Rich or poor?

DeadRaven - Sanctuary wrote: »

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1513291&highlight=Sfrenchie+Sanctuary

You just posted this 2 days ago. You do understand what F2P means, yes? o.0

oh joy , you can't tell im trolling?

Let's just start out by saying that I'm a 100% f2p player and a merchant. I'm not much of a farmer. So far, my character plus my assets are worth somewhere in the ballpark of 2 billion in-game coins. Converting that all to Gold would be somewhere in the ball park of $1,000+. With that said, I have been told that I must be cash shopping in secret.

So how much zen does everyone buy a month and what do you spend it on and why? Also, do you think being rich or poor creates a really unfair balance to the game on a pve srv? I do think creating a faction base for instance is ridiculously expensive. Right now my faction is saving up but it's slow going. Then again I think it will be more satisfying to get it grinding and farming rather then just dumping cash into the game and buying it. I also think that getting to a high level fast spending a lot of irl money isn't that much fun because you end up learning nothing about your class and how to play. But if that's you're kind of thing, again I'm not judging. You should do what you think is fun.

I don't buy zen, but if I did, I would probably put it towards something actually useful. Useful here meaning something I can sell to other players for more than I would get from selling the Gold I got from zen in the Auction House.

Also, I don't think that cash shopping is synonymous with your personal real life wealth. Some people just don't have the option because of where they live or who they are. Others just don't feel that it's necessary or have some kind of ideological basis for not cash shopping.

The thing is, cash shopping speeds up the process you take to get to your endgame gear by an unimaginable factor. It turns a few weeks of farming or a few months of merchanting into something that is over in a few hours at worst.

And really, people have different reasons they play the game and they come from different backgrounds. Someone is a busy worker in a well-paying job, another is a jobless person living on aids while yet another is a son to a wealthy person. The amount of time and money one can put to the game differs between people and the value of time and money is also different to these people. For some, feeling that you've earned those levels and that gear by farming it is what you play for. For others, they just want to get into the PvP scene as soon as possible.

And besides, the best outcome will always come from a balanced approach. If you buy everything, you end up skipping most of the game and you get quickly bored. If you don't buy anything, you might feel that it takes too long and that you're being oppressed by the constantly rising Gold prices and the high costs of endgame gear. Balance the two out and you have a satisfactory leveling speed, without it getting too boring, plus safety from being downright ridiculed for your gear on higher levels.

Personally, I don't really have anything against cash shopping. In my case, I started out playing with a friend, so cash shopping might have affected that negatively. When I realized how the cash shop was affecting the game, I started on a personal goal: I wanted to see if I could out-run the inflation caused by the sales that PWE puts out. I have since achieved exactly that, plus I have achieved personal goals which I used to think were impossible for me. And doing that without cash shopping has special meaning to me.

powergroth wrote: »

The poll doesn't specify that.

try a bit of common senseb:chuckleb:chuckleb:chuckle

I ended up selecting nothing. Not because I've never charged, but it's not every month and I don't think I've charged for over a half year. And if you add in the total amount I've charged and part it on the months I've played I think it'll be under 2000.

That being said, your poll should have an occacionally charging option for people like me. b:chuckle

mogwai wrote: »

u had to buy off of others that shopped, it came from somewhere

truekossy wrote: »

Not far enough. Anyone who was in squad with someone that was once buffed by someone that is in a faction with someone who has a person on their friendlist that's ever used a crab meat is no longer F2P.

Has to come from somewhere! /logic

/Logic If something has to come from somewhere, everyone is a P2P player. Everyone gets their central bank to print money, they get money and that money, some how from somewhere makes everyone a P2P player, there is no such thing as F2P /Logic.

So what if the other person was smugg? Get r9 recast, post a picture and say it was "F2P nuff said" If that is too calm try the following "F2P nuff said [insert obscenity string/s here]".

Spending less than 20$ a month, mostly to fash, once on a better flyer I just wanted badly, sometimes on gifts to my wife who also play this.

hmm i think i spent liek 20 dolalrs in 7 or 8 months,and the bad thing about it was that lol i really didnt need to spend 20 dollars..guess i was bored.

I started to merchant with 300mil starting capital since the beginning of september,now i have about 2.5 billions.Due to my study can not play more than 2 hours per day,and i spend this 2 hours only on merchanting,i dont farm TT/Delta,didnt even farm nirvy during x2,dont even do BHs.Did not spend a single dollar since my parents do not allow me b:surrender and im only 14 years old.Planning to enjoy my whole fortune during summer holidays by buying r9 setb:thanks

phisyc wrote: »

I started to merchant with 300mil starting capital since the beginning of september,now i have about 2.5 billions.Due to my study can not play more than 2 hours per day,and i spend this 2 hours only on merchanting,i dont farm TT/Delta,didnt even farm nirvy during x2,dont even do BHs.Did not spend a single dollar since my parents do not allow me b:surrender and im only 14 years old.Planning to enjoy my whole fortune during summer holidays by buying r9 setb:thanks

you need something like 30billion for a free r9 set.

good luck.

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frank fluster? really?

I usually charge $300 to $600 a month to help accelerate my gameplay. I like things to be fast.

What I find more fascinating is the obsession/fixation people have on what others spend on this game.
Frankly..it's noone business what anyone else spends on the game. Nor any to pry into other peoples financial situations in doing so.

Whoever does not believe me,he can charge zen,make a 101 sin,buy the shadow sight skill and view the inventory of my catshop in west arch on RT server,an addition i will link the screenshot of my empty payment list.And whoever said that i need 20 billions for r9 set sucks at maths.b:thanks

you can be as skeptical as you want,makes no sense for me,i have seen your catshop and noticed great difference with mine.b:thanks My name is Butcher_ if you are interested i will tell you the details in game.

Cinderball - Raging Tide wrote: »

Why be so secretive?

It's simple, every day he buys 1k packs. He opens them, and sells something worth 50~200m for 30m. The packs are bought with real money, so he really is merchanting the things from the packs. His statement is true.