The new battle pass is really gross

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Foreverhappychan wrote:

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raics wrote:

I'm thinking that the backlash would be way too severe, seems like a line they wouldn't cross.

Oh, are we playing that card now? Now?

The best time to play the card is when others don't expect it.

But I really don't think they would go there. What they got now is a system that's just kinda somewhat pay2win, there are grounds to defend it. That's common for GGG, even when they do something crappy you can usually see their angle, if you were a highschool teacher you could assign it as a debate topic without getting a one-sided pummelfest.
Currency or items in paid battle pass is 100% indefensible pay2win, it's very clearly on the other side of the fence.

This is exactly as the d4 battle pass, I actually expected something far worse from blizzard*, this style of battle pass doesn’t bother me. A loot box with a 1% chance to contain a headhunter(or D4 equivalent) on the other hand…

I don’t expect this to happen while Chris is still in charge but a while ago did he describe himself as the POE1 CEO, who will be the POE2 CEO? Will he have any ethics?

*we still can get some nasty surprises at launch, but I don’t expect them.

Agree. Shame. Pain. Boring. Tedious. Sour. Make an option to hide that filthy thing from screen.

They did add an option to hide the notification (right click). For anyone who is watching from afar.

So now it is a quest reward that reminds you that they sell a battle pass. And you can still not like that all you want of course, but that is factually what it is now, through any amount of hand wringing, pearl clutching, or soapbox pleading.

I have to admire the evil genius of putting it where all the skill points appear. My pavlovian reflex was kicking it up in high gear..

I don't like it

This type of thing is a means of "voluntary" subscription. They did it in destiny 2 which is when I checked out. I find it hilarious that people will actually pay money for in game "rewards", it doesn't even compute in my brain as the premise is soooo stupid.

it's inconvenient, but i wouldnt know what the battle pass, i dont even know how to access it without that icon

Just wait.

$100 battle pass, last reward gives a mirror for the paid version.

It'll happen.

tldra...

if you click on the anoying icon and then x-out the infoscreen, the icon disappears until you got the next challenge for the pass.

hope this helps.

I am happy about immoral monetarization, 'cause the people who pay make it possible for me to play cashless a very cool game...and I don´t think PoE is that aggressive (yet), that it takes much advantage of the addictive personalities out there, unlike other games.