Prestige Cosmetics Are "Too FOMO To Add To The Game" But You Use FOMO To Inflate Cosmetic Sales?

I agree limited time available cosmetics are bad and predatory.

i don’t see why people think that justifies other FOMO mechanics.

P100 might not be so unusual or rare and is achievable, but it is a heavy time investment and while I am for example playing already way too much i don’t have a character close to p100 at all and I don’t see it as something needing a special reward other than having the P100 icon and possibly something for the upcoming playercards.

otherwise instead bring more rewards for p10-p20 which is at least achievable for many. Stuff like blood overlay for other than default outfits, maybe other overlays as well

I feel many of the people that ask for P100 rewards would be very upset if it was ‚only‘ currency or charms. But yeah, something like that would be reasonable. Add playercard stuff in between as well.

We don't want people to feel like they're missing out :( unless it makes us boatloads of cash in the process

That would cost BHVR a reasonably good amount of time and resources to implement a free progression reward tiers into the game just for players to complain from their Entitlement Chair that the rewards for their "hard work" aren't good enough.

Currency would probably not be an appropriate award because that's a one time thing.

I'd be perfectly fine with a Charm for P100 if it was cool enough though. Make it animated and flashy, I love those charms.

Playercard stuff would also be cool as well, I would love a flashy Legion icon for mine.

I dont mind rift exclusives but store exclusives are dumb.

Prestige was always meant as a time waster, some flair for spending way too much time. Cosmetics were never planned.

That has nothing to do with Cosmetics they HAVE planned and want to sell.

The thing is: I don't feel too strongly about this and I'm not even disappointed P100s don't get some type of reward. The issue is that their responses to this question both times have been very insincere and hypocritical.

Their first answer to this question was on Reddit and they said "P100s are very, very rare" so they don't think of rewarding those players. Which is debatable when at this point you see a P100 every other lobby. This answer is also very contradictory because you would want to reward someone for accomplishing something "very, very rare". It came across as a made-up excuse more than an explanation.

Now this answer on Twitter. Why are they acting like they really care about our feelings when it comes to "missing out on something" meanwhile others in the comments listed how many time-limited cosmetics etc. is in the game now. Hypocrisy.

Just answer "We don't plan to do this and have other priorities." instead of this whitewashed disingenuous responses like we can't see through them. That's all.

I feel like some people might be wilfully misinterpreting this response.

Now, as a disclaimer, I'm not necessarily defending this statement, as I personally think they could easily add in something for hitting Prestige 100 that wouldn't be so much it causes the problem they want to avoid, but I do think specifically likening it to FOMO store practices kind of misses the point that BHVR are making, at least in my view. I'm also obviously not defending the FOMO store practices themselves.

My interpretation of this response is that they don't want Prestige 100 to be a thing players feel they're supposed to be working towards. They don't want it to feel like the default assumption that obviously you're gonna grind for ages to hit that milestone to get the flashy cool cosmetic tied to it, because grinding to P100 takes forever and would absolutely frustrate players who don't already feel like doing it. If the reward for hitting P100 is too good, people are going to feel like they have to - or at least should - undertake that grind themselves. If it's not good enough, it'll be kinda insulting for the people who did grind for it.

If you dangle an actually cool and desirable thing behind a massive grind, more players are going to choose to undertake that grind, which can be a problem when it's not actually designed to be something every player does. Most players would be frustrated with how long it takes to get the cool thing, which BHVR want to avoid because it's not meant to be something you do in order to get a cool reward. It's meant to be there, as they say, for if you've done everything else.

FOMO store practices are the literal opposite of this concept; they're meant to push players to engage with the thing (purchasing skins, in this case) if they'd otherwise be on the fence, because they'd lose the chance otherwise. Two different arguments are happening here.

That being said, I do think there is a middle ground here and there could be appropriate P100 rewards. I just want to criticise BHVR on what they're actually saying, and I think too many people are laser-focusing on the specific two words "missing out" without engaging with the wider point- which, as far as I can tell, is that P100 should not be a thing you choose to do because you want what's at the end of it, due to it being a long and irritating grind for even one character, let alone all the characters you might play.

"It'd be really cool to have a fancy reward for hitting P100, but at the same time, that's an insane amount of progress and we don't want people to feel like they're missing out by not hitting it."

Translation:

We won't make any money from it, so it's not worth the effort.

Well it's a good thing fomo won't be a thing so I can get a red border on my xeno and ripley

No issue there. I agree that they (or any business/organization) should be honest, and transparent within reason (can't give away all the secrets). At the end of the day, it is their game, their decisions, and their direction driving it, and if they don't want to prioritize something then just draw a clear boundary and reaffirm your commitment to it so people know what to expect. Personally, I thought the statement left it vague and open-ended without outright saying "No, we won't ever add anything." I stopped buying cosmetics and remain unbothered about P100 rewards, so I don't have a dog in this controversy.

This is also something I don't understand.

They made event items unobtainable after the event ended back in the day and then they started with "yeah we make all those items available for all because people are sad they can't get them". When I was new in 09/2018 I completely understood that some stuff was special: The glow golden outfits (Legacy), past Lunar New Year or BBQ outfits or certain outfits you only got from conventions in other countries. It always felt special to see those. Because I knew the player had to do something special to get it.

What I can understand is, that they made the cosmetics available for all who were sold for 1k $ on shady sides.

But why not just letting players have something special? In PUBG you got a special cosmetic if you participated in EA. You can't trade that. And afaik you can't get it anymore.

Same would be for event outfits. "You have not played during 4th anniversary? Then you don't have the crowns."

The only thing that I still have what nobody has (exept cheaters) who started after June 21 are the year 4 and 5 anniversary items and the year 3 firecracker