u/BlackJacketDude0

On the topic of the new BattlePass

On the topic of the new BattlePass

As you can see, I managed to finish the pass in just about three days. I've even managed to complete the 5 extra tiers once to corroborate something.

So, after seeing the discourse about it, I wanted to add what I thought about it since I've completed it so fast.

The Good:

  • It's incredibly fast to level if you micro-manage a bit and you complete several missions at the same time.
  • Most of the quests work as intended (excluding a certain one), and all can be accomplished playing co-op against bots.
  • If you have the premium pass, you get two 1200 points quests, so it's really easy to gain a tier.
  • The Daily quest now nets you almost half of what you need to get to a new tier (In fact, I did the math, and if you do all the daily quests, you'll probably get about 44000 points of the 100000 needed to complete the battlepass)
  • The 5 extra tiers need 4000 exp each, double what one of the regular tiers needs, but the requirements don't seem to increase after you complete them once (However, I just did one loop, so this might not be intentional or might change in the future).

The Bad:

  • As I said, some of the quests are bugged, the most problematic one being the push enemies within the god of Destruction area. I managed to complete it once spamming 4Geta, but for the life of me, the second time I got it, the score wouldn't go up no matter what, so I rerolled it. (It was the only re-roll I used xD) . The other missions seem to be working as intended.
  • The system is now heavily in favor of you buying the premium pass since getting another mission that nets you 1200 points is way too big an advantage for completing it at a way faster rate.
  • The RNG plays a part, unfortunately, since sometimes you can keep getting missions that don't stack with each other, so you have to pick and choose what to progress. From my own experience, it is almost always better to choose to progress on the objectives of the mission that nets you the most points, whenever you can/want.

My final thoughts:

Overall, I think the new system is an improvement, although it has some clear flaws. (Yes, clown me on all you want for finishing so soon min-maxing against bots). However, I still believe it is kinda scummy to lock one of the big missions behind the premium pass, since that way people will be more swayed to buy it early if they want to make progress faster. (I always save my gems from the earlier seasons to buy the pass, so it wasn't a problem for me, but other F2P players might suffer if they didn't save currency to buy it) .

I think the best fix they should do is add 2 more missions for people who have not bought the premium pass, and make one of them net you the same amount as the big missions (1200 points). That way, the number of missions rises to 5 for people without the premium pass and 7 for those who bought it.

u/BlackJacketDude0 — 7 days ago