It kinda sucks that the collectors amongst that like to have the hard copy boxed version get to miss out on all the allied races/new content.
It kinda sucks that the collectors amongst that like to have the hard copy boxed version get to miss out on all the allied races/new content.
They actually just give you a regular extra license which is annoying because you have to give it to a friend or resell it.
During the MoP Annual Pass where you got a free copy of D3, if you registered a CE D3 when it was released, you instead got like 2 months play time on WoW which was much better imo.
Last edited by Twisted Spirit; 2018-01-30 at 09:34 PM.
This topic is relevant to me and very frustrating.
Why do they make the physical collector's edition a punishment?
I am half tempted to give up on my collectors edition streak.
with Draenor and Legion blizzard worked like this:
1) you buy digital version (standart), got all preorder bonuses
2) you preorder (when you can) Physical CE copy of the game
3) after release you get your CE.
4) Apply it to the account
5) contact support
6) support provide your with key for standart copy of the game (wich you can gift to anyone, sell or whatever).
Myself done this with legion. Gifted free copy to friend. Bonus for that were that i had 2 100 boosts (wich wasn't bug accourding to guy from support team when i asked), and friend not lost his 100 lvl boost.
WoD and Legion both refunded you a standard/deluxe edition game key depending on which you prepurchased.
Maybe now they'll do a battle.net balance refund, but they're not going to announce the Collector's Edition until some point in the future, so we have no way of knowing for now.
What I do know is I'm sick of being forced to double dip if I want both the physical collectibles and the early access rewards. Even though I collect artbooks and I've been buying the CEs for a decade, I think I'm gonna stop now. I'd rather have the allied races today than an artbook in eight months.
If that is the case with the character boosts it might not actually be too bad, in the UK the expansion pre-order is £40 and I think a boost is £45.
As long as you're making good use of the boost then it's a cheap way of getting an extra and you still have the product key to do whatever with.
I hope we don't have to wait until close to expansion release to get a hard copy of the regular version. I got hard copies of original WoW and all its expansions. I don't want to break that tradition.
The past two expansions I've gotten a full refund for the digital pre-purchase a few days before release. If you boosted a character, that character is locked until you add the physical key. I'm hoping they continue to do that this expansion, but they did change the refund policy a bit.