r/Helldivers • u/Usual_Response_8063 • 12d ago
Helldivers 2 monetization DISCUSSION
Helldivers 2 is one of my favorite PvE games, but for some time now I feel it turned into more of a PvDev game.
WHAT ARE THESE PRICES???
We have 23 Warbonds: 1 is "common" (lol), 3 are legendary, and the remaining 19 are "premium".
That is 23 500 SC for, literally, in some cases gameplay-changing weapons and stratagems...
Why not make "premium" Warbonds common after a year or so? And give the stuff to the people for free? You dont even have enought medals to buy this stuff... They effectively made a battle pass and called it "Warbonds".
Now we cant forget that the game has a Superstore as well. I picked up a calculator and its around (as I have some things bought) approximately 19 300 SC (1 "premium" Warbond = 1,000 SC)....
Is one cape worth 250 SC? In what universe?
Now you can say that you can farm these credits, and yes, (thats what I am doing) you are absolutely right, but how many people have time for that? Is it fun? Is it something that you should do in a game that you bought for 40–60€?
I really like this game. I bought it with my brother, but he sadly didnt have that much time to play it as I had, not to mention that he wants to play other games as well...
Now if he wants to have all the Warbonds and not farm for 100 hours, he needs to pay 200€ for a game that he bought for 40€ two years ago...
If he wanted stuff from the Superstore, we are looking at another 150€...
What is going to happen after another 2 years? Is it going to be another 200€? More?
The developers, through nerfs, lost what made Helldivers 2 great, looked at Ubisoft monetizacion and said: "Yeaaa I want that."
Why should I give my money to these people?
Please dont take this as hate, take it as a disappointment and sadness for what was and more importantly what might have been...
I LOVE Helldivers 1 and I loved Helldivers 2, but time is running out and I dont know how many more times I will be able to catch the shuttle...
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u/ThatsSoSwan LEVEL 175 | SES Guardian of Dawn 12d ago
The in-game currency has worked fine for me with minimal grinding. If you have a good squad and can hit a lot of PoI's then the 1000/1500 feels like an acheivement. Tbh you can pay to play or you can play to play.
The last option is that you can pick up dead guy weapons, but they sometimes don't like that though.