Apex Legends community furious over new item packs
Many players are raging over these packs on Reddit, with multiple posts pointing fingers at EA for the outrageous pricing. One specific post from Reddit user HerpMcHerp nicely sums up the entire situation, detailing the process and the overall spend that a player may expect to get all the packs, or at least to get a shot at the skins they desire.
The new event adds 24 new items or skins. Each pack costs 700 Apex coins (roughly $7), something that is the first part of the problem. You only receive two Apex packs for free while playing the game, so if you want the rest of the items, you have to purchase the remaining 22 packs. When all is said and done, you must spend $154 to get all the packs.
However, it’s unlikely that most players want to get all the items. They may be eyeing a couple of favorites, but the odds of getting them are small due to the RNG mechanics. Even if EA states that there are “no Commons, no Rares, and no duplicates” included in the 24 Iron Crown Collection Packs, the overall picture is somewhat bleak and expensive. To make matters worse, if you want to get the Bloodhound Heirloom Set, you need to have every Iron Crown item and spend an additional $40 to buy it. Neither EA nor Respawn have respawnded responded to the outrage.
While Apex Legends is a free-to-play game and needs to make money to strive, these packs are seem by a section of the playerbase as a step too far in the controversial in the already controversial space of microtransactions.
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Source: https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/581441-apex-legends-community-furious-monetization-new-item-packs
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ZemaPosted:
I rather pay 200 for the axe then pay 500 to get it after the event from a normal crate lmaooo :D not only that i got wraiths heirloom
AspiPosted:
I wouldn't say i was furious lmao it is abit extortionate though. like $200 for an axe :')
tO0tPosted:
Yeah I looked at the price of the packs and couldn't believe that wanted 700 apex coins for one lol.
ReconPosted:
WW2 OKay, I have to say, I have not played Apex Legends in a long time, and watching this made me want to get back into it. The cinematic is great.
Besides all of that, the fact how you nearly have to pay 50$ to nearly 200$ to get a outfit (which does look good) but doesn't look good enough to be priced with such a heavy price tag. I suppose for their defense "the skins are limited edition" which is fine, but still. 50 - 200 $ is still hefty.
Would just like to correct you, they added 24 items(character skins, weapon skins, and banners), 12 epic and 12 legendary. The legendary skins are very good but it cost $7 for one loot box. And the loot box will give only 1 event item at complete random. so technically itll cost $7 to get a outfit but you have no choice on what you want. you might be spending $7-$200 depending how much you want that item. and to top it all off, they are offering a melee weapon(cosmetic like wraith's) for bloodhound, but thats only unlocked if you have all 24 items. Once unlocked you have to pay an extra $40 to get it.
OGTrey079Posted:
Recon For a limited time event, only able to get 8% of the event skins for free by playing the game and it costs a total of $200 to recieve everything the event offers if you wanted more. Is the most scummy thing on the planet. I have always supported Apex and is the only battle royal i enjoyed. Now with EA trying push to see how far they can go, not supporting this game anymore. Same went with Bo4, loved that game the first month until the overpriced micro transactions entered.
I can only imagine how bad the next cod will be since they handing out the maps for free. Def gonna cut corners by being cancerous with micro transactions.
WW2Posted:
OKay, I have to say, I have not played Apex Legends in a long time, and watching this made me want to get back into it. The cinematic is great.
Besides all of that, the fact how you nearly have to pay 50$ to nearly 200$ to get a outfit (which does look good) but doesn't look good enough to be priced with such a heavy price tag. I suppose for their defense "the skins are limited edition" which is fine, but still. 50 - 200 $ is still hefty.
Besides all of that, the fact how you nearly have to pay 50$ to nearly 200$ to get a outfit (which does look good) but doesn't look good enough to be priced with such a heavy price tag. I suppose for their defense "the skins are limited edition" which is fine, but still. 50 - 200 $ is still hefty.
ReconPosted:
For a limited time event, only able to get 8% of the event skins for free by playing the game and it costs a total of $200 to recieve everything the event offers if you wanted more. Is the most scummy thing on the planet. I have always supported Apex and is the only battle royal i enjoyed. Now with EA trying push to see how far they can go, not supporting this game anymore. Same went with Bo4, loved that game the first month until the overpriced micro transactions entered.
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