PTW PFW or just PFS?

[Dragone]

I'm new so immediately i wanted to ask the most hateful question ever xD Is this game Pay to Win Play for Win or Pay for (fascion) Skin? ...or maybe all three at same time :p Xd

[Azure-Ghost]

still new so not sure if i missed some stuff but so far it seems the gacha/lootbox is cosmetics only.
grinding ingame currency to unlock more mechs takes quite long though as there is a weekly goldgain cap of 4000 and a new mech costs 20000 (all cost the same) and pilots take even longer to unlock without money.... not to mention leveling their skills up
(pilots have unique passives like 3-5.5% more attackpower to enemies further than 150m away or getting a small hp shield for a duration after a kill and such stuff)

for serious competition where every small % counts i would say it's either pay of grind for a long time to get the best values though atleast to me the value increases you can gain are so small that it doesn't rly matter for my skillevel.

[哥海角自立]

Hello, everyone, my mecha skills are full level.

[Zesc]

TL;DR: No P2W, but grindy nonetheless.

In short, there are only two non-cosmetics things to unlock with real money: Pilots and Mecha.

Pilots are meh-ish. You only have to find one that suits your preferences. They can be unlocked with a certain amount of pilot gifts; these are quite affordable for a f2p player, but sadly capped at 5 choice and 20 random ones per week (you need 30 of a kind for a pilot) so this is more of a time gate to skip than anything.

Mechas, at the other hand... you start with 5 of them unlocked, on the beginner quests give enough currency to buy a 6th of your choosing. (Don't waste the gold on skins!)
Besides that, you're capped at 4k gold from matches a week + rewards, meaning you have to wait ~4 weeks when buying mechas with currency.

However, there are two other ways to obtain mechas: mecha shards and trial cards. The former are usually handed out during event and can be traded in for mechas, whereas the latter unlock a mech only for a limited time (usually a week). You obtain both quite often from challenges or events.

It's quite easy to build an arsenal of stuff you like. But if you are a perfectionist... you're still better off grinding, because buying every mecha and pilot with crystals is past the 100 € treshhold, lol.

[哥海角自立]

Originally posted by Zesc:

TL;DR: No P2W, but grindy nonetheless.

In short, there are only two non-cosmetics things to unlock with real money: Pilots and Mecha.

Pilots are meh-ish. You only have to find one that suits your preferences. They can be unlocked with a certain amount of pilot gifts; these are quite affordable for a f2p player, but sadly capped at 5 choice and 20 random ones per week (you need 30 of a kind for a pilot) so this is more of a time gate to skip than anything.

Mechas, at the other hand... you start with 5 of them unlocked, on the beginner quests give enough currency to buy a 6th of your choosing. (Don't waste the gold on skins!)
Besides that, you're capped at 4k gold from matches a week + rewards, meaning you have to wait ~4 weeks when buying mechas with currency.

However, there are two other ways to obtain mechas: mecha shards and trial cards. The former are usually handed out during event and can be traded in for mechas, whereas the latter unlock a mech only for a limited time (usually a week). You obtain both quite often from challenges or events.

It's quite easy to build an arsenal of stuff you like. But if you are a perfectionist... you're still better off grinding, because buying every mecha and pilot with crystals is past the 100 € treshhold, lol.

It's a way to become a millionaire

[Trey]

almost no p2w value. the only p2w here is mechs and characters that you can unlock for regular game currency while grinding for couple of weeks (to get 1 mech or 1 char). But most important is your skill :) just pick Caramel or Arthur and decide what you lime most - keep playing until you save up to your mech of liking...easy. all characters have different buffs, but again - skill is the key :)

I'd say this game is P2S - pay to skin :))))))

[LeoNut]

Pure f2p. Pay only when you're lazy / no time to grind for mecha or pilot.

Or pay for those skin where you maybe could strike some fear effect into enemies :)

[哥海角自立]

Recharge is the big brother