It’s up for debate that gums are unfair to casual players who don’t have access to them, but what is worse is how exploitative this will be to whales. It’s easy enough in a PvE sandbox to say that players can simply save their ultras for serious games & Easter egg runs, but grief will be a competitive mode & players should be expected to play optimally to gain any advantage they can. Naturally the meta will lean to using ultras, and any players that want to play grief almost every day will be forced to run their wallets dry if they want to keep up.
Even by activision’s standards, this is incredibly exploitative. It hurts the players who are most passionate about the game, who are already paying a ton of money for expensive bundles & battle passes.
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If they absolutely don’t want to get rid of gums in grief, they should at least think about making a separate que that is gumless.
Would that make some queue times longer? Yes, but this is the biggest game series ever, you will probably find a match pretty quickly even if there are two different queues.
Nope they make money selling gums a high priority. Best believe they want us draining gums.
Only problematic ones would be Phoenix Up, Near Death Experience, and Nowhere But There, and they said they’ll be monitoring the mode similar to ranked MP to make changes when necessary.
Nah honestly I’d love to see someone crash out on the other team cause they popped a perkaholic then die to the elite boss grief 2 min later 🤣
i think the chances of a gumless grief mode is low. considering how much they sell them, i just don’t see it happening. but on the bright side, if “winning” grief doesn’t offer anything besides a “you won” at the end, then i don’t think it’ll be terribly bad
Idk I actually think it would be hilarious to see people waste their gums. Usually the shitty players that will rely on them anyway, so I’m confident I could win with that handicap.
how is that gonna help them sell gum packs?
Exploitative to whales
They must not be selling enough gum packs, they have been very steadily finding ways to increase player gobblegum usage. First they added starting loadouts, now you can get 3 in 1 round almost instantly. Now they’re adding a competitve incentive (if anyone will take Grief seriously)
If the other team pops three soda fountains off the rip, I’ll just pull my party so it’s all wasted lol
Always someone to complain about something 😂 there is not a day where no one complains 🤦
ngl if you’re good at the game the enemy teams gobblegums really shouldn’t be too detrimental to your ability to survive
I could be wrong (and really won’t know until I can play the mode when it drops) but the other team having more points or higher gun rarities doesn’t directly affect my ability to train zombies
this feels like a non issue
Agreed
Honestly, gobble gum should be restricted if theirs going to be a classic mode
If you want a classic mode to be like BO1 and BO2 then there’s no need to use gobble gum since it is literally OP
Literally going to be pay to win
Nah I want someone to pop all there gobblegums and then I block the door on them with an amalgom
We’re more likely to achieve world peace than see Activision do something that is actually beneficial to the consumer.
Grief is coming back?????? I never thought I’d see the day!
It’s lame but me and my squad will kick their asses gumless
Make it so you win every gum the enemy team played if you win
Im pretty sure itll be pretty fair its not going to make bad players better
I mean if you’re a casual, you probably enjoy the game for what it is and won’t take it too seriously regardless. I’d rather wait and see how it works before getting upset over speculation since from my experience alot of folks popping gobbles still can’t keep themselves up after round 20. Gobbles != skill
Eh I feel like only mid players pop perkys and hidden powers like their nothing true zombies sweat bags love natural progression
It’s all fun and games till the one guy shows up with 20 perkaholics
I think this mode will be fantastic with 7 randoms
As casual I’m just not playing that shit.
Sometimes I’m relieved I only ever play zombies solo while needing mild dopamine while listening to podcasts or something else
if not EMPs will shock charges work like they did in classic grief? If so that wunderfizz is getting some serious attention
I don’t get why people are making a big deal about this and not the other changes. Beating a whale’s butt with pure skill sounds fun