Im buying all DLC one by one since the first DLC.
If a friend who has never bought AOE2 DE want to buy the game, he has to buy all the DLC one by one also ?
Or the game is sold with all DLC included ?
According to me, it should be logical that the DLC got included into the game, after a certain time. Let’s tell one year.
Or I missed something ?
You don’t have to buy them one at a time, but you do have to buy the DLCs if you want the DLC content. That’s how DLCs work for most games, you have to pay.
Would be a scam for the others, if he only had to buy for the base game but had all dlc content, don’t you think?
Sometimes they offer a discount if you buy everything, tho.
By your logic every game could be for free after a certain time?
The basegame today includes what used to be the Conquerors, the Forgotten, African Kingdoms, Rise of the Rajas and the Last Khan expansions/DLCs. That’s already plenty of civs to play with and campagins to play thru. They are unlikely to make any expansions newer than that as part of the basegame.
The game needs some way to make more money to pay for further development and for server costs, after all.
Why free ? I even didn’t talk about money.
I meant they should make 1 big single DLC (price equivalent to total DLCs price with a discount) or add it to the game and increase the price of the game.
For someone new to the game, it’s too complicated to choose between all these DLCs.
Wait what?
So you would prefer if they summarize all the dlc’s to 1 dlc and raise the price accordingly, because it is “too complicated”?
And what happens if sb wants to play only one of the dlcs ?
Doesn’t microsoft even ask you if you want to buy everything together?
Either i’m not getting your point or this is totally silly.
I mean adding everything into the game and rise the price would be such a dumb move…and i see 0 reason for that…at least “it’s too complicated” makes 0 sense for me. Then just buy every dlc and you don’t have to worry anyway?
You mean like a bundle? You can buy the game as a bundle in Steam too
Edit:
Many games have DLC’s. It’s not something only Microsoft does. A DLC is not something that a potential buyer has never heard in their life
Oh really and what would happen, if sb decides he only wants to play poles/bohemians campaign but doesn’t like the rest? You would force him to buy everything even if he is not interested in the rest?
If you are not interested enough to inform yourself about the dlc’s, which takes like 5 minutes then simply don’t buy them.
Either way i see no real benefit in forcing them together…especially if you say it’s not about the money
Yes, great example. If you were to start playing World of Warcraft today you have to buy Vanilla Wow, BC, Wrath, Cata, Pandas, Wod, Legion, Shadowbad and Dragonboyz… Oh wait, you don’t. You just pay for the latest Expansion. Despite the fact that people had to pay for all expansions as they came out. AoE2 is an old game that’s supposed to be affordable. However if you were to buy buy the game plus all DLCs you would be paying over 100 dollars. Which doesn’t make sense for a 25 year old game. But hey, what do I know?
You mean all DLCs should be added to the base game not sold separately? Don’t think that’s case in this game.
Yes, mate ofc i did. I have nothing better to do in my life than creating new accounts in age of empires just so i can agree with me.
Whenever sb likes my comments or agrees with me you can bet your ass it was one of my 100468 alts…because…oh wait what would i even get from that?
Where is this even comming from?
I know my english isn’t the best but from my point of view he doesn’t even agree with me.
So what the hell is wrong with you?
Maybe just accept, that people have different opinions than you and it’s not just 1 guy with many alt accounts.
Looks like you do )
Actually Im always open to dialog. But when someone denigrates other’s ideas tellings that’s it’s “dumb” or any unrespectful things, it make me mad.
What do you mean looks like you do?
Where is your proof that this is my 2nd account? And once again have you even read what he wrote?
So he is a new account replying to me. WOOOOOW
Ask some mods then to check it, so you can embarass yourself.
It could be sold separately, but like 1 addon. As AOE2 is very Multiplayer oriented. I’d say majority of players is more focus on multiplayer than campaigns (Maybe Im mistaking), it means that you we should have access to maximum of civilizations.
Why are you so embarrased ? 
I don’t care of your second account, I target you because you behave unrespectfully. Take it as a lesson for your next comments.
The only one embarassing here is you mate with your conspiracy theories because you can’t accept that pretty much nobody agrees with you…
That is truely embarassing.
Just because i don’t agree with you doesn’t mean i’m unrespectful. I never insulted you or whatsoever.
On the other hand making some shit up based on pretty much nonexistent evidence is most disrespectful you can be imo…so maybe take some of your own advice for the future
But i guess we can agree on disagreeing.
Have a nice day
Actually the second account doesnt really matter for me as I told you… As you told you don’t speak English well, I will forget about that. But remember that telling someone’s opinion or ideas are dumb or silly is disrespectful )
Yeah, nice that accusing sb. of creating second accounts doesn’t really matter for you…but maybe it matters for the other person?
You think it’s fine if people start to believe this and question every time sb. agrees with me in the future?
Demanding respectful behaviour and doing this…hypocrisy at it’s best.
No one is demanding respectful behaviour. It’s your duty to respect others. Otherwise, you expose yourself to a lack of respect from others. It’s not hypocritical, it’s life.
It’s the opposite by the look of it.
I agree that people should get easier access to all civs, not campaigns. But merging would only increase the cost rendering the first phrase useless. However, I always like a cost-less DLC of a few new civs, like 3 in a pack, and a separate cost-more DLC of their campaigns. Also, merging will not happen because it’s Microsoft, business, not ours.