I don’t believe Conan Exiles is a great type of game for a Battlepass system like say Helldivers 2 has. I don’t know if that is where the OP got the idea from, but its what their topic reminds me of. In HD2, you can find Super Cash (their currency like crom coin), during missions. You can also earn it through unlocking parts of their Warbonds (their battlepass), much like we do here.
I actually do prefer HD2’s system. It rewards you for being an active player, and you can even unlock their warbonds by just playing the game instead of outright buying. It kinda preys on the crowd who ‘can’t wait’ which might turn some people off. But I’ve seen similar measures used by PS2 and its never really bothered me. Especially since it doesn’t take it to an extreme. I have about 80 hours played in HD2 for example, and I have 2 premium warbonds unlocked without having spent anything.
There’s also the whole thing of all of their warbonds always being available. As well as a free one being available. Now the premium warbonds do not have any ‘free’ content. They must be purchased to unlock things from. CE has no way of completing previous battlepasses, but also have free content. I’d much prefer if past battlepasses were still available.
There’s a couple of differences though. In HD2 you have to earn a currency (medals) to unlock portions of the Warbonds. In CE you have to just get exp from normal stuff. In HD2 there isn’t any curated play, meaning no singleplayer with options, servers with options, just peer to peer missions that are over in about 10-45 minutes. Its a much faster paced game with a lot of in and out play.
In 80 hours of play, I’ve played with thousands of players. In 80 hours of Conan, I might see my clanmates and my neighbors on occassion. Even on highly populated and full servers.
I don’t know how to mimic the system to make it work in Conan. We have admin, singleplayer, and mods that change the difficulty of the game in various ways. And all of those methods of playing are part of the game. Its why I think the Battlepass system was a bit weird for this game, but I don’t think its bad per say. But earning crom coin for playing isn’t really going to work. It would require so many restrictions that I don’t think it would be fun to do. Even for those used to playing in a base game state like consoles.
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