Rocket League has tossed out its loot box system entirely as of the latest update, which went live last night. Given the reputation of loot boxes, you might assume that this would be cause for the community to celebrate, but it looks like the replacement might actually be worse.
Update 1.70 gets rid of everything relating to crates and keys, replacing the system with a shop where you can spend credits on specific items, or you can use them to craft the new blueprints. The community aren't exactly convinced it's better value for money.
Previously, players would buy keys and, as this Reddit post notes, you'd get one crate, and thus one item, for every key. Because the results were random, you could get an extremely rare item, technically, for just over $1. The downside was that you could open 20 crates and not get anything you wanted, but you'd still have 20 items to show for it. With the new system, players could spend $20 on a single item.
The prices have taken a lot of Rocket League players by surprise, many of whom have spent the last 24 hours posting about the topic on the game’s subreddit. There have been so many complaints that its moderators have taken to deleting a number of the posts deemed to be duplicative so as not to clog up the frontpage too much.
This change may make waves with folks closely tied to opening crates or trading keys, but for the average user the Item Shop is just a slightly different way of letting you buy pretty explosions for your car. Randomization has been placed at the point of receipt rather than at time of opening, meaning you’ll be able to decide up front whether you want to spend your premium credits on that set of wheels or just trade it to someone else who wants it. Stay tuned to 5mmo.com and we will be the first one to inform you all the latest. Besides, our website also offer
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