Tripwire Interactive revealed today that Killing Floor 2 will receive cosmetic microtransactions (Trading Floor) via its upcoming update. According to the team, all of the content added in Trading Floor at launch will be cosmetic only and not affect gameplay in any way.
Community Manager Jared Creasy wrote on Steam:
“We went with the drop system for the weapon skins due to how they were received in KF 1. While players liked the weapon skins, that didn’t translate towards supporting the free updates they were designed to.
So we decided to trial a drop system where we give away much of it for free with some rare unlocks.”
Now let’s be clear; if those microtransactions did not have an impact on the actual gameplay and were only for cosmetics, they would be fine by us. However, it appears that won’t be the case.
As Tripwire hinted:
“In the future we may be adding weapons with new gameplay for sale, but this will appear in the ‘Shared Content’ area on the server. This means that, if any player on the server has a weapon, then every player on the server will be able to use it.”
Better than nothing, but this is still a paywall.
Thanks Destructoid!
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Not even out of early access and they have already added microtransactions.
Smh
It’s fine, bro!! Just comestic items
Well i hate Micro-Transactions but as long as it is ONLY cosmetic stuff, it’ll pass.
I knew something was wrong since the day they announced the PS4 version of the game.
Uh oh, this is a slippery slope. Careful now Tripwire.
I see what you did there. Or am I seeing things that are not there.
Lolz, didn’t even realize. xD
its not anymore. pretty sure they fell already xd
Or they TRIPPED!
HUH? HUH?
Tripped!
hahaha.
haha.
ha.
Oh, well…
-.-
pay to win inc.
Pay to win? How you little troll?
Haha, I won’t update the game, so the joke’s on them.
If it’s drops like from CS:GO, I won’t mind. That’s because you can make some money from it.
skins are fine but weapons too? thats pushing it
Yeah, what the hell? Do they want to lose all their good reputation?
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They cant sell weapon packs now? Why not?
im guessing you didnt play kf1
umm.. they sell weapons on kf1 as well.
yes they did and the backlash was pretty huge..
People crying they dont get free stuff?
well i dont mind it THAT much TBH if its DLC but its still pretty annoying, especially when you invite a new friend to the game and like half of the weps for their class are unavailable behind a paywall (some weapons being keystones for the class like the buzzaw for the zerk) which makes it a frustrating exp both for you and them
this new method is even worse since the weapons will depend on “drops” and on popularity which is a recipe for disaster, especially when it comes to balance. they could pull it off fine if they dont make them too rare but i dont know what the benefits of such a system are
“In the future we may be adding weapons with new gameplay for sale”
They’re already rotten, don’t be fooled.
not even the sharpshooter class is in the game yet and they drop this bombshell
weapon skins are lame, black and wood grain is all i need. Sounds like i can just sell the cosmetic stuff so more of positive for me then a detriment.
it’s just cosmetics skins like CS:GO.