The Apex Legends Battle Pass Changes - My Honest Thoughts

[@viking-blood1348]

Its sad because they just scam the last loyal apex Players with that

[@bleucoal7979]

ong. they scamming the wrong people i was ok with them scamming the money spenders but the ones who cant even spend money is low ball man.

[@evgeshabrooks666]

How did you put the Wraith emoji? 😮

[@Joey-uj1rr]

@@evgeshabrooks666 you have to be a member of the channel

[@Grabient]

​@@evgeshabrooks666 spend money 💀

[@Mugen1874]

How game is free you don’t have to spend money

[@SzczupakGaming]

Yep, this is gonna be my last battlepass for sure.

[@dahahaka]

You're not getting the free one?

[@tsnswimming7119]

@@dahahakahe’s quitting dingbat

[@davidcorodeanu4535]

i'm very curios if the reactive skin will be different or the 2nd battle pass will just have a recolor of the 1st pass skin , and how long does it actually take to finish the battle pass and all

[@THlSGUY-]

@@davidcorodeanu4535 at this point i wouldnt be supprised if it was a recolor. wouldnt make much sense for them to put into the time to model 2 guns in one season.

[@llIZeroIIl]

Sure buddy. 😂

[@Shrimpy13]

You know respawn messed up when merch doesn’t even end with ‘cheerio’

[@thatomatthew874]

Facts😂

[@RyanNCardenas]

How did we end up in this timeline 😭 lol

[@HandsUpforThePanther]

Oh really? its respawn fault! you dummy, This is an EA decision.

[@GlendonMellow]

Thanks for a clear and fair breakdown instead of just panic for clicks.

[@carlosh9476]

I have no problem with EA trying to make more money for delivering a good product…. But their product is already profitable, has serious issues, and EA keeps firing people who can help with those issues sooooo… pretty sure all they’re gonna do is pocket the extra money and let the game die, which is pretty sad.

[@davidcorodeanu4535]

i'm very curios if the reactive skin will be different or the 2nd battle pass will just have a recolor of the 1st pass skin , and how long does it actually take to finish the battle pass and all

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

unfortunatly this is a likly scenario , they did it with planetside 2 ,game was successfull but they started slowly abandoning it while increasing prices . the game was a buggy mess and once they had reached there qoutas they sold it off. the new devs revived the game but under EA it was a blatant cash milking process, like every new gun was the same gun as before ,no exageration, the same gun just semi auto or had more zoom and they charged like 10 euros for it, now its still expensive but atleast you can earn ingame currency and get it for free eventually

[@DustyOrange]

​@@davidcorodeanu4535 Theoretically, it'd be the around the same amount of levels. Old BP was 110, current is 2 60, so 120 to finish. In practice, since there's 1 BP every half season, you'd have half the time to hit 60 to the BP before it gets cycled by the next BP. So if the season is 3 months, you'd have 1.5 months to finish the first 60 instead of the full 3 months to finish 110. On top of paying $10 twice and not being able to use Apex coins to pay, making the coins less useful. They also supposedly took out useless stuff from the BP like trackers and replaced it with crafting mats and more packs.

[@BeeBeeBeeLol]

profitable is never enough for shareholders bud, we lose no matter what

[@BoxCatKeys]

nothing lasts forever and at the end of the day, this is how every game ends.

[@DandandanTelevison]

If EA really can’t take a hint by every single content creator making a video about this, they really don’t deserve the player-base they have.

[@KalongCaves]

couldnt agree more

[@illrhymes25]

i went to play a match and checked the players in game was about 60 thousand which is still alot but the average like 2 months age was 200k to 300k average players, so the player base is certainly taking a hit and rightfully so

[@lh-m7md801]

@@illrhymes25 its their fault not fixing the problems of the game like cheaters and SBMM and their greed for money thats why the game is slowely lsing their player base

[@Raze001]

Lol I play eafc 24 and I can tell you they don't care about that. A good amount of people are casual players not even seeing any of what happens on yt about stuff like this. Ea knows that and don't care about all this ranting

[@illrhymes25]

@@lh-m7md801 I agree 100 percent I'm not defending the game at all, I'm disgusted with the stuff they are doing and not doing like ignoring the bugs and cheaters myself

[@greywoe]

You can tell that merchant was trying his hardest to see the bright side of this change but the bright side is completely overcasted by not just the price but every single thing thats wrong with this game right now. As a literal day 1 player this just feels like were being repeatedly stabbed in the back and its really sickening. I still have a very strong love and passion for this game but if none of this gets fixed that'll definitely fizzle out

[@maxxvii2037]

Friendly reminder Fortnite's BP not only refunds itself fully, but also includes a lot more of rewards.

