PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS - Thread

Fishbait · 26 Jul 2017 at 20:42

TallPaul1878 said:
Literally this!

I think I bought a couple of cars in Rocket League but I don't think I've spent more than £25 on the whole game and dlc. It's my number 1 most played game on Steam so IMO I'm getting some seriously good value for money.

So long as the costumes in PUBG aren't ridiculously priced then I don't have a problem. If people buying these cosmetic items are helping to fund further free expansions to the game then I'm okay with it.

They've said future expansions etc will be free?

chef-borjan · 26 Jul 2017 at 20:45

The outcry is complete nonsense.

And sorry if you ignore a game just because it's EA or 'microtransanctions' without even a thought then you are an equally foolish person. PUGB is one of the hottest games out right now for a reason.

Fishbait · 26 Jul 2017 at 20:47

Killing Floor2 had mass outcry too, but they at least let you (extremely rarely) loot a key to open chests that dropped.
That Reddit thread has been entertaining

V_R · 26 Jul 2017 at 21:29

Mynight said:
People can buy what they want doesn't bother me. As long as the skins don't offer any advantage they can money grab away.

Besides it looks as though the money from this lot of crates is funding a tournament and charities. Would prefer it's just funding charities but it's not my choice.

This. As long as it doesn't go the way of CSGO skins and the gambling site's shenanigans then who cares?

Mynight · 26 Jul 2017 at 22:00

Fishbait said:
They've said future expansions etc will be free?

To be fair they also said micro transactions wouldn't come in to after EA and that it'd be 6 months until full release.

V_R said:
This. As long as it doesn't go the way of CSGO skins and the gambling site's shenanigans then who cares?

Indeed. Although I fully expect it to go the way of csgo.

V_R · 27 Jul 2017 at 07:53

Mynight said:
Indeed. Although I fully expect it to go the way of csgo.

Yeah it might well do tbh. But like I said, as long as its not pay to win I don't care.

Spud21 · 27 Jul 2017 at 09:24

V_R said:
Yeah it might well do tbh. But like I said, as long as its not pay to win I don't care.

Even if it does, who cares? If people want to gamble with their skins and get scammed, not really something I concern myself with TBH, the crate that is going to have paid keys is exactly like the E-Sports case that used to be in CS:GO which will fund the prizes for events and the like (can't see how this can be a successful e-sport mind but that's another topic)

I have no problem with cosmetic items being in crates that you pay to open, hell if it wasn't for that I wouldn't own this game as I bought it with the money I got from my AWP Hyperbeast

molinari · 27 Jul 2017 at 10:17

I like to look of this game but waiting until there are 1st person servers before I get it. Regarding the micro transactions, have they completely ruled them out for items that give you an in-game advantage like guns etc...???

Shimmy · 27 Jul 2017 at 10:22

molinari said:
I like to look of this game but waiting until there are 1st person servers before I get it. Regarding the micro transactions, have they completely ruled them out for items that give you an in-game advantage like guns etc...???

1st person POV servers and FOV slider comes in exactly a week, so not long to wait.

Pretty sure they won't make the game pay to win, the second that happens I'll be finished with it.

Psycho Sonny · 27 Jul 2017 at 12:37

molinari said:
I like to look of this game but waiting until there are 1st person servers before I get it. Regarding the micro transactions, have they completely ruled them out for items that give you an in-game advantage like guns etc...???

only a moron would put pay to win into a game tbh. as the public hate it so much so they wouldn't buy a game with it included. i'd be interested to know are there any recent pay to win games out there that aren't mobile phone games?

Thekwango · 27 Jul 2017 at 12:51

Spud21 said:
can't see how this can be a successful e-sport mind but that's another topic

really, I think it's got great potential as an esport - never know maybe the OcUK group could get a pro team on the go!

Spud21 said:
I have no problem with cosmetic items being in crates that you pay to open, hell if it wasn't for that I wouldn't own this game as I bought it with the money I got from my AWP Hyperbeast

lol, same, sold ak of some sort for 50 quid and a awp for 15 bought a few games and had about 45 quid left so bought this - steam wallet is back at 45 quid after selling the skins I get!! PUBG for free - yes please!

~>Dg<~ · 27 Jul 2017 at 12:57

its already in esl events.it has the player base. a good system already.its fun to watch.it will work.

Thekwango · 27 Jul 2017 at 13:06

~>Dg<~ said:
its already in esl events.it has the player base. a good system already.its fun to watch.it will work.

annnnd that's the kiss of death. basically the opposite of what you say is usually what happens!

Boycey0211 · 27 Jul 2017 at 13:31

Thekwango said:
annnnd that's the kiss of death. basically the opposite of what you say is usually what happens!

hahahahha

GhostWKD · 27 Jul 2017 at 13:39

Mynight said:
Indeed. Although I fully expect it to go the way of csgo.

To be fair it sounds more akin to rocket league, where you get rewarded crates with cosmetics, but then need to buy keys to open them. Alternatively trade away crates for 1 or 2 keys, although I'd like an in-game way of doing that for security really

I guess selling on steam marketplace works too though

Devlish · 27 Jul 2017 at 13:40

LOL. For me, the game needs something new now, i'm getting bored playing beyond the first couple of minutes.

Mynight · 27 Jul 2017 at 14:20

GhostWKD said:
To be fair it sounds more akin to rocket league, where you get rewarded crates with cosmetics, but then need to buy keys to open them. Alternatively trade away crates for 1 or 2 keys, although I'd like an in-game way of doing that for security really I guess selling on steam marketplace works too though

Is that not how csgo works as well? :confused:

Spud21 · 27 Jul 2017 at 14:20

~>Dg<~ said:
its already in esl events.it has the player base. a good system already.its fun to watch.it will work.

I just don't expect it to last as an E-sport, it has the player base yes, but if you look at the big e-sports games (CS, LOL, DOTA, overwatch) they are all skill based games with no RNG elements, PUBG by it's very nature is massively RNG dependant, your squad lands somewhere with bad loot, you will get rekt by people of equivalent skill who just had the blind luck of better loot, you end up by pure luck in a better position due to a circle move again you will batter a team of equivalent ability.

bJN · 27 Jul 2017 at 15:08

I definitely feel there needs to be a bit more variation after playing it quite a bit in the evenings this week. I enjoy it, but a new map or two would be sweet. More weapons too possibly? It just seems very rinse and repeat to me at the moment, land, scavenge for anything, aim for an M16 / ump / Kar combo and away I go. I know custom servers are around, but something more officially supported would be nice.

Smaller start zone with different weapon sets for example. More scarce "high end" weapons. Just different scenarios to spice it up a little.

tuftyfella · 27 Jul 2017 at 15:17

Devlish said:
LOL. For me, the game needs something new now, i'm getting bored playing beyond the first couple of minutes.

think yourself lucky you get can get beyond the first few minutes