Battlefield 5 Pit Crew Skin Now Only Obtainable via Microtransactions After Initially Being Available With In-Game Currency

Here’s something that might not sit well with Battlefield 5 players. It seems DICE has pulled the Battlefield 5 Pit Crew skin set from the game, after initially being available at launch, only to introduce it this week, and only purchasable with “Boins” (Battlefield Coins) which can only be obtained by spending real-world money.

In case you didn’t know, Battlefield 5 has Company Coin as the in-game currency that players can obtain just by playing the game, completing Assignments and whatnot. While Battlefield Coins can only be obtained by spending real-world money.

Over on the Battlefield 5 subreddit, multiple threads have been created by angry gamers calling out DICE for this move.

So DICE intentionally deleted the "Pit Crew" set from the game so it could be resold for BOINS? from BattlefieldV

FYI I bought the set initially when it was still available for CC. Deliberately removing content that can be bought for ingame currency only to re-sell it back under premium currency is just plain wrong. The lack of transparency makes this even worse.

If initially selling it for just CC turned out to be a mistake due to poor quality control then the DEVs simply need to own their mistake and leave it as is. I can tolerate alot of dumb stuff and even tolerate/defend microtransactions, but this is incredibly egregious.

The ”Pit Crew” is now ONLY available with Battlefield Coins… This is one of the many mistakes you (DICE) do with this game! How many times are you going to make the game worse? How many? I bought the Torso variant because I couldn’t afford the helmet, and now what? from BattlefieldV

According to DICE Community Manager Jeff Braddock, he has escalated this concern, and is trying to figure out what’s going on with it.

Could this be an honest mistake or did EA/DICE try to pull this off to see if players will notice? My assumption is, DICE or EA will make it available using Company Coin again just to appease gamers. We’ll update the story if there’s an update from DICE/EA.

In other, more gamer-friendly Battlefield 5 news, DICE has released the patch notes for tomorrow’s big title update! Read up on that, here.

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Hates bad writers.
Hates bad writers.
4 years ago

And another nitpick of a garbage game.

Fellas. All we have to do is not talk about, play, or mention this game in any way. It’ll go away along with its crappy practices. That’s if you deny other games based on the same bar.

Don’t like loot boxes? Congratulations, your opinion is worthless when you pick up a single game with their existence. If a shareholder sees that YOU WILL buy the game, they’ll stuff the rest in. Don’t buy games with micro transactions in them, period. The fad will die out by the end of the year. The consumers have far more power, should they use it properly. It sucks, but it’s the only way. Truth ain’t always easy. I already have to skip out on Borderlands 3 this year because of them. I wanted to play it just as much as the next guy. If every single thing for sale is available in game for the same challenges we saw in 2? I might consider it. Still, takes away the fun of the cosmetic when you just get to buy your way to it outside of the game. Imagine the most bad ass head you can imagine for beating a really hard boss. In a lobby full of kids that just spent 2.99 on a loot box. Kinda defeats the purpose of the unique armor aspect when it’s acquisition isn’t unique. It adds cost without adding value. Ratchet and Clank on the PS2 was a really good example of how to do it right. Tons of bonus stuff, all available through in game challenges. A lot of that got streamlined in the newer games. Especially that last one. Lacked a ton of stuff.

LordCancer Kain
LordCancer Kain
4 years ago

i remember when playing battlefield was about playing the objective, when those playing it were about it. now it is just a gui to sell skins to idiots and morons.

jameslara
Reply to  LordCancer Kain
4 years ago

I remember when devs would try to cram as much as they can in a release. Sure games had more issues back then but at least big titles like these felt more complete.

Now they took what use to be package in a game out and decided to sell it back in pieces.

LordCancer Kain
LordCancer Kain
Reply to  jameslara
4 years ago

well unfortunately steve jobs was right about the consumer.

dane
dane
Reply to  LordCancer Kain
4 years ago

BF is dead ! BF boss is sick ! EA is sick ! Fck him !

brubble
brubble
4 years ago

People are still playing this crap?

Alex
Reply to  brubble
4 years ago

Based on how many people read stuff about it, I’d say yes. 🙂 I do prefer BF4 and BF3 over it though.

brubble
brubble
4 years ago

People are still playing this crap?

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