Community Update: Adressing the main topics of discussion
Dear Coaches,
Blood Bowl 3 has now been out for everyone for 24 hours.
Let me start by thanking you for your support and for playing our game. We have had an overwhelming amount of players since the Early Unlock and despite the issues, that is something we are very grateful for.
The game’s release has had its problems and it seems important for us to address some of those main topics of discussion :
- The Monetisation
- The Brutal Edition
- The game state
- The server Issues
- The Faction Leaks
- The Blood Bowl team
We’d like to start with where the game is at launch and what players can expect from us as we move forward. We know there are some features missing that players expect, being able to reconnect in a game for example, and we are working hard to get those features added.
The functionality of the game is our main priority and rest assured we will do our best to address any bugs or broken elements as soon as we can.
We hope that Blood Bowl 3 will be a game that is ever-evolving. Even the end of the roadmap is not the end of the road. We will continuously add content and events. We have big plans and ambitions for Blood Bowl 3 and these initial stumbling blocks don’t change that.
Next, we’d like to talk about monetization and appreciate this is a sensitive topic among the community. This is something we tried to communicate ahead of the launch, but we intend to implement features allowing players to be rewarded either with cosmetic items or Warpstone through play as well as purchase.
We know that we will probably not be able to convince all of you but we truly believe that our system is fair, rewarding and optional and that’s understandable.
Let’s be concrete. Here are the details of what you will be able to unlock for free through upcoming features.
With the leveling system, while reaching the maximum level, you will get:
- 1,000 Warpstone
- 8 Common items (same quality as the ones in the shop)
- 24 Uncommon items
- 8 Epic items
This includes not only players’ parts, but also pitches, grandstands, coaches, cheerleaders, balls and dugout among other things.
Once we hit Season 1, The Blood Pass will also bring its fair share of free rewards, including Warpstone. As a reminder, you will also be able to get the new team Faction of the season for free when reaching the last tier of the Blood Pass.
We can’t stress this enough; we want players to be able to unlock a lot of content for free. Yes, there is a possibility to pay for content, and we have premium items, including a few legendary ones that are more expensive. But they are cosmetic only, they do not give any advantage. They are meant to stand out on the pitch, equipped on your key players.
We’ve also seen some of the leaks regarding future teams in the game and the suggestion that these are already finished.
As we’re sure you understand, the development of a game is complex. The factions we plan to release for Blood Bowl 3 are still under development each at varying degrees of completion.
In order to meet our season release date, we have a dedicated team working on the future factions with a high focus on the next one coming with Season 1.
At the current stage, 1 team is at a more advanced stage of development with still a lot of testing and validation to make.
We will share more about each team when they are finished and ready to be revealed.
As you may or may not be aware, an error on Steam caused all players to incorrectly receive the Brutal Edition of the game regardless of the version they purchased.
This error is really unfortunate but we don’t want to punish players for the mistake. With that in mind, we will not remove the 1000 Warpstone players who hadn’t purchased the Brutal edition received. However, we will have to remove the cosmetic bonuses that are only available to players of the Brutal Edition.
We’d also still like to further reward players who brought the Brutal Edition to apologize for the mistake
We will credit:
- 1,000 Warpstone to all Brutal Edition players
- And an additional 250 Warpstone to Early Unlock players for their troubles
This way, Brutal Edition players will still have a 1,000 Warpstone bonus. With this bonus and yesterday’s compensation, this will make a total bonus of 1,500 Warpstone for the Early Unlock players, which we hope seems fair.
We understand this does not solve everything, but we hope that it will at least ease this feeling and show our gratitude. We will always follow this policy with our community.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to apologize for the server issues leading up to and during launch. This has been our main concern since the start of the Early Unlock. Since yesterday’s patch our servers are more stable.
(patch note here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1016950/view/3633879261305107830?l=english)
We had no general crashes of them. It’s not perfect yet, but we will continue to work on it until it is as our main priority.
And finally, we’d like to speak to the concern that the issues with Blood Bowl arose from the development team’s split attention, with the release of Chef Life on the same day.
Just to clarify - Chef Life and Blood Bowl 3 have always had two completely separate teams. The fact that the two games were released on the same day may have created that confusion, but that’s just a coincidence of the calendar.
Thanks for reading and that’s it for today. We will continue to communicate in the future as often as it’s needed. You will have a lot of updates, might it be via news, videos, or live stream during the Pre-Season to address everything and keep you aware of all our progress.
Thank you for your time and for being so passionate about Blood Bowl. No matter the disappointment, we can always see the passion behind it and that is something that keeps us going and motivates us to turn things around.
The Blood Bowl team.
