PSA: Stop Buying Steel Packs - x-post from reddit

[Caramello]

Original Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/forhonor/comments/60rvml/stop_buying_steel_packs/

Also relevant: https://clips.twitch.tv/ThirstyPlainHumanCoolStoryBro
*If was never your intention, why is that you made it possible to do so by spending money?

Ubisoft is currently struggling to justify the intense grind required for unlocks in their most recent game.

Basic Info

By now we mostly all know that, in the base game only (all content available upon release), it takes 91,500 steel to unlock all steel-purchasable cosmetics. That's roughly 1,098,000 steel for all heroes. Most player's earn anywhere from 700 (Just Orders) to approximately 3364 (Math gets weird due to Contracts). Which rounds out to hardcore grinding players (All Day, Everyday) taking 326.37 days to get unlocks. And casual players (Couple hours a day) taking nearly 2.51 years. Note: Yes, I stole this math from another post, because I made both.

Ubisoft's Logic

Ubisoft has stated they designed this system to resemble RPG's & MOBA's. Under the pretense of incorporating longevity, enhanced competitive play, and access to player immersion.

Truth Through my Eyes

MMORPG's, MOBA's, & Mobile Games make more money. For Honor, and games of a similar ilk (Overwatch) are cheaper to develop & maintain (Especially with a P2P system). So they combined the most expensive elements of one with the relatively easier (still very complicated for normal people like me) design of this game. For Honor is 4 functional maps (Goodbye Viking Maps), some cosmetics (All of which are expensive AF), and the gear system (Basically required for a fair fight). It needs, at least, 10x as much content, developer involvement, patches, and general fixes to be as expensive as they claim it is.

Conclusion

Don't buy Steel Packs. Seriously. It would take $732 for just base content. Not including all Updates/DLC. It's a scam. The game is ♥♥♥♥ing amazing. I love the combat style, the unique & original play styles, the beautiful maps, the sheer capacity for community involvement. Everything about this game screams in your face IT'S THE BEST. And then Ubisoft decided the completely ♥♥♥♥ it up. By simply wanting more for the game than it's worth. And attempting to over-charge with micro-transactions.

Why They're Stuck

They won't change it because people have already purchased steel packs, and still are, and if you alter the price now there would be an understandable amount of hatred from those who spent extra. And they don't need to, since people still buy them for some reason. The solution is to simply refund player's steel on purchased unlocks and make them all cheaper. Ubisoft will never do this.

Solution

Look to section Conclusion. And stop buying Steel Packs.

TL:DR

Game is expensive AF.

Note

These posts do not receive enough attention. If you don't like mine, upvote someone elses. Ubisoft is trying to set a standard that the entire gaming community should be fighting against with all of its collective might. Full-price Triple A games should not incorporate this low-effort high-price system of development.

[Smug Kot]

Yup biggest mistake move was to put that french guy talking crap, at least we know theres no hope in this game....

Also this should be a sticky

[LitteralFish]

we should take turns bumping this thread daly xD

[Lv 20 Bolting Bot]

Well, I agree and don't spend anything on steel packs myself. However, people can spend their money however they want to and people who are already doing it won't listen to random people online, especially not when they make themselves sound overly pretentious as many tend to with their "principles".

[ShiftyScent]

I wouldn't mind people being able to buy extra Steel if they wanted to, IF hardcore grinders such as myself could compete with the packs.
Meaning; it shouldn't be impossible or even that hard to amass 10k-20k steel in 12 hours of gameplay for instance.

[RIP Chicken]

+1 They do this ♥♥♥♥ every game and it's been old. Not only this but why is this game not receiving updates as much as Siege is? It's like they want this game to fail.

[Iron Breaker]

le bump until ubi deletes it like the ♥♥♥♥ heads they are

[Phosphorescence]

qhoa buying steel. I stoped useing steel for a week and i am already at 11k (from near 0) I thing its pretty fast to save the steel.

[Caramello]

Originally posted by RagDollRat:

le bump until ubi deletes it like the ♥♥♥♥ heads they are

Or ban me =\ you never know.