Is the only way to unlock new weapons....

[LazyAmerican]

partaking in the stupid cash shop system? I don't mean literally spending money (I know you can) but having to use that for normal gameplay things is just bleh. Unlocking weapons used to just be a part of gameplay.

[Kashra Fall]

Cashshop system? You get medals, you put medals in warbond, you unlock things. Medals are earned in game and cannot be purchased.

[Chao~]

The storefront is a parody of the Fortnite cash shop and those of similar design (but it also has a legitimate cash shop of the same design).

The first storefront is the same as HELLDIVERS 1. You level up, you earn medals, you spend the medals to unlock stuff. Except this time around, they locked the good stuff behind higher tiers where you need to unlock enough stuff in one tier to move on to the next (as opposed to unlocking them through "tiered randomized pre-determined mission rewards", like unlocking the flamethrower behind a 4-star mission except the 4-star missions available currently may not have the flamethrower reward because RNG), which is something that wasn't a thing in HELLDIVERS 1 since they opted for an upgrade system to improve your existing weapons and call-ins.

[turfish]

The way you unlock new stuff is still through gameplay lol, you just need to go to a different UI to access it

[maximilianyuen]

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

partaking in the stupid cash shop system? I don't mean literally spending money (I know you can) but having to use that for normal gameplay things is just bleh. Unlocking weapons used to just be a part of gameplay.

you can unlock stuff without paying real money... the problem is its time limited so you can't even grind it slowly as the store do rotation.

the worst part is the pay-to-progress is so tide up with the money store, no one can say for sure they wont make the game grind longer than the gameplay design should so that it motivate you to pay more.

its always the art of gameplay design to balance the grind vs progress, with money involve its safe to bet that would have some negative impact.

[Bitter Stares]

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

partaking in the stupid cash shop system? I don't mean literally spending money (I know you can) but having to use that for normal gameplay things is just bleh. Unlocking weapons used to just be a part of gameplay.

you get the weapons for free you just have to earn medals...through playing.

[Kyuirah]

The free Battlepass system is no different from spending points or in game money in any other game to unlock weapons . I do think it's a little restricting that you only start with 1 primary/secondary but it kinda makes sense in lore.

[Woo]

I mean you can spend money to unlock everything right away, but what is the Fun doing so? The need to unlock New weapons is what makes you keep playing, and is not really pay2win because If others players buy the stuff It Will only help his squad

[Commander Hitman2b]

Originally posted by LazyAmerican:

partaking in the stupid cash shop system? I don't mean literally spending money (I know you can) but having to use that for normal gameplay things is just bleh. Unlocking weapons used to just be a part of gameplay.

it not cash shop dude it literally rewarding your for playing just like the first game the cashshop is literally for armors and even then you can grind the credit during mission if lucky

[Empra]

Originally posted by maximilianyuen:

you can unlock stuff without paying real money... the problem is its time limited so you can't even grind it slowly as the store do rotation.

Devs insisted on the fact there will no be rotation

[Commander Hitman2b]

Originally posted by Empra:

Originally posted by maximilianyuen:

you can unlock stuff without paying real money... the problem is its time limited so you can't even grind it slowly as the store do rotation.

Devs insisted on the fact there will no be rotation

yeah everything will be available and not go away

[Zathiax]

Necro post but locking weapons behind paywall is lame af to me. I dont want hundreds of cosmetics to go with, let me pay seperately for weapons.... people claim "oh you unlock them for free". Yeah, by playing dozens of hours for 1 warbond, this is star wars battlefront 2 grind almost.

Great game, bad monetization, not all of us want 99% forced cosmetics in a bundle.