Several months ago the Loba edition was in the monthly rotation. Of course the bundle was unavailable in Belgium because Apex Packs are forbidden by law to be sold here and the bundle includes 5 Loba Apex Packs.I had contact with support then about an alternative. The bundle was only available for a short time anymore then so of course nothing changed.Now since like 2-3 weeks ago the Loba Edition is back in the Monthly Store rotation.Guess what? Still unavailable for us!!If they can mark the Bundle as UNAVAILABLE in these regions then they should have the tools to make separate bundles for these regions without the Apex Packs in them.Support told me they passed it on to the correct teams but now with 6 days left there is still no alternative.Also it doesn't seem like the team ever reads these forums anyway cause they never replied to any of the problems regarding the Neon Network event. So I'm not sure why I even bother writing about it here.I do really wonder why these forums even exist in the first place if the team doesn't seem to care about fixing any problems that get posted here?

When i see how bad the game is since s17 i'm pretty happy i never gave them money.but it's true it's annoying you can't use your extra coins from BP to purchase packs.

@OldTreeCreeper that's through the website, right? Yeah I've tried that several months ago, around the time I made this topic. I just checked and it's still set to "France" in there from last time I tried to see if it works. So unfortunately I don't think it works anymore. I guess I could try again though.

I've tried it again, this time set the region to United Kingdom in the profile settings online and in the EA app as well. But unfortunately still doesn't work this way anymore ☹️

@Thunderuuuuu Its a marketing thing. EA/Respawn wants to make money, and so by making them bundles, it causes players such as yourself to spend a bit more for the skin that you want.They don't hate Belgian players, its more like Belgian hates gambling, which if you didn't know, is why the packs make the bundle unavailable. But I do also agree with you too, the skins should be standalones as well.

Every country should do The same, then EA would snap to senses

Loba Edition: Why Does EA HATE Belgian Players?

15 Replies

Thunderuuuuu
2 years ago
The majority of the bundles that have come for sale since I created this topic are STILL UNAVAILABLE for Players in Belgium.
There was one moment I thought the team had finally learned as there was one event in the store where a bundle of Legend Skin, Weapon Skin and Apex Packs was also available without the Apex Packs. So the ones with Apex Packs were unavailable because those are what causes the problem for Belgian players, but at least we still had the option to buy those Skins thanks to the bundles also being available without Apex Packs.
This brings us to the Festive Frenzy sale that is going on how. Where once again EVERY BUNDLE is UNAVAILABLE for players in Belgium.....!!!!!!!! You've shown that it's possible to have the same bundles without the Apex Packs. So why was that only for 1 specific sale and then y'all acting again like it's not possible??!!
Are you going to tell me that the Final Fantasy VII crossover event in January is also going to be this disgustingly filled with UNAVAILABLE for Belgian Players???
Thunderuuuuu
2 years ago
Ah I also saved one from the Blood Moon Sale that I just didn't upload here. See the Horizon bundle and Loba bundles were unavailable because of the 10 Apex Packs. While the Wraith bundle was available. Why is it so hard to just make extra options for the Horizon and Loba bundles without the Apex Packs just like you did with the Wraith bundle??
Midnight9746
Hero
2 years ago
@Thunderuuuuu Its a marketing thing. EA/Respawn wants to make money, and so by making them bundles, it causes players such as yourself to spend a bit more for the skin that you want.

They don't hate Belgian players, its more like Belgian hates gambling, which if you didn't know, is why the packs make the bundle unavailable. But I do also agree with you too, the skins should be standalones as well.
WTF_Huitzo
2 years ago
When i see how bad the game is since s17 i'm pretty happy i never gave them money.
but it's true it's annoying you can't use your extra coins from BP to purchase packs.
Pena124
2 years ago
Every country should do The same, then EA would snap to senses
Pena124
2 years ago
@Pena124 Actually no. EA IS always EA. EA its on The money.
Thunderuuuuu
2 years ago
@Midnight9746 yeah I understand that it's a marketing thing to add stuff like Apex packs to the skins and make them into bundles. But they could at least come up with a way so that people in Belgium can also purchase them. So it's nice to see they sometimes have bundles of just skins, like the Sanguine Wraith bundle. But most of the time they contain packs :/

It does feel they hate Belgian players, just because they could find a solution and yet they don't. Also some events had items locked cause of it, which they fixed for future events sure but we not during the event that had the problem.
I know that the Belgian gambling law is the reason for Apex Packs being unavailable here. Which is why they are also removed from the Premium Battle Pass track. And changed into Crafting Metals for us. (we still get the ones from the Free Track since that part of the BP is free).

Yeah if they could just make the skins standalone that would be great.
Honestly they could also just replace those Apex Packs in the Bundles for Crafting Metals. They do it for the Apex Packs in the Premium Battle Pass Track based on region, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to do that with Shop Bundles either imo.
Thunderuuuuu
9 months ago
Another 4 months without any reply from a developer at all. Why does this forum even exist...? That's 8 months of this thread existing and being ignored by developers.
Loba Edition is available in the monthly rotation again for like a week or so longer now and it is still unavailable for us...
I've even provided solutions for the developers, but they just don't seem to read anything on these forums. Makes me wonder why the site even exists.
Balladalidila
Seasoned Ace
9 months ago
@Thunderuuuuu
Just like it says in the description, this is not a Player-to-developer forum. Its a community mainly focused on players helping other players. I assume that the EA staff here are basically moderators with little-to-no connections to EA, let alone Respawn.

Personally I find it a bit unrealistic to think that the devs would have the time or resources to answer even a fraction of all posts here hehe.
OldTreeCreeper
Hero+
9 months ago
@Thunderuuuuu

Have you tried changing your EA account country/region to eg Ireland? Or are you hard stuck to Belgium?

Then buying the Loba edition. I've no idea if it would work for you.

I used to have mine set to Belgium to get the crafting materials instead of packs, for a while, but have it set back now as I have plenty of cm and I am collecting up packs now.