Okay. so let's talk about the first expansion.

This.

Whilst Blizzard is hardly the best example as their HQ sits atop a small mountain made of dollar bills, Cata was an absolutely enormous expansion. It fully justified the price tag that came with it, regardless of whether individual tastes were met by the choices they made (they did not, for example, cater to mine but that's not very surprising).

I'm still a bit surprised that people on a forum are getting upset at other people's opinion on whether something is value for money. If you believe it is, buy it. If you believe it isn't, feed back to the developer.

Why must everything be an argument where one side is right & the other is wrong? Do people today have so little self-worth that they must have their decisions validated by majority?

If I had to guess. A lot of the dissatisfaction stems from the initial expectation that Makeb would be "free". Understandably, things change, But I also felt a twinge of disappointment when I found out they are charging for Makaeb.

Why should that be?

Personally, it stems from an unconscious (and irrational) assumption that Makaeb WAS intended to be free content and subsequently converted into a paid expansion to turn a quick buck. The optimist in me is hoping that they ADDED some additional content to what was originally planned that would justify the pricing change - maybe in the form of new FP's, and OP or heck even some sandbox elements to keep people busy. I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see. But if they ARE adding something we have yet heard about, the marketing department is doing a pretty lackluster job of pumping us up for it.

I know i know. Patience

Well you could just wait unless you really, really want those 5 days it's not like the price is lower for preordering.

Meh Already pre-ordered as far as I'm concerned being fed two or three of these mini expansions a year would be awesome.

They never said it would be free.

Looks good to me. I get a real chuckle when i see folks complaining about a video game. no offense but none of this changes the way i look at gaming as a hobby to unwind when life gets tense. I do avoid the forums or mainly, post with the usual cast of haters and spell-checkers.

I want someone to make a thread (even speculation) on what some of the other stuff we might get with this expansion!

My only concerns are that this seems rushed. They are only offering a digital upgrade pre order for the expac. No standard? no CE? Also only 1 planet and 5 lvls for the update? I hope to God they have a bunch of operations planned and that they are challenging. I am right on the verge of cancelling my sub, but I might stick around for this expac if they release more details and options.

$10 is a fantastic price point. How can one complain? I expected it to be $20-25 and up. I think this is a steal even with the info they gave us. I'm sure they'll have more goodies to talk about.

While I have no problems with $10 for a small expansion, you seem to forget that Cataclysm was another nail in the coffin of WoW. It was also the first expansion that was SO bad that they gave it away for free (I got mine for resubbing).

Honestly, my opinion on this is that paying subscribers should have gotten this DLC for free as part of their perks of being a paid subscriber.

However, I am not going to rush out and blindly pre-order until more information is revealed so that I can judge for myself if it is worth what I am being charged. Because from what has been revealed so far, it is not worth my $10.

Time will tell.