New information regarding the monetisation and post-launch content for Ubisoft’s latest entry into the Ghost Recon franchise have come to light. Following the launch of Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, the game will feature several different forms of monetisation, keeping with the “games as service” model Ubisoft has been utilising for many of their digital services. Breakpoint will feature two battle passes for each of the three “episodes” slated for release in the year following the game’s launch and microtransactions to purchase cosmetic items as well as “time savers” to speed up progression and the collection of in-game resources.
In a closer look, Breakpoint developers revealed that players will be able to earn Battle Points through completing faction missions and by playing the Ghost War mode, one of the competitive multiplayer components of Breakpoint. There will however be a limit on how many Battle Points can be earned per day, essentially placing a soft cap on how much players will be able to grind for currency. These Battle Points go towards ranking players up across a set of 50 tiers, with every level up providing a random cosmetic item. Players will be able to earn all 50 items without duplicates upon levelling all 50 ranks. This differentiates from the traditional “tiered” model Battle Passes normally utilised as players will be able to unlock all the content without having to pay extra money.
Two weeks after the game launches, players will be able to purchase a Rewards Booster which speeds up how rapidly they’re able to earn items within the Battle Pass. Skell Credits can also be used to buy exclusive cosmetics for player-characters, as well as unlocking weapon and weapon attachment blueprints (both of which can be found organically in the world), time savers, Reward Boosters and exclusive vehicles.
What remains to be seen is exactly how rapidly one can unlock items within the game’s free Battle Pass. The inclusion of Reward Boosters and time savers may suggest that the process could be a long and arduous grind to get everything you’d want out of the seasonal game updates, hence incentivising players to pay money to speed the process along. We’ll just have to wait and see how forgiving or punishing Ubisoft’s service model for Ghost Recon: Breakpoint when the game launches early next month.
Last Updated: September 26, 2019
Admiral Chief
September 26, 2019 at 15:07
And so it starts
Viper_ZA
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
No thanks, the Beta was shit anyway.
Raptor Rants
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
Battle Pass? more like Hard pass…
HairyEwok
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
Battle pass is the newest craze for gaming devs, it’s a great idea to keep your player base playing, but they make the mistake by making most unlocks premium, therefore making it corporate instead of player/fan service.
Raptor Rants
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
No don’t start that again!
HairyEwok
September 26, 2019 at 15:26
It’s ubisoft so I can’t eally talk about the MTs, I could however talk about the optimization XD
Raptor Rants
September 26, 2019 at 15:26
*giggles*
Yahtzee
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
Did someone say fanservice!?!
Admiral Chief
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
I played 4 hours of the closed beta, and it was mediocre at best
The skills system was fun though, the rest, not so much
HairyEwok
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
You could say the gameplay was muddied down… huehuehue
Admiral Chief
September 26, 2019 at 15:26
HAH
Admiral Chief
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
Rather release the game for free then, and add the fluff as MTs
Hammersteyn
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
“time savers”
They’re inflating the grind to frustrate people into buying this kak. How dumb do they think we are!?
Yahtzee
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
*looks at Fortnite profits* …. I would say a lot
Hammersteyn
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
So keep that crap in Fortnite where the kids play their precious BR game, no one planning to buy this game asked for this.
Hammersteyn
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
You’d think taking a break would improve my grammar and make me more chilled in the comments but no.
Yahtzee
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
When have you ever not been chilled? xD
Hammersteyn
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
I can be chill 🙁
Raptor Rants
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
But can you be un-chill?
Yahtzee
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
Opposite. As in I never saw you flip your lid.
Admiral Chief
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
…check his pub videos when Faf kicks the ball away
…or check his ‘whiskey bottle opening fail’ video
Yahtzee
September 26, 2019 at 15:25
Ive seen the whiskey one before…I think. It’s years ago
Admiral Chief
September 26, 2019 at 15:26
I think it is on Rince’s YT page
HairyEwok
September 26, 2019 at 15:17
We’re talking of the human race here, so let’s not get our hopes up too much. Many people who’ll get the game probably have the money but not the time to grind it out.
Hammersteyn
September 26, 2019 at 15:26
But there’s no need to have a grind in a game except to frustrate people into spending money.
HairyEwok
September 26, 2019 at 15:35
I agree to that, it’s scummy at best. They would rather make a great game shit to make an extra buck.
Son of Banana Jim
September 26, 2019 at 17:07
… Damnit Ubisoft…
Son of Banana Jim
September 26, 2019 at 17:07
I loved the closed beta, I’m currently downloading the open beta, but news like this just makes me want to say… “No! Noooo! Ubisoft.. NO! My wallet says NO!”
Godscoper 1
September 30, 2019 at 15:58
WHY can’t breakpoint be like past ghost recons, noone wants super grind/ online connection only, battle pass, microtransactions/ no AI bots for ghost recon series. That’s why made Division 1/2 for all that junk.
Clearly ubisoft being money greedy, don’t listen to players anymore.
Look at division 2, spent $60 for shitshow.