Who cares. Anyone playing the game will unlock this stuff anyways. The only incentive to ever pay for this stuff would be for jet flares, but those are given to everyone to start after this last patch.
Who cares. Anyone playing the game will unlock this stuff anyways. The only incentive to ever pay for this stuff would be for jet flares, but those are given to everyone to start after this last patch.
Agreed but this move may have opened the gate for shady scenarios down the road. I have no doubt they will try to replicate MMO's continuous revenue streams, it's only a matter of how far they will go.
I know the above scenario sounds unlikely yet it's likelier after this "convenience" fee.
I'm worried about the impact on the quality of the game. If they plan these bundles in advance, the process and fun of "manually" leveling and unlocking could take a turn for the worse.
Paying for faster "leveling" progress in an online multiplayer game? So what?
As long as it doesn't give them a distinct and tangible advantage over someone who has just started (and from the sounds of it, it doesn't) then why wouldn't someone say "Hell I don't want to play 1000 matches just to unlock these other weapons. I want to be able to swap and mix it up right now!".
This is not Pay to Win. It's Pay to remove an inconvenience. (A lot of people will enjoy the gameplay aspect of earning new weapons but there are a lot of people who don't. This pack was made for those of them with money)
It does; access to all of the later level weapons/kits/mods/etc...most of with are significantly better than the beginning ones.
It does; access to all of the later level weapons/kits/mods/etc...most of with are significantly better than the beginning ones.
No problem with this and hopefully newcomers will take advantage of it and stop clogging up the power vehicles with their missing unlocks. Chopper gunners without TV missles = GTFO of my chopper at this point in the game's life cycle.
Noobs don't play as well as veterans, yes. But that makes it even worse when EA designers further reduce their effectiveness by artificial means. I wouldn't like it if it was the other way and noobs had an artificial bonus against veterans, either, but at least that would work towards leveling the playing field whereas this is just stupid.Nope, the majority of the unlocks come down to personal preference, and none of them are game changers. The pay-for-unlocks has no effect on balance; newbies are still noobs, and by the time they've got enough experience, they would have had most of the unlocks anyways.
Noobs don't play as well as veterans, yes. But that makes it even worse when EA designers further reduce their effectiveness by artificial means. I wouldn't like it if it was the other way and noobs had an artificial bonus against veterans, either, but at least that would work towards leveling the playing field whereas this is just stupid.
Noobs don't play as well as veterans, yes. But that makes it even worse when EA designers further reduce their effectiveness by artificial means. I wouldn't like it if it was the other way and noobs had an artificial bonus against veterans, either, but at least that would work towards leveling the playing field whereas this is just stupid.
its funny you say that because the TV missle is 100% useless on the console, its impossible to control
Sorry, misunderstanding. I'm arguing against the unlocks being there in the first place, not the ability to pay for unlocks.That's some pretty dumb shit right there. How are EA designers further reducing the effectiveness of shitty players by allowing them to buy unlocks?
The whole idea of Weapon/Other unlocks as implemented in recent BF and other similar games doesn't make any sense to me. They really punish those who don't line up for the Midnight release. Hell, even the system used in CS doesn't make much sense from a Realistic stand point, but it at least is easily overcome without having to spend hours upon hours of gameplay. Skill is certainly not reflected in such setups, just the amount of time people are able/willing to put into it.
The unlocks may be a positive feature for you and encourage you to keep playing. I avoid any game that features unlocks. For competitive play they are objectively bad. Fortunately I think the suggestion I made above would give both of us what we want - you'd have your fun of unlocking stuff, and I'd play with everything enabled from the start.Again, there seems to be some sort of misconception that the unlocks grant one an unfair advantage over another. Truth be told, the vast majority of the weapons I run with tend to be in the early or middle end of the unlock spectrum. The unlocks are by far a positive feature in that they provide a further incentive to continue playing, as well as providing that feel-good moment of reward upon unlock. If the unlocks actually affected balance, I would be right there complaining with everyone else, but the bottom line is that the unlocks, at least in BF3, are not gameplay changers or balance ruiners.