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Diablo 4's first Battle Pass doesn't give enough Platinum for the cheapest store item, let alone the next pass | GamesRadar

www.gamesradar.com Diablo 4's first Battle Pass doesn't give enough Platinum for the cheapest store item, let alone the next pass

Spare Platinum for your thoughts?

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how thoroughly unsurprising
What's locked behind Platinum? I thought it was just cosmetics. Is there any actually gameplay/QOL stuff that it gets you?
- You’re right it’s just cosmetic stuff. However the battle pass itself costs money. So the idea that paying money for the battle pass doesn’t earn you enough to buy ANYTHING is kind of ridiculous. I know you unlock other things in the battle pass itself but still.
  
  I only have this seasons battle pass because it came with the digital deluxe edition. I can’t see myself ever buying it.
  
  If this is the case, they might as well not included. But it gives incentive to buy more platinum to actually buy something.
  
  Not that I disagree with you, because it is absurd, but I’ve been writing off the cost of the battle pass as just a way to get “discount” cosmetics. The overall cost of the cold iron set is cheaper than a standard store set at the cost of needing to grind to get it.
What an overhyped garbage fest lmaooo
If you are upset by this after they've been doing the same thing for almost 20 years and you brought into it again your a mug. You know what it's going to be eventually as the first wave of sales dies off the microtrans starts up. A lot of people got in early got their 50-100 hours in and called it a day or didn't bother after 3.
- I went from playing WoW(2005 to legion), Diablo(2,3), Hearthstone(alot of expansions), and HotS to nothing. They got a lot of money out of me over the years but ultimately have lost my business moving forward.
A$120 for the game and they have the sheer ducking audacity to do a season pass in the first few months
- To be fair to them, I don't feel remotely like I need to buy it to keep up like I do with some titles though. I've still got plenty of content to be getting on with after 50 odd hours of play already.
me laughing at people silly enough to get diablo 4
- It's the first diablo game I've ever played and I had a blast with it. I don't get the joke
  
  I don't get the joke
  
  That's because it's not funny. It's just self-righteous nonsense.
  
  A/B is known for predatory actions towards players.
  
  It's not a joke, it's a self righteous rant by someone who likes to think they're better than you because they don't like popular thing.
- Big fan, been co-oping with my best friend just like we did with D3 and D2. And I feel no need to buy any of the cosmetics or passes, and we're having a blast every night. That's silly to you, lol?? Cool cool cool.
  
  I've been playing and enjoying immensely. I would have been interested in buying a skin for my rogue but they never had anything I liked. They just put one out that is actually cool but when I looked how much real money it would cost...I just closed out the store and will probably never buy anything. $25. Twenty five whole dollars just for one skin for one character. No.
  
  Yeah. After almost avoiding the game due to knowing it had passes and MTX, I'm surprised at how little the game has pushed them. I've put in about 50 hours and there's plenty of content I still have to go. People just like to feel superior because they don't like popular thing. Hipsters will always hipster.
  
  This is exactly my stance.. minus playing with your best friend. Mind throwing me an invite?
- It was... A genuinely good game? Which surprised me.(I bought it after people were recommending it)
  
  Then the patch hit. Then the season hit with terrible cosmetics and a coupon for your next purchase.
  
  I still had fun with the campaign so I don't regret it. But I definitely can't recommend the game anymore.
- Why, for my seventy quid I've already had over fifty hours of fun gameplay with plenty of content left to go. I haven't even felt remotely like the game was funnelling me to spend more at any point either.
  
  Some games handle MTX and Battlepasses terribly. This isn't one of them.
Havent played D4.. So wtf does the battle pass do? Is it required to play?
- No, mostly/all cosmetic. Just gives you a sense of progression and goals to aim for.
  
  Wait you get only some cosmetics? But there are still stuff that you dont get and need to buy? You pay for the game and a battle pass and you still don't get everything?? That is some bullshit.
Funny how COD has it but Diablo doesn't. They must have some kind of data that shows only a small amount of people are playing COD enough to get the full amount of currency. Would have been a good look to offer full amount in the pass even if casual gamers couldn't get it.

Fortnite and Rocket League have it too but COD/Diablo are the same company.
- They figured the Immortal whales would move over to IV probably
Diablo fans are very hardcore, so Blizzard's gonna laugh all the way to the bank.
I bought the deluxe version because I wanted access to the beta weekend and early access.

It came with the battle pass and will try to complete it but I will not buy another one. If this was a free to play game with no pay 2 win mechanics, I would from time to time have bought a pass or skin. They would have gotten more money out of me off they did.
The BattlePass is also terrible. I got it because I paid to play the game early, but I won’t be getting another one. I looked through it, and it’s worthless.
I never got the wow feeling that D2 and D3 gave me with this one.
Does Diablo 4 have a special sauce that allows the Blizzard to do this? Is it really that much better than Grim Dawn and Last Epoch?

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