I have just filled out the February survey, and was disappointed there was nowhere to add my opinion on monetisation and customisation. So I’ll share it here.
I paid for the Premium Battle Pass expecting everything to be unlockable. Not for the all the cool stuff to still be paywalled away from me in the store.
The Premium Battle Pass is practically empty, and not worth the price. I am nearly level 80, and I still hate how my spartan looks. Despite pre-release statements about the emphasis on customisation, I don’t feel I have been able to express myself due to the dearth of customisation options awarded from the Pass, items being locked to specific cores for no good reason, and my decision (on principle) to not buy anything from the store.
I have been a loyal Halo player for +15 years, and I have never once felt the need to complain or give feedback. But I feel like monetisation practices such as this are just meant to milk me of all my money, not to enhance my enjoyment of the game. And it frustrates me that the monetisation practices are distracting me from enjoying Halo Infinite.
I haven’t used anything from the Battle Pass. I just got it for the sake of having more stuff, in case of cross-core. I used all the flame effects back in the beginning, but not anymore. Now I’m just hoping for cross-core in some future year. Maybe if I actually had the color white, and the right armor pieces available, I would recreate my Mk V Halo Reach Spartan, but nope. Can’t do that. Thanks for nothing 343
The free BP is embarrassing for them, they aren’t even trying to hide it, all they want is $$$$.
Give the free players as little as possible and maybe they will feel inclined to spend a little money
Edit: I didn’t buy a BP and I don’t plan to either. They are a waste of time.
The BP/Shop/F2p is the dumbest thing to ever happen to Halo. Mainly because…
The lack of quality work put into the content.
The lack of content.
Things like how BTB was designed.
The lack of effort put into fixing issues.
This beta being built around the shop.
The BP being created more so for padded playtime then anything else.
The very poor options for customization.
The overpriced disappointing campaign/open world.
When it comes to a games structure. Halo infinite is one of the worst games out to date, that it can’t even be called a game. It’s a broken beta with a company’s only concern is how can we manipulate the player base.
343’s leadership is the reason for this poor development, and they literally killed the concept of Halo.
I hate Halo: Infinite’s monetization and customization limitations more than most, but this statement isn’t very accurate.
Loot Boxes are complete RNG whereas you can preview the whole Battle Pass beforehand and decide if you want to buy it at one flat rate instead of gambling for an item you might never be guaranteed to get. I agree with your other points, but Loot Boxes =/ Battle Pass.
Yeah I guess I could have used a better example. Loot boxes are RNG and why I never bought any from any game.
Either way, I just find the BP’s a waste of time when I can play actual f2p games and get 3 times the amount of cosmetics for free. Basically, from what I’ve seen 343 is selling what used to earnable by simply playing the game.