Free to play = infinite bots

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Andreasen wrote:

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ciknay wrote:

They ARE competitions, but also competitions based on the principle of fair play. Cowboy duels only ever shoot at the same time, therefore the person with the better skill wins. In sword duels, if one person has a sharp blade, and the other person a dull blade, then the duel is not fair.

You have no idea what the difference between HC and Default in in POE, so you should actually do some research before pulling facts out of your ass.

And POE IS a competitive game. It doesn't have to be for some players. Why do you think PVP was introduced if the players didn't want competition? No competition means there is little to no drive to level up.

I'll give an example of how gold buying can ruin a game experience.

There is a Korean MMORPG called Rappelz. At the moment, the level cap is set at 180, but most people don't make it past 150 the leveling is that grueling.

To be truly rich in that game, it takes years of playing the game to collect high tier pets, get the rarer drops and earn certain milestones.

I only know of ONE player who became filthy rich without using the cash shop or RL trading.

The rest bought their wares with real money, removing all challenge of becoming rich.

And that is the point of Path of Exile. Everything is a challenge. You are a filthy, sea sodden exile fighting for survival, not a godlike paladin with 300% more shiny. If you buy anything to make the game easier (P2W), then this is not the game for you. This game WILL not cater to lazy idiots like yourself. GGG have said time and time again, they are against P2W, and using real money to purchase items is P2W.

Go back to Runescape.

I can liken Rappelz to North Korea.
You can play Rappelz. You can live in North Korea.
Rappelz is just tedious level grinding. North Korea is a horrible place to live in.
Rappelz probably doesn't allow gold farming and Pay 2 Win. North Korea doesn't allow people to flee the country.

A game will only get trouble with gold farming when the game deserves gold farming.

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anarhopunk wrote:

I played Rapplez for quite some time ( should have around 1000 hours in it according to Xfire) I played that game from when it was called Rapplez Epic III to Rapplez Epic V (Epic VIII should be coming in a few weeks I think). So with over 1000 hours invested in it I only had two characters at lvl 60 (without using any xp scrolls), I didn't know that they raised the cap lvl so much in the past years but I think I'm happy I quited when I did.

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Klopsi wrote:

Oh, and I don't want to be banned because I'm just afk and batman shows up.

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Charan wrote:

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Klopsi wrote:

Oh, and I don't want to be banned because I'm just afk and batman shows up.

I love this board so much.

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Klopsi wrote:

Oh, and I don't want to be banned because I'm just afk and batman shows up.