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Rocket League is getting a new crate system next month

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It looks like Rocket League is getting a drop system similar to the one found in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. TheSgtPunishment made the discovery. He dug up some assets from the game’s files, a crate and a key to be exact, which is a pretty solid indication of what’s in store for the title. He took to Reddit to share his findings (via Destructoid).

Turns out Psyonix were only planning on making an announcement regarding the new system next month, closer to the Rocket League Championship Series finals. Seeing as the cat is out of the bag early though, they’ve decided to share some insight:

  • Crates will contain cosmetic content only. We have a strict “Don’t Sell Advantage” policy for Rocket League, and we’re sticking with that.
  • There will be no Steam Marketplace integration with crates. We are definitely aware of the problems related to third-party gambling in other games and we are not interested in taking that approach.
  • Players who don’t want to interact with this system can hide it entirely with a single checkbox. Also of note, this won’t affect or impact our current item-drop system in any way.
  • We also want to reassure you guys that we are sticking with our approach to keep introducing free new Arenas, Modes, and Items, along with the occasional paid DLC just like we always have.

That second point is very, very interesting. Psyonix are obviously trying to distance themselves from the recent CS:GO gambling drama. I wonder if they’ll stick to that no Steam Marketplace integration forever? Regardless, with player-to-player trading in place, I don’t think they can escape that shady side of gaming unfortunately, at least not completely.

Otherwise, I don’t really see a problem with this crate system. If you’re a fan of cosmetics, you can go ahead and cough up the cash as you please. If you’re not, well, then turn it off (the option will be there), or just flat out ignore it.

Last Updated: July 12, 2016

12 Comments

  1. Ottokie

    July 12, 2016 at 10:41

    Errrrr, this is not a good idea

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    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      July 12, 2016 at 10:59

      A least players can opt out.

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  2. SentientSlug

    July 12, 2016 at 10:45

    does anyone know if we will ever get local servers? How many of you play rocket league? I play it often, think its great. just interested in hearing about how much interest there is in SA.

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    • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

      July 12, 2016 at 10:49

      Valid questions, I’m also keen to try it

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      • SentientSlug

        July 14, 2016 at 09:21

        Admiral you will not be disappointed… trust me it took me months to convince my firends that “car soccer” is fun. it is in my opinion one of the best multiplayer experiences at the moment. If you are on PS4 then add me as SentientSlug and we can jam a bit. but if i recall you are in fact part of the master race?

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        • Admiral Chief be dangerous now

          July 14, 2016 at 10:17

          Playing on PC yes.

          I’ve done the training and bots, and lemme tell you, so far, so fun

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    • Ottokie

      July 12, 2016 at 10:51

      The initial boom was big with SA players, and then as we started to play ranked games, latency got the better of us and just became a frustrating experience. But for friends vs friends it is epic and can keep you busy for hours.

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    • Dane

      July 12, 2016 at 14:15

      I play for dvn Red Neptune, we only have a handful of powerful players in SA and I doubt we will ever get African regional servers. But trust me mate, we as a community are consistently making a big noise about it.
      FYI Psyonix have straight out ignored attempts to contact them by: our players, Telkom DGL personnel as well as Mweb Gamezone officials. Emails, tweets, Reddit posts, forum posts, Facebook posts. Nothing gets answered.

      On topic though the latency definitely holds us back, but as I said we have a few powerful players who suck it up.

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      • SentientSlug

        July 14, 2016 at 09:19

        This game is just so good, i love it, play a lot. but the latency does cause problems at times. shit i wonder what the SA Numbers are. I must say i have also tried to contact psyonix, they don’t care. iv also seen some pretty shitty responses to people by them on certain forums. I think they are a little arrogant. but hey. when you play a private match with all SA players is the experience a lot better? or still latency issues? sorry for all the questions.

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        • Dane

          July 14, 2016 at 10:57

          Middle-East and EU servers are the closest and their is no client-side hosting so we host private matches on EU servers. ME is a little closer but connection quality isn’t so great.

          We have between 20 – 30 teams participating in the DGL atm, you can also join the closed Rocket League South Africa facebook group. 🙂

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          • SentientSlug

            July 14, 2016 at 11:07

            I will do that! thanks a mill

  3. Dane

    July 12, 2016 at 14:07

    “Regardless, with player-to-player trading in place, I don’t think they can escape that shady side of gaming unfortunately, at least not completely.”

    Rocket League items don’t appear in your inventory so this won’t be a problem.

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