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for me this opaque procedure of DICE or rather EA should tempt you to make it difficult to make progress to generate targeted revenue by level skips
for me the impression arises that they firmly expect such income with such an approach (I know that you can't really calculate such revenues but I think that they have made some estimates in this direction)
DICE\EA just make it unnecessarily complicated and shady but they forget that the player base is already crumbling
the comparison of the Season-Pass of BF2042 and with that of Apex is obvious for me, since both have the same publisher and I assume that EA has made the specifications here and not DICE or Respawn Entertainment
if DICE itself has made this decision at the current state of the game, then in my opinion have made the wrong decision to keep all players happy
Yeah, I know that the player base is diverse (casuals, hardcore players etc.) but imho instead of setting the grind so high, it would have been more sinful for me to go beyond the level 100 for the good players or the players who are fully into the grind, to give them something for the player screen (a new background, a special charm etc.)
I accept your opinion and your point of view and I know that every player has a different playstyle and time for playing.
I also didn't want to get too close to you or someone here in the forum, since I'm not a native English speaker I'm not always sure if I hit the right tone or find the right words.
But if I have done so I’m sorry mate, it wasn't meant that way
@Psubond the numbers where not made up, it was more the extreme scenario. So that we do not know the exact numbers at the moment, it was easy to start from this extreme to show the difference between the two season passes
At the moment I’m collecting the numbers by hand and try to figure out what mechanism in the end is behind it. If this was confusing, I’m sorry mate didn’t mean to do this.
@CountSero wrote:
@XSive_Drezok let me describe it in other words than fair\unfair
for me this opaque procedure of DICE or rather EA should tempt you to make it difficult to make progress to generate targeted revenue by level skips
for me the impression arises that they firmly expect such income with such an approach (I know that you can't really calculate such revenues but I think that they have made some estimates in this direction)
DICE\EA just make it unnecessarily complicated and shady but they forget that the player base is already crumbling
I absolutely agree. This is definitely an intentional design choice to coax players into buying level skips. This isn't new to the industry nor do I think it is cleverly masked here. Secondary income from microtransactions is standard operating procedure these days and you'd have to be naive to think otherwise. So I agree, yes, this is part of their marketing strategy. Good or bad, that is a different debate.
@CountSero wrote:
I also didn't want to get too close to you or someone here in the forum, since I'm not a native English speaker I'm not always sure if I hit the right tone or find the right words.
But if I have done so I’m sorry mate, it wasn't meant that way
No worries. I am actually quite pleased with the level of respect and maturity shown by yourself and others. I believe in healthy debate and exchange of opinions and ideas and welcome your input. I believe we have come to a point where we acknowledge each other's points of view, and, whether we agree or not, we can accept there is merit in both. I also hope that I have not come off too poorly. BTW, you do very well for a non-native English speaker, do not sell yourself short.
- 3 years ago
Someone post it on Forum he need 13000 xps now i cut it a little ,look on the screenshot...
thats not much for 1 token ?
- 3 years ago@Arkardiskus Sure, that's a lot for one point. I'll agree that if you're solely trying to complete it on XP alone and not the missions, then you have a long road ahead of you. But that person is already level 55 and can coast the rest of the time and easily complete the season without much effort.
- Kompura3 years agoSeasoned Veteran
If you're a casual player and are not at level 55. You just play some hours in a week and do the weeklies. After every weekly mission, you're at higher Tier (4.9 Tier / week) having higher demands to grind points between weeklies. Couple of weeks later you're at Tier where demand is 15 000xp / game so you're levelling up very slowly. Next weekly comes and your progress is even slower. Are you ever reaching Tier 100 or even 80, don't know but easy it will not be. This rapidly increasing demand of xp / Tier or point is just a way to get people to buy Tier skips. Pure greed.
- LlamaWithKatana3 years agoSeasoned Ace@Kompura you need to be lvl51 before Thrusday to be albe to complete battlepass with weeklies only.
- EA_Atic3 years ago
DICE Team
Just a tip. Don't forget while doing the weekly missions you are also earning XP, its not like you get 0 XP trying to do them.
/Atic - Kompura3 years agoSeasoned Veteran
lvl 51, yes I would be, if I could play 24/7 from now on...
- LlamaWithKatana3 years agoSeasoned Ace
@EA_Atic wrote:
Just a tip. Don't forget while doing the weekly missions you are also earning XP, its not like you get 0 XP trying to do them.
/AticAssuming @CountSero calculations are correct we need
"
-to reach season-pass level 100 you would need around 14,3 million XP
-with an average of 15k XP a round you would need 958+ games
-or 79+ games a week or 11+ games a day which are around 4-5 hours a day
"
Weeklies get 58 levels (4,9 levels * 12 weeks). In a best scenario we need 7 games per day. Or more (if you happen to not perform as good and planned). Each game lasts 30min in average. So it is 3,5 hours + game searching. Around 4 hours. Every day. No skips at all. And if you start even a day later you already falling behind. With every day missed or later start the gap just grows. No offence but I want to hope you are playing devils advocate just because you have to otherwise are you really think this battlepass is any fair. And it even more unfair for newer player.
- CountSero3 years agoSeasoned Ace
this calculation was the worst case without weekly mission to show that without weekly mission imho it’s not really doable for a casual
I think with an average off 10-15k you somewhat between 35-45 days with around 5 games
Which is still every second day for 2 hours of playtime, much for a casual
I hope they will change the system for the next Season Pass, even though it's included in my ultimate edition,
I don't know if I'll spend again so much time on a grind.
