DON'T
This is nearly the price of a full game and does not represent value for money, not even remotely.
This is not a thread about pay to win/bungie lied
Frankly those arguments bore me now as everybody is just saying the same. Here my concern is people may be unaware what a waste of money it is.
It's takes 2-6 hours to get to level 25 and being 25 offers you not much more than at level one. At £5 maybe it's a more realistic ask but this is just outrageous.
This booster pack is barely a booster at all, starting from scratch doesn't put you at that much of a disadvantage and a few games in crucible you'll easily get to that level.
The game is not old enough to warrant a noobie booster pack at that price as the time saved is minimal.
Not to mention surely you'll want to play through the missions as you bought the game to play. Being a level 25 in the early missions will make the game easier, but honestly it's easy enough without it.
That being said its your money you want to get it, that's up to you, I just think you'll regret it once you do
Edit: spelling/grammar corrections
Edit 2: few people have brought up the reduction in materials you would have if you skipped these levels and jumped straight into TTK, it's a good point that I had not considered
Edit 3: common counter argument other than the troll posts is many noobs won't see this sort of message, so it's pointless, if just a few see this and realise, I would considered it a success I for one, was in the forums early on into my progress of this game. For me it's more an altruistic approach, in I believe it doesn't represent value for money, and there's no way to know that unless you play the game, it doesn't directly affect me but doesn't mean I can't try to show people it's way overpriced
Edit 4: seems to have created a good discussion about value for money. To those arguing against my post thank you for the well reasoned points (on the most part). In fairness I hadn't really considered the fully upgraded subclass but I still believe it doesn't represent value for money. Those saying we should bump over Christmas period to help the visibility of this post for Christmas noobs I think is an excellent idea, and shows this community can be positive.
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Edited by Graystash: 12/17/2015 9:03:00 PMThis needs to be trending more. It is not about what Bungie does (usually lie about everything) but about taking advantage of new people. If anyone still buys this game. Any new player should know that leveling for the the first 25 levels is fairly fast. Do the first 5 missions get to level 4 and unlock the bounties then pick them up and play some crucible (control likely best for speed of games or SRL at the moment) and then play the rest of the missions so you can go faster through what are already short missions. Bounties are fairly easy to do and can give you several levels jump. Buying the boosts or any cosmetic stuff does not fund any future DLCs so far we have seen it mostly funds more paid cosmetic stuff and limited time events like the Festival of the Lost and SRL.