Truth about microtransactions in Breakpoint | Forums

[El_Cuervacho]

Christ El_Cuervacho, quit it, my feet are getting wet from all the tears....

Then put some boots on and please do make sure you blouse them up while you're at it.

[The_B0G_]

Then put some boots on and please do make sure you blouse them up while you're at it.

Loll

[Agent...Tex]

So, is there stuff which onyl can be unlocked by paying $ or not? If so, is there any stuff for $, which have a huge impact on PVP?

Sir you are here on the boards. You have 36 posts. You should read up just a little bit and you will see that the answers to your questions are repeated many times. You can get it all in the game sir. PVP is balanced so a level 1 is the same as level 50 or what ever the circumstance. There is no Impact for gear on PVP at all. Just your skills and team work.

Thank You Wild Recon for doing a very nice job of splaining the store and what it means in the game.

[Bone_Frog]

Okay, there is a lot of talks about microtransactions in Breakpoint. And I actually surprised by backlash because they almost the same as they was in Wildlands. Firs, my game have interface in Russian so I will have to translate some screens. Lets go to the premium shop and look at guns. For example I want AK47 and M4A1:




Can I get them for free? Yes, I can unlock them even near start of the game if I manage to kill (totally possible even early in the game) or stealthly go past (also, very possible!) Behemoth drone. Here they are:




So, exactly same system as it was in Widlands! You can buy pack in store for real money or you can get weapons from crates in game for free. Your choice! Same goes about attachments. And what about camo? Not everyone of them can be found on the map! True! For example, lets take a look at Tiger Stripes camo:



Can I get it in game for free? Yes, here it is:



By completing Faction missions/playing PvP you can get enogh point to get this camo for free. Basically, few days of playing (for example, for one PvP match you can get up to 136 battle points!) and you can have many premium items for free! Same system (only with additional way of getting everything you want with Battle Rewards) as it was in Wildlands. You want everything from the start? You can buy it. Or you can find/earn it for free. Just the same system as it was in Wildlands!

You need to check again. The tiger stripe you get in game is a weapon paint which is different from gear paint. The tiger stripe you get in game can not be used on gear.

They said clearly in the year 1 intel sticky that there would be some cosmetic items that are exclusive to the store. If you want tiger stripe pants you will have to pay.

[xWAR-CHIEFx]

So, is there stuff which onyl can be unlocked by paying $ or not? If so, is there any stuff for $, which have a huge impact on PVP?

Don't listen to these toxic YouTubers that don't play the game. They are just looking for views because why? Bad news get the views. People love to hate. Also, there is nothing that you can pay for that will improve your SKILL in PvP. I have been playing since the game dropped and have not found anything that gives players advantages in PvP.

[Akennox]

No stuff inside this game bought with real $ has any benefit in PvP.

Even the gear score doesn't count in that much.

PvP is balanced around so that everyone can play with different gear score.

There may be some cosmetic stuff you can only buy or only find/get ingame.

[xWAR-CHIEFx]

Multicam, a camouflage pattern that is ubiquitous throughout US SF units across all services is locked behind an endgame raid by an active drone infested volcano, in a GR game.
Imagine an authentic military WWII game having that iconic german "feldgrau" or the american OD locked behind, say, a zombie outbreak-themed raid only doable after tens of hours of gameplay.

IT'S A GAME NOT REALITY!! We play games to escape reality or at least most of us do. Imagine logging into a game and being at work...bahahahaha...nobody would be playing it.

[Bone_Frog]

Multicam, a camouflage pattern that is ubiquitous throughout US SF units across all services is locked behind an endgame raid by an active drone infested volcano, in a GR game.
Imagine an authentic military WWII game having that iconic german "feldgrau" or the american OD locked behind, say, a zombie outbreak-themed raid only doable after tens of hours of gameplay.

SF is only Army and I'm pretty sure, that except for in the movies they use OCP. Navy(I.e. SEALs) use AOR1 and AOR2. Marsoc uses Marpat. The Brits or the Aussies may use MC, but US units only use it in the movies to my knowledge.

I'm a bit out of the loop with the Army, but my intel on Navy and Marie's is from two days ago.

[Knight_Raime]

In addition you can also buy skill points, buy boosters, buy resources, buy vehicles, buy attachments, etc.
There is a lot more you can spend real money on. Nearly every major gameplay element/design decision has MTX baked into it.

The problem isn't what they are or that the even exist. it's that they practically dictated the design and exert more pressure into buying them than wildlands did.
Plus in Breakpoint you have to actually craft the weapon via finding it's blueprint. Otherwise you have to buy it at a vendor after finding the BP with skell coins. Which you can spend money on ghost points to convert into skell coins. Where as in wildlands you found the weapon and that was it. They created a new gameplay interaction/loop and let you skip it with money.

[Bone_Frog]

So, is there stuff which onyl can be unlocked by paying $ or not? If so, is there any stuff for $, which have a huge impact on PVP?

Yes. About 10 or 15 things by my count. Best part is if you really want them you don't have to by packs full of junk. You can buy the item(s) that you want. They are purely cosmetic, and do not affect game play.