Is FOMO for outfits being phased out?
With the return of the Lunar New Year cosmetics for purchase that were limited-time purchases last year, and the absence of the Lunar New Year Event, should we take this as a sign that predatory FOMO-pressure purchases are being phased out? Or is this only because there's no Lunar New Year event?
please don't put more FOMO in the game, it's an underhanded business tactic
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No. Winter event still has cosmetics that are limited to that event. They did make cozy break collection permanent again though it seems like they are bringing some collections back maybe because of the feedback that people would want to wear the outfits year round.
Also deep rift outfits were recently confirmed to be exclusive to the rift. This is worse than the time limited shop ones because they come back every year, rift ones you can never get again after the rift is over.
I think when it comes to the shop i genuinely believe that they make them time limited to declutter the shop a bit (no one wants santa clown in februrary) but i am expecting them to lean into fomo a bit more considering they are doing it with the rift now.
Event-limited cosmetics are less of a problem because you earn those with play (I would love an alternative/second chance to earn them, though!). I'm specifically talking about cosmetics in the store that you can only purchase with money and have a strict time window to pressure you into using real world cash. The Deep Rift cosmetics are just funky reskins of stuff you can get in the normal rift; the normal variants do come to the store eventually.
As for "Not wanting Santa Clown in February"; If someone has the outfit, they can wear it at literally any time, rendering that point moot. If I can wear it at any time, what's the point in making BUYING it an exclusive thing other than pressure?
It's hardly a strict time window though. They come back every year.
They said they make some collections time limited to streamline the shop a bit more. So the amount of options that you see in the store are not overwhelming. I think making stuff like santa clown limited to the season it is tied to, to support this effort is a good and reasonable idea.
The Christmas in July collection just proves that this specific reasoning isn't true.
Once a year is a pretty strict time window, and limited time cosmetics are lame in general. Less of them is a good thing.
Okay i forgot about the christmas in july thing. Still though even if their reasoning isn't consistent i thought it made sense.
Don't get me wrong i would prefer no FOMO at all but if you compare it to other games it's a relief that BHVR don't push it as hard so i like to be thankful for that.
The game has FOMO when it comes to the store but it doesn't have the devastation of having missed out forever like lots of other games do.