Big Green Anus
Member
The beta was really not good and I would prefer waiting for a huge sale, but I really enjoyed Modern Warfare. I don't what to do.
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PAY2WIN: COD microtransactions keep getting worse - IW gives stat boosts to guns
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Sword Of Doom
Member
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always knew microtransactions were a slippery slope and the more we tolerate them the worse they'd get
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Hold out until you can buy it separately.
Wait for the inevitable separate release.
IsntChrisL
Member
The greed is just gross at this point. $60 base game, $50 season pass, and an endless amount of shitty microtransactons created around a design meant to intentionally make the game worse. I'll get Titanfall 2 instead.
Piston Hyundai
Member
It worked for PAYDAY 2, right?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
If your thinking hard about it then you should buy it. Otherwise you'll probably have to wait 6 months for MWR and at that point you'll just lose interest.
Yeah I really don't get this.
And the casual kids eat it up. That's the unfortunate side effect of becoming mainstream.
Marvel
could never
I consider myself lucky not having played any of these games with terrible DLC practices like "lottery DLC". I thought it was terrible back when you had to shell out 500$ on average to get all COSMETIC things in the game, let alone one that has random pay to win prizes.
This is horrifying.
This is horrifying.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
Member
I dunno, I can get the legacy edition 70. I'd pay 50 odd for MW, so I guess I'm getting the IW campaign for 20?
Sr. Wiggles
Banned
Agreed. Support the team that made cod what it is by purchasing titanfall 2... Not the mod team that's behind the franchise now.
Platinumstorm
Member
I haven't bought a COD game since they got rid of dedicated servers.
NullPointer
Member
Bingo.
Not to mention the way that it's being supported with content. season passes, micro transactions, locking the MW Remaster behind the $80 edition.
Titanfall 2 has no season pass and all DLC will be free.
Based on what? A bullshit calculation from the OP based on his time in the Beta?
There's no way in hell it takes 100 hours to max out 1 weapon. That's just not happening. This is worst case scenario "concern".
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
They're two different games. Telling a COD fan to play Titanfall is risky.
excaliburps
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Yep, and in turn, adding to the problem. Since that's kinda saying to Acti that it's OK to be anally violated as long as there's ice cream after.
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This thing has been known since the beta, and kinda glad more people know about it now.
What made me stop playing BO3 (I friggin' master prestiged it even) is when weapons started appearing in Supply Drops. Not only is that a certainty in IW, but now we get this new kind of crap.
If there ever was a time to vote with your wallet, it's this. Send Acti a message where it counts -- your purchasing power. If you want to buy BF1 or TF2 or Overwatch, go ahead. If not, then don't. But don't buy IW just for MWR and then complain since you're being part of the problem.
I kinda gather that this will factor in when it comes to reviews as well.
And if you want to know what kind of abilities Epic and Legendary weapons have, check Drift0r's vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KasWKwOIJlY Literally will make fighting people with these weapons a pain. Yes, you can get them playing normally, but you can get them waaaaay faster by spending real money, which people will most likely do. UGH.
manfestival
Member
Oh how the mighty have fallen. I remember when cod used to get patches with free content. Now it's devolved into p2w. I admit it has taken longer than expected. Nonetheless it still occurred
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
A lot of games used to get free content.
SwordStruck
Member
Wait until it's out standalone.
Yep, and in turn, adding to the problem. Since that's kinda saying to Acti that it's OK to be anally violated as long as there's ice cream after.
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This thing has been known since the beta, and kinda glad more people know about it now.
What made me stop playing BO3 (I friggin' master prestiged it even) is when weapons started appearing in Supply Drops. Not only is that a certainty in IW, but now we get this new kind of crap.
If there ever was a time to vote with your wallet, it's this. Send Acti a message where it counts -- your purchasing power. If you want to buy BF1 or TF2 or Overwatch, go ahead. If not, then don't. But don't buy IW just for MWR and then complain since you're being part of the problem.
I kinda gather that this will factor in when it comes to reviews as well.
And if you want to know what kind of abilities Epic and Legendary weapons have, check Drift0r's vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KasWKwOIJlY Literally will make fighting people with these weapons a pain. Yes, you can get them playing normally, but you can get them waaaaay faster by spending real money, which people will most likely do. UGH.
This.
I would put money on the Titanfall 2 community outliving the IW community.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
That's impossible. Ghost still has a community.
Does Advanced Warfare?
momshotdad
Member
Lol back to Battlefield 1 for me
Ow the edge!
