Halo Infinite Battle Pass Price Change

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I know the battle pass is a sore subject to a lot of people but I want to reiterate that you should NOT buy into it in its current state.

At release the in game currency, on the higher tiers, was approximately $100 for 10,000 coins with a +1,500 bonus and I have seen others stating the the 5,000 coin deal with a +600 coin bonus was approximately $55. As of today the prices dropped from $100 to $89.99 and from $55 to $49.99. Supposedly this is a discounted price for gamepass subscribers but i’ve read a lot of those subscribers were not offered that discount until after making their purchases. Myself included. I understand it’s only $10 but with the way items are currently priced in the store that adds up to a lot! Potentially a whole other battle pass down the road.

Don’t bother trying to request a billing ticket through xbox support either. It’ll get kicked back the minute you submit it since you more than likely played for multiple hours already or spent some of the currency on your battle pass. For all the talk about not wanting to make the battle pass predatory, or not wanting people to experience FOMO, 343 has done a poor job reflecting that.

They should have kept the battle pass locked as technically this is more akin to a public beta than an actual release and have tweaked the currency like they said they were.

For everyone that will inevitably defend the battle pass due to the multiplayer being FTP; the campaign is still $60 and supposedly there will be cosmetics earned through the campaign for your multiplayer character. Even 6 years ago when Halo 5 came out you could earn all the armor pieces and cosmetics without spending a single dime, experience campaign and multiplayer for $60 + tax. Before then you had Halo: CE - Halo 4 that came with a full package of story + multiplayer (with future additions of FF and forge) for $60. If you add DLC then maybe you’re paying $100 tops.

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The way it’s set up now needs to be changed. Most of the nicer armors are locked behind a paywall separate from the battle pass or missing entirely right now. It’s crazy I’m expected to pay $10 or $20 for the battle pass and then another $20 for an armor set from the store. I understand multiplayer is free but there should be multiple ways of getting armor, whether through earning it through the battle pass or buying it from the store as either a set or by itself. If you want the shoulder pieces or just the helmet, you should be able to buy just those. You shouldn’t have to buy an entire set of something when there’s only one or two things you want from it.

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All the talk about not locking armor sets behind a pay wall, not letting the BP feel like a full time job, not wanting players to experience FOMO, not wanting to be predatory on how the shop works is all a bunch of crap as far as i’m concerned.

Shaders and armors should NOT be locked behind $10 and $20 purchases. Even if people do buy them the prices shouldn’t just start changing arbitrarily the next day without any communication.

I’ll stand firmly behind the belief that 343 should have done their battle pass like COD: MW. You pay $10 to get in, progression was based off of in-game performance, wins, and challenges. The battle pass was also 100 levels but rewarded you with in-game currency to unlock the next battle pass once you completed the current one! It encouraged people to keep playing because if you completed the current battle pass you could unlock the next one without spending a single dollar.

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Or even the MCC battle pass, earn points or buy points and choose from a wide variety of armour pieces to actually customize your spartan or elite. I hate not having any options on how to look, the game feels better than 5 but I feel I had better customization in 3.