10M GP reached!

Most people don’t mind. It’s been a part of the online side of gaming since it’s inception. When I started played WoW a very long time ago, I whaled on a bunch of XP packs. I had 4 usable raid characters in the time most would have 1.

Paying to get a leg up is part of MMO! It always has been.

In wow, eso online, star wars the old republic mmo’s, ftp vs ptp you get a massive advantage over ftp. Usually you are locked out of the best end game content as well unless you pay. This game gives you full access to its entirety without spending a dime

The community couldn’t survive without extra ftp players. But it’s the ptp who are literally funding the game, and keeping the lights on.

And finally. Last of all, if you invest nothing in this game, do nothing to help it stay alive, why should you be at a level playing field as those who do?

How would you feel if your hard earned went in and someone who didn’t had the exact same stuff? What BS is this?

"Crayons;c-2277459" wrote:

Paying to get a leg up is part of MMO! It always has been.

That doesn't make it good.

"Crayons;c-2277463" wrote:
And finally. Last of all, if you invest nothing in this game, do nothing to help it stay alive, why should you be at a level playing field as those who do?

How would you feel if your hard earned went in and someone who didn’t had the exact same stuff? What **** is this?

I didn't choose the monetization of this game. Like I said before I wouldn't mind supporting the game if the monetization was different. There is nothing I can buy in order to support the game that doesn't give me some sort of advantage.
I don't feel pride and accomplishment by opening up my wallet.

It only gives you a leg up. It doesn’t play the game for you. Stop being silly, and resentful.

"Crayons;c-2277470" wrote:
It only gives you a leg up. It doesn’t play the game for you. Stop being silly, and resentful.

I don't understand why paying for a leg up is acceptable in gaming. Everywhere else it's called bribing or cheating but in games it's called microtransations and most people don't mind. That's silly if you ask me.

"th3evo;c-2277490" wrote:

"Crayons;c-2277470" wrote:
It only gives you a leg up. It doesn’t play the game for you. Stop being silly, and resentful.

I don't understand why paying for a leg up is acceptable in gaming. Everywhere else it's called bribing or cheating but in games it's called microtransations and most people don't mind. That's silly if you ask me.

This is basically the way collectable card games work though. The more packs you buy, the more chance you have of getting good cards. Or maybe you can buy certain cards outright if you find the right retailer. I don't play those miniture games but I imagine they're the same way. You buy whichever units are better. You don't just stick with the starter kit.

This game already gives an advantage to f2p over these types of games in that all you are really buying in this game is time. F2p can get anything in this game if you just want to wait longer. Fortunately, the only place where f2p really compete with p2p is squad arena, and even there it's perfectly possible for f2p to hold their own.

I'm admittedly a little surprised at how MUCH some people spend on a mobile game, but then again, there are billionaires building private spaceships instead of doing more useful things with their money, so par for the course, I guess.

"th3evo;c-2277490" wrote:

"Crayons;c-2277470" wrote:
It only gives you a leg up. It doesn’t play the game for you. Stop being silly, and resentful.

I don't understand why paying for a leg up is acceptable in gaming. Everywhere else it's called bribing or cheating but in games it's called microtransations and most people don't mind. That's silly if you ask me.

Can you make a list of sports where people are not throwing money at the team/organization to get an advantage.

Look at other collecting games, basically any card based game, people buy packs to have a chance to get a thing. The more packs you buy the better chance you have to get something better than others.

It's not cheating or bribery, not by any means. Many games operate this way, and it's all a balance. No one has to like it, but let's not put the blinders on to the fact that money has influence everywhere. At least in this game, it's not P2W, you can commit your time "for free" and be competitive, that is less true in other games.

"crzydroid;c-2277506" wrote:

"th3evo;c-2277490" wrote:

"Crayons;c-2277470" wrote:
It only gives you a leg up. It doesn’t play the game for you. Stop being silly, and resentful.

I don't understand why paying for a leg up is acceptable in gaming. Everywhere else it's called bribing or cheating but in games it's called microtransations and most people don't mind. That's silly if you ask me.

This is basically the way collectable card games work though. The more packs you buy, the more chance you have of getting good cards. Or maybe you can buy certain cards outright if you find the right retailer. I don't play those miniture games but I imagine they're the same way. You buy whichever units are better. You don't just stick with the starter kit.

This game already gives an advantage to f2p over these types of games in that all you are really buying in this game is time. F2p can get anything in this game if you just want to wait longer. Fortunately, the only place where f2p really compete with p2p is squad arena, and even there it's perfectly possible for f2p to hold their own.

I'm admittedly a little surprised at how MUCH some people spend on a mobile game, but then again, there are billionaires building private spaceships instead of doing more useful things with their money, so par for the course, I guess.

I know this game isn't some sort of novel concept and that there are much worse offenders. I just don't understand why it's so widely acceptable to spend on ingame advantages in the first place.