Looking for some honest answers here from the community

It's possible.

But with no spend you need time. Time to do Bh each day. Run other caves. Attend NW. Farm something. Run WS for badges molds. Manage shop.

Time is a big factor. With gst you can gather chips over time. Mog is a different story. Still yes it's possible but I won't lie it was easier in the past.

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shag1991 wrote: »

@prancing tbh i dont cosider myself f2p by choice. The thing is ive always said pwi only cater to America and this is why. I'm Jamaican, minimum wage here is like $6200 weekly, based on the conversion rate that would be around $50USD, so lets say an Jamaican work $200USD per month. I on the other hand work like $550 USD monthly. The problem is that my wage is a 3rd world country cant do anything and it would be really dumb for me to charge gold with such a low income. So this is why im asking. Is it possible for an f2p player that still works a 40hr week, so they dont have a lot of time to play to go r9. This is my current setup i recent rb2 my locen though https://mypers.pw/13/#696067 . Good thing i chose a bm, since most squads still accept me though im nv3.

In my opinion it is not impossible, but is not worth it. This game, as many other ftp titles out there went in to path in which you either cash a lot or play a lot in order to achieve something like r9.

One of the problems in getting r9 as a ftp player nowadays is that is way more expensive than years ago due gold prices. When I got r9, gold was 1 mill per piece aprox., and there was plenty of ways to make money as ftp player.
Nowadays gold is 6M+ each, and most of the ways to make money as ftp player are aimed to end game people. I guess the good thing in your case is that since you are a blademaster, you have more chances to join some of the end game dungeon as support class, same thing can be said about venos and clerics.

If we look to the cash shop side now, at least only getting r9 is not harder than before for a casher, this due the fact that the price of rank 9 in gold is pretty much the same. I would even dare to say that for a casher is easier now. Since now pwe do a lot of charge and spend rewards, this means that big spender get free stuff while spending or charging money on pwi.

My advice would be:
If you really wanna try to get r9 as ftp but you don't have much free time: Become a merchant in game. First search what makes good money in your server, and then try to target that market.
Only problems with being a merchant are that you usually need a base capital to start, you also need to understand your server economy and a good internet connection (so it don't dc your shop every five minutes) unless you use a commission shop.

The last thing you need is a lot of patience since being a merchant can be slow sometimes depending on what you are selling, especially when you just started.

The short answer is that yes, it is possible to get R9 gear with decent refines/shards and the like as F2P. However, it is significantly harder to get compared to years ago. With every new expansion, farming seems to get nerfed with the exception of the newer endgame instances/content but even those are affected sometimes (e.g. they removed the Glyph exchange option from Neverfall badges).

Most R9 and endgame players that are still F2P or mostly F2P at this point are players that have been playing for years and were here to take advantage of the farming options that existed in the past. Farmers switched to merchanting using the wealth they acquired through farming back then.

You are lucky that you are a Blademaster as it's a class that's accepted even in endgame instances despite having G16 Nirvana gear. If you are not interested in competitive PvP, you're fine the way you are as long as you know how to stay alive and know how to do your job in squads. You could focus on refining your armor higher, getting better ornaments, maybe some sockets and shards for them too etc. You could also consider farming a Warsoul weapon, which seems to be a popular choice for players that stay in Nirvana armor, so I assume it's not hard to farm.

Of course you can still PvP in Nirvana gear, and be useful if you play smart. You're just going to get overpowered a lot due to the gear gap. If you're mostly interested in PvE, then you really don't need R9 and you can focus on improving what you already have.
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