[@marlonvenegas7145]

Reactive skins ,collabs,pickaxes bonus levels for More variation,contrails and crazy Landing gear they really Wanna keep taking L's from fortnite

[@ggvlad1356]

All right, go fight bots 🤖

[@theg4062]

​@@ggvlad1356 Take EA's meat out of your mouth, I dont even like fortnite but there's a reason why theyre still going strong while apex is tanking with its reputation

[@jencycarranza4957]

Go play fornite then, if u think a better battle pass means a better game.

[@Shadowboltx777]

Fortnite has definitely been doing better than Apex for the past few months

[@tencizinec9583]

EA made it impossible for people in Latin America, Africa and parts of Asia to buy the BattlePass.

[@rushianN]

I am from Latin America and you are absolutely right :'v

[@lauens]

why exactly?

[@NithilKS]

the 10$ does a lot for a lot of people that its too hard to even think about spending like 80$ a year on bp. very much agreed

[@why-ge7cr]

Same,I'm from Africa and many economies here don't allow such cause it's too much

[@CMB451]

Its alot more expensive and the regional pricing if there is wont it better​@@lauens

[@hakselous]

If they got TGM, a very enthusiastic, down to earth, appreciative man to talk like this and be disappointed like this, they really REALLY messed up. Nobody asked for this.

[@The808Ohana]

TGM has always been the standard for me in Apex, I value his opinion highly

[@Samuel2oh9]

He has BEEN over apex for a while now. Hence the reason he’s been streaming other games now and posting next to no apex content

[@user-to7ds6sc3p]

​@@Samuel2oh9what do you mean? Out if his 20 last Videos, a total of 3 are not Apex Legends.

[@Samuel2oh9]

@@user-to7ds6sc3p he would post daily now he’s doing one maybe every 3-4 days

[@kadeMyth]

"Legendary variants" sounds like re-colors😂

[@KevinZePanda]

100% it is, they worded it that way on purpose

[@foggyjunior]

ofc it is. currently with have "Legendary reactive variants" for the 30-30 Repeater at lvl 100 and 110. In the future the same will be the case for the legendary skins. For example instead of a white/purple themed Voidwalker Seer Skin there could be a black/red themed skin variant.

[@LnightwraithL]

This might be the downfall of Apex, we already have streamers who are not playing because they can’t even fix their game.

[@justinmorin7429]

Knowing that EA is going out of their way to completely exclude FTP players with the battle pass rework. It bums me out. They are caring more about money than their player base. It’s going to be sad to watch this game die out in the direction they want it to go.

[@rensins08]

Macro got it right. We're entering the era of the whale & those are the only players gaming studios care about anymore.

[@kornflake3761]

Already wasn't playing this season because Duos was the only mode I really played, now to find out I can't even grind and earn the battle pass, seems like a good time to find a new game.

[@hornypinguin]

FOR REAL!! removing duos made me and my mate constantly play against bigger teams because we didn’t want to play with a random. then they brought in quads….

[@GloatDragon]

The finals is doing pretty good, making tons of balance changes, good seasons. It's the game I have swapped too myself

[@majestic54]

Yup noticed how frequent they made it to not use crafting metals for events😢

[@debilman9065]

Hilarious how they offer more mats in the bp only to not spend it on events

[@mortydeth6307]

You said it’s $40 per full season or $120 per year it’s actually $160 per year with 4 seasons.

[@CrystalClear5617]

But it's 10 for half a season so 20 for a full season so 80 for a year

[@orokuZX]

@@CrystalClear5617 premium plus is $20 per half season

[@ethanvalentine4299]

@@CrystalClear5617 premium+ is $20 i think that's what this comment is referring to

[@DatBoiSoup]

@@CrystalClear5617he’s referring to if you buy the premium battle passes which are 20 each half season, so 160

[@natejohnson1319]

Honestly, maybe I’m alone in this, but I have played since launch. I have stuck out all the screw ups and the cheaters and the game generally just getting worse and worse… but ultimately the core game is fun. However, what kept me coming back and playing regularly was the fact that I could grind out enough coins for the battle pass the next season. That is what kept me engaged and playing through it all…. So now what? Just because I don’t drop tons of money on the battle passes they don’t want me to play? I am of no value? I guess I’m done then. …. Without that reward for my time there feels like no more point given the state of the game

[@michaellatil7866]

Same here, almost like there trying to get rid of the older gamers and just target the new gamers that have control of their parents wallets.

[@misskayamarley40]

Yep that's my thoughts exactly, games going in my bad do not play list now lol. No use wasting time on this dumb arse game now. They change it back I'll play, but till then I'm giving up.

[@Becke963]

I would be willing to spend some money on the battle pass but going from having to pay 10$ one time to having to pay 20$ per season is just insane. Having an option to pay 700 coins and 2,5$ (and don't having a split) would be fair IMO.

[@Myth-Enjoyer]

EA: You're not going to pay for the battlepass? But, but what about double the amount of crafting material..........

