Re: Cross progression answers please

Regarding the heirlooms I'm not saying they should get heirlooms.  When I downloaded Rocket League to my PC I was able to retrieve all of my cosmetics from my PS4 account.  I did however need to start from level one.  It was as if I started a brand new account but with all of my cosmetics from my PS4 account.  Many other games do cross progression or cross save.  This doesn't really effect anybody who has been playing on one platform but rather the ones who have switched.  So in that regard this is merely just for people who have switched, why wouldn't you do everything you possibly could do do make a merge?  If this update is for the people who have switched, I don't understand why merging is anything but the only option.  Like I said before, what is the point of this update when all I have to do to mimic it is to turn of my PC and turn on my console.  Is it frame rate?  Or is it just dumping out updates?  Or maybe it's a way for EA to have you pick an account to spend more money on.  If fortnite can do cross progression or cross save then I'd like to know why apex can't.  They're lots of other games that do this as well.  It's not a secret that this can be done.  So if it can be done and Respawn is opting to go a different route then I'd like to know exactly why.  I feel as though the answer may fall under money.  Making you choose an account to progress on so they can ask for more money.  Free games are absolutely designed to make you spend money on them, so it wouldn't surprise me if this is the case.  The problem is that these accounts have already, at least in my case, shown a loyalty to this game and a willingness to spend money.  With that said to have the company make you choose one account essentially abandon another just to try and gain what you had on the other account is the middle finger I'm talking about.  The loyalty was there for respawn, where is it to the fanbase?  Nobody asked for this, when cross progression was first mentioned everybody was thinking the same thing.  A merge.  Maybe nobody said it, but everybody was thinking it.  Is it hard?  Probably.  Is it impossible? I'd say no given that multiple other games have done it.  There is either a lack of motivation or a lack of leadership at respawn and if I were to wager any money I'd say both. 

No I disagree with that.  That's like saying if I work two jobs I should only get paid for one.  You can't play apex on two different accounts at the same time.  Also, if somebody switched platforms it's likely they are not going back to the old platform they were playing on.  Most people that have switched have switched from console to PC, so they've grinded or paid for things and switched to PC.  Most people, not all.  Cross progression had been whispered and talked about for at least a year now.  It makes sense to me to merge.  I understand the hurtles.  I get that it's hard, but when your player base is rewarding you with over a billion dollars..... do better. 

[CM - Edited for profanity]

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@hayhor wrote:
Merging was never promised. It sounds like they tried a lot of ways to do a merge but all had issues.

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"issues" means some excessive free cosmetic they don't want players to have?

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@hayhor wrote:
What happens to duplicate items?

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Duplicate items? I could say 2 options:
for each same common craftable cosmetic -> 5 crafting metals,
for each same rare craftable cosmetic -> 10 crafting metals,
for each same epic craftable cosmetic -> 20 crafting metals,
for each same legendary craftable cosmetic -> 50 crafting metals,
for each same heirloom -> 100 crafting metals;
and if they don't even want this, so Peace. Amen. zero rewards in exchange, only one copy of the redundants, and go on. This is not the point: people wanting Merge don't care about packs counter, they only want their cosmetics, which they payed for, all together in one single account.

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@hayhor wrote:
What about someone that reaches level 500 on 2 accounts? They shouldn't get to count all the packs towards an heirloom.

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mmmh, ok, perhaps they wouldn't get to count all the packs towards an Heirloom, but this is NOT the point: you can even reset my counter to zero packs towards the heirloom, but give me my skins and my stuff back. which i payed for these. and united to the new ones, which i've also payed for, too.

It's completely fair. People who play longer get more stuff. And people will continue to get free stuff. It's a micro transaction game that charges $20 for a skin. That's digital property and should transfer over free or not. You still have to earn it.