Krone Trailer Pack DLC??

[Polarlicht]

According to the SCS Twitter account, it looks like we getting another trailer dlc pack...
https://twitter.com/scssoftware?lang=de

[Nimir-Raj]

I'm personally hoping the Profi and Cool liners replace the default ones since they are based on Krone. But a DLC pack adds Coilliner, Dryliner, and boxliner.

Also for some random hype. Krone make swapbody rigids. ;)

[Lothic]

i really don't understand why people want even more paid DLCs...
the game with all content dlcs and tuning packs (speak: all dls except for paintjobs) costs accumulated ~90€ without sale-benefits

still not EA like, but pretty expensive

[Rev Counter]

Originally posted by Lothic:

i really don't understand why people want even more paid DLCs...
the game with all content dlcs and tuning packs (speak: all dls except for paintjobs) costs accumulated ~90€ without sale-benefits

Next you'll head over to the Train Sim forums and complain that the total dlc cost is over 2 grand... and get a lot of very similar responses all saying that you're not obliged to buy it all, and you can pick and choose based on what you want your game to be like.

Same applies here, the more the merrier! The skin packs are all pretty useless to me, but new trailers will always appeal.

[Wille Wilse]

Originally posted by Lothic:

i really don't understand why people want even more paid DLCs...
the game with all content dlcs and tuning packs (speak: all dls except for paintjobs) costs accumulated ~90€ without sale-benefits

still not EA like, but pretty expensive

For me, personally, I rather pay a relative small sum of money for me now and then - maybe 3-4 months in between - for a DLC that I know works with the game with no hassle (I dont touch mods in this game even if I do in other games).
Another benefit is that the game keeps updating for that money - it will stay alive longer.

[Lothic]

Originally posted by Wille Wilse:

Another benefit is that the game keeps updating for that money - it will stay alive longer.

hm.. updating.. well, kinda long ago since i played the vanilla map, but from what i heard, the vanilla map (standard ets2 excluding DLC parts) is still the same, so updated part is paid additionally

the game engine runs fairly poor, if you use more complex maps or higher density of traffic (poor compared with todays possiblity of games, but I'm not a dev, so i can't tell what prism3d (gameengine) is capable of)

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will prob buy italia dlc anyway, but even more paid dlcs.. not a fan of it

[Nimir-Raj]

Originally posted by Lothic:

i really don't understand why people want even more paid DLCs...

Do you want ETS and ATS to continue getting updated? Then support the devs.

Do you want ETS and ATS to be abandoned? Then don't.

That's the long and short of it.

Unlike EA who can siphon funds from other projects when DLC stops being bought, SCS only have two active titles.

At least with SCS the DLC they release is truly optional, you aren't at a disadvantage if you choose not to buy it.

[Lothic]

Originally posted by Mohegan Moh1336:

Do you want ETS and ATS to continue getting updated? Then support the devs.

in a free2play game, it would be a valid argument.. but in this case, it's not

[Rev Counter]

Originally posted by Lothic:

Originally posted by Mohegan Moh1336:

Do you want ETS and ATS to continue getting updated? Then support the devs.

in a free2play game, it would be a valid argument.. but in this case, it's not

Why?

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by Lothic:

hm.. updating.. well, kinda long ago since i played the vanilla map, but from what i heard, the vanilla map (standard ets2 excluding DLC parts) is still the same, so updated part is paid additionally

The map isn't the only thing that can be updated, you know.
We got double trailers, 8x4 chassis on some trucks, new Scania R and S coming with 1.30, minor improvements to other trucks (DAF and Volvo), and yes, even parts of the map are improved (France outside the DLC area, as well as Italy in 1.30). And that's just within the past year.

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by Lothic:

in a free2play game, it would be a valid argument.. but in this case, it's not

Continued development is supported by DLC sales. Without DLC they would have to abandon ETS2 and make other games (probably not even truck simulators!).

[Lothic]

Originally posted by Hypertext Eye:

The map isn't the only thing that can be updated, you know.
We got double trailers, 8x4 chassis on some trucks, new Scania R and S coming with 1.30, minor improvements to other trucks (DAF and Volvo), and yes, even parts of the map are improved (France outside the DLC area, as well as Italy in 1.30). And that's just within the past year.

double-trailer-> in scandinavia only; for non-mod players it's paid to use
8x4 chassis -> part of the heavy cargo dlc
new scania -> yes, that seems to be a "free" update for the game - (why "free"?
you pay 20€ for the basegame, without sales benfits.. in those calculated prices are usually update/bugfixes/payment for staff included)
improvements to daf and volvo -> nothing i notices, so i can't tell, but daf got it's own tuning pack

[Rev Counter]

Originally posted by Lothic:

new scania -> yes, that seems to be a "free" update for the game - (why "free"?

Because SCS can afford to give us any new trucks without charging players for them, because people buy additional DLCs. More money means the company can expand, so development happens faster and higher quality updates and DLCs can be made.

But if, as you say, you "really don't understand why people want more paid DLC's", then there isn't much hope for you understanding anything to do with people paying money for lines of code that make pixels change colour on your screen. If you can't see that people buy these things because they either want to enjoy using them, support the devs, or do both, then there's an underlying problem.

[Nimir-Raj]

Originally posted by Lothic:

double-trailer-> in scandinavia only; for non-mod players it's paid to use

But you don't need it if you don't have Scandinavia since they aren't legal in the rest of Europe (more or less) none issue.

Originally posted by Lothic:

8x4 chassis -> part of the heavy cargo dlc

No. It's in the base game for everyone, always has been.

Originally posted by Lothic:

new scania -> yes, that seems to be a "free" update for the game

Trucks will always be free because SCS consider them important and necessary part of a truck sim.

[Hypertext Eye]

Originally posted by Lothic:

8x4 chassis -> part of the heavy cargo dlc
new scania -> yes, that seems to be a "free" update for the game - (why "free"?
you pay 20€ for the basegame, without sales benfits.. in those calculated prices are usually update/bugfixes/payment for staff included)
improvements to daf and volvo -> nothing i notices, so i can't tell, but daf got it's own tuning pack

No, 8x4 chassis was a free update that came at the same time as the heavy cargo DLC.
New Scania is "free" because it is exactly that. Free.
You realise ETS2 was released 5 years ago, right? And it is still in active development. That is well beyond the normal life of a game. SCS had no idea the game would be so popular and live so long. There is no way they could have included this in the initial price.
The improvements are there whether you notice them are not. This is not subjective.

Look at SCS development history before ETS2. They were releasing or codeveloping a new game every year, usually multiple games a year. Aside from ATS (which is basically the same game with a different map), they have not released any new games since then. That is not a sustainable business model for a game developer without DLC. Without DLC for ETS2, ATS would not even exist.

[Scof23_TN]

i think it'll be as an event in WOT ..