[@Aaronxxi]

Stop with the middle ground bs, they just need to revert it

[@MUHAMMADABID-vh6zq]

Why 2.5usd? It's the same issue anyways

[@jencycarranza4957]

Just spend it whens a nice season pass. You really gonna waste on it if it was trash? Remember Ashs season? Desert mirage? Trash!

[@debilman9065]

@@Myth-Enjoyer "Double amount of crafting mats" Yeah nah eat a duck EA, Don't think we forgot about the Belgium Battle pass that gave out 2400 mats at no extra cost because Belgium made buying lootboxes illegal because of you and your earlier L with that star wars game

[@doivee6915]

It feels like ea knows how bad the situation with cheaters and stuff is and just tries to milk as much money out of the players before leaving the game to inevitably die

[@matthewdennis2911]

Even though it would be wiser to actually dip into those billions they made to fix up the game. Which would encourage us to play still. Cus moving onto their next future game may not turn out well… cus right now, we may not take kindly to their next game, which would result in it failing. Wasting them money and time. Honestly the BP changes wouldn’t be as bad (could be better still) if they actually maintained the game properly using the profits they make from us buying the BP. I would be somewhat fine paying it, knowing it would contribute to maintaining the game for the better.

[@THlSGUY-]

Its crazy that they want us to spend money on something that people sometimes cant even complete in time. Its actually adding an aditional 10 levels to the whole season, and as someone who doesnt play every day, I usually end the BP within the last week or so of the season. For people that spend less time playing the game, they probably not even finish the BP while paying upwards of $20 per split. Definately not worth imo.

[@RizzyGyatt]

If you can't complete BP even with double stars, that's a skill issue. never been a BP i couldn't max out with just 4 hrs a day for 4 days.

[@youknowwhoiam6164]

@@RizzyGyattstraight up, if you didn’t think you couldn’t complete it in time then you shouldn’t have gotten it in the first place. That’s like going to a buffet on a full stomach

[@thamerkules8081]

Every single season I finish the BP with well over a month left to go. I love this change personally.

[@FIREFOX274]

​@@RizzyGyatt Or hear me out, this person is an ADULT with a life and has more important things to do then grind video games all day but still likes to pay and play.... You lot are so small with massive egos it's not even funny.

[@FIREFOX274]

​@@thamerkules8081but you'd rather just pay with cash instead of using the coins you earned playing? That currency is only good for Super expensive skins now... Barely.

[@aaronwestray8544]

Coming from someone who buys every battlepass and every skin for my main....I WILL NOT BE SPENDING ANYMORE ON THIS GAME.

[@D33V11L]

is your wallet still alive?! EVERY SKIN??

[@BaezLife]

Ive got like 400 golds and 15 heirlooms im dead

[@jencycarranza4957]

Every skin is cap! Stop lying. If it were true, a 10$ pass wont stop you from getting it. And “buys” every pass? Like 10$ a season? Cuz i don’t understand why u would… Or “buys” em with apex coins that the pass gives you? Cuz bro u for real? U aint lying to anyone. U dont have every skin, u dont buy every pass, and u sure as hell will spend more money u fiend

[@psonar]

I also buy every skin for my main. It's pretty common for people with decent jobs who enjoy Apex. Anytime I have extra coins after a skin purchase I grab a few Apex packs to hopefully get another heirloom sooner. Some people spend $100k on their car or on home renovations or $1k a year in their PC, but you think it's outlandish to spend a $200 a year on a game they play 1000+ hours a year?

[@aaronwestray8544]

@@psonar im glad someone with a brain is in these comments. I do the same thing. Buy the skins i like for my main and use the rest of the leftover coins on packs.

[@mailboxington]

i read the news and thought it was honestly fine because I play the game a lot so id be getting more rewards but taking away the ability to buy the passes with coins single handedly soured the deal, like if it wasn't for that this would genuinely be fine with a lot of people methinks

[@ThatZenDude]

with cheaters and my general loss of enjoyment this was finally the last push to make me uninstall this game so I guess ty respawn for more free time was a good run o7

[@dylong2729]

The last money I spent on a battle pass was season 5 used coins from there on out for every other one. This is not great.

[@M0i301]

people have often said the phrase "this is a new low" when referring to apex as a game. with regard to many features over the years, monetisation mostly. not to even mention the hackers, devastating the gameplay. but this really is the lowest low. disgraceful

[@INikeAir]

You hit the nail on the head. What’s the point of getting more in game currency if you’re barely able to use it. With more gotcha events most of the currency had no value. I know most of us normies won’t invest in this, bet the whales, such as streamers/content creators, will be indulging and that’s ultimately what they want

[@THlSGUY-]

Doesnt EA profit from people just playing the game like any other app? It just seems excessive at this point.

