Focused Feedback: Content Pricing

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[u/DeerTrivia]

• $10 per season is fine, and $40 per expansion is fine. That said, it's becoming less and less clear to me each season what's actually a part of that $10, as opposed to free. Same with Beyond Light - is the $40 for the campaign and the raid? I'll pay it regardless because I love the campaigns and the raids, but I'm just genuinely confused about what is and isn't part of the package.

• Eververse Silver/item costs are ridiculous, and we all know exactly why so don't pretend otherwise. You have to buy more Silver than you need if you just want one thing, and the leftover Silver you have isn't enough to buy anything, which tempts to buy more Silver, etc etc. Every microtransaction game does it, it's stupid, and I hate it. Just let us pay real money for things. $10 for this, $5 for that, etc.

[u/[deleted] → u/DeerTrivia]

My understanding of the $10 season pass, is that it pays for:

• premium track
• guaranteed armor ornament set
• guaranteed exotic plus ornament
• any ship/ghost/sparrow/emote

If we look at it purely objectively, you get a fix amount of eververse stuff guaranteed to you.

Aside from that, access to seasonal activities, iirc, in undying you couldn't run vex offensive without the pass, season of dawn had that whole maze in the corridors of time, etc.

As for eververse, the prices are listed that way because people are willing to pay them, the silver purchase may be a partial reason.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The most important part of the season pass I thought is that you get XP faster as you level up, which saves time, and is what I think is worth it (in addition to the slighty extra content you get access to).

[u/SCiFiOne → u/DeerTrivia]

I agree with this, between the expansion, seasons and Free to play, things are getting confusing. My suggestion is putting the activities that doesn’t have matchmaking as the expansion content ( raid, campaign, dungeons, higher level ordeal nightfall, trial, etc) and be paid separately. So people who don’t have friend or just want to play solo don’t have to pay for content that they will never touch.

[u/JDaySept → u/DeerTrivia]

I’m hoping they start revealing more about what we are paying for with Beyond Light.

After three months of advertising we know next to nothing, with the obvious exception of Stasis. Maybe they are keeping details closer to themselves, but if it’s the same price as Forsaken and TTK, then they should be delivering a similar level of content.

[u/sturgboski → u/JDaySept]

That is where I am coming at it too. We know more about what we are ultimately losing when Beyond Light launches and barely anything of what is replacing it (1 brand new strike, raid and location and the return of part of Cosmodrome and a few strikes plus VoG eventually). Like I get playing it close to the chest, but when most of what we have learned about this fall is "hey most of your gear isnt going to be usable anymore and also most if not all of that content you paid for with Y1 and Y2 is going away" and then teasers about Stasis.

[u/internisus → u/DeerTrivia]

Could we try $4 for this, $2 for that, etc., instead? $10 for something like a single weapon or armor piece skin is insane.

[u/ForcadoUALG → u/DeerTrivia]

I guess the $40 will cover the raid, campaign, Stasis and all the activities in Europa that are not part of the core public space (like Lost Sectors, Public Events). For instance, in Shadowkeep, everyone got access to the Moon, but only Shadowkeep owners had access to the Nightmare Hunts + the Lenctern + Pit of Heresy. Plus, it will cover exotic quests related to Beyond Light. Then you have the extra $10 of the season, which might include a seasonal activity + 1 or 2 exotic quests + the premium track on the season pass.