{"id":46826,"date":"2020-02-03T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T02:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46826"},"modified":"2020-08-12T22:05:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T02:05:35","slug":"fehs-game-pass-subscription-is-more-like-meh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46826","title":{"rendered":"FEH\u2019s game pass subscription is more like MEH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-image alignnone wp-image-46827 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/feh_greed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/feh_greed.jpg 510w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/feh_greed-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">When I first heard that <em>Fire Emblem: Heroes<\/em> was introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/news\/70362\/nintendo-keeps-over-monetizing-mobile-games-adds-new-fire-emblem-pass\/index.html\">a monthly subscription \u201cFeh Pass,\u201d<\/a> my initial reaction was more like, <em>not mad\u2026 just disappointed<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">I mean, there\u2019s little reason to get mad about a gatcha game introducing more ways to make more money, because when the day is over, the ultimate goal of every gatcha game is to make money.\u00a0 But like most F2P mobile games I ever come across, my goal is to always spend as little or no money at all.\u00a0 At the very moment I\u2019m writing this, I\u2019ve played both <em>Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> and Fire Emblem: Heroes consistently since their respective launch dates, and I\u2019ve spent approximately a total of $14.99 in total.\u00a0 Yet, I\u2019ve gotten tons of enjoyment and have pretty stacked accounts in both games, mostly out of longevity, but the point is that I haven\u2019t spent much money but still gotten just about all that I\u2019ve wanted from them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">FEH has always kind of had kind of a pay2win methodology available at all times prior to the introduction of the Feh Pass, but it was still required to have some skill in the game\u2019s mechanics, as well as the luck of the draw of actually getting the random characters that you\u2019re aiming for.\u00a0 But the Feh Pass, by virtue of giving those who pay for it an actual statistical stat boost, now un-levels the playing field, and truly becomes a game where you can buy superiority over players that do not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">However, I\u2019m actually writing this after the launch of Feh Pass, and aside from the fact that I\u2019ll always have this annoying glorified ad trying to get me to pay for a Feh Pass, in order to cash in on some rewards I\u2019ve already fulfilled the requisite tasks for, it hasn\u2019t really been all too intrusive to my every day playing of FEH.\u00a0 I imagine that will change in time, as Feh Pass subscribers begin amassing more and more subscription exclusive character variants with stat boosts, and then I\u2019ll start running into them in modes like Arena and Aether Raids, but for the time being, it hasn\u2019t affected me yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Regardless of the inevitability of things like this, I\u2019m still a little disappointed in FEH for going down this route.\u00a0 It\u2019s already basically the most lucrative mobile game in Nintendo\u2019s portfolio, so to me this is like them just being greedy on top of being already greedy.\u00a0 It\u2019s not going to stop me from playing the game, but now I\u2019ve got this automatic instant resentment for Feh Passers, and I\u2019m looking forward to taking down these whales with my Klein+10 and three dancers cheese method.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first heard that Fire Emblem: Heroes was introducing a monthly subscription \u201cFeh Pass,\u201d my initial reaction was more like, not mad\u2026 just disappointed. 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