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Kamikaze$X-GEN$ Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:47pm
Can someone tell me a F2P MMORPG without any "P2W" items?
I just googled it and its hard to find any. Every single MMORPG has some kind of boost for the paying player. There is no real "free" to play Game. Every single F2P Game is selling items that gives you some kind of boost to be faster than non paying player.
Please show me which F2P MMORPG truly sells only "cosmetic" items and is still around.
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Ajenjo Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:48pm 
warframe, guild wars 2, as far i can remember.
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Zixky Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:49pm 
Originally posted by Ajenjo:
warframe
you legit need to buy new characters and prime ones what are u on about
Nosman123™ Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:50pm 
eve online. you can buy plex to buy stuff but money cant buy experience. so you will end up just losing all your money like the guy who bought plex to buy a titan. then lost it on undock. 5k down the drain just like that
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Andante Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:51pm 
Originally posted by Kamikaze$X-GEN$:
I just googled it and its hard to find any. Every single MMORPG has some kind of boost for the paying player. There is no real "free" to play Game. Every single F2P Game is selling items that gives you some kind of boost to be faster than non paying player.
Please show me which F2P MMORPG truly sells only "cosmetic" items and is still around.

world of warcraft is pay to play and still sell boosts and allows you to buy gold lol. there are no f2p without boosts and if they are, they are really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with very little content.

Wow the gold standard of mmos is pay to play with mandatory subs and sells boosts. Count yourself lucky finding anything less monetized than wow.
Andante Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:53pm 
Originally posted by Nosman123™:
eve online. you can buy plex to buy stuff but money cant buy experience. so you will end up just losing all your money

bro not everyone wants to play space excel spreadsheet simulator online
Heathy Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:55pm 
Originally posted by Nosman123™:
eve online. you can buy plex to buy stuff but money cant buy experience. so you will end up just losing all your money

I agree with this as a long term eve player but eve kinda is pay to win in the strictest sense, at least it is now that skill injectors exist. you can legit pay and just jump into things that would have taken months or like half a year, you can create day 1 orca pilots and things like that. but like you said, you can buy whatever you want but it doesn't give you experience. the more money you put into the game, the more you simply lose. most ppl know you only win eve when you quit playing it.
Kamikaze$X-GEN$ Feb 19, 2022 @ 7:58pm 
Originally posted by Ajenjo:
warframe, guild wars 2, as far i can remember.
wait GW2 is free lol. Okay I didn't know that. I bought the game in the past aight. And Warframe. How do they finance the game ?
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Winters Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:02pm 
Originally posted by Siicky:
Originally posted by Ajenjo:
warframe
you legit need to buy new characters and prime ones what are u on about
I've never bought a prime part and I'm mastery rank 27. Cosmetics are pay only, but the rest can be farmed in game, and honestly are best when farmed because that's really all the game is. You can even grind plat in game by selling prime parts on Warframe.market and the in-game trade channel.
In Warframe, you can make your own collection goals then go for them on a casual level. You definitely don't need to spend any real money on it. The closest you get to a paywall in Warframe is weapon and frame slots, but even those can be obtained through Nightwave and events if you're patient or don't want every weapon and frame in your inventory.

But I do think GW2 is a better F2P game. That one is absolutely cosmetics only to enjoy everything, whereas Warframe does try to push plat purchases to skip the grind a lot.
Kamikaze$X-GEN$ Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:02pm 
Originally posted by Andante:
Originally posted by Kamikaze$X-GEN$:
I just googled it and its hard to find any. Every single MMORPG has some kind of boost for the paying player. There is no real "free" to play Game. Every single F2P Game is selling items that gives you some kind of boost to be faster than non paying player.
Please show me which F2P MMORPG truly sells only "cosmetic" items and is still around.

world of warcraft is pay to play and still sell boosts and allows you to buy gold lol. there are no f2p without boosts and if they are, they are really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with very little content.

Wow the gold standard of mmos is pay to play with mandatory subs and sells boosts. Count yourself lucky finding anything less monetized than wow.
yeah even FF14 sells lvl and class booster. You simply can skip every story content and play the endcontent
Soulreaver Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:02pm 
Guild Wars 2 is probably the most polished f2p Game and your best bet in the MMO Genre.

Although there are still somewhat anoying aspects like bagslots that can be bought. Atleast if I remember correct.
Andros Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:04pm 
Originally posted by Nosman123™:
eve online. you can buy plex to buy stuff but money cant buy experience. so you will end up just losing all your money like the guy who bought plex to buy a titan. then lost it on undock. 5k down the drain just like that
Very true but a experienced wallet warrior is still going to beat an experienced free to play player
Kamikaze$X-GEN$ Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:08pm 
Originally posted by AiR-Soulreaver:
Guild Wars 2 is probably the most polished f2p Game and your best bet in the MMO Genre.

Although there are still somewhat anoying aspects like bagslots that can be bought. Atleast if I remember correct.
thats sounds pretty great I bought the game in the past. But do you get the expansion packs free too ?
Kamikaze$X-GEN$ Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:08pm 
Originally posted by Andros:
Originally posted by Nosman123™:
eve online. you can buy plex to buy stuff but money cant buy experience. so you will end up just losing all your money like the guy who bought plex to buy a titan. then lost it on undock. 5k down the drain just like that
Very true but a experienced wallet warrior is still going to beat an experienced free to play player
I heard that game can be pretty expansive too right ?
Soulreaver Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:10pm 
Originally posted by Kamikaze$X-GEN$:
Originally posted by AiR-Soulreaver:
Guild Wars 2 is probably the most polished f2p Game and your best bet in the MMO Genre.

Although there are still somewhat anoying aspects like bagslots that can be bought. Atleast if I remember correct.
thats sounds pretty great I bought the game in the past. But do you get the expansion packs free too ?

No I don't think so.
But they are cheap. Are you that tight on a budget? :D

I don't think you look for a non p2w but rather a totaly free game in every regard without any semi meaningfull limitations? Is that correct?
Last edited by Soulreaver; Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:12pm
Winters Feb 19, 2022 @ 8:12pm 
Originally posted by Kamikaze$X-GEN$:
Originally posted by Ajenjo:
warframe, guild wars 2, as far i can remember.
wait GW2 is free lol. Okay I didn't know that. I bought the game in the past aight. And Warframe. How do they finance the game ?

Microtransactions.

In Warframe, you can buy almost anything with real money, but then you're just stuck with a full inventory and no desire to play. That game is all about the collection grind. You can buy affinity/resource/resource drop chance boosters with real money, but why? You can already get those from daily logins, sorties, etc. If you're going to buy anything in Warfame, buy cosmetics. And even then, you can always just farm prime parts and sell them for plat to buy those if you don't want to spend money. Very, very few games allow you to relatively easily obtain their real-money currency by doing in-game activities. That's one of the major reasons they've done so well, imo. But they still seem to do very well from people willing to pay real money for plat to skip the game.

GW2 sells cosmetics mostly for its profits, which can only be bought with gems, which can only be bought with real money. You can trade gold for gems, but the trade ratio is so steep that it's out of bounds for your average casual player.
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