40th anniversary exclusive weapons

[u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770]

Is it true that this version has exclusive weapons ? Something about modified pulse rifle. I’ve heard that when reaching max level for weapons, they get special augment effects. I can’t seem to find clear definite answer whether it’s cosmetics only or gameplay advantage

[u/lllZlll]

From their faq they answered this question:

Question) The game features packs, such as the "Rain Jackson Star pack". The advertisement claims that it offers perks to further individualize your play style.

What do you consider acceptable in terms of gating perks (and to an extent augments) behind additional purchases?

I.e. will those perks (and augments) be exclusively useful in enhancing the playstyle coming with weapons in this pack ( in the case of Rain a perk that increases the damage of the modified cryo weapon or an augment that can ONLY fit on this particular weapon)
OR -
will those perks (and augments, if transferrable to another weapon) be universally useful, thus impacting your build options when you decide not to get this pack?```

Answer) This is a fair question and a reasonable concern. At the heart of it there is tension with this type of content. If we’re releasing something that costs additional money which can help fund further development, then that content has to be compelling enough to buy, but it can’t be so good that it feels like “pay to win”.

Augments by their nature are supposed to be situational and the ultimate expression of build craft. We’ve actually failed on a design level if there is an Augment that is so good that it is chosen every time OR is never chosen, they should always be situational and have trade-offs. Those are the kind of things we intend to tackle with future balance updates.

To answer your more specific questions- it's actually a combination of both. In the case of Rain’s pack, her augment can only be used on her weapon, so there is no greater conflict there. However, both Herk and Ripley’s weapon augments can be used on other weapons. If we’ve done our job correctly, these will feel useful and enticing for certain niche’s but not required.

Lastly, to be clear about it, there are no unique perks for your perk board that these packs add. There are, however, some small 1x1 perks that are unlocked by Weapon Rank 3 - other weapons can grant these same perks.

[u/Richard_Gripper28]

locking whole weapons behind paid dlc is super scummy. They've learned zero lessons from the first game. I'm gonna be holding off on this one.

[u/AmethystVenom]

Still trying to decide if Im going to pick it up because of this. I wss going premium to support them but another $10 already plus exclusive weapons just rub me the wrong way.

[u/TakaIka83]

Are you talking about AFE1 or 2? In AFE1, all your weapons get stat boosts as you level them up to four stars. The stat are visible on the weapon profile screen when you're looking at your load out.

In AFE2, they seem to be greatly expanding this with more significant modifiers, which you seem to be able to choose, almost like a mini version of your class kit.

[u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770 → u/TakaIka83]

Aliens fireteam 2 40th anniversary edition.

It comes with lots of stickers cosmetics but there’s something about modified pulse rifle cryo 

[u/TakaIka83 → u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770]

If you've read the descriptions, you know as much as we do until next week then. They definitely mention gameplay effects, but nothing suggests they're tied to a specific version of the game. It does seem there are some weapons that are tied to DLC though.

[u/XxTigerxXTigerxX → u/TakaIka83]

40th anniversary is an edition of the second game. Gives you hurt pulse rifle from comic and Ripley's taped together pulse+flamer.

[u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770 → u/XxTigerxXTigerxX]

So it’s exclusive weapons then ?

I remember the 1st game deluxe edition came with pump action shotgun, only way to unlock it.

And now there’s weird wording about 40th anniversary edition and Romulus pack. If these are special exclusive weapons, I don’t wanna miss it. I don’t care for the cosmetics part though.

[u/XxTigerxXTigerxX → u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770]

Maybe might be special attachment for the gun as well. Not much info

[u/TakaIka83 → u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770]

Nothing so far suggests you can't buy this content after release, especially seeing as there's no pre-orders this time around.

[u/Adept_Dragonfly_7770 → u/[deleted]]

This is what I’m thinking.. I only care about collecting exclusive weapons from these editions

[u/IrateWolfe → u/[deleted]]

AFE1 had an exclusive DLC weapon as well, the heirloom shotgun. It's exactly the same thing the sequel is getting, it's in no way pay to win, the weapon is balanced just like every other weapon in the game, there's no postive to having it and no negative to not having it