Anyone else curious what's in the season pass? | Forums

[Joe_Corleone]

I have the gold edition already paid off, so we know they is a season pass. What do you guys and gals think will be in it? I'm hoping for new characters, customization options, maps, and game modes.

[Willaguy2010]

All of the above, as with a lot of DLC's they will probably just add more of what we have already.

[Dead1y-Derri]

All of the above, as with a lot of DLC's they will probably just add more of what we have already.

Yeah I think we'll just see more of what we've already got. I can't see a new faction or game mode being DLC specific cause we've seen how horribly that has worked in other games. So I can imagine it could be skins, maps and maybe cosmetic only things.

We could maybe see a big focus with SP DLC.

[DraxeI]

They've got a tricky problem with this I think.

You've got to bring out content that will make make owning the season pass worth it, but the problem with doing that with multiplayer maps and such is that you'll split the community into those owning the DLC and those who don't. In most cases, you'll only have ~10-20% of players owning that kind of DLC.
Then you could do cosmetics, but what kind of cosmetics could possibly justify a season pass?

As Derri suggested, singleplayer DLC could be a thing. But I somewhat doubt people would buy that on a massive scale. Especially in For Honor as the multiplayer portion is really the most magical aspect.

[Killerbrian26]

Maybe there will be DLC classes? Maybe there will be bigger dlc later on that introduce a new faction, where there is a campaign explaining them and in multiplayer they exist with some of the classes being locked behind dlc. I'm very unsure of what could come in as DLC.

[Be1dou]

One thing they could do regarding things such as new game modes and heroes are make them timed exclusives like what they've done with R6S. This way they won't divide the playerbase and there will some form of MP reward for season pass owners.

[AvarusTyrannus]

Could make the DLC content new heroes rather than maps, that way you could still play within the same community and not be divided into certain map groups. Heroes, more singleplayer, cosmetics...there are things they could do, but I agree map packs have been the bane of many a multiplayer game.

[MisterWillow]

Could make the DLC content new heroes rather than maps, that way you could still play within the same community and not be divided into certain map groups. Heroes, more singleplayer, cosmetics...there are things they could do, but I agree map packs have been the bane of many a multiplayer game.

This.

More game companies should look at Helldivers as an example of this. All the new planets and objectives are free, but new weapons and strategems are DLC. The only division in the community is a disparity in power. Obviously, For Honor shouldn't have players buying power (and since the devs have already said multiplayer wouldn't involve that anyway, we don't have to worry about it), but I can definitely see them releasing other Hero/classes as paid DLC while giving players access to all the maps.

[Dead1y-Derri]

They've got a tricky problem with this I think.

You've got to bring out content that will make make owning the season pass worth it, but the problem with doing that with multiplayer maps and such is that you'll split the community into those owning the DLC and those who don't. In most cases, you'll only have ~10-20% of players owning that kind of DLC.
Then you could do cosmetics, but what kind of cosmetics could possibly justify a season pass?

As Derri suggested, singleplayer DLC could be a thing. But I somewhat doubt people would buy that on a massive scale. Especially in For Honor as the multiplayer portion is really the most magical aspect.

The only real safe option of not offending anyone is just cosmetics, SP and maps. Now maps as you stated do devide the player base but then it has no impact on the game really. Thousands will always not have the DLC and some will purchase the DLC. It doesn't really bother anyone too much. SP DLC could happen but the problem with that is, are people going to buy it? If they're loving the MP, chances are they might not care to go back to the SP as it might not be their cup of tea.

Cosmetics probably wouldn't justify an entire season pass like you said.

The problem with new classes or heroes or weapons is that unless they don't impact the game then people might think they're selling heroes that are better or have unique aspects that the original content doesn't have and when that happens, people starting thinking pay to win....

Ideally you want to go down the route of not encouraging this thought as it can kill a MP and divide a community.

[DerHerbman]

They also could ad new single player stuff. I´m always more comfortable to buy things I know instead buying things blind! So I lean back and wait what they will bring.