Can I really play as a F2P player?

[quibn]

I have no real interest in spending money on this game, so I've was wondering if I can even do the end game content without spending money on stuff like stash tabs?

[Lachanche]

trading is possible as f2p player too, lookup trading tutorial for f2p players on youtube.

you will need to make "mule" characters to use as walking bags of loot. stuff everything you don't immediatly need on secondary characters and you are golden.

of course you can decide to drop 20$ at any time for the convenience of premium tabs and resource tabs, but that's optional and you should only do so if you really like the game

[nonamera]

no you cant you need trade thats why they are keep saying f2p stories that game %100 p2p and p2w

[reevo]

Once you reach maps (poe's endgame) you NEED stashes. Some people would say they are optional. These people are wrong. You absolutely need stashes. That is if you'll get invested enough to continue play daily.

[Paurav Sarth Parthi]

it will be tedious without stash tabs. especially once you reach endgame, there will be so many items that it will fill your stash very quickly. I have 12 stashes (including the 4 free ones) and i still feel like i dont have enough.

[Kain]

No... if you don't buy at least a few premium tabs with the currency one being OBLIGATORY.... you'll suck at this game, because of how it's designed. This game is not F2P, this game is P2P. Get that in your heads people.

[DaTank]

You don't need tabs, but they help keep things organized.

Keeping things organized isn't P2W, because there is no contest on who can organize!

[RekkorOne]

Yeah,you need stash tabs otherwise i dont think you can get to complete 36 challenges and economy is a big factor in this game so without premium stash tabs for sell you will have a hard time playing this game.

[Loco]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2618762/page/1#p22306268

It explains how to trade without a premium stash tab.

[DaTank]

You can complete the 36 challenges in the league without a tab. I have absolutely no idea why people are saying things they themselves admit they don't know.

[Lost and Damned]

you can hammer nails with your fist to

[Drake]

What's this talk about trade ? SSF players can't trade and they still do endgame, if they can do it then it's possible to play without trading, so you don't have to pay for stash tabs.
Yes it's harder, no it's not impossible.

[♍VoidTraveler]

Origineel geplaatst door Drake:

What's this talk about trade ? SSF players can't trade and they still do endgame, if they can do it then it's possible to play without trading, so you don't have to pay for stash tabs.
Yes it's harder, no it's not impossible.

Heh. Just let the betas have their field day mate. xD

[DaTank]

Origineel geplaatst door Drake:

What's this talk about trade ? SSF players can't trade and they still do endgame, if they can do it then it's possible to play without trading, so you don't have to pay for stash tabs.
Yes it's harder, no it's not impossible.

Naaa mate, you see, slamming nails with your fist and walking 10 miles to work are perfect arguments for bypassing content and purchasing items that get you past content you wouldn't normally be able to do. They beat bosses in like a hammer would a nail, and they clear through content for you as a car would drive you to work.

Stash tabs buff you to beat bosses and enemies. See how much sense those arguments make

=)

[DaTank]

Origineel geplaatst door Greger:

Origineel geplaatst door DaTank:

No it didn’t go over my head. You see the topic is “can I really play as a F2P player”. And then someone brought up the argument the game is pay2win.

Since you aren’t intelligent enough to understand this I feel the need to point out the obvious flaws in your argument. Yes it is more efficient to do end game with tabs. Unfortunately the topic wasn’t about efficient end game. Instead people like you chose to derail the topic in to something that has nothing to do with the topic itself.

Do you understand? Or do I need to break out the crayons and draft paper for you?

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I basically wrote, yes, but it’s extremely inconvenient. A straight up answer to the topic.

A complete sperg are really the only thing to be said about you. Wish you good luck with your next set of welfare checks.

Basically writing and actually writing are two completely different things. Would it not be more efficient to actually write something instead of having to resort to “basically writing”? Then you wouldn’t have to make several posts trying to excuse yourself. Efficiency my dude!

Please don’t be upset, this is not how you learn from your mistakes.

[UNCLE STINKFISH]

NOT F2P..!!

FYI... "F2P" games generate more revenue than Buy to Play or Subscription, meaning that game design of FREE content is made to funnel the player into problems that have the best solutions in the cash-shop.

SOURCE:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/18/free-to-play-games-rule-the-entertainment-world-with-88-billion-in-revenue/


"There are several kinds of free-to-play business models. The most common is based on the freemium software model, in which users are granted access to a fully functional game but are incentivised to pay microtransactions to access additional content without spending large amounts of time 'unlocking' it. Thus, free-to-play games are usually not entirely free. For freemium Another method of generating revenue is to integrate advertisements into the game."

SOURCE:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-to-play




Unfortunately most of PoE's MTX is behind a paywall in the cash shop, you cannot (as in other F2P games) just grind more to unlock them.

BANK INVENTORY EXPANSIONS (MTX Stash Tabs) are cash shop only, the 4 you get for free can get you to Act 10 (if you already know how to play and craft/manage your build gear). But for many reaching Act 10 is only considered the "tutorial" beyond which additional bank space is required. This will involve various types of Stash Tab to effectively store currancies, maps, crafting items AND to trade - facilitating ingame cash to be earned, giving access to powerful gear, often needed to play a specific build (some of which are advertised by streamers..).

Limited COSMETIC items can be earned if you "beta test" for GGG by completing challenges in the League content, before it either gets scrapped or added to the Standard version of the game.



Stash Tab Sales - Influence on Game Content Development:

New types of Stash Tab were generally released with each League, a practice that has been discontinued with recent League launches, it caused a lot of negative feedback from the community. The problem being twofold:

1. It was a clear money grab, following in the footsteps of predatory Asian "F2P" models.
2. New game content was (and still is) being designed around stash tabs use, and not primarily focusing on ARPG themes and play style. Effectively still manipulating the player into Stash Tab purchases.



End Game vs. Pay to Play

OP after Acts 1-10 you will need to pay for Stash Tabs of one sort or another, and it starts to get a little addictive...

Acts 1 - 10 will only take you to circa level 75, which in terms of earning EXP and time spent in-game is probably less than 25% into getting to level 100.

"I think I've heard around that 1-98 is the same time as 98-100.... So it depends on what metric you use. If you want to say your half the XP away from 100 at level 92 then sure.... But if your talking about TIME then 98 is about half way."

SOURCE: https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/c2a8f7/is_the_total_exp_to_lvl_100_correct/