Perhaps stop saying PoE is not pay to win game?
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The way I see it, expecting to play something for a long time and never even feel tempted to pay a dime is a bit unrealistic. If you just mucked around through the campaign with a few builds you probably didn't need to spend anything, and if you truly and honestly expected to play it for years like that I can only advise not to believe everything you read because you will run into real problems sooner or later.
Sure, there are a few games that truly do only cosmetics, but we should keep in mind those are usually games with a much stronger social aspect, games where you want to look different from the people you're playing with and show your swag to the people you just killed. In PoE, most of the time it's just you and your cat looking at the bling and I don't think they could make a living with just that. So, if you're in the game for the long haul you should pay, that's all well and good, and the good thing about this model over payonce2play, paymonthly2play or pay4expansion is that it's pretty flexible. You can buy what you need and as much as you can, even spending just $10 to get a currency tab, one extra normal tab and one premium upgrade, will significantly improve your experience. In the end, everyone tempts you to pay something in one way or the other, the difference between good guys and bad guys is how much and in what way they tempt you to pay. I feel that GGG is still pretty reasonable on that front, but we've seen better times for sure. Wish the armchair developers would go back to developing armchairs.
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" Agreed, but: Vodka. Wine. Honesty. That last one is a sticking point for many (and fair enough, in light of GGGT representing its game as a recipient of charity, even in 2020). Wash your hands, Exile!
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" I see that you are reading with your anus. Over 430 threads discussing labyrinth problems with over 1040 posters in support (thread # 1702621) Thank you all! GGG will implement a different method for ascension in PoE2. Retired!
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" As much as this thread has already gone on for much too long, given that nobody has yet to make a single cogent argument for why premium tabs do not count as pay to win, this actually made me laugh so it was probably worth it. That being said, it would be nice if the opposing point of view could actually make a single point without moving goalposts, contradicting themselves, or committing logical fallacies en route to their conclusions. 8 pages into this topic now and we haven't heard anything beyond the most eye rollingly basic White knighting, e.g. "I think this game is good and all pay to win is bad, therefore this game cannot be pay-to-win" Last edited by ARealLifeCaribbeanPirate#2605 on Jun 14, 2020, 12:39:52 PM
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" Thank you but unfortunately I don't deserve much credit, he just left himself wide open for that retort. I have to assume that he didn't even bother reading what he quoted? Over 430 threads discussing labyrinth problems with over 1040 posters in support (thread # 1702621) Thank you all! GGG will implement a different method for ascension in PoE2. Retired!
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I wish my anus was literate.
When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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" There were cases of people claiming they have dermal vision, usually being able to read with their fingers. One of them was a Russian girl claiming she could also read with her ass, which she demonstrated on several occasions, but later admitted she was 'seeing' what the paper said while adjusting the skirt with her hands before sitting on the paper. Wish the armchair developers would go back to developing armchairs.
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The reason Scrotie aced all the tests is because he had a cheat sheet up the bum.
Wash your hands, Exile!
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" I'm so jealous! Over 430 threads discussing labyrinth problems with over 1040 posters in support (thread # 1702621) Thank you all! GGG will implement a different method for ascension in PoE2. Retired!
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" Not my fault you can't read between the lines and take sentences out of its entire context. lucky for you I'm happy to explain where this contradiction is coming from. First of all stash tabs DO NOT influence your character's strength or alters the content you can play. To have more tabs won't change the content you can play. What it can do is alter your "farming speed" but even then most of it depends on your build and items. Still, you can achieve this without having to ever buy a stash tab. -> use an item filter -> learn what is junk. Path of Exile doesn't sell any power creep items, compared to most p2w games. All I see is cosmetics that alters how fancy your pixels around your character look, nothing more nothing less. AKA you buy a bunch of colored pixels. So MY OPINION is that Path of Exile is not a pay to win game. Just know I'v played games like MU-online, hellbreath, Soul of the ultimate nation, C9, etc. Really old-school p2w games. People payed thousands of dollars to get the best gear, that could be found in the well known gambling boxes. That's my definition of a pay to win game. Now I hope this helps all of your small minds to get things in perspective. :) |
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