[@Fyuri]

Not quite not entairly There is no dev that just earn money by having product that is active and playd. Mobile apps usally make money from ads. Other games from micro transaction But yeah… EA do earn money from apex and they still greed on every one who plays it… more than riot greed it self

[@Samuel2oh9]

Blame capitalism. Companies will always be pushed to have bigger profits every single year from their assets. They’re constantly looking for ways to squeeze their players out of more money because that’s just the world we live in. There’s no such thing as a gaming company being satisfied with their profits. They will always push the boundaries on what their players will and will not tolerate

[@jencycarranza4957]

@@Fyuriexactly! No one’s understanding that this free game doesnt get money like how football gets money from streaming, or apps with adds and micro transactions. Thats why apex is even thinking of adding ads, cuz most of the player base hasnt spend a dime in 5 years. No profit. Devs cant feed themselves or kids without money.

[@Fyuri]

@@jencycarranza4957 yeah true. But they got worst approach possible at this point. Personally to make money I would add -counter for 500 pack tracker -animated stats exclusive for money -Editable UI (like streamers have the overlay on hp) -adding a marketplace (but it’s complicated) But best of them all would be possiblity to buy any skin instad of rotation shop which personally I think is worst thing in games. At this point EA would make on me 500$ not trying to buy hairloom. There is other things that can be skin changable and they could force people to buy exotic shard to make it look better. But they rather to kill game. Also i think they should make creator gamer council and ask „hey, the game doesn't make money on itself, can you guys give us ideas” Should be fairly easy, even wattson said he would ban people in free time spectating them. There is also server that no one play on and is still paid to exist and function like oceania…

[@babymaker8986]

​@jencycarranza4957 what about the skins in the shop or the collection events

[@ASMRBROOKS]

having 4k hours into this game makes me sick to my stomach...deleted it a month ago and havent even had the urge to play and it feels great! I ESCAPED

[@dasBiggie]

I don't regret spending the coins from the battle pass on a pack offer anymore! But honestly, this is a horrible change, screws over anyone who doesn't pay up.

[@lightshadow3683]

It also screws everyone who does pay. It's 10 more tiers every season with slightly more rewards, but costs twice as much per season to buy and some things you get are now almost useless. People who don't pay now need to spend, and people who already spend now need to spend even more to get almost the same stuff.

[@jencycarranza4957]

Not really. All of my 20 friends in apex wont and dont care, nor play for the pass. And we’re smart enough to spend it when its worth it, cuz we grown men and can afford 10 dollars a month. You know how much it costs to stay alive? Yeah i can afford 10$ every 3 or 4 months.

[@abhinandhari7812]

It screws all the loyal peeps, they should never remove QOL

[@marcgil256]

Screws over?! Bro it’s just cosmetics in the battle pass. You’re not being screwed out of anything meaningful. There’s nothing pay to win. You’re not put at a disadvantage if you miss out on a battle pass. It’s just skins bro. Not that serious.

[@jencycarranza4957]

@@marcgil256 thank you! Finally someone that understand how meaningless amd useless the pass is. Doesnt even interrupt from playing the base game.

[@jurreberghuis6612]

At this point ea is just milking apex for its last bit of money till it dies

[@SevericK_BooM]

The problem with apex in the last year is obvious. It happened when head apex devs that had been with the game and created the game left about 2 years ago. The game becoming really bad lagged because the content delay from creation to implementation is around a year. That means about one year after the original dev exodus from respawn, we saw some pretty bad content changes. Their yearly massive updates have been good, but major gameplay changes like mmr and ranked changes are what occurred. If you look at the apex player numbers over the past few years the change in player base is obvious. The past year has seen apex drop to about 1/3 of its ATH. From launch to 2022 apex saw a steady increase in players to becoming a monumental sized player base. Here is the kicker why we are seeing and will continue to see terrible monetization strategies. EA is all about revenue. What happens when you lose half your player base? You lose about half your revenue… the accounting offices at EA see this and that’s when the corpo hammers come in. If revenue is fine, no one complains. When revenue drops, the finance and accounting people come in and start making demands. You know who isn’t good at making video games? Accountants and finance people. Their solution is the player based has now halved, so we’ll double the amount of battle pass sales and add another currency to the game to try and generate more revenue. It’s a trash fest.

[@VeryBadPlayerTV]

My previous long comment the whole TL:DR summary can be broken down by one simple point here. 1. Fortnite will refund you and more, give you more rewards then apex, while giving you more with the free version to. 2. Apex actively tries to scam you and give you bad deals. Maybe just provide a good product? and people wouldn't be upset when they spend on it. it wouldn't even be a consideration id just buy it. why do you have to make it hard respawn?

[@baileydonohoo7139]

The ONLY reason I bought the battle pass this season, was so I could buy next seasons bp

[@ASAP_Fenix]

Number of players getting lower each month. This is the last effort to vacuum as much money out of the game before it’s shelved in a couple years. Don’t gaslight us into saying this is better for the “players.” It’s so VERY obvious it’s for the “Owners.” I’m all for them making money, but use the money to make the game better; not line the CEO’s pockets.

[@austinjorgensen5417]

Games been dead… stoped playing in season 16… feels different now that most original devs have moved on.

