January 2017
Two friends and I just bought DA:I, but I only got the regular game and not Game of the Year edition. My friends got GotY. They can join a game together but when I try to join them it says to check the version of the game I am playing and make sure it's the same. I figured they were loading a DLC mission or something, so I decided to host instead. They got the same error message. Are we really not gonna be able to play the base game together, because they have DLC that I don't?
I'd be willing to purchase an upgrade at this point; but I only see an upgrade to Deluxe Edition, and fear that I'd run into the same problem.
January 2017
Unfortunately, your assumption is correct. You need both the same game version (GOTY). You can do that, by upgrading to Deluxe and buying the DLC's (though i found it cheaper to buy directly the GOTY again, so i have both Deluxe and GOTY editions in my library now).
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January 2017
Thanks for the response. It's quite an unfortunate answer though. I think I'll try to contact Origin about getting a refund or something.