Marvel\u2019s Avengers players furious at devs over XP boosts \u201clies\u201d Square Enix\/Crystal DynamicsMarvel\u2019s Avengers players are turning away from Crystal Dynamics\u2019 superhero title following the addition of XP boosts \u2013 despite assurances that no gameplay benefits would be purchasable with real money. Marvel\u2019s Avengers may have had a rough first year before finding its footing with the recent War for Wakanda expansion, but its player base could be about to shrink after fans took umbrage with a new type of microtransaction being added to the live-service title. The new XP booster option, used to speed up the leveling process (which had previously been extended in another controversial update), has riled up fans who had previously been assured that all paid items would be cosmetic only. Marvel\u2019s Avengers fans revolt over XP boosts The game\u2019s subreddit has been alight with conversation (and memes) regarding the update, with many noting that the XP boosts arrived less than a week after the game was added to Xbox Game Pass. One post, simply titled \u201cI no longer support this game\u201d, notes that Crystal Dynamics still has plenty to fix within the game itself. \u201cFor the first time since this game launched I no longer want to support it. I\u2019ve spent some serious cash in cosmetics because I love the gameplay and the heroes,\u201d the poster said. \u201cBut this game doesn\u2019t have the luxury to do this when there\u2019s SO MUCH to be fixed. SO MUCH. They have been planning this for some time, using resources that would\u2019ve been better used in other parts of the game, and above all, they\u2019ve been lying to us. I feel like I\u2019ve been scammed in some way.\u201d Others have mentioned that the game\u2019s E3 2019 showing directly promised \u201cno pay-to-win scenarios\u201d, but now feel that Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have reneged on that promise. In an archived post on the Marvel\u2019s Avengers\u2019 site from just weeks before launch, the developer states \u201cwe\u2019ve also committed that content purchasable with real money in Marvel\u2019s Avengers will be aesthetic-only additions, which will ensure we can keep the game fresh for years to come.\u201d For others, it\u2019s the last straw. \u201cShame on Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix. I was such an advocate for this game too. Now I\u2019m uninstalling,\u201d one commenter wrote. As noted above, it felt like the game had finally started to find its feet, so it\u2019s a shame to see this change kill much of the game\u2019s momentum. Crystal Dynamics is yet to comment on the inclusion of XP boosters, however, with no official blog post or tweet explaining the rationale for the change. The game is expected to add Spider-Man as a PlayStation exclusive later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Marvel\u2019s Avengers players furious at devs over XP boosts \u201clies\u201d Square Enix\/Crystal DynamicsMarvel\u2019s Avengers players are turning away from Crystal Dynamics\u2019 superhero title following the addition of XP boosts \u2013 despite assurances that no gameplay benefits would be purchasable with real money. Marvel\u2019s Avengers may have had a rough first year before finding its footing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}