equal astral tale global?

[LUCAO ANOMALIA]

Will GFO be like the Astral Tale that was recently released, with very long updates and greatly limiting players? apart from the absurd pay to win

[BattleKnight1381]

I've been playing video games for 40 years, and GF has always been one of the best.. Sounds like they're updating the original version, from back in 2009? In a very big and all-encompassing way.. The cash shop? I couldn't imagine one much better.. There's tons of stuff ; people like different things, but you can get by without it, if you don't wanna spend money.. Regardless, after a certain point? Unless it's changed in a great capacity, you're gonna need to grind a lot, whether you use real money or not.. For a brand new adventure, where everyone starts at level 1? You get to a certain point where the skills you buy (yeah, you can't earn them ; you reach the level for them, they unlock, you buy them with gold) but yeah ; it gets EXPENSIVE.. To the point where there might be 8 skills and you can only afford one or two per day.. Or you reach level 75 and unlock 70 skills with grinding.. But anyway, this MMO is about as good as it gets and is not too hard on the head.. Just flowing fun! Get excited, because this Classic server is going to be hype! (I've never had a problem with the length of updates and the game always works basically flawlessly)

[KiritoReks]

I thin we'll be able to enjoy a good 6 months to 1 year of great game play before it all falls apart again. Even if it comes out p2w from the start (which is most likely the case) it still takes time to truly show vs the regular players. So we can enjoy those months before the whales get ahead of us by a mile

[nekura]

Every single X-Legend game is extremely pay2win. You can buy literally everything in the cash shop, that's the reason I quit aura kingdom. The shop in Twin Saga (astral tale) is exactly the same, people who say "bUt yOu dOnT hAvE tO pAy" are dumb af. Yeah you dont HAVE to pay anything in every other p2w game too, doesnt change the fact that you can skip hours of grinding by just swiping your card, which means winning because you get stronger faster, get to do/see more, you have for time etc. Claiming XLegends games are not pay2win is just pure copium

[BattleKnight1381]

I reread what I wrote and it's not quite accurate.. Let me rephrase.. When there is a solid AH economy, and gold is easy to come by? It will be A LOT easier to get any cash shop item you want.. Off the hop? Everything will be sold cheaper, because no one has a lot of gold.. If you stay a year, two years, three years? All the grinding you've done, trading, selling Sprite equipment on Auction House? I'm not saying it'll be easy but, you'll have a far easier time, NEVER spending money.. My goal is to finish the game (whatever that entails) and I don't mind spending money here and there.. A lot of people? Either can't afford to boost their chars with real money, or don't like the idea of spending money for power.. The whales that have maxed out equips? Are few.. What are we talking about.. 100 players max? Those whales are also whales, because they enjoy the game and play a lot.. If they're that committed, and spend a lot of money for power, I'm not sure how it'll affect you, because they'll be gaining power quicker than you, so they will be generally out of your level range and won't matter, PvP or PvE.. Sure, if you eventually cap out your level and all that's left is power creep, and you're fighting a few whales here and there, that can be annoying, I'll admit.. But no matter how much time you put in? There will be STILL people that pwn you in PvP, because they are better at the game, and put more hours in than you.. Also, to be a whale, you gotta do something to EARN that money, which means the whales won't have as much time as you, to grind, meaning you stay ahead of them? The only guys you really have to watch out for are the influencers on Twitch, who use a lot of their donation money, to boost their chars with Cash Shop items, directly and play all day every day.. I'll finish by saying? As far as I know, this game has been pay to win since it launched in 2009.. Instead of hating on people that spend money when it's part of the game or hating on the company because they release a free game and rely on donations to keep the game running instead? Realise that the big spenders, are a small part of your experience, or else? Get a better job and become a whale yourself.. Me? I have limited money but a lot of free time and I quit almost all my addictions so I can afford to toss 50$ a month on GF if I want.. Instead of hating the system? Do something so the system works for you..

[BattleKnight1381]

Something else I wanted to share.. This GFO game and launch? This is not (5 years in development and charge 92$ CAD) and get paid back your millions in development costs and make a profit.. This is a few years in development and then a team to update, monitor and keep expensive servers up, so 100k+ people can play whenever they want.. The free model with in game purchases, makes it so that even if you don't have a lot of money or don't wanna spend, you can still play. The game relies solely on donations, to keep it running.. If you'd feel better about no pay to win.. They could charge EVERYONE a subscription fee instead.. 100$ a year for everyone to play and keep the servers running for 10+ years that way? I don't think you'd go for that either.. At least this way? If you wanna spend money? You already get to play for free, and that 100$ a year can go to items in cash shop, for power.. It's actually a better model than a monthly sub fee because you get tons more value..

[OrmeX]

Game is pay to win in the way that there are items that you can only obtain through CS store, but you can just farm and pay items with gold to people who actually CS.
The game need whales to be running, we need all those items in the economy otherwise we're doomed, but we can totally farm, trade and never need to spend 1€ in the game