[2020] [Nov 10] Season 7 Battle Pass Update Megathread

Two things I'm hopeful for:

1) That these changes make players feel that we've set things right (even if there is still some debate over things like the change from a focus on weekly recurring to juicier dailies)

2) That the next time we screw up—and we will screw up again—more players take the approach of "give them time, give feedback, and they'll get it right" instead of "this is all an evil plot."

I think we've got a lot-more trust-building to do before #2 becomes true. Looking forward to earning it.

Yeah we figured it'd be best to give it to both BP owners and non-owners since we wanna be considerate of people on the free track too.

The simple way to think about comparing dailies in S6 vs. S7 is that the levels you get from dailies alone is about the same if you play three days a week, even though the 2 levels per week from reccuring weeklies is gone.

You get faster leveling if you play more than that, because dailies give a lot more now. And if you play two days a week, it's slightly slower (because of the lack of recurring weeklies). But not... much slower.

Still open to feedback here. And interested in seeing people do proper "quick maths" threads now that we've announced these changes. Some parts of the system are indeed slower and some parts are definitely faster. It depends on your playstyle.

If we want to meet our original goal of making the Battle Pass engaging throughout the season, we're certainly going to have to explore additional changes... and hopefully ones that are just straight up popular, instead of changes that are controversial or seen as as trade-off.

you say you want players to play throughout the season and many counterargue that we don't want to play that much, that we appreciated that it didn't take the whole season to complete so we could have a little break and also have time to play other games.

Makes sense to me. I think we need to do a better job of making people feel good about taking a break when they're tired of the game.

Like, obviously we always hope you'll get a lot of value and come back next season. But games shouldn't feel like you're working a 9-to-5. If we can mitigate that feeling while also serving people who DO wanna grind every day, we'll have really done something to be proud of.

Thanks for the note.

Ahhh thanks for the heads up!

EDIT: Just played a game to check, and this wasn't showing up for me. Maybe it's just an issue based on how/when the update rolled out? Either way, will keep an eye out for it.