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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Go play Battlefield 1, come back and detail your issues with that game.
Also, now that the Battlefront 2 microtransacations have been disabled, I have 0 issues with that game. It is outstanding.
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Quick note that Battlefront II microtransactions were temporarily disabled, but definitely will be re-enabled in January.
Battlefield 1 was good. There are some sort of loot crates that award you different skins on your guns? WTF, who cares about that stuff? I played 60 hours in that game and I don't think I ever applied a skin to a gun. This is the type of loot crate that I don't care one bit about. Sure, let the company cash in on those who want a fancy looking gun or whatever, but if the gameplay isn't affected, I've got no problem.
I actually also don't have a problem with the 'shortcut kits' they sell. Let people buy all the unlocks that you could otherwise acquire through in-game progression. The progression system is such that you can target an item/weapon by playing that class, and it probably takes at most 10 hours of play time to unlock all items for a class.
The key thing that makes this work is that the weapons and equipment are balanced so that someone starting the game today isn't at a huge disadvantage compared to someone who spent 100 hours (or an extra $100) to get all the upgrades. Sure, the newbie will likely still suck, but mostly because of lack of familiarity with the controls, mechanics, maps—not because they haven't unlocked the best upgrades yet.
There were many issues with the roll out of the progression system for Battlefront II. But one of the biggest problems I see is that people can have strictly better equipment than others. I don't want to jump in to a game where some people take 30% less damage than I do, only because they have played/paid more than me. Maybe the effect isn't dramatic, and maybe some don't care because of the more 'arcadey' nature of Battlefront. But I'm just saying those type of unlocks are a deal breaker for me.
I have never played one of the Bad Company games, but would consider it after playing a lot of BF3, BF4, BF1. However, the growing loot box/microtransactions trend would make me extra cautious about any future games by EA/DICE. It seems they took a few too many steps with Battlefront II. I think the backlash has made that clear. We have an anchor on what 'unacceptably greedy' looks like. So does that mean anything less than this point will be accepted by gamers?