- 3 years ago
@Kompura wrote:lvl 51, yes I would be, if I could play 24/7 from now on...
But you don't have to be there. Those who got there just front-loaded all the xp gains that you could get over the entire 12 weeks. It's not as if you can't get the xp more slowly over time. that level 51 goalpost is only a guide saying I can coast from here on out. My 10-hour day is the same as your 5 2-hour days. It's a marathon, not a sprint. And remember, they say 4.9 levels but really it's 5 because you're going to get that last point (if not more) from xp just for doing the weeklies by virtue of playing matches to complete the weeklies.
- X-Sunslayer-X3 years agoSeasoned Ace@Arkardiskus okay you need to give us more information about what makes the missions so difficult for you.
either link your stats-tracker page or tell us how you play the game because the missions themselves are by no stretch of the imagination difficult since you have 12 weeks to complete them....
just saying "its too hard" does not help your point - 3 years ago
Here i tryed so many times its to hard for me ☹️
Its Shootgun (near impossible get to close they sniper me or kill me so fast with this new gun), Melee (i tryed with the shield guy i die so much no fun luck got 1 kill) and Multikills (i try c5 and drohne to hard to move and they spot me so fast i dont know).
I get bored and no fun with this hell missions 100% next missions more harder ☹️
- X-Sunslayer-X3 years agoSeasoned Ace@Arkardiskus but you are aware that these mission stay until the entire season pass is done?.....
you can do them whenever and wherever..... my only advise for the shotgun mission would be to spawn on a flag your team is loosing...
but other then that just don't force it all in one week take your time and do not give in to fomo - 3 years ago
Whats so hard to understand i dont have so much Time...you guy know what is a Work ?
Its a Dream if i can play nostop 4 or more hours.
Iam Happy if i can get sometime 30 min or 1 Hour.
And how i get now the Multikills ?
- X-Sunslayer-X3 years agoSeasoned Ace@Arkardiskus do you understand that you have 10 weeks time to complete these missions? is that a concept you can understand? you do not need to play 4h on end to finish these missions at all....
as for the multikill if you use a rocket launcher or C5 it will eventually happen no need to force it. - Twordy3 years agoSeasoned Ace
It`s a second week and I`ve already got 34 PTS? What`s the problem guys? Would You like everything on the golden plate on day 1 or what? I don`t feel like I`m sweating in the game with those missions. I believe that mission objectives are easier than in BFV.
- 3 years ago
@TwordyI agree. Nothing hard thus far. The bonus mission this week was 15 kills lol. If you can't get 15 kills in a week then you might be better off playing a different game.
- 3 years ago
Most battlepasses from my experiance are 'designed to fail' just enough xp to trickle along but not enough for the casuals to finish. But you can always shell out real world money to progress. They all have that model. Turning games into online shops!
World of Warships comes to mind, awful, extremely short battlepass (35 days) with extremly difficult 'roadblock' unlockes that block your progression. But Wargaming.net is a whole other discussion
F1 2021 another pos from EA/Codemasters
Modern Warfare for the most part has been the easiest to complete. XP driven and they throw a shed load of double XP boosters and weekends at you!
Haven't really delved deep into season one, but not at all surprised its a EA master class of how to screw your playerbase!
- ATFGunr3 years agoLegend@JediMastaWyn Reading your post I just realized we haven’t had a single double XP weekend or anything. Every BF game has had those, plus bonus unlocks for gaining additional XP. I guess it’s a legacy feature…
- 3 years ago
Well today comes the new season at Cod i go back there, much less grind for a Battlepass.
Both a good Games to Play but i choose less grindy.
Have Fun all and good Luck to Finish this Season !!
- DarkMoonShadow3 years agoSeasoned Rookie
It is a patetic way from ea/dice to make us grind this abandoned game from them and besides make more money from ultimate owners who will spend money to get last levels from each bp and THAT IS NOT NORMAL FOR THESE ONES WHO SPEND ATLEAST 110 BUCKS TO GET ALL REWARDS.
- 3 years ago@Arkardiskus Good Luck with CoD and enjoy.
- Kompura3 years agoSeasoned Veteran
By playing 1 hour a day you are not reaching Tier 100, not even Tier 80. Those mission, yes, but you're only getting 49 Tiers from those. And all the time the xp needed for each point gets higher. At start it was 2000/point, on Tier 40 it's already 6500xp/point meaning 65000xp/Tier. On Tier 50 it's already over 10000xp/point. If casual player gets 10000-15000xp / game and is able to play 2-4 games / day and not every day, it's going to be very hard.
Anyway, this grinding is not fun, feels more like work than pleasure. At least for those players who just comes to have fun for an hour every now and then.
- LlamaWithKatana3 years agoSeasoned Ace@Kompura By the end you can rely only on weeklies.
- 3 years ago@Kompura Your math is off. 12 weeks x 4.9 Levels is 58.8 levels, not 49. So you only need to earn 42.2 through xp alone. Level 42 is probably around 7k per point so 70k for the level. 42 levels over 12 weeks shouldn't be too difficult. Maybe they just need to put in a little extra time on the weekends or what not to achieve their goals.
Not telling people how to spend their money, but if I had only a little time to play, I wouldn't be buying into the premium pass and would set a goal of 29 for at least all the weapon unlocks. After that, not much value in killing yourself trying to struggle to 100. - Kompura3 years agoSeasoned Veteran
Keep in mind that you are not grinding those 42 Tiers on low levels but also between 42-100 levels where demand is much much bigger than 7k per point.