Ubisoft Gives Annoyed Star Wars Outlaws Players Who Paid to Play Early but Lost All Progress a Trinket and Some Loyalty Points No-One Wants

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Following this week’s Star Wars Outlaws update that forced some early access players to restart the game, Ubisoft has offered a make-good: an in-game trinket and some loyalty points.

In the wake of releasing Star Wars Outlaws patch 1.000.002, Ubisoft warned PlayStation 5 players that they might have encountered issues with their current save if they were playing on the older version of the game. The solution: start a new save.

Here’s Ubisoft’s initial message:

Players complained that they were forced into losing hours of progress through no fault of their own, a loss made all the worse by the fact that it occurred during Star Wars Outlaws’ early access period, which was reserved for those who paid more than $100 for the Gold Edition.

Now, Ubisoft has offered a make-good to affected players: an in-game Trailblazer trinket and 100 Ubisoft Connect Units. These units are Ubisoft Connect loyalty points, which can be used on in-game rewards and Ubisoft Store discounts.

Here’s Ubisoft’s latest message, sent to affected players via email:

These units are already being called “worthless” by some disgruntled players. “I lost 15 hours of progress,” said redditor 00schneider. “Well, I explored a lot so I took my time. Today I was forced to start all over and I rushed in ~6 hours to nearly the state I was before. Yes, it sucks that they couldn't just release a hotfix. Yes, the compensation for it is laughable. At least they could've given us some materials to upgrade our vehicles and the blaster a little faster. But the game is still fun and I hope no other game breaking bugs appear.”

Others who have yet to run into any issues are now worried about losing their progress if they update the game. “I’ve just seen the email tonight,” redditor Flash__PuP said. “I’m 20hrs in with three maxed out experts and max affinity with Pyles and all others at good standing. This makes me just want to pack it in.”

The good news is that Patch 1.000.002 sounds like a big upgrade for Star Wars Outlaws,