Comparing offers

TaishiFox

Hi guys, I'm from UK and it has come to my attention that when comparing what EU are getting and what US are getting for their money, US are getting a better deal when it comes to ingame mounts and items.  The only benifit the EU seem to be getting is the option for a cheaper pre-order deal which in turn apparently goes towards your overall package price, which is good and all but personally I think I prefer the US packages.  Here are the comparison differences:

EU:

Pros:  Has a cheap pre-order so you're not blowing all your money before getting a chance to play in beta and early access and the ammount goes toward your package you buy thereafter, but you can cancel and get a refund for US so this isn't entirely a pro thing.  You also get 7 days extra time?  I think this is actually relating to the early access or the invite a friend 7 days thing, if anyone can elaberate on this I'd appreciate it.

Personal Pros:  This is in my time zone.

Cons:  In order to have the Regal Frostion mount and necklaces you must buy the CE.

Personal Cons:  Most players will be most likely non English speakers, I often find this on EU servers for other games and end up purchasing US versions via digital version.

US:

Pre-order benifits for US:

Pros:  You don't need CE for Regal Frostion Mount and the necklaces and the digital collectors edition costs around the same price as EU's standard edition when converted via xe.com.

Personal Pros: Plenty of English speaking players!   Also, bigger country equals more players to play with who can speak English.

Cons:  No mention of the 7 days extra? again I could be missunderstanding what the EU version means by the 37 days thing.

Personal Cons:  This is not my time zone, most people are at least 5-9 hours behind myself, this can be a problem when wanting to play in the evening but sometimes I'm a late night person and currently unemployed (this factor is not up for discussion).  Also, I often find Americans to be particually obnoxious and rude toward us Brits, bad communities can ruin the overall game experiance, not to mention with being a much bigger country of course there is going to be alot more players which can sometimes mean more players equals more trolls.

So yeah, there you have it.  I'm particually looking at EU standard vs US DCE here as I'm not really interested in the CE for either versions but the lion mount intrigues me.  Also, they seem to be around the same price when you compare them using xe.com's currency exchange rate, as I mentioned above.  That being said, it would seem that DCE from US is offering a better deal than SE from EU.  If anyone knows any better deals than this please feel free to point those out to me.

I added some personal views as this kind of influences on my decision but also causes a dillema at times when trying to come to an overall decision.  I'm posting this to hear your views, both on the offer comparison and perhaps to enlighten me on my personal view points.  By the way, I ask of you not to take my personal comments personally, these are just my personal views from my personal experiances, it is not saying that foreign people are bad in any way and I am not prejudice toward any foreign country toward my own.

 

UPDATE:  I decided to get US version.