What is a Battle Pass?

[Loaf]

I"m new to Diablo and someone said a Battle Pass is a Seasons Pass, but what exactly does it gives you?

[Jolly Devil]

The most basic way I can explain it is like this:

You get in game rewards, ranging from armor, mounts, xp and stuff by playing the game and also logging in every day. That's the free pass. If you pay $20, you can get the Premium Pass, which gives you more of all that and makes it easier and faster to level up your pass and character. Its a very greedy and underhanded system that a lot of companies use now (mostly in F2P games), cause they put all these shinies in front of you and say, if you play for 20 weeks you can unlock this, or you can pay us $20 and unlock it in 6 weeks.

Essentially stuff that used to be free or seasonal is now paid or grindy.

[♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥]

A sinkhole for your money.

[jrf773]

Another ripoff from an already ripofftastic game from a bad company that is greedier than Scrooge McDuck. Bli$$ard Entertainment.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by holy loaf:

I"m new to Diablo and someone said a Battle Pass is a Seasons Pass, but what exactly does it gives you?

cosmetics, it's not required 'at all' for the game and the smoldering ashes stuff requires u to be a certain level to use it so you get no bonus buying it whatsoever.

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by Jolly Devil:

The most basic way I can explain it is like this:

You get in game rewards, ranging from armor, mounts, xp and stuff by playing the game and also logging in every day. That's the free pass. If you pay $20, you can get the Premium Pass, which gives you more of all that and makes it easier and faster to level up your pass and character. Its a very greedy and underhanded system that a lot of companies use now (mostly in F2P games), cause they put all these shinies in front of you and say, if you play for 20 weeks you can unlock this, or you can pay us $20 and unlock it in 6 weeks.

Essentially stuff that used to be free or seasonal is now paid or grindy.

The only thing the paid version gives is just vanity. It doesn't boost your character in any way.
Multiple times already it's been said about it since before it was released on battlenet

[Jolly Devil]

Originally posted by IchigoMait:

Originally posted by Jolly Devil:

The most basic way I can explain it is like this:

You get in game rewards, ranging from armor, mounts, xp and stuff by playing the game and also logging in every day. That's the free pass. If you pay $20, you can get the Premium Pass, which gives you more of all that and makes it easier and faster to level up your pass and character. Its a very greedy and underhanded system that a lot of companies use now (mostly in F2P games), cause they put all these shinies in front of you and say, if you play for 20 weeks you can unlock this, or you can pay us $20 and unlock it in 6 weeks.

Essentially stuff that used to be free or seasonal is now paid or grindy.

The only thing the paid version gives is just vanity. It doesn't boost your character in any way.
Multiple times already it's been said about it since before it was released on battlenet

Ok. I was mistaken on one part. My apologies Ichigo lol

[Valinov]

shame and diminished dignity

[MR.Breaker]

So if battlepass rewards are behind a paywall, what reason is there to play the bloody seasons ???

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by MR.Breaker:

So if battlepass rewards are behind a paywall, what reason is there to play the bloody seasons ???

what do you mean? seasons = new seasonal mechanics. nothing in the battlepass is p2w, it's all only cosmetic. you play games to have fun.

[JCD]

The paid one unlocks cosmetics like armor sets after reaching certain season milestones.

[MR.Breaker]

Originally posted by mimizukari:

Originally posted by MR.Breaker:

So if battlepass rewards are behind a paywall, what reason is there to play the bloody seasons ???

what do you mean? seasons = new seasonal mechanics. nothing in the battlepass is p2w, it's all only cosmetic. you play games to have fun.

Where did i say it was p2w ? New seasonal mechanics mean nothing if you just do the same things over and over for no rewards, at least in diablo 3 you get a stash from a season, in 4 you play a short story with gimmicks and rewards behind a paywall.So it is the same old rewardless grindfest with a new mechanic, not my kind of fun.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by MR.Breaker:

Originally posted by mimizukari:

what do you mean? seasons = new seasonal mechanics. nothing in the battlepass is p2w, it's all only cosmetic. you play games to have fun.

Where did i say it was p2w ? New seasonal mechanics mean nothing if you just do the same things over and over for no rewards, at least in diablo 3 you get a stash from a season, in 4 you play a short story with gimmicks and rewards behind a paywall.So it is the same old rewardless grindfest with a new mechanic, not my kind of fun.

you don't need permanent rewards for a game to be fun... when you play arcade games you end up losing money and just go for a high score. diablo iv is a perfect seasonal game, it resets every 3 months and you go again, compete with your friends/clan mates for things like uber lilith/etc.

[MR.Breaker]

Originally posted by mimizukari:

Originally posted by MR.Breaker:

Where did i say it was p2w ? New seasonal mechanics mean nothing if you just do the same things over and over for no rewards, at least in diablo 3 you get a stash from a season, in 4 you play a short story with gimmicks and rewards behind a paywall.So it is the same old rewardless grindfest with a new mechanic, not my kind of fun.

you don't need permanent rewards for a game to be fun... when you play arcade games you end up losing money and just go for a high score. diablo iv is a perfect seasonal game, it resets every 3 months and you go again, compete with your friends/clan mates for things like uber lilith/etc.

Thing is D4 is not an arcade game, and you dont compete for high scores, it is made for longevity hence it is live service game with a steep price, buying cosmetics from the store is fine , but doing the same things for nothing or paying extra is plain ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up practices.

[Unicron Supreme]

You get to pay extra money every season to get access to the cosmetic skin's that should have been attached to the items that you pick up that you bought when you paid for the game.

Thanks Bobby!

[Sol4rSky]

Originally posted by MR.Breaker:

So if battlepass rewards are behind a paywall, what reason is there to play the bloody seasons ???

That's the catch. You will psychologically feel like you're MISSING ON STUFF / playing in VAIN during the SEASON. Ignore the people saying it's optional stuff etc. It is indeed but it's part of the game. You want the whole package not having stuff locked behind paywalls especially taking into account the game's price. When you play, it just irks you to unlock stuff(There's some "Free unlockables") but not everything because you lack the season pass, I mean, you played the game yet, you didn't get the reward, it's making you wanna get it in the end. They get money that way.

This is acceptable for games like Fortnite etc that are free and actually give you something that at least can be seen by others en mass, unlike in Diablo where it also costs money.