Why change the battle pass

The only way I'd feel inclined to buy the battle passes, (although I would prefer having one battle pass that's buyable with Apex coins, while still having some of the extra items) is if they:

1) Get a better handle on cheaters, start banning smurfs, and get a better bot detection to where we don't have a bunch of bots "AFK leveling" in modes like Mixtape.

- Be honest, the ONLY reason why we see a bunch of Gibraltars, Bangalores, and Lifelines punching the air is so cheaters can jump back into the game on these accounts since the bots get to level 20, and then you'll see them in ranked.

2) They fix matchmaking, (or at least improve it)

- Its clear that the matchmaking isn't "SBMM", its something else entirely, which many, (including myself), feels like its EOMM, or "Engagement Optimized Matchmaking".

3) They upgrade the game's engine to improve audio, game performance, etc.

- The game's engine is apparently from 2004, so no wonder why each "update" has a ton of bugs and other issues

4) They get better servers

- A better game would mean nothing if players are still lagging into infinity and beyond.

5) Actually have devs who listen to the WHOLE playerbase, not just a small group or just the pros, but the whole entire community.

- Yeah sure, players wanted a better battle pass, but no one really complained or pushed the subject as much as many other issues, nor did any one of us went: "let's have the battle pass double in price and make it a direct buy only", that wasn't something "the players" had suggested.

In other words, don't claim it was a decision based on "community feedback", when it actually wasn't from our feedback.

The things I've seen players ask for:

1) Better anti-cheat, (and better handling of cheaters, smurfs, and bots)

2) Better matchmaking

3) Better audio

4) Better servers

5) Having updates that aren't bugged

6) More game modes like "Dummie's Big Day", "Live.Die.Live", etc. (and the return of these modes with new twists, including a return of arenas)

7) Legend buffs and nerfs, (yeah there are buffs and nerfs, but players want things like Crypto's drone being able to revive teammates, the drone following Crypto around, Loba able to loot banners directly from deathboxes, (not the crafted ones), using her blackmarket, etc.)

8) More uses for Legend Tokens, (like being able to buy an Heirloom with them)

9) Region locking servers

10) Being able to turn off cross-play on all platforms

11) Being put on servers only with others who own the battle pass, (which actually won't work as cheaters can easily give themselves the battle pass for free and most are paying monthly subscriptions to even be able to use cheats)

12) A change to aim assist, (or the removal of it), as well as bans on strikepacks, XIM, Chronus Zen, etc., some players also ask for aim assist to be fully disabled in PC lobbies, and some have asked for M&K support on console

13) The devs giving the community feedback on the state of the game, updates, roadmaps, ban stats, (you know, keeping players in the loop instead of being radio silent about it). Players wanted to know if the game was safe to play after the ALGs hack, or if something was being done about the cheating problem, and we have yet to hear anything about it.

14) Having many of the features from Apex Mobile, such as what they were doing with clubs, ranked, etc. We've already gotten a version of perks that Apex Mobile had.

The things I saw no one ask for:

1) Stickers

2) Recolors in collection events

3) Collection events that turn into Milestone events

4) This battle pass change

5) Gun skins being Mythic rarity / buyable with Heirloom or related currency. The playerbase got mad with EA/Respawn about the Peacekeeper recolor Heirloom, and then here we are with reactive gun skins purchasable with Exotic Shards.

I'm sure there's more, but these are the ones I remember where it cost money to enjoy. There have also been other changes that most didn't ask for, such as:

1) The EVO armor rework

2) Replicators being a single use only

3) The changes involving golden armor, golden knockdown, and golden backpack

4) The addition of legend perks

However, these changes aren't all that bad, even though the one item per replicator is tough when you have to decide between grabbing the banners and having heals or ammo.

The changes involving money is bad because it tells the community that EA/Respawn doesn't care about the game or its players, rather they care about profits. This message is one of the reasons why a lot of us don't like this battle pass change.