Why change the battle pass
Not gonna lie this is the dumbest * apex has done the battle pass was fine we didn't need two battlepasses for a season one a season was enough and you could grind it out to get the battle pass for f...
Forum Discussion
You guys are making your worse decision ever, and why I say that is because what I heard about next season, you cannot buy the battle pass with Apex Coins I’ve been playing Apex since it came out and now it is coming to an end after hearing that I will always play Apex to grind a battle pass now playing Apex for nothing would basically make the game Boring why are you guys making this decision? I hope the developers see this to let them know that this would actually ruin the game for people who love playing.
Imagine playing a game for the fun of playing a game.
Not to "grind" or "sweat" to complete something for a pixel reward.
Or stop playing because you dont want to make a microtransaction thats completely unrelated to whether you can play the game or not.
Please wake up from your pixel FOMO.
IMO the best you can do is to keep playing but not buy the BP.
Devs get data of high player number generating low profit to show to the execs that this change in fact was a stupid idea.
The news about the changes on the battlepass is horrendous you can't buy passes using coins is bad instead coins its 10$ each split I think this change is really bad and could affect the player base. For the love of christ don't let us buy battlepass using IRL money.
@Airish85 The problem isn't because of FOMO at all. My point is they're trying to get more money out of people while they don't fix issues with the game, such as the cheating situation.
While you say, "missing out on the battle pass doesn't stop you from playing the game", (and it is true), there's still no real point in playing when we're just going to die to a cheater almost every single match or get kicked/lagged out by the awful servers, or even not hear someone running up behind us due to the audio not working properly. If the game is unplayable, it makes not having the battle pass less worth it to play the game.
I did also say I could ignore the battle pass and still play the game, but with it also being one of the few reasons why I play, that's another issue with it. Before you say there's a "free battle pass", that doesn't really mean a whole lot to me and most likely for a lot of players.
You can't expect people to remain interested in something if there's nothing to earn or to progress through in a way that matters to them while the game is being neglected by EA/Respawn. One example is that they added weapon progression, but it was implemented in such a grindy way, that most just forget it exists. I focused on it for about a week and then instantly stopped caring as I saw cheaters running around with 3 level 50+ weapon badges for guns like the R99, Wingman, and Sentinel. (Which just shows how much they are able to cheat without getting banned).
The TL;DR here, the game isn't really "playable", its far from it. Any bit of reason to still play goes a long way, but if EA and Respawn are going to keep trying to drain players of money while refusing to fix any of the issues, player's FOMO would be the least of anyone's worry.@Midnight9746
Bro, dont you think if fixing the cheater situation would be easy they had not already done it? Can you name even one online game that doesnt have a cheaters?
Cheat developers make more money than the game devs. Cheat development companies have multiple times bigger profit % than EA or Respawn.
Yes, you are speaking about the majority of players. Thats the trick of EOMM. To get you playing more because you have to achieve certain level/stats to get a rewarded.
I am old enough to remember playing games for the fun of them. Fun was the reward. I guess that makes me different from the majority of playerbase. Game treats you poorly and you still play to get the rewards. You feel miserable after playing the game but hey heres your new purple banner or legendary rampage skin that doubles the visual clutter around the crosshair when you shoot it and has discolights on it for everyone to see you from other side of the map.
Again I am just a player / observer in this situation but just out of curiosity how would you make money for EA with Apex? You do understand that their only income from Apex is the microtransactions. This BP change suggests that old system isnt providing enough money to meet the demands. So how would YOU make the money so that there is no discrimination or Pay-to-Win to keep competitive integrity? And kind reminder you will lose your job if you dont come up with a solution to make X target profits.- @Airish85
"I am old enough to remember playing games for the fun of them. Fun was the reward."
Amen, brother. Amen.
"So how would YOU make the money so that there is no discrimination or Pay-to-Win to keep competitive integrity?"
This is the question we should have been asking from the start, and yet at the same time the question as it's phrased rules out the one obvious answer. The obvious answer to me is to look at all the money cheat makers are taking in... and take it back. Make and sell the cheats yourself. Have them be off limits in ranked modes and good to go in pubs. Obviously on the understanding that anything that makes you better at the game will improve your mmr and matchmaking will find you enemies accordingly. So in reality no appreciable benefit, and yet people would line up to shell out any amount for a perceived boost even if the developer made it plain that the actual result would be tougher matches.
I'm sure there are consequences here that I haven't fully thought through, but I keep coming back to the analogy of illegal drugs. Make them legal, tax the living daylights out of them. Everybody wins.
Featured Places
Apex Legends Feedback
Give feedback about the Legends, maps, weapons, loot and more in the Apex Legends community forums.Community Highlights
- EA_Mari1 month ago
Community Manager