Gacha Game?

[Bigboss PC Faster]

So this is just another game that F2P who pilot mass-produced GM/Zaku was smashed by P2W who have cooler Nu Gundam tier SSSR units in pvp?

[Kashra Fall]

Nope, gundams are locks to specific cost levels. So things like unicorn gundam, as cool as they are, can only be used sometimes, vs all the time. Most of the time, it's just some GM gundams blastin one another and it's a hoot.

[Nope]

I think they give enough free stuff to make the game fair but if you want the new cool stuff then yeah it's a gacha.

[Jay Jonah]

nope, the gacha mechanics are more balanced than that, mainly due to the cost system.

all the "super hyper ultra 4 star" suits end to be relegated to 650-700 (meme) cost, so if you play 100-600, you wont run into anything rediculously overpowered like the Unicorn/Banshee/Phenex gundams.

many of the suits are viable regardless of rating, and it mostly just boils down to how good a player is and how well you can use the rock/paper/scissors mechanic.

there is no pay 2 win, at most you could just pay to get something early, but those suits eventually get added to RT Shop (Recycle Tickets, a somewhat rare earnable currency) and then DP Shop (Deploy Points, a more common earnable currency)

90% of the units can be purchased in the DP shop for about 2,000 to 200,000 DP depending on the suit.

you get a decent number of DP as you play (a player can easily rack up around 10k+ per day), and ranking up or leveling up nets you more as well.

Recycle Tickets are earnable through completing special events or through crate drops, you also get them as you gain duplicates of suits you own.

then there is the purchasable currency, you earn them at around 3 per day for completing the daily assignments, you can also earn them through golden crate drops after a match but that is fairly rare. or by completing the tutorials & combat simulations.

as far as F2P game mechanics go, this game is fairly inconsequential compared to most other F2P models

[MS-14A Gelgoog]

Originally posted by Bigboss PC Faster:

So this is just another game that F2P who pilot mass-produced GM/Zaku was smashed by P2W who have cooler Nu Gundam tier SSSR units in pvp?

This isn't evolution, sorry cuckchan

[LordBlade]

Originally posted by Bigboss PC Faster:

So this is just another game that F2P who pilot mass-produced GM/Zaku was smashed by P2W who have cooler Nu Gundam tier SSSR units in pvp?

Not. First, there's cost ranges for a fight. So if you're in a low cost fight, you CAN'T use giant uber units.

Plus, you get points for your team based on the cost of the MS you destroyed. So if you're in a big costly suit and die, it's going to benefit the other team much more than if you were in a cheaper suit.

Also, skill is important. While bigger suits with bigger stats do give advantages, skilled played can decimate anyone who doesn't have the skills to match.

[Kameraden]

There is a reason I call this game Gachafield Gundam. And Gundam Evolution is GachaWatch Gundam.

That being said Gacha games can be good, just not the Gundam ones, they've currently been terrible.

[LordBlade]

Originally posted by Kameraden:

That being said Gacha games can be good, just not the Gundam ones, they've currently been terrible.

I loved the original BO game. It was awesome.
This one, I'm finding they screwed up team balance (the first one seemed to do a vastly better job making sure teams weren't split into pros vs newbs, this one doesn't have that).

Honestly this game could be amazing with better matchmaking.

[Kameraden]

Originally posted by LordBlade:

Originally posted by Kameraden:

That being said Gacha games can be good, just not the Gundam ones, they've currently been terrible.

I loved the original BO game. It was awesome.
This one, I'm finding they screwed up team balance (the first one seemed to do a vastly better job making sure teams weren't split into pros vs newbs, this one doesn't have that).

Honestly this game could be amazing with better matchmaking.

GBO was far better than GBO2 but GBO still wasn't as good as some other PS3 Gundam games. Sadly B.B. Studios has made every Gundam game since GBO built off of GBO so Side Stories and Code Fairy are basically GBO single player games. Which hurts them so much.

[RyuumiGaroukuni]

Originally posted by Kameraden:

Originally posted by LordBlade:

I loved the original BO game. It was awesome.
This one, I'm finding they screwed up team balance (the first one seemed to do a vastly better job making sure teams weren't split into pros vs newbs, this one doesn't have that).

Honestly this game could be amazing with better matchmaking.

GBO was far better than GBO2 but GBO still wasn't as good as some other PS3 Gundam games. Sadly B.B. Studios has made every Gundam game since GBO built off of GBO so Side Stories and Code Fairy are basically GBO single player games. Which hurts them so much.

GBO2 kinda fixed the biggest gripe on GBO1 and that was the way to unlock MS where you pray to the gacha gods that you'll start the "Build" percentage in order to unlock a limited/event suit and pray that you get the percentage up in order to finally unlock the suit.

They removed the energy system which limits the amount of time you can play the game. Like you're only allowed to play 3 "free" matches per day and need to wait 2 hours to recharge your matches by ONE.... so you will wait SIX hours in order to get more time to play.

Still waiting for GBO Next to make a sequel of it since GBO2 is a big hit.

[Outsider]

Yes.
It has paid lootboxes with robots, weapons, parts etc.
It's THE definitive P2W game, as it's PvP and you are encouraged to gamble for increasing your power.
It's pretty sad.