This is a surprise: As Epic announces, the Battle Pass for the new Season 3 in Fortnite: Battle Royale can indeed be paid for with the in-game currency V-Bucks. Originally, Epic announced that future Battle Passes could only be purchased with real money, euros. Reactions to the announcement are mixed.
The Battle Pass grants bonuses on experience points, V-Bucks, and a variety of cosmetic items such as emotes, gliders, skins for the characters, and the axe. Players received the concept positively.
Especially nice: If you earned V-Bucks with a Battle Pass, you could immediately buy the next Battle Pass in the next season.
That’s why it caused excitement when it was said in between: “You have to buy the next Battle Pass with real money and cannot use V-Bucks for that.” But it seems Epic has now moved away from exactly that statement.
As it was in Season 2, it shall be in Season 3
Those who purchased the Battle Pass in Season 2 in time and regularly played the daily challenges had no trouble reaching the maximum level 70, which rewarded players with the coveted Black Knight skin.
The Battle Pass was introduced with Season 2 in Fortnite: Battle Royale. Instead of 1,900 V-Bucks, it was offered at a discounted price in Season 2 – for a mere 950 V-Bucks (approximately €9.50). This was a bargain, as the investment paid off with appropriate progress.
The announcement that the new Battle Pass for Season 3 is now also available at a discounted price of 950 V-Bucks, is not well received by all players.
Originally it was said: The Battle Pass must be purchased with real money
Epic’s original announcement was: All future Battle Passes must be paid for with real money. The announcement caused discontent, after all, PvE players could farm V-Bucks to invest in the Battle Royale mode.
This would have been possible without the use of financial resources. Since players relied on Epic’s statement, they invested huge amounts of V-Bucks elsewhere – which are now missing for the acquisition of the new Battle Pass.
All V-Bucks spent – now players need new ones
Players now have to exchange real money for V-Bucks again to buy the new Battle Pass, because they spent their V-Bucks savings under the assumption that they could not acquire the new Battle Pass with them. But it turns out they can now.
What a mess.
This currently creates an ambivalent mood on Reddit. Even the announcement that buyers of the Battle Pass for Season 2 will receive five bonus levels on the new Battle Pass did not generate excitement.
The Battle Pass for Season 2 was mainly about knights. What theme Epic is planning for the Season 3 Battle Pass is still unknown. It could be a theme suitable for the Olympics, as skier skins were already available last week.
What do you think? Are you happy that the Battle Pass will now cost V-Bucks?
