There's no power in the game that matches the power a dye bottle has over an item's appearance, does this make the dyes pay to win? Some of the best mounts are AD/Zen only, does this make their speed bonus pay to win?
Nay, they are still convince items no matter their power. Purely optional and earnable through in-game play. In fact, everything in the Zen store is earnable in game, without ever having to pay a dime. This right here nullifies any pay-to-win argument, that is unless they make normal AD income such a huge annoyance that it would make the game nothing more than an AD grind to get ahead.
When a game gets to the point where normal game-play is too hard or annoying and their optional cash shop becomes the only way to avoid the rigors of repetition and grind, is when such a game would become Pay to Win.
Oh i do love your posts!!! It made me smile when i was bored at work!!! Best of all i did not even need to "pay to grin".
Yes it cheapens MY experience when others beat the content with an ezmode button. You should understand if you really were in a top 50 WoW guild that cleared BT. It wouldn't bother you at all if a bunch of noobs could throw money at it and beat all that content before you? It would make me furious. Games should reward skill and being able to bypass the need for skill with RL money is absolutely absurd. Every game that does this fails miserably.
As far as F2P's that don't have P2W there are many. League of Legends, DoTA2, Path of Exile, EQ1, EQ2, Secret World, GW2. I've also heard Aion has a pretty good F2P system but I haven't played that one since it went F2P so I can't confirm myself. Would you like me to go on? I'm sure I can think of more this is just off the top of my head. Several of those games DO have items in the cash shop that give exp boosts and things of that nature. But no items that give them a direct unfair advantage in PVE content. Boss battles/raids and such.
Let me ask you this. What do you think would happen if WoW implemented full party rez scrolls that didn't reset boss encounters for real money? Just imagine that for a second. It gives me a headache just thinking about it.
Have you ever considered this from another perspective? Some people really do not have the time to grind because they work six days a week. Other people that play MMO games have disabilities that prevent them from being able to compete at the same level as other players. I challenge you to re-examine your position on this issue taking in to consideration that there are many types of players that might be locked out of being able to enjoy this game if they are forced to play the way some players want them to play. From my perspective crypic has done a fairly good job in STO meeting the needs of a wide and diverse player base and i expect they will do the same here.
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ranncoreMember, Moderators, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild UsersPosts: 2,508
edited April 2013
They nerfed the scrolls for a good reason. I'm very happy about the changes.
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Lol, very true.
Oh i do love your posts!!! It made me smile when i was bored at work!!! Best of all i did not even need to "pay to grin".
Have you ever considered this from another perspective? Some people really do not have the time to grind because they work six days a week. Other people that play MMO games have disabilities that prevent them from being able to compete at the same level as other players. I challenge you to re-examine your position on this issue taking in to consideration that there are many types of players that might be locked out of being able to enjoy this game if they are forced to play the way some players want them to play. From my perspective crypic has done a fairly good job in STO meeting the needs of a wide and diverse player base and i expect they will do the same here.
Im sorry to hear it. I like players to have as many choices as possible for game play enjoyment.
What did they change? I missed the news.