the Winter Update’s Ultimate Rewards will feature the most popular Ultimate Rewards from Seasons 1 and 2 to help players get another chance to earn them in case they missed them last time.
The weekly ultimate reward is what keeps me logging in each week and I have earned all of them so far.
However, if they’re just repeating old ultimate rewards throughout the winter update I don’t see myself logging in once I’ve completed the thirty tier event pass. I’ll probably just take a break until season 3.
I don’t mind them giving people a second chance to get some of the more popular rewards, but give them out in addition to a new reward each week, not instead of one.
This is disappointing. What are people’s thoughts about this?
Update:
I have played less infinite since the winter update launched because of this bizarre decision.
I grinded the 21 challenges every week since launch because I did not expect the rewards to be repeated because, surely, the people who already earned them would have no reward…? Yet here we are.
I totally get bringing back popular rewards for those who missed them first time, no issue, but I suggested adding a new reward alongside it for those who already had it, even just an emblem or something.
As it is, I have no incentive to do challenges at the moment so am just playing multiplayer if I feel like it. So far since the update I’ve played some campaign for the new achievements but not nearly as much multiplayer.
People who came in late or didn’t unlock some of these rewards now can get their hands on it. Items rotating back in the ult reward pool was bound to happen sooner or later.
I don’t mind this, gives people the chance who missed out but I do understand the frustration for people who already earned these and wanted new Ultimate Rewards
I think it is cool that people who missed some of the cooler rewards can get them. Personally I only missed 2. The flag background for nameplates and one of the warthog emblems. Didn’t care to do ranked challenges let alone until I got CTF and I didn’t want to grind the same emblem a third time. Since they are allowing catch up though I wish they gave me the opportunity to get those things but they really are meaningless compared to a lot of the other ones.
Hope they did it because they care about fans though and not because of a lack of weekly content available.
Update: I have played less infinite since the winter update launched because of this bizarre decision.
I grinded the 21 challenges every week since launch because I did not expect the rewards to be repeated because, surely, the people who already earned them would have no reward…? Yet here we are.
I totally get bringing back popular rewards for those who missed them first time, no issue, but I suggested adding a new reward alongside it for those who already had it, even just an emblem or something.
As it is, I have no incentive to do challenges at the moment so am just playing multiplayer if I feel like it. So far since the update I’ve played some campaign for the new achievements but not nearly as much multiplayer.
This is fine. Healthy even. You barely playing the game could be a sign of burnout or a sign that you do not enjoy playing the game. Breaks are nice.
Pretty standard industry practice in video games that offer weekly/monthly rewards TBH. The truly bizarre part of this whole thing is the fact that Infinite had a new reward every week for a year with no repeats.
I get the sentiment but it’s probably because people already worked to get them, FOMO should be different like… adding them to the store or being a unlocked from another means, or giving people that already have it something else, not sure what though - but it wouldn’t be difficult to check an inventory and provide a different reward
I hear ya like yes it sorta sucks that the Ultimate Weekly’s have been things we’ve all originally gotten already but I still patiently await for the Ultimates to return that I actually didn’t get as there are quite a few I just passed on cause I didn’t want to Grind through another set of 20 Challenges, but now that the 20 Challenges have been swapped to 10 Challenges they should be more obtainable and manageable
I agree with the OP. Three months of repeat weekly ultimates is a slap in the face of the dedicated players. Repeating weeklies for people who didn’t get them before is good but it’s shouldn’t be every week and giving people a small reward for a duplicate unlock would have been nice.
