Hi Coaches,
Since the game's release there’s been a lot of discussion around the Customization system. As something our players care about, we wanted to address this topic individually. Our aim has been to provide a transparent and rewarding system for players, but we must acknowledge that the delay of the planned reward features not only presented the system in an unintended way but also revealed its weaknesses, which is something we’d like to change.
Listening to your feedback is important to us, and one of the main criticisms the system has faced is the fact that buying an item unlocks only one copy instead of unlocking it for unlimited use. Add to that the issues we faced with the game’s launch, and it becomes understandable why players assumed monetization was one of our main goals with this game.
As a result of this we decided to make some drastic changes to the customization system and how cosmetic items work in the game.
COMMON RARE AND EPIC ITEMS
All the Common, Rare and Epic pieces of equipment bought will now unlock for unlimited use among your teams, on players that share the same position. You will not have to buy multiple copies of the same helmet or shoulder pad anymore.
We also want to clarify that this rule will apply both to items bought and items obtained as a reward.
LEGENDARY ITEMS
Unlocking a Legendary item through the shop or as a reward will be less frequent than other rarity, and we want those customizations to remain an exceptional way to make your key players stand out. This is why Legendary items will not be unlocked for unlimited use. We will still change one constraint that we believe should be removed: equipping an item on a player in one of your teams will not prevent you from equipping it in parallel on another one of your teams anymore.
We are currently evaluating ways to prevent the proliferation of Legendary items, to back-up this vision through the store and customization system.
We hope you understand that changing this system will require time including refunding the players who already spent their Warpstone on items that will be unlimited after the patch. We will come back with an exact date for these changes once we’ve got all the technical confirmations we need.
FIRST SEASON BLOOD PASS FOR ALL
It remains our plan to launch the Season 1 in May 2023. A new Faction will be released and seasonal features like the Official Ladder and the Blood Pass will be implemented.
We appreciate that the launch hasn’t gone as well as it could and with that in mind, we want to start the new season right.
The Season 1 Blood Pass, including the first new faction, will be free to unlock for everyone.
We believe these changes and announcements will contribute to make Blood Bowl 3 a more fair and enjoyable experience for all our players. We know that there is still a lot of work to implement features and fix elements of the game, and we remain committed to that as our main priority.
The Blood Bowl 3 team.