[@moodl3d856]

"wow what a fun game, lets make everything cost money and squeeze people for every dollar!" "why are less people playing apex now"

[@ErranDrone]

I stopped playing 2 seasons ago due to the game feeling stale but this is just laughable. I feel bad for current players because this is insanity.

[@OscarTheBetterPlayer]

Damn they going down the Valorant BP route

[@visual_chris]

I hope the EU can fix this soon as it's such crazy anti consumer practices, it's unreal

[@jeremywhatley8387]

I’m just gonna be honest. They refuse to fix the matchmaking or even acknowledge it’s an issue. So even if they add more free stuff or more rewards(for more money btw) it doesn’t matter to me. The game hasn’t been fun for awhile now and it actively punishes you for doing somewhat decent. I get 3 kills and all the sudden I’m going up against the best the game has to offer like I just stepped into a million dollar tournament. Like bruh I’m just trying to play pubs to have fun…. I’m done with this game

[@peledeng1909]

i loved apex so much i had it installed two times, one on steam and one on ea app for my 2 accounts. i just uninstalled both yesterday and basically reinstalled gta 5 just because im so fed up with the game issues and now this blatant bp greed. hiswattson basically begging for help with cheaters to repawn and getting ignored, imagine a streamer with constant 5k live twitch audience each stream just sums it all up. i hope watos switch game honestly.

[@Anton_Glz]

Kids and people from other places outside of the US can’t get the battle pass anymore. Not every kid can ask mom to buy them the BP every month and for most countries it can be twice (or more) as expensive than in the US. Casual players like me will be out too, since yes it might be affordable for a lot still, but people have other priorities instead of buying a battle pass every 6 weeks. They’d much rather spend that money elsewhere. This decision screwed most of the Apex community. It was fun while it lasted.

[@TheBRAVEACHILLES]

Well said. I play with my wife and they want us to pay double! No way! Every season we saved those coins to buy another BP. That hooks us too play this game. Now we have to find some other games.

[@andreluis4891]

It's 1/3 salary of Brazil :(

[@sh0dn]

Now in Russia just can't buy BP. Because you cannot buy it with old coins and there is no gift cards for BP.

[@jmanred]

hahahaha, they just shot the little interest I still had in the game with a 12 gauge and buried it in the back yard

[@ghernandez909909]

I’m still going to play the game..I’ve never been the type of person to purchase anything on any game..just love playing video games

[@teokmica4200]

I will also continue to play,but im not giving them a penny anymore

[@middyjohn]

I'm not going to, even if I dont spend (i did btw, just not anymore now). The real issue is I just cant enjoy the game meeting cheaters so often and this season been the most terrible by far. If I can't enjoy it, I won't play and won't spend.

[@iampandaplanet]

And that's perfectly fine, it's just that EA and other companies just don't acknowledge the fact there should be more ways to make the game fun, and still make money without making the fanbase mad. I think the Finals does a good job of this, you can unlock all of the weapons and gadgets, and get really cool cosmetics just by playing the game. And if you really like a certain skin, you can blow a few bucks on it.

[@marcgil256]

Same bro. I’ve never really cared about cosmetics in games. I’ve been playing apex since the very beginning, so I’ve definitely bought some stuff. But I’ve probably spent less than $100 total over 5 years on this game. It’s just not a big deal to me tbh.

[@MKO7117]

i think its time for Apex 2. Apex last long enough but its already at its end. there is nothing much they can squeeze out of the players or the game anymore.

[@brianr5165]

Just hearing 40$ battle pass sounds ridiculous. I’ve been okay with there shitty practice but now is just dumb. I love this game but man this is just stupidly disappointing

[@Search-Co_olImagination]

I’ve been playing this game from ss 0-21 and the game has barely changed since the game came out… they only care about taking your money, I’m done with this game. It’s a spit to the face.

[@ThePlayerMerio]

Community feedback is -> Respawn self.

[@logic9436]

Matchmaking is horrible. Servers are horrible at times. No audio feedback on enemy players - I hear my m8s better than enemies. So many buggs in ranked, teaming players, CHEATING and lack of motivating rewards to play it. I don't want to to quit but I've had enough.

[@iitzLag]

Honestly it’s not much of a problem for me because I still spend some money on the game and for me it seems like I’m just spending the money for more things I won’t be buying the 20 doller pass because I feal that is a scam but I think the 10 doller one is fine.

[@faboo2001]

You would think that offering better skins and selling skins at a more reasonable price would be the best way to increase profits, but the sad reality is that they probably worked out the numbers and probabilities and found this route to be the most profitable. That and they probably think that due to decrease in player count that the short term profits is a far better option than the long term approach.

