shikamaru317 said:
I haven't really touched CoD in awhile, so I can't really comment on the Battlepass speed comparison there, but I do play Dead By Daylight, and I feel like the current Battlepass progression speed in Infinite after yesterday's update is comparable to Dead by Daylight's Battlepasses, and DbD is of course the 16th most played game on Xbox currently even though it is 5 years old and not a shooter. With the 4 free XP boosts per month from Gamepass Ultimate, plus the XP boosts you unlock within the battlepass itself, I think that the average player would not only be able to get through this 6 month season 1 Battlepass before the end of the season, but also the later 3 month battlepasses. Though I don't think we will see that happen, having the current progression by the time season 2 rolls around; 343 themselves said that yesterday's update is a band-aid for the progression system, they are listening to the feedback and are planning larger progression changes. I think we will see a system that gives you XP for playing well, either through medals or match score to XP conversion, long before Season 2 starts in May, probably even within a few weeks of release on Dec 8th we will see that, maybe even on release, depending on how hard it is to code such a system. I personally don't see the current progression speed hurting reviews on Dec 6th, what is far more likely to hurt reviews is the current monetization. People are pissed about how the game is monetized currently, the $18 armor sets, the cheaper but still extremely expensive bundles that aren't a full armor set but things like color combos and gun attachments, the fact that we have Reach items in the store instead of in the Reach battlepass and likewise Yoroi items in the store instead of in the Fractures Tenrai event battlepass, the fact that the fan favorite Anubis set which is extremely popular costs $18 in Infinite, the fact that free players have barely any customization options, the fact that we can't earn store credits in game, the fact that 343 promised the most in-depth customization system ever for the series but all of that depth is locked behind a paywall (while the 3 body types don't actually resize the armor, a very lazy approach). You can see videos all over Youtube about how poor the monetization and customization is currently, threads all over Waypoint and Reddit, articles from gaming sites about how poor the the monetization and customization is. I fear that if 343 doesn't rectify the monetization issues before Dec 6th it will hurt MP reviews quite alot. The various issues surrounding the game have already caused a good bit of player drop-off, it was the #1 most played game on Xbox week one but has now fallen behind Fortnite and CoD Warzone on week 2 to land at #3 on Xbox most played, and it has also lost nearly 2/3rds of players since release on Steam. 343 really needs to make some significant progress asap. |
Tbh, the crazy high prices they have for items on the store is something they could totally get away with...if they just had enough cool shit in the BP (both the free and paid portions of it). The issue is simply that 343 currently provide players with a rather anemic amount of customization unless you're willing to pay through the nose. Free stuff only? Forget about it, you get next to nothing. Paid BP? You get stuff, but the variety isn't great, so you're probably still not going to meaningfully differentiate yourself from most others.
You can go back to what I said before...ok...I'm level 54 now...I just unlocked Kat's blue. Which is slighter lighter than cadet blue...which is just about as blue as the noble commander's blue you unlock 40 levels or so earlier. Is this unlock going to excite anyone? Of course not. I still look the same.
