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Hero (Retired)

Re: Battlefield™ 1 Deluxe Edition question...

@BlackMosquitoe The Deluxe Edition has all the pre-order packs and some skins. Add to that 5 battlepacks. Standard edition doesn't have the pre-order packs. Nor the new Revolution Edition.

The Ultimate Edition has the pre-order packs, more battlepacks than the Deluxe Edition and the Premium Pass (which is another way to name the Season Pass)

The Revolution Edition has the base game + Premium Pass, but not the pre-order packs, nor battlepacks.

Thus being said, the Premium Passs goes often in sales, so just grab it in a sale.

And to answer to your question, yes, you have to buy the Premium Pass. You still had a nice deal, as those pre-order packs are not available in the Revolution Edition (which replaced the Ultimate Edition), nor those skins (also unavailable in the Revolution Edition). Plus the battlepacks (which are third tier battlepacks, so you have better chances for some legendary skins).

It pays to document before purchasing something. When it comes to EA and Ubisoft, the safest way is to go for the mose expensive version (the BF1 Ultimate Edition was around 120 euro and had all the content - standard game, pre-order packs, exclusive skins, Premium Pass). Standard edition was around 70 euro, Deluxe was 90 euro. Those are the launch prices. The new Revolution Edition is 60 euro, but lacks the content from the Deluxe and Ultimate, though it has the Premium Pass.

The Premium Pass in sales is 20-25 euro, depending the discount in the sale. So far only 2 DLC's were released, with the third coming out this month. The final DLC will be out next year, march or april, the date isn't yet set for release. The Premium Pass gives access to all 4 DLC's. Most people are playing the standard game, though due to the sales for the Premium Pass, the numbers of people playing the DLC's increased lately.

I've learned my lesson when it comes to EA and Ubi the hard way. I would rather wait a bit and grab the most complete edition, instead of buying the standard. Just make sure that you document yourself quite well. If EA has 2 or 3 editions, Ubi has 5-7 editions (just to make things even more confusing, so they are the worst when it comes to special editions spam). If you ever need help in grabbing the best edition, let me know. I keep track on most of the Ubi/EA stuff.

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BlackMosquitoe
New Rookie
8 years ago
"It pays to document before purchasing something. When it comes to EA and Ubisoft, the safest way is to go for the mose expensive version"

I did.... Nothing else was available and it didn't say weapons would be excluded. Thanks for the heads up. If I could return the game I would. Another $49.99 would bring my total to $130? It's not that I don't have the money, it's the principle tbh. Not to mention with all the negative press I would have thought I heard something like this for BF1 too.
ivrognard
Hero (Retired)
8 years ago
@BlackMosquitoe the information was available, until they've changed the editions. The Origin store has in most cases a presentation of all the editions

An example:

https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/battlefield/battlefield-hardline/ultimate-edition

As you can see the Deluxe Edition doesn't include the Premium Pass in Hardline, either. Same happened with BF4, before that.

https://www.origin.com/irl/en-us/store/battlefield/battlefield-4/premium-edition

As EA changed the editions, only BF1 Standard and Revolution are available in their digital store. And it looks like the Revolution now includes the pre-order packs, too, which makes it the equivalent of the Ultimate Edition.
BlackMosquitoe
New Rookie
8 years ago
I thought responded... Let me do it again quickly...

"@jcosta the information was available, until they've changed the editions. The Origin store has in most cases a presentation of all the editions"

I pre-ordered it in 06-04-2016, they came out with the ultimate in Oct 13 2016(?) If you advertise A and B tier of your product, don't come out 6 months or w.e later and introduce A B C without telling your people who bought it that a third of the items in that game are missing. It's not DLC or Expansion... It shouldn't constitute an additional cost... Maybe that's what all the people are trying to tell EA now. After almost 3 decades of buying games from them they'd value that concern.

As you can see the Deluxe Edition doesn't include the Premium Pass in Hardline, either. Same happened with BF4, before that.

When I pre-ordered they had all three options. Not sure what you mean. BF1 had a real early pre-order.

As EA changed the editions, only BF1 Standard and Revolution are available in their digital store. And it looks like the Revolution now includes the pre-order packs, too, which makes it the equivalent of the Ultimate Edition.

Triple A games shouldn't have a $140 tag on them.... That's greedy and obnoxious. GTA V made over a billion dollars and you got the whole game in the box, that sold for 49.95-59.95... This is just shenanigans. Hence probably why their stock is down and people are furious with the company.