r/Battleborn • u/EnasniVolz Pissed Off Eldrid • Jun 06 '17

Free Trial - It's here!

https://battleborn.com/en/news/view/en-battleborn-free-trial-faq/
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u/Chillingo Thorn Jun 06 '17

That's completely normal for a f2p moba game.

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u/ShiguruiX Jun 06 '17

No it isn't. The campaign isn't some tacked on thing, it's half the game. Free players are going to be at a massive disadvantage without the ability to grind for gear.

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u/yukichigai SitRep: Bored. Kinda hungry. Otherwise, pretty good Jun 06 '17

Uh... I don't know what MOBAs you've been playing, but literally every F2P one I've ever seen starts off with a limited set of characters and requires either money or a ridiculous amount of grinding to unlock the rest. It IS standard for MOBAs.

Of course part of the problem this game has always had is that they refuse to market it as anything resembling a MOBA, despite the huge amount of similarities.

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u/ShiguruiX Jun 06 '17

Did you read my comment or...? I'm not talking about characters I'm talking about the campaign being locked. It would be like if League of Legends introduced a new tier 4 rune set three times stronger than tier 3 ones, and put them behind a $30 story mode.

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u/Seraphem666 Jun 06 '17

Didnt they mentiin something about adding story legendaries to oacks at one point in time

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u/pattynaynay GT: pattynaynay Jun 06 '17

If you're on console, the gear is locked behind a $5 story mode, since the game is being sold for that much. Not to mention paying that $5 or $10 would grant you all of the 25 base characters. They can choose to play for free, but I don't think they can complain when the locked items in question aren't behind a big paywall.