The term p2w is so generic that’s its almost useless to call a game P2W.
There are many types of P2W and many factors you need to take into account.
For instance Lost Ark has P2W elements, but it’s much more F2P friendly compared to other P2W games.
Also when we talk about P2W we need to talk about what’s there to win, and how Paying to get a benefit impacts the other players as well.
So imo, Lost Ark is “Pay to progress”, not pay to win. Having a whale in your party does not work against you in this Game. Everything that a whale can get can also be earned in game.
yea but time is money
so whale pay to not lose time in game he dont really have to play
funny hamster logic
there are games that put much more value on your time & money out there to
This is a subjective issue. A player might get happy when they whale to have +25 weapons on a full roster just to flex on others. Is it a waste of money? Yes. Did the player have fun with spending money althought its useless? Yes.
ppls can make whatever they want with their money
subjectivley there are games that will let you flex and spend money but you will get much better value for what you spend
maybe we will get to point where KR culture is where flexing in game is more popular than having nice car/home or something that have more usage outside of just flexing
personally i would like not tho tbh
But this is not pay 2 win… this is pay 2 progress…
Sorry but what is this for a argument “but you can also buy them with money” ??? dafuq Im reading here
If this makes you happy I will say it. I pub a clown g3 raid with a bard. 1575 bard with all lvl 10 gems and 99% quality set gears and accessories. He/she cannot survive pass mario 3. We wiped so many times to the point we jus called it quits. No matter how much money you blow into the game if you suck it will show. You may look cool for having all the nice-looking stuff, but it won’t change a thing in how good you are as a player. It won’t even affect other players beside outside of pvp content that she/he can’t died as quick. Other than that it is just embarassing.
“It’s not P2W because you’ll get to experience everything, just later in 2034, and cosmetics are not mandatory so who cares”
“Did someone held a gun to your face to force you buying ???”
Gaming companies have really fucked up the gamers’ mentality beyond recognition tbh.
P2W isnt complicated, and yes, this is P2W. Everything else you wrote is just your way to rationalize it because we naturally dont like P2W. People will try to make themselves feel better about it with excuses above.
there is no clear definition of p2w,
if you have one that everyone will aggre you may make a buisnes off it
for me if you can skip hard chores and significant part of gamplay with money its p2w
you can think about it as if you get first to new Brel HC mode you can sell accessories from it for much bigger price, than ppls that will be there month later, so you can afford more cause of that and its snowballing
there is plenty of aspect to count on in it
for you it will be taking clear advantage in pvp i gues which is also correct just not really in this game (if we dont count gvg and islands ofc)
yea you can skip a lot even in wow with boosts so by that you may say it have p2w elements which is also correct, but its not that hard to get all those things without money in acceptable time and thats real difference
also its a bit of gray zone in case of wow while in LA you buy power stright from shoop or by trading crystals/skins for gold and then burn it on market
There is a definition of p2w.
You just need to google
Pay-to-win, abbreviated as P2W, describes an aspect of a game where players are allowed to get an advantage with real-world currency to purchase in-game items. The pay-to-win structure is prevalent in both multiplayer online games through DLC (downloadable content) and mobile games through in-app purchases.
Pay-to-win games usually offer better weapons, armor, character abilities, or in-game currency to players as microtransactions. The pay-to-win advantages make it harder for other players to compete if they cannot afford or do not want to purchase the same items. As the definition would imply, players essentially pay to win at a game.
You can get everything in the game by just playing… If you dont wana spent time and swip that legit… not everyone has 3-4h a day for gaming. So the game is Pay to Progress. You skipp progression with money. But swipping make you not a better player in a raid…
If you swip and we are in the same raid I dont have any negatives… on the contrary, I also benefit from the fact that you have swiped lol
A normal f2p can also hit Brel and selling mats… thats a weak point from your side.
Sure if you swip and get more alts into brel you snowball but thats not p2w
People who spent more time ingame also get more, it’s as simple as that.
how its any different from what i have sayed above?
yea but it not really have to be power
you can get power relatively easy in wow and then there are mounts cosmetics titles and so on to grind
in case of borrowed powers we could argue but there were plenty of cachups for late joiners
im sure its much less work to make gearing streched to months/years by crazy RNG and low resource dripping
than make enough differentiated content to last players for same time
People who never spend money on this game will have perspectives of Free2Play. And people who spend money on this game will say it’s Pay2Win.
And a streamer who get paid from AGS will say it’s free 2 play game.
Actually, this is wrong if you gave a swiper an opportunity to learn the raid faster than anyone else it gives them an extreme advantage. You get better over time than the players that mindlessly grinding.
Again everything in life has value, for me everything is p2w. If someone pays or earns “they value it” therefore winning with that standard.
I think it is taboo greatly in NA/EU but funny enough it is accepted in Asian countries. You can tell how NA/EU LA streamers label their streams “F2P” or pretend to be F2P when they are clearly not. In S.Korea it is an accepted way to make a living or just do what players want with their hard-earned money.
Also yes you can get by just as F2P, but you can’t really disregard clear advantages like character slots, an endless supply of pheons, Ark Pass, etc. Players buy them because they value it.
But a free2play player can aswell play and learn a raid??? Dont get your point D: Sure if you cash in and you can play clown… but you dont get better by just paying… you still need to invest the time to learn the raid like everyone else… so thats not p2w for me.
Just an advice to op. Next time when you are on route to to Una tasks, look around the player I’m sure you will find a ilvl 1575 one day. Look at everything the 1575 player has, calculate the amount of gold you need to reach it, and you will get your answer.
It’s actually pray2win. Players have to do some sort of ritual so that they can do 1 taps when honing. Worked for me quite a handful of times. Thank you light river.
