Thousands of players threaten a boycott of For Honor: They want to force Ubisoft to improve their game. The developers have already implemented changes.
Since yesterday, the Redditor jbaayoun has gathered numerous “For Honor” players: In the subforum, he called for a boycott – for a blackout community event, as he calls it. On April 3rd at 11 AM, players are to put down their gamepads for 24 hours and avoid For Honor. Over 12,000 Reddit users have already given an upvote to support this action.
jbaayoun hopes that this community initiative will persuade Ubisoft to eliminate all the flaws from the game. Primarily, he demands better communication between players and developers. In addition, the officials should fix connection issues, matchmaking problems, unbalanced heroes, and glitches. A major point of criticism in recent weeks has also been the horrific steel prices – because it takes over 2.5 years to unlock all items.
Via Kotaku, the Redditor explains that he sees no point in continuously flooding the Reddit forum with the same problems. Ubisoft must have already noticed these by now. With the boycott, he is now resorting to harsher measures.
Ubisoft will be more generous – More steel after matches
This boycott plan is currently receiving a lot of media attention, and Ubisoft has already spoken out. A Ubisoft representative writes that they have reviewed all the mentioned criticisms and will address them.
Last night, the first welcome changes in For Honor were already made – even though these were not a reaction to the boycott. The changes had already been planned, Ubisoft told Kotaku.
From now on, you will receive more steel after matches and successfully completed orders:
- All matches: +25% more steel
- Daily orders: +33% more steel
- Contract orders: +50% more steel
- Community orders now provide 2000 steel (previously 500-1000)
For stability reasons, two maps were removed from the game a few weeks ago. Already yesterday, “River Fort” returned, and the “High Fort” map is also expected to return soon.
Additionally, new elite outfits have been introduced for the heroes.
Ubisoft promises that further changes to the orders will come in the near future and they will adjust the gear balance. Definitely a step in the right direction. However, much still needs to be improved, which the boycott on April 3rd will emphasize.
By the way: If you sign up for For Honor now, a compensation awaits you.
