Fbh
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So I have been playing Battlefront 2. I dislike the way the game was originally designed and even now I think the progression sucks. But 2 of my best friends are playing it and since moving to another country online gaming has been a great way to stay in touch and catch up with them so I ended up buying the game when I saw it on a PSN sale for $35.
Honestly, aside from the shitty progression system I think it's pretty fun. It has a lot more content than the previous game, I enjoy the gameplay and it looks great on my Pro with HDR.
As most of you probably know, currently the microtransactions are disabled (and apparently coming back soon) but most of the progressions system is still tied to lootboxes and they can still be purchased with in game currency.
Since I've been playing frequently over the past few weeks I've gotten a bunch of them and after engaging with the system for a while all I can think is why the hell would I pay for these?
What I get in literally 90% of my looboxes is a bunch of basic cards, as in the lowest, weakest and most common ones. Often with at least or 1 or 2 (out of 5) being duplicates and at least 1 or 2 being a shitty and boring emote I'll never use.
I don't even get how this is supposed to push me toward spending money. If all I'm getting is crap I don't see how that's going to convince me to spend real money on more loot boxes.
It's not the first game I've played with a system like this though. Over the years I've tried a bunch of mobile games that use the gacha system like One Piece Treasure Cruise and Fire Emblem Heroes and my experience with their microtransactions has always been the same. Why the hell would I spend money on these?
Both of these games frequently hand out free premium currency (specially when they launch) so if you don't mind waiting a bit you can save up quite a lot of it. In both games I've ended up saving up the equivalent of around $15 in premium currency and upon spending it I have gotten nothing but crap. Low level or weak units I don't care about and a whole bunch of duplicates.
And again, spending the equivalent of $15 worth of in game currency and getting nothing only makes me less likely to spend real money on it.
Now, in a way I see this as positive since it diminishes the pay 2 win aspect of these games a bit. You still get an advantage for paying but from my experience you have to spend like $50 or more for it to even make a difference and I doubt a lot of people are doing that.
Still, I don't want this to sound like I'm defending loot boxes. I still think it's a shitty system and I still think that Pay 2 Win lootboxes should stay the hell away from paid games (or any free 2 play game that wants me to take it seriously). The concept of being able to pay real money to get in game advantages is shit even if the money you have to spend for it to make a real difference is quite a lot.
I also understand that these business models are built around whales so the publishers aren't expecting everyone to pay for their microtransactions and are instead fine with a smaller number of players spending a lot of money on their game.
But either way I find it a weird system that in my eyes is actually pushing me away from spending real money.
Is it the same for you guys? Even if you take real money out of the equation, do loot boxes even appeal to you?
EDIT:
There is a "you" missing in the title (do YOU even...)
Some mod please fix it
Honestly, aside from the shitty progression system I think it's pretty fun. It has a lot more content than the previous game, I enjoy the gameplay and it looks great on my Pro with HDR.
As most of you probably know, currently the microtransactions are disabled (and apparently coming back soon) but most of the progressions system is still tied to lootboxes and they can still be purchased with in game currency.
Since I've been playing frequently over the past few weeks I've gotten a bunch of them and after engaging with the system for a while all I can think is why the hell would I pay for these?
What I get in literally 90% of my looboxes is a bunch of basic cards, as in the lowest, weakest and most common ones. Often with at least or 1 or 2 (out of 5) being duplicates and at least 1 or 2 being a shitty and boring emote I'll never use.
I don't even get how this is supposed to push me toward spending money. If all I'm getting is crap I don't see how that's going to convince me to spend real money on more loot boxes.
It's not the first game I've played with a system like this though. Over the years I've tried a bunch of mobile games that use the gacha system like One Piece Treasure Cruise and Fire Emblem Heroes and my experience with their microtransactions has always been the same. Why the hell would I spend money on these?
Both of these games frequently hand out free premium currency (specially when they launch) so if you don't mind waiting a bit you can save up quite a lot of it. In both games I've ended up saving up the equivalent of around $15 in premium currency and upon spending it I have gotten nothing but crap. Low level or weak units I don't care about and a whole bunch of duplicates.
And again, spending the equivalent of $15 worth of in game currency and getting nothing only makes me less likely to spend real money on it.
Now, in a way I see this as positive since it diminishes the pay 2 win aspect of these games a bit. You still get an advantage for paying but from my experience you have to spend like $50 or more for it to even make a difference and I doubt a lot of people are doing that.
Still, I don't want this to sound like I'm defending loot boxes. I still think it's a shitty system and I still think that Pay 2 Win lootboxes should stay the hell away from paid games (or any free 2 play game that wants me to take it seriously). The concept of being able to pay real money to get in game advantages is shit even if the money you have to spend for it to make a real difference is quite a lot.
I also understand that these business models are built around whales so the publishers aren't expecting everyone to pay for their microtransactions and are instead fine with a smaller number of players spending a lot of money on their game.
But either way I find it a weird system that in my eyes is actually pushing me away from spending real money.
Is it the same for you guys? Even if you take real money out of the equation, do loot boxes even appeal to you?
EDIT:
There is a "you" missing in the title (do YOU even...)
Some mod please fix it
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