Lootboxes were unadded bc it was gambling and u didn’t know what u werr gonna get. Simply just put the rarity and precentage and there you’ve bupassed ut bc this shop thing is the most pointless thing ever. U barley get credits and most the stuff in the shop is downright terrible.
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Given the rmt of dialo immortal, it was inevitable.
Look forward to d4 beingg flooded with it aswell
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Can u explain what rmt or d4 is?
Rmt = real money transaction.
D4 = Diablo 4
Still theres loads of ways to bypass this. The law is “if a player uses real money to get rewards they dont know about its gambling.” thats the usa law.
I mean there’s a way around it, but they want to make as much money as possible.
which is why the system is the way it is, a cash grab.
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The decision was made LONG before Immortal, although that did confirm the theory further I guess.
They did this because Warzone makes them so much money, it made perfect sense to them to copy and adapt the model.
If it does 1/4 of what Warzone does per year, they are on to a winner. And the signs point to that atm with the player numbers. OW hit 25million (and rising), Warzone has 98million
Problem is, they are already legal in some EU countries, and the EU is trying to push through to ban it in all of them. It makes sense to move away from them now.
Whether the new way is good or not is to be seen, but they are already undercutting the prices from other games. So clearly they have faith in the model.
Did u mean i already is illegal? I just dont understand how it is gambling ig.
If you buy something with no guarantee of what you get, it’s gambling
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Yeah but it can still be bypassable its a weird law
True. But in some countries they’ve banned them, in others they are trying to. Best to get out while you can, saves being forced to do it later.
The reason they were banned is because they gave advantages overwatch lootboxes were purely cosmetic and everyone got a free one every new level
No, they were banned because they were gambling.
Getting them for free was a loophole in some countries, but the purchasing of them was the issue
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Idk they were different in that they didn’t grant any advantage u just look cooler but now u have to grind for 8 months for s legendary skin u got from leveling up.
The change was made both because loot boxes have become banned in some countries and because veteran players could essentially get everything for free. I’m sure they were trying to go for the Warzone standard but they’ve failed in that department imo. Perhaps its just because its the first season and they’re still figuring out what they want to put in it but the battle pass offerings are shocking to say the least. You only really get a legendary skin at 50 and 80, the rest are just epics and if they’re not they should be.
My god though Blizzard, you need to increase the amount of credits we earn from challenges or put credits in the battle pass like you know…how it is in MW and near every other game with a battle pass.
Yeah u earn like no credits so ftp players can barely get anything
My country, Belgium, was the first to ban the sale of lootboxes because of our gambling laws. Spending real money on lootboxes is gambling, and since this could not be regulated clearly - as gambling is illegal for minors having access to games - it was banned. For this reason, we also can’t officially play games like Lost Ark or Diablo cough Immoral.
At the time lootboxes were banned, I used to be annoyed having my government babysit me on what I chose to spend my money on - I used to buy one set of lootboxes every event, just because I enjoyed opening them and also to contribute to a game I loved playing. But looking at how they handled Diablo Immoral I couldn’t be more proud of my country being the first to put a stop to practices like this.
I do agree about the battlepass, the rewards are too low and the prices too high. And, ugh, I hate having the word “premium” thrown in my face like some cheap commercial. I miss the days you would just pay a set price for a game and that’s it, you had the full game. These shenanigans coming from the mobile market are so tiresome.
Hopefully they will change it causr it is annoying
Not sure if it’s only considered gambling because you could buy them RMT.
Pretty sure if you left OW2’s current store as is and made lootboxes obtainable from levelling up/F2P in game methods only it wouldn’t fall foul of the current laws.