Loot boxes are being ripped out of Rocket League. Known in the game as Crates, these randomised premium rewards are getting the boot in favour of a much more transparent system. We've known about this change for a while, but in Psyonix's latest blog post, we now have a date for the update: 4th December 2019.
It's on this date that the game's next major patch will drop, replacing Crates and Keys with Blueprints and Credits. If you have any unused Crates or Keys sitting on your account, these will automatically be converted into the new items. Blueprints will drop after some matches, and will show you a specific item you can buy with Credits, the new premium currency. A new Item Shop will also be implemented, where you'll be able to use Credits to purchase a rotating roster of premium items.
The update also sees the start of Rocket Pass 5 and competitive season 13.
Are you looking forward to this change in Rocket League? Are you still playing the smash hit arcade game on PlayStation 4? Score an aerial goal in the comments below.
[source rocketleague.com]
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"Blueprints will drop after some matches, and will show you a specific item you can buy with Credits, the new premium currency"
so does that mean you can only get credits by paying for them or can you get them after matches too
because if the only way you can get them is to pay then that's just as bad as lootboxes
They sure take their sweet time too remove them.
I could never get through all my crates so nice to see they'll convert instead of just losing them. Hoping we don't need keys for them still...
@FullbringIchigo It seems the Credits are microtransaction only, just like the keys.
At least it ends with the gambling factor, where people didn't know what they where paying for.
@Sbneves yeah that is a good thing i suppose
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