Competitive play and Meaning (Destiny)

by Blackt1g3r , Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Monday, June 19, 2017, 15:48 (2804 days ago) @ Korny

Like Cruel said, Titanfall 2 is this in spades. 100% of non-cosmetic unlocks can be unlocked at any time with in-game currency that you get simply from playing the game. Cosmetic unlocks rely on using the thing that you want to unlock the skins for. Nothing rewards the higher-tier players, and nothing punishes lower-tier players. The only incentive that you have to play the game is to have fun and get better.

Correction, some things are only unlocked by playing in a certain way (ie, getting a certain number of kills or doing a certain amount of damage, etc). Most of those are only cosmetic of course, but the non-cosmetic upgrades for each weapon are tied to playing with that weapon long enough. You can't short-circuit your way to a different scope, silencer, etc without playing with that weapon long enough to level it up. That is one mechanic I wish wasn't in the game since it does give a player a disadvantage to using a new weapon until they can get the extra mods they want unlocked. It's not a massive disadvantage mind you, but it would really have been better to allow the player to purchase those upgrades with currency earned just by playing IMO.