yeah, I've talked about the dlc, patch, preorder problem here, and in Owlcats forums..
Owlcat themselves have talked about the things they learned from WotR''s dlc. wh ich sold, which reviewed well, etc. and sadly, its alot of the wrong lessons as far as I can tell.
this is even extended with the great reviews of Void shadows. which is blends into the core game so well. cool!
except.. why would want to buy the game at release? why would I preorder? patches and core DLC both dramatically favor me NOT buying your game for 1-2 years, until its finally finished, and I get experience the whole game. every timey ou announce a DLC, every time you announce an upcoming patch. "I guess I'll wait, and I'll tell all my friends to wait a bit longer"
sales obviously also play into this as well. there is zero incentive for me as a consumer.
this is REALLY bad for the developer.
its a real shame WotR's dlc through the ashes, and lord of nothing did so poorly. as those Side campaigns unaffiliated with the core campaign,, are 100% the correct way to do dlc.
they really need to go back to old school, expac style dlc. where they added new campaigns, that came with new classes, etc, but didn't directly make the main campaign incomplete without them.
I do suspect this is exactly what Dark Heresy is. its almost certainly just RT engine, etc, with minor asset upgrades.
