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DarthValtrex's avatar
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago

I feel like the crafting metals from apex packs should be boosted

When you get the legendary crafting metals, it's because you already own the legendary item you own. That said you only get 600 crafting metals, when the item you received would have cost 1200. You'r...
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Pretzelnutcake's avatar
Pretzelnutcake
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex Because people with money will complain sometimes but keep buying everytime a new skin sale drops disguised as a event even if the prices are high, see how many people have the bloodhound heirloom despite all the drama for example.

I think the reason they give less mats is so free players won't stock up on all the best skins without spending money, since time spent is obviously meaningless to EA. What they don't realise (or don't care about) is the paying non whale playerbase they're screwing over because of it.
S8N_Spawn's avatar
S8N_Spawn
6 years ago
@Pretzelnutcake Weeeellll, I mean, it IS a free to play game but also a for profit game. If they don't make any money at all, there will be no game to play.

Do they care about the non-whale playerbase, of course, without a player base they wouldn't have a game either, but let's be real, the majority of players haven't spent more than $20 on the game yet have accumulated hundreds, if not thousands of hours of gameplay.

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