Refreshing to play Titanfall and not see a pay to win system attached to the multiplayer.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I wanna say yes? It's the main reason people buy COD regardless of quality. We already got people in the TF2 thread constantly bringing up how long the community will last.
Daffy Duck
Member
Of course they did.
The beta also had higher earn rates for keys and salvage.
Give it a few months and they'll probably introduce a way other than supply drops and earning salvage via playing.
Tmartn already made a video saying how this new system should be praised, but that shouldn't surprise anyone.
I ask because I got AW on PS4 a few months back and it was deader than dirt. Don't know about Xbox or PC.
Yes, because if you take those dumb users at the justification for additional transactions then there is no depth to the publishers scummy tactics.
They have to take the responsibility for their world economy and market. It's their stall.
question to those in who may know about it....
doesn't this happen in the Multiplayer part of The Last of Us?
I remember playing there to get some trophies so I was never very serious about getting good at it but I do remember there was stuff you could buy with money that clearly gave you an edge during matches, better and/or upgraded weapons. You could get them on your own but it would take an eternity.
basically what I am reading here.
is it any different??
doesn't this happen in the Multiplayer part of The Last of Us?
I remember playing there to get some trophies so I was never very serious about getting good at it but I do remember there was stuff you could buy with money that clearly gave you an edge during matches, better and/or upgraded weapons. You could get them on your own but it would take an eternity.
basically what I am reading here.
is it any different??
Mechanized
Member
I feel like this will be the year everything gets fucked for CoD. I've been a hardcore fan through all the new games, only seeing major issues in retrospect and willing to forgive a lot, but IW seems like a huge mistake. They're doubling down on p2w, locking up content through blind boxes, the game is like a clunkier blops 3 but devoid of all personality, specialists are in one year and out the next, no boots on the ground after huge community backlash, no innovation at all in mp, quickscoping is worse than ever. Its the first CoD to me that feels like absolute filler and completely skippable.
Now you add all those issues combined with series fatigue and that is a very bad mixture. They had no choice but to include MWR if they wanted this game to sell. Major youtubers are expecting it to be dead in 2-3 months. Next year will be a very tough sell with MW2R, then the following year we'll get BlopsR, by that point I expect f2p CoD.
Now you add all those issues combined with series fatigue and that is a very bad mixture. They had no choice but to include MWR if they wanted this game to sell. Major youtubers are expecting it to be dead in 2-3 months. Next year will be a very tough sell with MW2R, then the following year we'll get BlopsR, by that point I expect f2p CoD.
Collateral22
Member
So never.
Posted this in the Titanfall OT but got no response, what did they change from the alpha of Titanfall 2s MP compared to the full game? It's getting such great reviews but I really disliked it compared to the first.
It's probably worth waiting for reviews/impressions of the Campaign (and I guess Zombies) to come out before purchasing, but if they're good then that's not a bad deal.
https://www.titanfall.com/en_us/news/tech-test-and-feedback/
In short, they made it more like the first one.
Daffy Duck
Member
And just as I say about earn rates they post the below on Reddit:
Wonder what the currency value in SD's change means.
Wonder what the currency value in SD's change means.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
It's not 100% like the first one. If you dominated in Titans in the first game you have to relearn Titan combat in the sequel. It's harder but it's rewarding.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
People really should buy Titanfall instead.
We first started with map DLC,
then came online passes (shudders),
and now it is pay to play/win (not likely you'll be winning when Timmy no thumbs steals his mom's credit card to get a one shot kill to anywhere sniper variant from a loot box).
This is why I might have to support Titanfall 2 because of reasonable business practices, but I also have to remember that EA is still behind them and that BF1 still has player base splitting map packs...
then came online passes (shudders),
and now it is pay to play/win (not likely you'll be winning when Timmy no thumbs steals his mom's credit card to get a one shot kill to anywhere sniper variant from a loot box).
This is why I might have to support Titanfall 2 because of reasonable business practices, but I also have to remember that EA is still behind them and that BF1 still has player base splitting map packs...
You honestly expected IW to scrap a game months before release because a vocal minority doesn't like it? This isn't like Titanfall 2's alpha where Respawn could make minor tweaks to fix the issues from the alpha. You are expecting IW to make fundamental changes to a game mere months before release. That's not going to happen. There are definitely sections of the maps in the beta that don't need the BO3 movement system, but there's sections that do.
COD already has a F2P version, COD Online. I don't understand why Activision won't release it outside of China. It's packed with content.