not all themes were season exclusive. In D3.
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So the S4 new uniques are not exclusive? I prefer them not to be (as I like to have a choice, and not be âforcedâ to do seasons), but I noticed that new aspects were harder to get and good rolls, esp., on Eternal, YMMV.
What a pedantic argument. This is the stuff people resort to when they donât have an intelligent thing to say.
Or are you saying that your personal entry point for D4 is the battle pass? That thereâs no other reason you bought or gained access to D4 other than the non-premium battle pass?
You see a smart person would say thatâs just a perk added because really they wanted to play the game. So yeah, itâs free.
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Thank you. So tired of seeing complaints about this. I kept making mental notes about all of these individually but it is nice to finally see them summarized in one place. As usual, 90% of the complainers are unwarranted.
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Thereâs nothing pedantic about it and itâs weird that people are so eager to try and argue something that is blatantly false. And then calling that person unintelligent, when they know the definition of words and is aware of marketing jargon? Very strange.
I have to pay money to access either tier of the battle pass, one of them costing an extra fee. Neither are free.
I see people let this slide all the time. âOh itâs free on Amazon Primeâ âŚyou mean that annual 120$ subscription you pay? Donât be so easily duped.
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