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How do they monetize this game?
Hello folks!

Just curious how they fund this game, as a F2P?

Is it cosmetics? Do you buy characters?

Or have they not mentioned it as of yet?

Thanks for your time! <3
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Hollow-Enigma Jun 30, 2024 @ 1:10pm 
- Cosmetics
- Boosts
- Battle pass
- Characters
- Upgrade materials

Everything can be acquired for free by playing, no paygates on any content.

P2W elements for sure but grind looks within reasonable levels for the type of game.
Last edited by Hollow-Enigma; Jun 30, 2024 @ 1:11pm
General Bubbles Jun 30, 2024 @ 1:11pm 
Originally posted by Hollow-Enigma:
- Cosmetics
- Boosts
- Battle pass
- Characters
- Upgrade materials

Everything can be acquired for free by playing, no paygates on any content.

P2W elements for sure but grind looks within reasonable levels for the type of game.


Thanks for the info!
😎Astran😾 Jun 30, 2024 @ 1:24pm 
$60 Ult Bunny skin alone is going to get them many millions day one :lunar2019piginablanket:
General Bubbles Jun 30, 2024 @ 5:22pm 
Originally posted by Astran:
$60 Ult Bunny skin alone is going to get them many millions day one :lunar2019piginablanket:

Is that legitimately a thing? XD Oh dear, you may very well be right.

After looking at the characters, all of the ones I wanna play as are male, so I think I can avoid that money-snare, haha~
AngryWolf Jun 30, 2024 @ 8:24pm 
If it doesn't cost anything...yes..you will have to pay to strut around in a pretty outfit. Skins are game fentanyl, they know you need your fix and there will safe skin injecting sites in all major cities.
Kirinketsu Jun 30, 2024 @ 8:27pm 
They going to make millions off of dyes, you want to change your armors color, you have to craft dyes, and the dyes get locked to armor/skins so if you want to use it on multiple items without removing it from other skins first you have to craft more.... and the dye you get is 100% random.
Freya Crescent Jun 30, 2024 @ 8:30pm 
Originally posted by Astran:
$60 Ult Bunny skin alone is going to get them many millions day one :lunar2019piginablanket:
The Ultimates aren't skins - they can use the skin from the base version though.

They are another variant of the character with higher states and are a little harder to farm. They provide additional Mastery XP as they are leveled separately from the base version. The launch version is confirmed to have Ultimate variants for Lepic, Ajax, Viessa, Bunny and Gley. You can see them here: https://tfd.nexon.com/en/gameinfo/character/view?name=ultimategley

Also, on the topic of character skins, there's also Mastery unlocks when you reach level 30 with each character, for free and cannot be bought. All the skins can also use the color customization AFAIK using color channels, akin to Warframe's system.
D. Flame Jun 30, 2024 @ 8:48pm 
-Paid cosmetics
-Paid shortcuts
-Battle pass
Ronin Gamer Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:10pm 
Given how they are trying to yank your wallet I probably won't stick around all that long, so the idea of having to pay for that **** likely won't mean all that much.
This certainly has the feeling of a game that is all flash and retreading the low amount of substance to annoy people into the wallet pull out, and there just isn't anything here that is keeping my attention that well.
It's a simple "It looks cool, might be fun for a bit" kind of game, so that's what I'll be treating it as. They'll need to pull their own weight if they want to change that opinion, and if they keep up the attempts at wallet harvesting that won't do it.
Last edited by Ronin Gamer; Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:11pm
HashNetwork Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:12pm 
Originally posted by Astran:
$60 Ult Bunny skin alone is going to get them many millions day one :lunar2019piginablanket:
dont forget about ultimate Valby at the start
Ronin Gamer Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:14pm 
Originally posted by Freya Crescent:
Originally posted by Astran:
$60 Ult Bunny skin alone is going to get them many millions day one :lunar2019piginablanket:
The Ultimates aren't skins - they can use the skin from the base version though.

They are another variant of the character with higher states and are a little harder to farm. They provide additional Mastery XP as they are leveled separately from the base version. The launch version is confirmed to have Ultimate variants for Lepic, Ajax, Viessa, Bunny and Gley. You can see them here: https://tfd.nexon.com/en/gameinfo/character/view?name=ultimategley

Also, on the topic of character skins, there's also Mastery unlocks when you reach level 30 with each character, for free and cannot be bought. All the skins can also use the color customization AFAIK using color channels, akin to Warframe's system.
But based on what I've heard the color thing is the garbage version we've seen in the past where you have to do multiple agonizing steps just to get what you want and then when you use it, it's used up and gone.
If that's true, that continues to be one of the dumbest things a developer can do. But considering many consumers are even dumber I can't blame companies for pulling half the **** they do when the buyers can't keep themselves in check.
D. Flame Jun 30, 2024 @ 9:20pm 
Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:
Originally posted by Freya Crescent:
The Ultimates aren't skins - they can use the skin from the base version though.

They are another variant of the character with higher states and are a little harder to farm. They provide additional Mastery XP as they are leveled separately from the base version. The launch version is confirmed to have Ultimate variants for Lepic, Ajax, Viessa, Bunny and Gley. You can see them here: https://tfd.nexon.com/en/gameinfo/character/view?name=ultimategley

Also, on the topic of character skins, there's also Mastery unlocks when you reach level 30 with each character, for free and cannot be bought. All the skins can also use the color customization AFAIK using color channels, akin to Warframe's system.
But based on what I've heard the color thing is the garbage version we've seen in the past where you have to do multiple agonizing steps just to get what you want and then when you use it, it's used up and gone.
If that's true, that continues to be one of the dumbest things a developer can do. But considering many consumers are even dumber I can't blame companies for pulling half the **** they do when the buyers can't keep themselves in check.
RNG colors were a thing. They sucked. After the last trial, there was a survey, and people complained about the RNG colors, so that was taken out of the game.
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Date Posted: Jun 30, 2024 @ 1:08pm
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