Pay 2 Win?
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The kickstarter is showing some P2W red flags.
Is this gaming going to be pay to win?
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There's nothing P2W on the kickstarter. What you on about?
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Fractured will not be pay 2 win by any means, and the benefits noted under VIP will not give any such advantage.
The primary argument I've heard is that advancing character learning points (i.e. EXP) is pay 2 win. This is not true in a typical MMO because all players who reach the same power cap are equal regardless of how long it takes to get there, and it is especially untrue in Fractured where the power cap is met extremely early and character progress is non-vertical to begin with. This faulty logic would make character slots pay 2 win too, as it is faster to make multiple characters with their own builds than it is to grind these builds on the same character, because one character has to wait in between each skill they choose to train and several characters don't.
Another argument claims that any premium item that can be traded (with other players) for ingame currency is pay 2 win, but this argument shows a gross misunderstanding of even basic economy. As the currency thus granted to premium players is traded, not generated, premium benefits will become gradually less valuable while regular items become more valuable, thus the economy will balance itself out. However, I disapprove of any VIP benefit that reduces or removes ingame currency costs, because that is generating money out of thin air for VIP users, and also hastens currency inflation.
tl;dr Fractured does not reward players who have All The Skills or Top Gear to begin with, and reaching its power cap is so fast that the EXP boost will have precisely zero effect on competitive viability, therefore it is not pay 2 win.
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@sparky I dont know what the gold or houses can be used for.
So by saying you get gold and a free house blueprint that throws a redflag for me.
I tried googling what the gold is for and could find nothing
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@nextlevelplay i suggest to read this about the kickstarter, there your „red flags“ will be answered.
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@nextlevelplay said in Pay 2 Win?:
@sparky I dont know what the gold or houses can be used for.
So by saying you get gold and a free house blueprint that throws a redflag for me.
I tried googling what the gold is for and could find nothing
The Dynamight Gold will be the currency for itemshop, where you can buy cosmetics.
The blueprint will just give you a special looking building. That not means it will have special ability compared to other buildings you can discover inworld.
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@nextlevelplay Gold are for buying cosmetics. What do you mean house?
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@kralith Thank you, you have cleared up everything.
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https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/search?term=p2w&in=titlesposts
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/post/51773
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/post/43722
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/post/42716
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/post/32876
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/post/34516
https://forum.fracturedmmo.com/post/22256