[@CallMeAndry]

Apex is going the Overwatch route: - Ultimate Battle Pass (Bp , 20 extra lvls , 2 Exclusive skins) cost 40€ , just like 2 Premium + Bp in 1 season - The Overwatch BP , while it’s still buyable with In-game currency , it gives you just 600 coins , not enough to buy the next one (which costs 1000 coins) Gotta admit that this looks pretty similar , the only difference is that the value of the Apex BP is wayy better then Overwatch’s one , the only reason you want to buy the OW2 one is for the Mythic Shards , which basically allow you to get a skin that should cost 80€ for 10€

[@marcgil256]

I don’t play overwatch but that’s good perspective. Everyone’s acting like this is the worst thing in the world, but I know it can’t be that bad compared to other games. I played nba 2k for many years, and their micro transactions were literally insane. I also hear people complain all the time about Destiny 2. It’s all about perspective. Compared to other games, this isn’t that bad.

[@daletrefelnerii4001]

@@marcgil256funny you bring that up, both 2k and Destiny were games I used to play, but I quit them after they became greedy money pits. With Apex going this route, and the fact that the game is plagued with issues on top of it, it might be time to move on from my most played game of all time sadly

[@marcgil256]

@@daletrefelnerii4001 Apex micro transactions are no where near as bad as 2k. 2k was pay to win. You damn near needed to spend $50-$100 to get VC in order to make your build good enough to compete. And that’s on top of the $70 the game costs. On Apex the skins are expensive, but they’re completely optional. There’s nothing pay to win about it. Same for the battle pass. And the game is free to play. These games are light years apart. I spent a gross amount of money on 2k over the years. I probably haven’t spent more than $100 since the Apex came out 5 years ago. No need to

[@volt8ge]

And this is why I left Overwatch 😭

[@The808Ohana]

It's ironic because I'm elated Apex Legends made it to 22 seasons but depressed over how much the game has devolved into a cash-shop

[@xpdragon3173]

I say give us an advanced BP, another layer that can be bought with apex coins but gives fewer rewards than premium, but more than than the free one.

[@D33V11L]

no, any version of the bp should be purchasable with ac

[@iownstaticz8687]

@@D33V11Li agree

[@fullybaked2950]

What's the point of a free to download game if you have to pay $ for every battle pass? I miss the old gaming world. Im a casual gamer and dont appreciate having to pay $20 every season when i didn’t even want to pay $10 for the first season.

[@problematicg3nius912]

i have 1.6 MILLION legend tokens. What can I do?

[@na1ty789]

The events that don’t allow you to craft any skins are called Milestone Events

[@achilles8]

I fully believe this will cut the player bass by at least half, battle pass grinding is the reason most players come back to the game. I have been grinding apex since season 4 and the formula has been, play at the start of the season nonstop for a week or to 2, then come back to nonstop apex at the end of the season to finish the battle pass and maybe rank up. I have enough money to buy more battle passes but there is no way I am going to and I would say about 80% of players feel the same way. If ranked isn’t incredible next season I think it’s really over.

[@centralcoastgti7171]

The fact that they got community noted on X is hilarious

[@pars1eyf1akes12]

Raise the cost of the BP from 950AC to 1500AC, and offer it discounted to $10 irl money; this wouldn't push all the free to play players away (most of the cost being subsidized by the battlepass, a lot more people can pay $4 for 2 BPs, from basically free to $20 is wild), AND many (most?) people that can/will shell out $10 for the battlepass would also pay a discounted cost and save the AC for cosmetics/events

[@Coffeesleep125]

They want people to pay every half season it’s insane

[@jikert4815]

This is true

[@juandiegomejia8299]

I don't think it solves the issue 1500AC it's more than u can get in one BP, for me the problem is not the 10$, is the fact that u could buy a BP if u completed the last one, no additional money, if they charged 1$ I'd still wouldn't buy it because it was free before, and I that's the problem, it's not like people don't have an extra 10$ at the end of the month, is not much money, but it is money for something that used to be free

[@xaultimateax]

@@juandiegomejia8299technically you would be able to, keep in mind the free track gives 400 per season also. So 1200+400 would at least allow you to get it once a season for free. Unless the free track is disabled if you own the premium one? Not sure how it works today

[@Aaronxxi]

They should just revert it. No middle ground or bs like that. Stop bowing to these clowns

[@cme64]

That's a bummer, we can't do the single 950 coins gift cycle trick to get the battle pass for a group of players anymore.

[@babymaker8986]

Why would i pay that much for a bp when game pass costs about the same

[@qwertyg3666]

I wouldn't feel so much animosity to this if the game weren't in such an unplayable state. They're asking more and more and delivering less and less. It genuinely feels as though they are actively trying to kill the game.

