That's just you then, cosmetics matter immensely for me and I'm not the only one. Being corporate puppet and defending these practices is malicious, publishers know they also matter.
I have around 200 hours logged into this game and with every decision they seem to make me regret the time spent with it.
Even you agree with their preying practices, then how about they reward players for you know, playing the goddamn game?Haha, corporate puppet, so just because I have a different opionion, I am a corporate puppet? Cmon, then you are a entitled child?
And please note the edit I made to the previous post.
Even you agree with their preying practices, then how about they reward players for you know, playing the goddamn game?
I'm not entitled to anything, just stop with the fucking with your playerbase and reward people for playing the game, I know they don't think highly of us "leeches" but locking certain elements of gameplay behind a paywall shouldn't be supported. Apex Legends in its current form is not a game I can recommend to my friends.
Hang on... I'm sure you'll get a response, just gotta wait for...i dunno. You keep on moving the goalposts tho; someone brings up the locked chars and you're like we are talking cosmetics. Someone points out that other games has a more giving lootbox system, then you're like 'look at how they do game progression tho'. Also while the free Octane is nice, you arent going to find someone that fetishizes gun skins particularly wih the design in apex since you pointed it out as a positive In light of the lack of boxds
What do you see Apex as compared to its peers as far as monetization x cosmetics is concerned, because from this side it looks like one of the worst offenders.
That's just you then, cosmetics matter immensely for me and I'm not the only one. Being corporate puppet and defending these practices is malicious, publishers know they also matter.
I have around 200 hours logged into this game and with every decision they seem to make me regret the time spent with it.
That's just you then, cosmetics matter immensely for me and I'm not the only one. Being corporate puppet and defending these practices is malicious, publishers know they also matter.
I have around 200 hours logged into this game and with every decision they seem to make me regret the time spent with it.
There's so much wrong in the Apex monetization it's hard to even list things, complete rehaul would be the best but doesn't seem likely since they've found their victims who will continue to bleed money on the game.Sooo, you're basically saying you want it all to be free through gameplay? If not, then what are you saying? What would make you happy?
Oh, I did. I'm just coming back to check Season 3 and will probably quit soon after being disgusted by the games direction.If you don't like the direction this game is going then you should probably stop playing it now, instead of making the same comment after 300 hours, or 400 hours. ..
You're wrong. The important stuff can be unlocked with a currency that is earned infinitely. Anyone who plays Apex on a slightly regular basis will earn enough of the free currency to unlock characters pretty easily. I play the game a ton, but I have so much of the f2p currency that I could stop playing for the next 4+ seasons and still purchase all of the incoming characters. Most people definitely don't play as much Apex as me, but most people should still be able to afford one character per season.Just watch the clip posted above. Both heroes and cosmetics are locked with no way of unlocking the latter after certain point.
There's so much wrong in the Apex monetization it's hard to even list things, complete rehaul would be the best but doesn't seem likely since they've found their victims who will continue to bleed money on the game.
That's not what I'm saying but in a perfect world everything would be free through gameplay, yes, but the game should have base cost then, that's how games have been and should strive to be. Since it's f2p things will fall apart differently though, maybe seasonal supporter pack with incentives to support the development costs, extra battle pass tiers etc. but that's another perfect world situation, they'd be leaving too much money on table so they just cannot hold themselves back.
For now, restoring progress for f2p players over level 100 would be a good start, restore free loot boxes (Ugh..) and give players meaningful way to even try to unlock the content you've got behind paywall.
Sure, mate.
Oh, I wasn't applauding any of the other predatory games out there, you're right about that.Seems like you just hate f2p games in general. They have to make money somehow. Apex monetization isn't any worse than any other f2p BR game atm. Fortnite doesn't even offer loot at it's base level. If you don't purchase a battle pass you're sol with basic skins and nothing to look forward to besides balance and map changes. All skins need to be purchased or earned through an event. You have around 50 free loot boxes to start off with on apex. A brand new legend every 3 months. Some 7 dollar loot boxes is hardly something I'm going to be upset over because I can't earn it all for free.
How is directly exchanging money for a skin "predatory"? You can make this argument with loot boxes and I agree with you, but paying money for a skin is not predatory.Sure, mate.
Oh, I wasn't applauding any of the other predatory games out there, you're right about that.
Apex starts out good, great even - but as you go further down the "Hook - Habit - Hobby" line they tighten the rope around your neck constantly, this is their plan, and it's well documented one too.
There is a post in the reddit thread about that:Pretty sure it was 1 free pack each day according to a leak a few days ago, so 14 free packs total.
EA gonna EA. I've said it many times but I really dislike the f2p aspects of this game but the actual core gameplay is fantastic.That one free pack per day was from the event's code leak, and the uploader said take it with a grain of salt because he's unsure if he was reading it right and code is always subject to change
Earlier today before EA announced this, that code has been removed and he clarified there would be no free pack per day based off that change/update
Pretty reasonable take tbh. I wouldn't play Apex for free either.I'm pretty upset that EA/Apex isn't paying me an hourly wage to play their game. I mean cmon, you give me a free game and don't pay me to play it....what kind of world are we living in?!???? Let me know if this "hot take" is thread worthy and I will create it LOL
All battle passes to me feel like a chore/work at this point. I didn't buy the BP for Apex this season but tried to see how easy it is to do the challenges (I suck at this game not gonna lie lol) and I've done all week 1 challenges except the deal 750+ dmg in a single match one so far and it's taken quite a while for me to do them...probably a few days at least. I'm currently at lvl 17 of the BP. I can't even do some of the dailies cause I haven't unlocked all the characters yet. For reference I can complete all the Fortnite weekly challenges in a few hours.wont buy the season pass for apex legend or any skins that can't be bought by crafting. Season Pass 2 felt more like a job than a game took all the fun from it. I got to level 94 of the battle pass and said I'm done with it period going to give destiny a go see if it give me a better experience.
this lolI can play the entire game for free forever and not be locked out of any gameplay content.
Its just cosmetics, everyone relax! I'm super excited for the game mode. :D
I can play the entire game for free forever and not be locked out of any gameplay content.
Its just cosmetics, everyone relax! I'm super excited for the game mode. :D
I wonder why they do this, after all they are not making an event to give you free skins lmao.
Every loot box you get during an Overwatch event is an event loot box and has at least one guaranteed item from that event. If you're like me, you have most every cosmetic by now so all I get are event items. You also sound like a stuck up little kid leading in to whatthe companies want you to think.I'm talking about EVENTS.
You get one free lootbox if you log-in and if you want a skins you either SPEND MONEY for having a chance to get the skin you want or keep playing for hours and if you are lucky you will find your 3000 season skin.
And events skins are 3000, when legendaries are 1000.
Previous event, and people were mad and upset about the old system.
Now they are giving you a direct purchase if you want a skin, expecting free lootboxes is unresonable.