When I first heard of "Season 1", I thought it would be something competitive with a ranked mode. But it's leveling to lvl 100 all over again, through the base mode. wtf.
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Apex Legends Season 1 is now live.
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It's been a little over one so far. I can't speak for their priorities having not worked at a game studio though.
So my guess is Season 1 will include a whole bunch of new cosmetics earnable via loot boxes which aren't in the battle pass. A dev comment alludes to this being the case.
I'll get to 100 without the boost in no time. 950AC Version it is.
Yeah, am gonna do the same.
Thought the bundle would come with extra gold cash or something, a boost is meh.
Actually considering not picking up the battle pass. 3 weeks ago I would have jumped on it without a second thought. But I'm slightly burned out on the game and these battle pass rewards are so lackluster that I don't even really see any point in grinding out levels for them. I think I'm going to move on to different games. I enjoyed my 150-200 hours with the game, I gave them 15 bucks for their trouble (for which I got a bunch of shitty common / rare drops from their loot boxes), but I think I'm out until they sort their shit out with season 2.
I mean I'm disappointed, but I can just get EA access for 3 bucks from cdkeys and buy the battle pass from the apex coins I get from that, right? If I'm gonna play the game anyway might as well level the battle pass alongside of it and 3 bucks is close to nothing for a game I play a lot righ now.
edit: nevermind, just saw the offer on cdkeys is just for an xbox membership. rip.
edit: nevermind, just saw the offer on cdkeys is just for an xbox membership. rip.
Yeah I gotta say that's a bit underwhelming.. but it's pretty much back to basic again..
oh well.. hope next season actually add something of value.
oh well.. hope next season actually add something of value.
I think people are throwing two things together here. Season 1 does not end with the battlepass.
That would be bad. Put some of the good shit in the actual pass. This is why I wasn't a fan of this game having loot boxes.
I think it´s gonna be the same. They will somehow try to incentivise you to get the 25 level head start, but keep in mind that you have 3 months to do it.
I´ve been 100 for almost a week now.
Basic version. With those awful rewards, filling these meaningless bars will be the "fun" of the battlepass for me.
Why are you buying it if you think it's so bad? If you want to support Respawn then just wait for S2 where the BP might be good.
I mean... you do get your investment back when you complete the battle pass so you might as well just get it.
Unlocking brown ugly skins is still > unlocking nothing.
And playing the game > unlocking stuff anyway.
If that isn't enough for someone, then... what's the problem with unlocks?
I get that people want cool shit to unlock, and that'd help, but for me the fundamental is 'do I want to play this', in the feel and flow of the game.
They need to learn from Fortnite on how to do some exciting skins. Skins in battle passes should be something on par with the highest tier skins int he game and these look more like recolor's instead (though there's more then that to them). Just nothing as eye catching as I was hoping for out of battle pass skins.
If you want to support Respawn then just don't support them right now?
I'm confused.
You could support them by just buying the new legend instead, what I'll do, as this BP is just not worth supporting imo.
Sure, that makes sense.
I rather use my Apex Tokens to buy Octane as they are otherwise pretty useless...
This pretty much sums it up for me, given the base game is very light on content with not even a duo queue, mini games or even a fully functional training mode I don't see why I should hand over any money.
It's such a shame Respawn seem to be letting their grip slip as the base game is truly fantastic but once you reach higher levels you've seen and done it all already plus no rewards/loot.
They are sat on a ton of assets from Titanfall, perhaps bunging out some stop gaps using those would be an idea?
This is great.
The emblems at every five levels of the battle pass are complete nonsense. They already have a system in place where emblems are updated automatically. They take up 20% of the whole battle pass which is fucking absurd. But the worst part is that badges are supposed to be something that you show off... you get them for accomplishing something. This badge just tells people that you spent some money and play a lot of Apex Legends. And it won't even be relevant next season. Give us crafting parts or literally anything else instead.
Fortnite has lots of colourful stuff...probably most unique I have seen are the rucksacks/backpacks. They started off as cool looking bags, but now you get animated little pets that live inside the bag. There's a gerbil that runs around in a wheel and I think a little dog or dragon or something.They even do stuff like bark if an enemy is close or do a little dance if you get a kill.
Fortnite also does nested battle passes. You get to 100 to unlock the top tier outfit AND THEN you grind again, using that outfit, to unlock extra colours/layers on it.
Over 40% of the original Fortnite Battle Pass was emoticons and banners.
The filler here isn't really the problem, it's the lack of two or three really desirable rewards.
Agreed. This is a really pitiful showing. I'll do it just because I have no doubt I'll cap and get my coinage back and I owe them at least $10 for the game. But getting crafting materials would really be far more ideal.
Lots of talk about Fortnite but, honestly, the Black Ops 4 'battle pass' is the best I've seen in terms of content and rewards. Of course, that's a $60 game. But the Battle Passes there are free, have a ton of great skins that are actual new character models, not simply textures. New weapons, new premium weapon skins that evolve throughout a match, new emotes, etc. You unlock one tier of the Pass everyday for getting a win or a kill in Blackout. And then there's an XP bar to raise too as is usual with these. No stupid challenges that force team members to play in a certain way that doesn't necessarily help the team. I see some saying 'well it's easier for Fortnite because that's a third person game' but COD does it wonderfully. For me it's the best example of a Battle Pass yet.
People generally compare it to Fortnite as that's a Free to Play title as well, as you alluded to. The BP offers very little incentive to purchase though, at least from my view.
This isn't something I like to throw around, because I know there's a lot of unseen thought behind design in general, but these skins aren't interesting. That's a pretty damning criticism from me. I'm buying the pass, but that's due to momentum and goodwill from the game so far. If I were making the decision to buy the pass or not just based on their pitch, I wouldn't put a cent into it.
Is it known yet whether the battle pass will include ways to progress like completing challenges?
New weapons, loot and legends are still coming after the pass releases.
Yeah there will be Season 1 patch, hopefully big with lots of fixes and changes.
We will get the patch notes 1h before the season starts.
This is the first I've heard about how the BlOps 4 Battle Pass works and it sounds infinitely better than what Apex is doing and how I've heard the Fortnite Battle Passes described. Paying for the ability to gain levels or complete challenges and then get rewards based on that is just such a foreign concept for me that it left me really confused when I first learned about it, like that I must have misunderstood some part of it. The Battle Pass being free in BlOps 4 makes it sound superior.
I'd take literally anything else as filler. Banners. Voice lines. Crafting material. Even the XP makes for better filler. If they were all different emblems... sure, that would be comparable to Fortnite. But it's literally the same emblem that just gets updated every five levels (when every other emblem in the game gets updated automatically just by playing). An emblem that won't mean anything when the season is over.
This. I've played as much as I can with a toddler/work and I'm only level 38. If the XP rate is 1 to 1 with the preseason I'll never be able to max it out. I really hope they lower the rates.
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