[@officerdoofy6977]

less lgbtqstuff and ill pay ea 4× as much

[@bippityboppity5140]

The fact that you would actually pay 4x makes you the problem

[@CelestialSorceress]

​@@bippityboppity5140 fr

[@ryanostenson1157]

less officerdoofy6977 and that’ll do

[@passadelirious]

I hope you do what LowTierGod suggested in that lighting video officerdoofy6977

[@brandondean5680]

​@@passadelirious Bruh nah😂😂 you crazy for that

[@a_little_bird]

You have the Wingman skin, you have the PK skin (and every skin on your main that matters) you hold on to your crafting materials for the events

[@watermelon4888]

The finals and Embark are lookin’ real nice rn

[@Insomnia-but-green]

(Cough cough ow2)

[@MrUntz]

I quite after the final fantasy event as the writing was on the wall they have gotten so predatory in their practices I’ve played sense season 1 spent more then a reasonable amount of money on the game but it felt like it was only ever getting more and more expensive to get stuff that I had previously gotten for a reasonable amount of money or free or I could earn if I put in effort but now effort gets you absolutely nothing in this game

[@rubensalazar6037]

Final nail in the coffin

[@despacitodaniel801]

As long as I can play Apex Legends i don't mind

[@Star-Wayz]

It doesn't just F over F2P players but also people who buy Apex Coin bundles. They have to buy the Apex Coin bundles for a skin bundle in store and then another separate £10+ and then another £10+ for 2 battlepasses. Apex Coins invested and saved on the account just lost value for nothing.

[@craftboy338]

Only recently finally got a squad of friends to play with, for about 2 seasons we had a damn good run, although I've been playing since season 8, I genuinely can't even say I blame them for not wanting to play any more.

[@ArthurChen]

12:26 As someone that used to be a Community Manager for a mobile game publishing company (in other words, the equivalent of the marketing team on EA side), this is my speculation as to how the team approached the community feedback. 1) Community expresses criticism or feedback on wanting less low-value items (whether that's emotes, charms, epic skins, insert-your-opinion-here) and/or more high value items in the BP. 2) Designers / Producers think "How do we satisfy their request without increasing our expenses and/or flooding the economy with currency?" (aka, more dev work and/or less purchased currency) 3) Decision: Remove low-value items, add high-value items, increase currency reward, balance it all out by converting Apex Coins price to USD. I am not surprised they did something like this, but what I worry about is retention; not just because people are upset by the change, but because non-BP owners will have less incentive to play frequently. I don't doubt that revenue will stay the same, if not increase, but I speculate that there will be a not-insignificant drop off in how often casual, F2P players will play. EDIT: TL;DR - Nothing happens in a vacuum. Every change must be counter-balanced somewhere.

[@Synrune]

I already rarely play this game at the moment. I *might* complete the current season's BP but after that I'm just gonna uninstall tbh. It was nice while it lasted

[@thebros8157]

Whats sad is that those popular apex “influencers” will still get and nobody learns nothing. People need to vote with their wallets with this, NBA2K and Madden. We can’t keep letting these companies be greedy and think it’s alright when they’re not improving anything regarding the game.

[@marcgil256]

Bro NBA 2k is wayyyyy more egregious with their micro transactions.

[@AllDogsGoToHeaven444]

EA: How do we keep printing money with a game that is slowly dying?

[@dominichunter4293]

i don't think they really understand the severity of this bc yea oh wow some ppl would say its only 10 dollars that not much or oh i can easily give up 20 dollars for this battle pass np. but dats my main problem its 20 USD for them but what about everyone one else that don't live in the US its not $20. More like 40 dollars times 2 so for me and every where else in the world it might be 80 dollars for 1 battle pass i never had this problem before bc the price of apex coins never changed bc it was always yea i buy the 4k coins pack for the price shown but now that it real life money off my credit card its not just 40 dollars.

[@thehamburglar2420]

This is likely going to be how the game dies. I grew up with this game, and I'm gonna remember it as one of my childhood games that I used to love. It's sad but expected that this is how it ends.

[@dannyht92]

Gonna be something to see the numbers day1 of season 22.

[@joshphillips3291]

The reason that there is already such a large player base that doesn't spend money on the game to purchase weapon skins, character skins etc is because what they release is of low quality and not exclusive enough to actually invest into. The game doesn't feel safe to spend money on especially with the leve of enjoyment we get with cheaters in the game all the time. I'm sure theres people who would rather buy cheats than cosmetics and that really tells you a lot about the game.

[@IshyFishyDaBestKing]

I like when merch shares his thoughts and opinions because they're always calm and show respect for both sides W soupsandwich with watermelon cheerios man🗿

[@to4217]

Ultimately the benefit of letting people grind to collect Crafting Metals or letting people grind to collect apex coins to use on the next Battle Pass was an INCENTIVE to keep A TON of players.... well.... playing and subsequently keep the game alive. Because I could attain this skin or that pass. It was a decent balance, some freebies if you dont wanna spend money as a gesture of appreciation for players. And if you DO want more, you can always spend some money. I think this was an L move and honestly idk between this and the amount of cheaters steadily plaguing APEX, I wouldnt be surprised if more people opted not to play anymore. Shiet I've uninstalled Overwatch and never looked back. Could happen to you too APEX. :)

[@gibbymain1499]

exactly .... my own incentives were the battle pass and ranked, ranked grind for bragging privileges and battle pass for casual pubbing while still feeling like im progressing at something... ranked is ruined with rampant cheating, now they are hard paywalling the battle pass, at that point theres no reason to play anymore

[@craftboy338]

As someone who already owns all the legends, the value here is even less.

