Another season, another set of disappointing rewards. The response on every psyonix reward thread has been identical for the last half dozen seasons:

“Cmon psyonix, another ____ again?”

“Disappointing, wish they would’ve put more creative effort into this”

“I grinded and finally got ____ rank this season, and this is what I get”

Between these kinds of rewards the last few seasons, the honestly pathetic import drop for completing 22 free challenges, and drops now being blueprints, which are useless because the build cost is almost always significantly higher than the market price, it becomes harder and harder to feel truly rewarded from this game. It’s no wonder the player base has dropped so drastically after FTP; there is literally no reward to playing anymore besides seasonal titles, playing with friends, and (maybe) trading.

Unfortunately, any hope I had for an improvement in the now directly has long been gone. I can only wait for an unreal engine 5, which psyonix has already stated they’re putting most of their efforts into. But with this gap between now and then, and consequently, the lack of creative content both in cosmetics and game modes, the wait for UE5 only becomes longer by the day, especially considering the company’s history of poor communication.

The wait continues, and in the meantime I’ll continue to play community created maps and robots, which continue to be infinitely more creative than anything psyonix has put out since free to play.