Apex Legends: Iron Crown event

'NOTE: This page will focus solely on the Iron Crown Event, not the game as a whole. In fact, we at Crappy Games Wiki actually like the game, you can read more here' Apex Legends is a free-to-play game that was developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. The game was said to have little to no input from EA during development, and its release was a major surprise to many. Released in February 2019, the game was met with positive reception and amassed 50 million players within the first month until it eventually tailed off. Despite the game's popularity, the game was eventually the center of controversy with Season 2, when the seasonal event dubbed the "Iron Crown Collection Event" was announced.

How the Event Works
For a limited time, players will earn event-specific items, 24 of them to be exact. These items are only obtained through opening event-specific loot boxes with no duplicates. Once players have the all of the items in the Iron Crown Collection, they will "receive" the event's heirloom item, Raven's Bite, which is a weapon skin for Bloodhound's melee weapon, an axe.

However, players can only amass enough Apex coins to buy 2 of the 24 loot boxes; the rest have to be bought with real currency with no other way to get them. The kicker is that when the collection is completed, you still have to buy Raven's Bite with Apex coins as opposed to just getting it.

Why This Event Sucks

 * 1) The most obvious issue is the presence of micro-transactions and loot boxes, both of which are under intense scrutiny form the gaming community right now.
 * 2) The pricing model for this event is also ridiculous; with 2 loot boxes earned through gameplay, the remaining 22 loot boxes have to be bought with real cash, which cost 700 coins each (roughly $7 each). In other words, you essentially have to pay $154 to complete the Iron Crown Collection.
 * 3) * To make it even worse, you don't even receive the heirloom item upon completing the collection, rather you unlock the ability to buy Raven's Bite! That itself costs 3,500 Apex coins, or $35. In total, Raven's Bite costs a staggering $189 maximum to unlock.
 * 4) * Even if you make the right coin pack purchases, you still end up paying $170 to complete the event. All that money, just for a weapon skin!
 * 5) There is also a deadline for obtaining this super rare item. Once the deadline has passed, that's it; you can no longer obtain this item, adding a layer of pressure for players to impulsively buy the loot boxes for the 24 event items.
 * 6) Because of the above factors, and the short time frame for the event, the whole system feels rather manipulative, praying on impulsiveness, and the sense of pressure.
 * 7) On a meta-level, this event encapsulates what EA does: when a game gets massively popular, they will get more and more handsy with the game, and start to force their will upon the developers, allowing their corporate mandates to wriggle their way in.
 * 8) In response to the backlash, Respawn made some changes to the event to allow players to buy some collection items upfront. Emphasis on "some" because on three 3-day rotations, only 12 items can be bought upfront, and they will cost $18 each, two and a half times the cost of one loot box. This completely misses the point of the backlash!
 * 9) Respawn's response to the community after the changes were made were childish, and toxic; resorting to calling their players "ass-hats", generalizing the non-paying players as "freeloaders", and even called one disgruntled player a dick.

Reactions
Apex Legends players were outraged over the insidious monetization schemes pulled with the game's Iron Crown Collection Event. Many players took to Reddit to vent their anger over the fact that EA and Respawn tried to push the boundaries of greedy monetization as hard as they could with the event, causing some to revolt in disgust. Some were disappointed that Respawn allowed EA's corporate financial agendas to seep into their game, which as a reminder, had very little influence from the notorious publisher while it was in development.

Some players have gone as far as to discourage others from buying any of the loot boxes offered as a measure to prevent a similar money gouging scheme from becoming normalized in the future.

This event killed off any respect Respawn had from their players and their PR responses only made the situation worse for them.

Eventually Respawn apologized for the event but defended their responses saying that they responded like that because of how some players insulted their families.

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