[@MiguelAMH]

The only reason I played so many hours was to finish my battle pass. They won't get my irl money and now my time playing. Take that L EA

[@cxlum_t3457]

Ik nobody will read this specifically @The Gaming Merchant but I want to have my word in this issue, The crafting materials when buying the collection event would take you to buy both battle passes in 4 season which will cost you $80, which is out right awful, and even then like it was mentioned EA is slowly taking away buying events with crafting, making more currency useless every single season, we have 5 currency’s in the game and all of them seem useless now, legend tokens just existing since there is a legend every other season and useless recolours, coins now seem to be useless since they were mainly used to save up of the battle pass for many people (over priced skins as well), heiloom shards are god awful for people who haven’t even got their first one since they were playing as well as legends not even getting legend specific heirlooms (Fuse was the last legend to get one in SEASON 18!!!) and now exotic shards for universal heirlooms that nobody asked for and probably not going to use since there are better heirlooms to buy for other character

[@Silenceaverted]

It kinda sucks people are mainly talking about this battle pass monotization change while the game is almost unplayable for people since the addition of quads. My game crashes almost every other match of quads I play and even crashes in other modes now whereas before the update the game maybe crashed twice all first split

[@Insomnia-but-green]

It's gotten worse? I quit 4 months ago, how does this game get worse and worse and worse and worse and worse, etc

[@Silenceaverted]

@@Insomnia-but-green the game can’t seem to handle the quads game mode for some people. Its gotten so bad my game freezes when I try to invite friends to play

[@Insomnia-but-green]

@@Silenceaverted thats kinda funny tbh I play fo76 which crashes but every time you invite someone is insane

[@__-xi1nn]

You have to be against this dude, you’ve got a voice to use against this whole battle pass controversy.

[@damianrodriguez7473]

I’m glad I stopped playing apex and not going to lie I was going to return after not playing for awhile but now that this is out I’m all good on this game smh 🤧

[@curiousgeorgeatewrongjuice2856]

EA being this Greedy is going to kill Apex quicker.

[@Lister_F]

The additional crafting metals is just fluff to make it look like it’s worth it. Sad.

[@MatthiewMarks]

This is the best break-down of the changes that I have seen yet. Kudos to you for pointing out both the good and the bad.

[@sullivanmaclellan4798]

Pretty sure the reason they did this is to counter cheaters. Buying the battle pass with actual money makes it so that the cheaters couldn't just keep switching accounts where they have a fake collection of apex coins. Think that is what is going on with this.

[@matthewdennis2911]

Only an idiot would buy the BP while cheating, it would be pointless for them to grind the BP, only to potentially get banned not long after.

[@soldierplays4616]

Guess what in the finals they give you enough to buy the next battle pass + extra left to buy a skin of your choice from the shop each season. The finals is published nexon and yet here EA comes swinging through asking people to be ok with 2 battle passes lol

[@chriswimberley7511]

People need to get ready for every game with a battle pass to do this. It’s wild we had it like this for that long, I have every battle pass and have only had to buy 2. Kinda crazy

[@kenz1827]

Agreed! I am not spending another dime on the game if they go through with this. I hope the community do the same.

[@surianna301]

Yeah theu say double the rewards but its really not because it's technically more than double the price since the bp before was 9.50 USD but you could only buy in 10 but now the price is 20-40 usd each season so you are getting the amount of rewards you paid for not double the rewards for the normal price

[@surianna301]

It would be double the rewards if it was still 10 usd a season but its 20 so its not double

[@Glimbo-cv3sh]

and they have the gusto to make a Quads game mode and call it innovative, at least they spiced up solo with the whole healing on kills and respawning

[@Hsquared]

I think they’ll get feedback faster than they do already based on how well each battle pass does. At this point, most have the battle pass. This will force the developers to listen to feedback since the battle pass isn’t just a for sure purchase. If the skin or season sucks, the battle pass won’t sell very well.

[@AniruddhaMaram]

I wana see the drop in player count after this patch comes in lol

[@benlandis6317]

I am one of those players. I started playing in season 7 and bought the battle pass in season 8 and have been able to rebuy the battle pass each season. I think in total I’ve only ever spent 15$ on apex and I don’t feel bad about that at all now.

[@juanmaldonado5288]

I will forever play apex. I use to tell people 10$ worth one time buy now ill tell people dont ever spend on this game... They only care about money... I could care less about cheaters i like fighting them. Its makes the game harder

[@RoyalAce19]

EA is a problem respawn need to do something about this soon