I stopped my pre-ordering plan
I stopped my plan to pre-order BF2042 for so many reasons! But here's a few. Not sure if anyone else had the same way of thinking, but I hope this feedback reaches the right people. 1. There is no c...
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@CyberDyme wrote:Hi @DaizerNation ,All good a fair points you bring up there!
From what I have observed and
@CyberDyme It does help a lot. Thank you.
Just one note: the 60$ game on Xbox mentions that it includes only compatible with XSX.
And as for the battlepass I thought that all maps/specialist will be free for everyone right?
I still can't decide if the Battlepass is worth it. I bought APEX battlepass once and I always put in the hours so I can have enough coin for the next one without needing to pay again.
Thanks again 🙂
@DaizerNation wrote:
@CyberDyme wrote:Hi @DaizerNation ,All good a fair points you bring up there!
From what I have observed and
@CyberDyme It does help a lot. Thank you.
Just one note: the 60$ game on Xbox mentions that it includes only compatible with XSX.
And as for the battlepass I thought that all maps/specialist will be free for everyone right?
I still can't decide if the Battlepass is worth it. I bought APEX battlepass once and I always put in the hours so I can have enough coin for the next one without needing to pay again.
Thanks again 🙂
Yes @DaizerNation ,
As I wrote, then it is only the GOLD and ULTIMATE EDITIONS that contains the full cross-gen package for you!
While the cheapest baseline version that you refer to there does not. So the cheap baseline version will only be valid for the specific console that you bought it for.
You can clearly compare and observe this when checking on the Xbox store:
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/battlefield-2042
From what I understand then all maps will be available to all. But the (incl future) specialists are belonging to each of the battlepass/seasons that will be released going forward. This is also obvious when looking at the license options for sale now: "Year 1 Pass: 4 New Specialists (1 per Season), 4 Battle Passes (1 per Season)".
When buying the GOLD or the ULTIMATE editions, then you get already the pass to the first four seasons expected to be released during year 1. And you can clearly see that the specialists are each connected as one new Specialist for each season. I would as minimum expect that EA have planned 4 years out, so we will see 16 specialists being released going forward. Expect therefore also some specific season/year passes to coming out as 'add-ons' gong forward. (I am not judging if this is an acceptable 'pay to win' model or not. But yes, it will add to total price if wanting them all).
- @CyberDyme I think it is worth clarifying that all in game 'hardware' will be free to all ie, the Specialists themselves are at no additional cost. It is only extra cosmetic items that are 'exclusive' to paid Battlepasses.
@Trokey66 wrote:
@CyberDymeI think it is worth clarifying that all in game 'hardware' will be free to all ie, the Specialists themselves are at no additional cost. It is only extra cosmetic items that are 'exclusive' to paid Battlepasses.Well that is actually the itchy point @Trokey66.
I cannot say that I am 100% absolute certain, as its also contradicting to what some EA reps shared like 6 months back. But reallity now is what they present to the public and what is written on the 3 different license options they are promoting in all online stores now for pre-ordering: So the same setup/conditions for all 3 platform, PC, xbox and playstation. And we have the standard baseline edition (or actually two of them) one for the old gen consoles and one for the new gen consoles. The old console version is approx $10 cheaper than the new gen version. (64 players vs 128 players, is the EA justification for that...?)
Next you have the GOLD EDITION and the ULTIMATE EDITION.
And for these 'higher end' editions they clearly write more is contained by default, beyond the base game, which is how they refer to it for the cheapest edition license:
So from here, it is obvious that the Specialists are linked to the seasons, and thereby to the battlepasses that you need to buy for access to each season that you want to take part in. So yes, you get access to all the baseline play with the baseline edition of the game pack. But it strongly hints towards that you one way or the other need to buy the Battle Passes to get access to the Specialists!
Maybe you can grind your way to qualify for those specialist someway in the game? I dont know, as its not been shared yet by EA how this really works in the new game.
But their monetization model here does not hint towards that being so.
One might say the same when looking back at Gold, Silver and Bronze battlepacks in BF4? Like who would want to pay for any of those, but still some do. Likewise with the Assault-, Support, Engineer- or Recon- kits. While most veterans we didnt even care much to open them as we earned them through the gameplay alone.
The judge is still out on the BF2042 payment models I think, until we get more proper details from EA on the connected game components/mechanics...?
Personally I would prefer a Premium one time payment and then be done with it. And definitely no pay-to-win schemes. But that is maybe too much to ask for in these modern times???
@CyberDymeIn BF1 you don’t get access to i.e. the Fedorov Avtomat unless you buy the expansion it’s in. You can’ just grind your way to it. So locking important game stuff behind a pay wall happened in BF1. I don’t like it but there’s nothing to do about it, I guess, apart from not buying the game in the first place.
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