The full name of Escalation thing is Escalation Contract
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I hope youâre right, but I donât share your confidence. Obviously, all of us will have to wait and see what the remaining six Sin DLCs comprise of, but if I had to make a bet at this stage then that wording would lean me more towards expecting just Escalations (probably higher-effort jobbies like The Mills Reverie) rather than some variety of Bonus Mission, which is what I would much prefer to see.
I hope youâre right and Iâm wrong.
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If theyâre all on the high effort level of a Mills Reverie then Iâll take it, even if all of them would be Escalations. That was one of the the best post-launch content to come out of H2.
Yep, weâll just have to see. Iâd be happy if one of the Sins featured a proper Bonus Mission and the rest are Escalations.
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Itâd be best if Greed was 2 or 3 escalations. Then they could excuse charging 5$. At least itâs more than 1.
The last level of that one was horrible: Take out every single NPC on the map. And since none of them counted as target you couldnât kill them, had to hide all the bodies and never get spotted.
Felt more like a chore than a funny escalation.
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Yeah itâs a fun escalation but the KO all bit is the low point.
Itâs unlikely to happen though. Itâd be unbalanced to charge $5 for one escalation and then the exact same price for a proper bonus mission. Iâm afraid weâre just going to get fancy escalations for all 7 sins expansion. I pray Iâm wrong.
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It might work out if the bonus mission is the last thing. The people who bought the 30$ pack âbecause Escalations are worth thatâ get a positive surprise.
And those who did not buy the pack âbecause Escalations are not worth thatâ at least buy that thing for 5$ instead of nothing.
I can only see that not working out if producing such a mission is too expensive for the overall income of the Sins thing.
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Random thought: ET for the Lust weeks will be Johnny Sins. It would all match up!
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It would be amazing if they had a celebrity in store for one of the sins. Just like the sins itself, we cant know for sure yet, what they will come up withâŚ!
I dont want to imagine Dianas briefing, haha.
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Iâm almost sure that the Lust one is going to be the tamest and lamest of them all.
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if it was more than escalations they wouldnât hesitate to announce that to justify the 30$.
Theyâre keeping vague on purpose so that players buy it in hope thereâs more than escalations.
Thereâs no way a map like the icon, landslide etc will be included because it wouldnât make sense for a map like that to cost 5$.
My guess it will be a mix of something similar to the deluxe escalations and the special assignments we got in H2.
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I like this idea. If they change the maps for these escalations to the extent we see in the trailer then it would add a lot of value to the DLC to have those significantly altered maps be used in contracts mode. Or maybe even make them the first escalations with challenges to unlock or something.
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Well prepare yourself because Wrath isnât gonna be Godzilla vs Jet Jaguar either.
âThe Jack Of All Tradesâ
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JET JAGAR, JET JAGAR
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It is a bop though.
With the politically correct thing going on very strongly, they would no doubt stray very far from anything actually sex or âobjectificationâ related.
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Thatâs the way around it but there are also a group who will pay in full Day 1 out of support or long time relationship with the IP - the group who will get used for the margins of the whole system. Those who paid for the lot coming March 30th who may end up getting nothing they like or less content than they thought. Of course thatâs the risk their taking I suppose.
That is my thinking too. With the full control to remove as much content to increase the margin. They havenât told you what youâre getting and never will know what you could have had.
Well we do have a Godzilla in Hitman. 
EDIT: My biggest issue is the lack of transparency and no upfront value guarantee for my money. Because theyâre opting to use the system to guarantee themselves a margin, the consumers arenât guaranteed value content. By not disclosing the rest of the content, they can remove as much as they like to make up for the possible losses of the margin.
Hitman Gold guarantees me the content to me despite how many people pay for it. Even if I was the only one who bought it and they made a huge loss, I am still guaranteed that content as disclosed. Making âlucky dipâ schemes like 7 Sins allows them to flexibly remove content prior to announcement by weighing up the overall income of the whole group to meet the margin. I am at risk of getting less content because they deem they didnât get enough overall money from enough people.
Whatâs the problem with not announcing the content upfront to the people you expect money from?
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Is it because the content is mediocre and if fully disclosed, people could make a better informed decision versus the price point?
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Is it because IO have actually not got a plan but want your money now?
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Does IO have confidence in the content?
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Is it to act vague as a mystery?
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Is it to have the ability to chop and remove content instead of having to deliver despite the income?
(Each content pack includes a new contract and sin-themed unlockable items)
This tells me itâs singular per pack. 7 of X. The first is an escalation.
Escalations are easier to make than The Icon for example or even Bonus Missions so my guess is that they are ready to replace certain packs with escalations to make up the margin. But thanks to the scheme we will never know truly what was on the table.
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Itâs about sins, and itâs all in 47s head, so whatâs the issue? Lust preview:
I agree but the solution is to just buy the individual packs on release, or the complete pack after all parts are released. I usually am not the guy saying âIO isnât forcing you to anythingâ, but here it is absolutely correct. Only buy when you are sure the content is worth it to you.
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