8 votes

Rocket League - Get ready for Radical Summer

7 comments

  1. [3]
    cfabbro
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    Sigh, I used to love the RL events... but I am still not quite over the fact they sold to Epic. I really hope Epic doesn't follow through with their original plan to make RL an Epic Store...

    Sigh, I used to love the RL events... but I am still not quite over the fact they sold to Epic. I really hope Epic doesn't follow through with their original plan to make RL an Epic Store exclusive, and until I know whether that will be the case or not, I am done buying crate keys for RL, even during limited time events like this.

    Sorry Psyonix, I love you and your game but I just can't bring myself to support Epic in any way, shape, or form until they cut the anti-consumer shenanigans out.

    10 votes
    1. [2]
      Wes
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      I fell out of love with Rocket League even before that. The loot boxes, the "rocket pass". It all just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Selling to Epic was just the icing on the cake.

      I fell out of love with Rocket League even before that. The loot boxes, the "rocket pass". It all just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Selling to Epic was just the icing on the cake.

      3 votes
      1. cfabbro
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        I despise real money based loot box mechanics in games too, since it's undeniably just a form of gambling, which is ethically iffy to begin with (and even moreso when minors are potentially...

        I despise real money based loot box mechanics in games too, since it's undeniably just a form of gambling, which is ethically iffy to begin with (and even moreso when minors are potentially involved)... however in the case of Rocket League, I justified partaking in the practice to myself as simply supporting the devs.

        I paid $25 for the game originally and have over 3000 hours played, so I figured that since the game kept me entertained for so many hours, buying a few keys every month was the least I could do in return. It was annoying opening up a bunch of crates only to get absolutely nothing rare, that I wanted or would use... but since I wasn't really doing it for the loot anyways I wasn't too bothered. But yeah, with the whole Epic thing I can't even justify that to myself anymore.

        The rocket pass basically pays for itself though, so I don't see a problem with that system. You spend 10 keys initially to get it, and then can earn up to 10 keys per season by reaching lvl 110, which I do every season... so the next rocket pass season doesn't actually cost me anything.

        2 votes
  2. unknown user
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    I would be excited but since the whole Epic thing I have completely stopped playing. I refuse to support Tencent.

    I would be excited but since the whole Epic thing I have completely stopped playing. I refuse to support Tencent.

    2 votes
  3. [3]
    Nivlak
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    Too bad they haven’t fixed the bug on the Switch that gets you stuck at the start of the game. It makes ranked unplayable. I do enjoy the game but unfortunately I only have it on Switch.

    Too bad they haven’t fixed the bug on the Switch that gets you stuck at the start of the game. It makes ranked unplayable. I do enjoy the game but unfortunately I only have it on Switch.

    2 votes
    1. [2]
      Deimos
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      Is it the one with the camera getting stuck? One of the devs mentioned on reddit that bug should be fixed in the next update for Switch:...

      Is it the one with the camera getting stuck? One of the devs mentioned on reddit that bug should be fixed in the next update for Switch: https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/bx3inh/patch_notes_v163/eq30b8x/?context=1

      2 votes
      1. Nivlak
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        Thank god. I can finally get back to grinding rank. I made it to diamond after roughly 300 hours of in gameplay, not including training hours which are at around 150.

        Thank god. I can finally get back to grinding rank. I made it to diamond after roughly 300 hours of in gameplay, not including training hours which are at around 150.

        3 votes