As If This Game Wasn't Making Enough Money!?
Now we have Exotic Shards??? They've been laying people off but expect us to pour more cash into the game which I know people will do unfortunately 😒.
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I do wonder, what's the issue with them creating a new currency?
It's not like it's going to impact players who wouldn't spend money on the game to begin with, so what exactly is the negative impact of them adding it?
Well sure, the new currency is expensive, but keep in mind that you can also get them in Apex Packs, so you don't really need to buy them to begin with.
@XHelperZ The issue I see is its confusing. Why not just have coins and have actual prices instead of hiding the real price of items? It's predatory and I can understand why people are upset. You can't even convert apex coins to the new currency.
I think the main reason to separate it from coins is because they want players to be able to get through other ways like Apex Packs.
They're not really going to grant Apex Coins out of packs, and the currency is meant to do something specific, hence why it was likely to be separated.
Overwatch has done something similar, with "Mythic Prisms", which is pretty much the equivalent of our heirloom shards, but you can also upgrade/recolor certain heirlooms.
Apex could of course have just swapped prisms with heirloom shards, so you could buy recolors/upgrades for less shards.
They probably didn't do this because they want the currency to be more available, so you can get them without RNG.
Though Overwatch also incorporates the mythic prisms in their battle pass, which I personally think would be a great to do with this current currency.
I understand that creating a new currency can be confusing, but I think (If what I said before was true), that it would be logical to use a separate currency.
They just need to make it a bit more available, either by putting the currency in the BP or having higher drop chances in packs.
Do you find the entire concept of the new currency unnecessary or just the recolor stuff related to it?
If it's the former, same what I said to Hayhor above, mostly to make it more available to users.
And honestly, they should make it possible to do at least that much with legend tokens, still surprising why they haven't.
Personally I don't think the new currency is that bad, but at least make it possible to do something with legend tokens as well.
Also I don't think the ones that deal with shop stuff have much to do with the in-game issues, at least, the influence wouldn't be quite as much.
(Of course differs per company, but usually holds up)
I might ask this a bit too often to everyone, but issues and opinions change overtime, so what kind of long-standing issues would you like see solved?
I get audio issues and all, but they have expressed how hard that has been to fix, I do see less complaints about it nowadays, but it definitely still exists.
@XHelperZ so we're justifying corporate greed because another corporation has similar greed? great...
Not really, I'm just saying it's more logical to tie it to a different currency rather than using Heirloom Shards, which would make it even less accessible for users.
And again, I would like to see them implement Legend Tokens with something like this, as that's obviously not being used a lot, and in large quantities it's clear that players have done more than enough to deserve something.
Doing some further digging, seems like they can't be unlocked via Apex Packs? I was under the impression that it was.
With that in mind, yes, a currency like this would not be worth spending any money on, it's overpriced and just not great really.
If they were to implement the currency as a drop in the BP and as a potential drop in Apex Packs, then it would definitely make more sense.
With the BP you are paying with your precious time to grind the currency, which happens passively for those who play the game a lot.
For Apex Packs... well, it's gambling, so it's not like I can say that it's a good thing.
I think it's logical to use this currency, but it's current implementation is just too greedy, yes.
It has potential, I don't think that's a bad thing, but you are right that this is way too greedy.
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