To monetize Valorant, Riot Games is offering cosmetics like the Dragon Pack that just came out. One quality of those cosmetics is that they can be leveled up.
Now what's the point of leveling up a cosmetic pack in Valorant like that Dragon Pack? Well, it serves to have more animations. There are four levels and they range from having hardly any effects and being just a skin for a weapon that changes its appearance to adding effects when we eliminate an opponent.
Almost $ 300 to show off the Dragon Pack in Valorant
Given that Valorant is essentially free to play, it is understandable that they want to boost the sale of cosmetics. Thus they manage to sell objects without affecting the competitive game in any way. But with the greed of Riot Games we have taken.
A few days ago he released the Dragon Pack, with which weapons have fire effects, dragons replace weapons and there are special animations when recharging. But these are achieved by leveling up.
User DerCarrot27 on Reddit has calculated how much money it would cost us to get enough Radianite to level up all the weapons in the Dragon Pack. He calculated that we will need to buy the basic skin pack for a hundred dollars, which alone costs more than collector's editions of a launch game.
On top of that, you have to buy four 80-point packs at $48 each to level up your skins. That's another $192, bringing the total to $292. Of course, you can reduce the price by using the battle pass, which offers 150 Radianine, and farming it by playing. For that price, you could buy almost five launch games, or a Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4, or Xbox One now that they're getting price cuts.
Of course this is all optional. But it shows how Riot Games is trying to monetize its shooter Valorant. Ultimately it is up to the player and does not include any loot box mechanics. But it does not stop exerting pressure for players to spend time on farmer Radianite or spend money but purely cosmetic items.
