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...
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@Midnight9746 that's the longest post I've read in a while đ
Tbh I'm suprised at this turn of events.
Over the years I've collected a fair bit of ac and cm, using the collected ac for the bp as I went along and saving the rest of the ac and cm towards (eventually) shards at an anniversary event.
And of course I've gazillions of LT as well.
Recently I've been really enjoying mt to do the dalies and a few weeklies and gradually complete the BP over the course of the season, it's kinda my raison d'etre for playing.
I love the maps and exploring them, but pubs for me is just fruitless to play in a random squad. I play a bit of ranked, but that has become just far too hard for me to enjoy.
Not sure what the future holds now.
Since Season 2 when I purchased the pass, earning the next season's pass by playing hundreds of hours of this game has been the main motivation for me to keep playing, and so I can spend some money on the skins instead... I've spent at least $700-800 on skins since the game came out, $80 of skins this season alone... because I know I can just grind out the battle pass and EARN the next one, because that's how it SHOULD be... And to support the game by paying for a skin I like - take care of your player base, and they will take care of you.
Needless to say, I, too, will not be purchasing the battle pass, or any skins until this is changed. Apex Legends I've spent over 5000 hours playing, just for them to pull this sort of crap now... How dare they.
I'm super disappointed with the changes they are making. I'm not blaming the developers of the game at all. This is definitely coming from higher up wanting to greed their playerbase more, but it's just gonna kill the playerbase down even more. I actually would spend the $10 each season and buy it instead of spending the AC I would get back, but this now having to spend $20 per a season isn't going to fly with me. Maybe if they remove the new currency and replace those with heirloom shards it would be more tempting.
But overall I'm boycotting the season because this isn't very community friendly even if they try to spin it as that.
The new normal. Certainly feels like it.
Really, all they need to do is change the basic tier battle pass to something you can earn each season (or split) to get the next one; like you have now. They took that out to go for the cash grab.
Why not make skins/cosmetics a reasonable price? They have been massively overpriced for ages and many people won't touch them. Paying for fancy pixels for the price of a new game is unreasonable.
I can only assume this decision was done either because they need to enhance their revenue to make the game feasible (lower cosmetic prices?) or it's just plain greed (that seems to be an EA thing... FIFA points anyone? Where is the value in those?).
Being able to earn a basic battle pass by engaging with the game enough should be a given staple. I think that is what has surprised me the most; the fact they yanked this away from people (and making the coins I ground for on the current BP useless for what I had intended). Also its a slap in the face to those who have *already* purchased coins for cosmetics and maybe have some left over to do the battle pass next season.... they've already got your money so that's what they think of you; you're a walking ATM - pony up. Not great optics.
Just seems really poorly thought out. The explanation on the EA site starts off with "we listened to the community, etc"... yeah, but no. I am pretty sure nobody asked for this. Nobody.
Greed
RIP next season battle pass... âšī¸
As an old school gamer who cut his teeth on an Atari 2600, and Commodore Vic20 and 64, I fell in love with Nintendo of course beginning with the NES. My passion was their branded characters with my favorite being LoZ. Through other platforms later on, I was introduced to The FPS genre, Wolfenstein being my first. Every FPS I played shared the same complaint save for 2 titles. The complainant was that I could not get invested in the gameplay where I could perceive myself as the character on screen. The mechanics did not feel natural at all. But I also discovered I didn't like entirely realistic mechanics because again, I would not be able to mentally invest and perceive myself as the character. It is hard to describe, but that has always been my preference.
Loyal to my favorite brand, I own a switch. My fave console of all time was GCN. So I play most games using a GCN style pro controller. My kids wanted to get me into PvP online FPS since I would do well with other non online shooters. They recommended Fortnite, but I don't like 3rd person aspect for shooters. They then recommended Apex legends. I came in the over half way through the season prior to Maggie's release. The hours spent in the range! I found that I didn't like BR, owing to the fact that my old school mentality prefers to be able to respawn quickly. I fell in love with arenas. Fuse, Valk, and Mirage became my mains. It was tough. Took until the end of Maggie's season that I was winning 50/50. I bought Maggie's battle pass since I appreciated the structure. I could earn the right to get the next season BP through investing in the game, and grinding 100 levels. I felt that I was being thanked for that investment of time on my parts even though I had to endure a lot of "cannon fodder" matches. If I played, helping to ensure a diverse and healthy player base, I was rewarded for that work in the form of a renewed BP. Earning the AC was the driving force to invest in the game in the form of my time and effort.
Getting back to my earlier point. I have invested time and effort in this game, also because I am mentally invested in the game. It feels so natural. I love playing this game. I have tried the competition, and nothing compares IMHO. As and old school gamer, I am quite content playing this on my Switch. Others laugh at the fact that the graphics suck compared to other platforms, and I have endured much ridicule and scorn because of my choice. But when you can get mentally invested with Atari 2600 titles, to me the graphics are more than adequate. The audio is incredible as I can perceive depth and dimension through the audio feedback which allows me to be able to determine direction.
I am and always will be a Pub player. I wish I still had arenas, but have learned to adapt to mixtape to some degree. TDM and control have become adequate replacement for arenas.
On my mobile I play another EA title, SimCity Buildit. EA made a similar change to that game's pass quite a while ago, and offered less whilst basically charging more. I stopped buying the top tier pass at that point and in fact have basically stopped playing since without actual value there is no incentive for me to play.
This move is going to do this every thing to a LOT of this community. You are taking away people's incentive to play and invest time into your product, ensuring a healthy and diverse player base to draw from. Where we used to feel valued for our time, we are now instead told to now spend actual currency for the privilege to play a game that is riddled with issues, and try to say we, as a community, asked for this??? The rewards are a better value for the free track alone.
Personally I would like to feel this is a community. It a group of people who choose to participate and we were rewarded commensurate with our investment of time and effort. This is more satisfying than grinding for the purpose of getting "value" for my money, especially when there is no word on what this alteration of time investment to financial investment will do for the community. Server improvement? QoL enhancement? Audio improvements? Cheat and exploitation prevention? And if so, to what degree? How much will the shareholders get? EA's reputation is not the greatest. Silence on your part is not helping to mitigate that.
IMHO,your entire business model needs to change. The common theme echoing through the various communities EA titles support is greed. It is your downfall. The greed reaches a point where even your most addicted and loyal fans abandon titles. Personally, if I was a shareholder of EA, I would demand this. I think it would be far more profitable to find a balance of affordability, and ensuring the health of the supporting community. This franchise has the potential to be top 10 for DECADES! It requires better investment on your part to achieve this. The return on investment for that would be far more lucrative.
Hopefully, I spoke for others like me. Hopefully I added to the foreshadowing of the consequences of your decision to modify the BP.
Only 2 FPS titles. Apex, of course, following by the Metroid Prime storyline. Don't destroy this creation. Please.
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