To be frank who remembered how good was the April first event? I don’t especially when they made players paid gold in the event and they locked majority of rewards behind the pass where they locked 21 of the 28 event items in said BP pay wall (that’s 82% of the event rewards)
Lessons to learn:
Do not make players pay money for event Elite Pass
Do not lock majority of rewards behind a playwall as in should not be over 45% of event Vehicles,Weapons,squads behind said pay wall
And not to make the grind as poor as the Halloween event where it took players a very long time to get everything
The consequences:
Player good will plummet
Players will distrust devs
Lose far more in profits and players if they make the event Elite pass paid again
Instead of locking most things they should just incentive people to pay and get more over what paid players previously got. So you wouldn’t need to buy Elite BP if you don’t need extras.
f2p BP guns 0-1 → 3-4 guns
b2p BP guns 4 → 8 guns
f2p BP melee 0/1 → 2 melee
b2p melee 4 → 8 melee
no f2p vehicle → get f2p vehicle
b2p vehicle → b2p vehicle but with premium squad bonus (can use premium slot) + exclusive skin
1-2 f2p squad → get all f2p squads
4 f2p squads → get premium squad bonus for them
In my three years of playing Enlisted, I have spent far too much money on squads and BP weapons. On one hand it sucks that DF closed the BP store, and went with events with weapons they choose to promote, at our cost of having to pay for the event of course. So, I guess I should thank them, since they are going to save me a lot of money. I won’t pay for any event if I don’t want or need the weapon they’re pushing, as opposed to having the old BP store and giving us gold orders to get the weapons we choose which pretty much insured that I was paying for every event.
Paying to do an event is the stupidest thing ever, and I say for sure if they do another April fail event thing, then this game is gonna die. Or loss ahell lot of players for sure.
You should make a suggestion proposing what you have just written right here. It would be nice for f2p players to not have to grind all the way to the end to get something.
Well, I won’t pay for any event if the weapon is not something I would want, as opposed to the old way of giving Gold orders where we could go to the BP store and get ones we want. Same with Premium squads. I have so many premium squads as it is that I really can’t use because I am over saturated with premium squads at certain levels, that I won’t buy anymore unless they start allowing us to change weapons so I can use them anywhere.
To be fair, the cost of the Elite Pass is a one-time outlay. As long as you complete it. It pays for itself, and more over time.
This is a F2P model. It isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty much how any other F2P games do. Some are more generous than others. Personally, I think Battle Passes and Events could offer the odd few days of free Premium Time, just to, if anything, give the F2P players a taste of what they’re missing.
Halloween (and other) events could be improved, but as a F2P model, they still need the whales and the veterans to pay for something. This is what keeps the game running, after all.
I do see your points though. Hopefully, as a live-service game, some of your points will be taken into account (mine too).
Disclaimer: These are all my personal opinions, and are not representative of anything the devs are planning to do. Just before some of you start going on about “official” reactions or some shit. I don’t speak for the devs.
