The only thing I can say is certain from this is the lack of a grand battlepass going forward. Whether it translates to any meaningful change to future updates, prize pools, game modes and cosmetics is all up in the air.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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yeah, I'm afraid that this is used as excuse to not doing any updates at all. Currently the expectation is at least there's a big update every TI
After reading their article I'm slightly more optimistic about it than I was initially. It does seem they're doing it for good reasons but ofc they'd say that :) but I kinda hope it works out.
Or I'm at least curious to see how it goes.
I'm looking forward to seeing what they're replacing it with. I will miss the hype around the battlepass, but I also acknowledge that it's been dying down over the years. I grew too used to it
Some of the best Dota updates are the ones that shake things up in a major way (7.33, talents, neutral items) because they're new and interesting. Maybe applying that same concept to out of game content will have the same effect
This seems like a weird decision. The battle pass and substantial, frequent, interesting content updates coexisted for years and I can’t help but feel this bodes poorly for the effect TI will have each year.
BUTTT it seems like the game itself will receive more love so who knows maybe it’ll work out.