The thing is F2P is the current trend look at the likes of Warzone and Fortnite both game bring in tons of cash from people buying skins,blueprints and battle pass, it's a guarenteed winner platform to make tons of cash if the game is popular, Ubisoft tried to crack the market with hyperscape which they have said is was a failure , Heartland needs to bring something new and unique to attract some top level streamers to their take on their BR style game and it must be able to support at least 100 players to complete against WZ and Fortnite , the other issue we have all seen is the ammount of cheaters in Warzone been F2P , PCGamer reported recenty up to 450,000 accounts have been banned since release, Div 2 failed and has been riddled with cheaters with very few banned due to the system they used
To be honest you don't have to hang out anywhere when discussing asset flips.Originally Posted by dagrommit Go to original post
It stands to reason anything Division related is going to use what they have available already, it reduces the Cost of Development and time.
Take Fallout 76 virtually everything in it is literally from fallout 4 bar the odd thing.
Fortnite online P v P is made up from the assets in the P v E game.
Call of Duty are famous for re-using assets whether it be maps or other
Battlefield do it
Fifa and the NBA/N2K games all re-use assets from previous
Alot of games/Developers re-use assets from other games in their stable when making a new game associated with it, because as above they reduce Dev time and it saves money, so the profit margin goes up and up.
Now lets look at The Division Franchise
Between The Division and The Division 2 they have a plethora of Assets waiting to be used. from the E3 original trailer upto now.
Maps/Area's and buildings.
Original E3 trailer
Brooklyn
Manhattan/NYC (Div 1)
Dark Zone (Div 1)
NYC (Div 2)
Dark Zones (Div 2)
Underground
West Side Piers.
Liberty Island
Kenly college
Classified missions
Roosevelt island
The Raids
All the above from the two Division games area's all have re-usable assets that are quite easily re-usable into a new Division based/themed game.
That list doesn't even bring into account Weapons/Gear/mods/Skins/outfits/Player models/Weather/Environmental assets like crates/barrels/Skills etc etc etc.
So anyone with a modicum of intelligence and has been around gaming would rightly assume previous assets will be used at some point within a new game based off of the previous.
PS: AS an addendum to my piece.
Iv'e seen some of the footage and hey presto the first thing iv'e seen were vehicle assets ripped straight out of Division 2 along with clothing/gear/weapons and crates
It's literally ripped out of the previous. ergo re-used assets.
This is accurateOriginally Posted by Cadillac-Jack Go to original post![]()
They need to be committed to attacking cheaters and perma banning the accounts if this is to succeed at any level. We all know Ubi/Massive have essentially ignored and condoned cheaters with no punishment at all. At least in PvP you're allowed to cheat all you want, but kill a couple True Sons with an in game damage glitch and you'll be scorned and have your account progress stolen. So basically Ubisoft needs to treat PvP players like they did 1.5 million PvE accounts having too much fun. Without a total commitment to ban cheating, this game won't last 2 month.
I mean i saw what it was, didn't really like it but i can fully understand all the design choices and the f2p method, unless they polish that thing until it shines like the sun i don't see much reason to play it.
It has some community requests that happened over the years, it's just not the type of the game i want, a lot of it will come down to how much the quality will outweight the monetization
Yes....that shady site called reddit. So obscure. Much shade.Originally Posted by dagrommit Go to original post
Take a game mode that Div2 players have asked from almost the beginning because of how popular it was in Div 1, slice it off from div2 and recycle a bunch of assets from the UI and other places....slap a giant cash shop on it and present it as a "new" game.
What would you call that other than an asset flip cash grab?
Wait, don't answer that. I already know you'll make some excuse for this kind of practice.
The entire process from start to finish is shameful and anti-consumer. It's EXACTLY the kind of garbage that deserves all the condemnation that I posted earlier.
Sketchy, not obscure. There's a differenceOriginally Posted by Sircowdog1 Go to original post
Cadillac-Jack already answered this. That you continue to rail against it is hilarious. You must have been incandescent when items in Div 2 looked exactly like their counterparts in Div 1.Take a game mode that Div2 players have asked from almost the beginning because of how popular it was in Div 1, slice it off from div2 and recycle a bunch of assets from the UI and other places....slap a giant cash shop on it and present it as a "new" game.
What would you call that other than an asset flip cash grab?.
Yeah cheater for f2p pvp game but is not the the case for pve game, heartland support 45 players and the game will be unique so i dont see the problem.Originally Posted by AU_Nexus691 Go to original post
The problem is not Free to play, the problem is PVP players, who cheat in a pve game..... almost nobody.