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YinYo Feb 15, 2022 @ 4:55am
P2Win or P2Progress
Which is it now? Really confusing and tbh to lazy to google it up.
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Originally posted by Deus:
have you ever looked into warframe? Very similar system (except the amount of things that you can progress through by paying is much smaller) , just instead of platinum you have these purple crystals. The Amazon worked with Smile Gate to all but completely get rid of any p2w systems in the game. You CANNOT directly purchase: crafting resources or any type of gear. You can however put the premium currency on a marketplace where other players can buy those crystals for gold or purple crystals which are both currencies you make through game play at a pretty good rate, although there is a steep loss in value when converted this way (think of converted money irl from one countries currency into another, you don't really get the full value in the conversion due to fees and whatnot). You use gold for a variety of things such as the auction house and a lot of things that i can't remember off the top of my head. You can buy a lot of things in the shop with crystals like skins for weapons and characters (these technically impact gameplay by giving you a like 1% increase to your main stat and some rp bonus stats that don't actually matter). Ummm, other than that you can buy 3 random cards per week with purple cyrstals, and some mounts and skins for your ship again with purple crystals.

TLDR it is pay to be lazy. The amount of money you would have to sink into this game for it to be remotely close to p2w would be astronomical. Amazon released articles prior to launch talking about how they and Smile Gate knew that western audiences would highly be against p2w features being in the game and took basically all of them out.
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eram Feb 15, 2022 @ 4:56am 
neither. its PVE focused.
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G4M5T3R Feb 15, 2022 @ 4:57am 
Pay-to-Gamble
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Vae Feb 15, 2022 @ 4:59am 
Originally posted by YinYo:
Which is it now? Really confusing and tbh to lazy to google it up.

If you are too lazy to even google a couple of terms, I can't imagine you would be able to pay for anything, so irrelevant question really?
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YinYo Feb 15, 2022 @ 4:59am 
Originally posted by G4M5T3R:
Pay-to-Gamble
elebrote more please
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Rhym3z Feb 15, 2022 @ 4:59am 
Depends on your interpretation.
I say it's pay to win personally
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YinYo Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:00am 
Originally posted by Rhym3z:
Depends on your interpretation.
I say it's pay to win personally
in what aspekt, could you elebrote more?
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G4M5T3R Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:00am 
Originally posted by YinYo:
Originally posted by G4M5T3R:
Pay-to-Gamble
elebrote more please
You pay for gems that you can use on materials that have a chance to hone your gear in PvE. Take from that what you will and draw your own conclusion.
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Kamikaze$X-GEN$ Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:00am 
just pay or don't pay
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stand.by Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:01am 
Originally posted by YinYo:
Which is it now? Really confusing and tbh to lazy to google it up.
None of those, since hardmode raids are equalized, just like arenas.
https://imgur.com/heLRy99
Last edited by stand.by; Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:01am
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Tazor Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:02am 
Totally not p2w. You can get BIS gear by just playing the game... in a few years.
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YinYo Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:02am 
Originally posted by G4M5T3R:
Originally posted by YinYo:
elebrote more please
You pay for gems that you can use on materials that have a chance to hone your gear in PvE. Take from that what you will and draw your own conclusion.
Then it would be "Pay2Progress Faster" or not? Since you can farm mats too. Just have to grinde more and waste more h then the paying player. Am I right or did I miss the point?
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G4M5T3R Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:04am 
Originally posted by YinYo:
Then it would be "Pay2Progress Faster" or not? Since you can farm mats too. Just have to grinde more and waste more h then the paying player. Am I right or did I miss the point?
Both the materials and gems you can earn by playing.
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Stanley Pain Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:05am 
Definitely pay2progress with a ton of RNG gamble stuff typical in Korean MMOs and most mobile games.
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Jac Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:06am 
?? niether, just play to win. All items from shops can be purchase in action house. Obv you need grind, like every mmo, but that's the point if you like this genre

I thinl is so so balanced with people (like me) who don't waste money in online games
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oblindsideo Feb 15, 2022 @ 5:07am 
I all ways thought that getting to the end game was winning in a mmo, So if you can pay to get there faster isn't that pay to win. Honestly just a thought.
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