{"id":58706,"date":"2018-10-30T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/329689"},"modified":"2018-10-30T21:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T21:05:00","slug":"battlefield-v-will-have-premium-currency-but-no-pay-to-win-progression-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/battlefield-v-will-have-premium-currency-but-no-pay-to-win-progression-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield V will have premium currency, but no pay-to-win progression system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battlefield V\u00a0<\/em>is doing away with its premium pass in favor of\u00a0Tides of War, a\u00a0new live-services system which seems will only allow in-game currency bought with real money to be spent on cosmetic upgrades.<\/p>\n

This decision makes a lot of sense considering the massive backlash<\/a> around\u00a0Star Wars: Battlefront II’s\u00a0<\/em>loot box system, which lead\u00a0to outcry<\/a> over the game’s progression system\u00a0and virtual currency economy.<\/p>\n

As detailed\u00a0in a blog post<\/a>, Battlefield V\u00a0<\/em>developer DICE explains how Tides of War will work. In terms of game economy, there will be two types of currency: “Company Coin” and\u00a0a currency which can be bought with real money\u00a0called “Battlefield Currency”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Company Coin can be used to buy skill tree upgrades and new gear, while Battlefield currency can only be used to purchase cosmetic upgrades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It’s worth noting that Battlefield Currency won’t be available at launch, with the post\u00a0going on to explain how first players need\u00a0“to get hands-on experience with their Company, the progression system, and earning Company Coin before introducing premium currency”.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Battlefield V<\/em>\u00a0is made to reward how often you play and how well you play,” the post continues. “You will never be able to use Battlefield Currency or spend real-world money to get anything that gives you an unfair gameplay advantage.”<\/p>\n

It seems DICE is hoping that allowing players to spend real\u00a0money on cosmetics alone\u00a0should avoid this issue of pay-to-win, but its not clear if other aspects of the monetization system will arise come launch day.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Battlefield V\u00a0is doing away with its premium pass in favor of\u00a0Tides of War, a\u00a0new live-services system which seems will only allow in-game currency bought with real money to be spent on cosmetic upgrades. This decision makes a lot of sense considering the massive backlash around\u00a0Star Wars: Battlefront II’s\u00a0loot box system, which lead\u00a0to outcry over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}