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6/18/2014 14:23:46   
Frost Moglin
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In most games, people complain about being P2W.
In this one, they complain about not being P2W anymore.
AQ DF MQ  Post #: 26
6/18/2014 14:59:32   
The berserker killer
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Haha I like that comment Frost Moglin. Completely true.
AQ DF Epic  Post #: 27
6/18/2014 15:01:28   
One Winged Angel1357
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I'd take a game that complains about not being P2W than a game that goes from F2P to P2P at the endgame.

Anyway if you want to draw a line between Varium and Non-Varium just listen to Xendran because cosmetic micro-transactions work great for the community and the developers as they are completely optional
AQ DF AQW Epic  Post #: 28
6/22/2014 11:51:20   
I Underlord I
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Most anyone who is implying that there is a small or no Varium advantage is either deluding themselves or complaining that they cannot pay to win as egregiously as before.

Do you know how difficult it is to obtain credits for a player who cannot be considered hardcore, particularly for one who needs those very credits to upgrade their equipment and buy such "extras" as cores and a robot? And how time-conusming it is to fight NPCs (the only reliable source of experience and credits for even the best players), especially with their comparatively low reward rate and the game's proclivity to longer matches?

With Varium, one can simply buy a package and get most if not all of what they need with funds left over, at prices that are more than reasonable. In addition, one cannot ignore the package system in itself: it rewards a great amount of free gear on top of granting the advertised resource, meaning that one easily can sustain themselves on one or two 10,000-Varium packages without even spending any.

You'll note that most of the few "maxed" (if I may use the colloquialism) Credits players have only one to two of each type of item (especially unlikely that there are more than one or two robots, which are almost certainly Assault Bot P/E and Infernal Android). On the other hand, anyone who bought a 10K-Varium package at least once tends to have a great amount of items, many of them fully upgraded and equipped, showing their wealth, playstyle diversity, and ability to adapt to many changes.

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AQ  Post #: 29
6/24/2014 2:34:02   
ReconnaisX
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This is one of the reasons why I left this game shortly after Omega- the absence of the line (in terms of the number of weapon stats) between the paying player and the free player. I was a semi-paying player- never bought the big promo packages but every few months I would buy a small package.

But Underlord has a valid point- earning credits post-Omega is pretty difficult. Farming enough Credits to get gear takes forever. I found that after Omega, weapons became too pricey for me to buy with Credits. For the short period of time between the release of Omega and my quitting this game, I had to stick to the weapons I had obtained prior to Omega. Things are just way too expensive for free players. (Or maybe it's the lack of effort I put into this game after Omega, lol.)

I have a feeling this is the line now. Varium players can access weapons and gear very quickly with the use of the Varium that they paid for. For non-Variums, it's a long struggle, especially at the upper levels.

Edit: This is off-topic, but did a lot of people quit the game after Omega? The leaderboards are filled with Level 35 players, and the server sizes are so small now...

< Message edited by ReconnaisX -- 6/24/2014 2:39:50 >
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6/25/2014 9:07:37   
kosmo
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This game s still requires you to spend some var eventually, do you think a free player can upgeade all his ranks?
Epic  Post #: 31
6/25/2014 13:24:13   
ScarletReaper
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@ReconnaisX yes a LOT of people quit shortly after omega. I was one of them. I just got back a month ago which is why I am still level 35. I also found it much more fun to create new alts as the battles are much more fun at lower levels than they are at higher levels. I want my 35 to hit 40 desperately, but all I see in 1v1 is strength bh and bm bowling over any build I use that isn't strength. Even with strength my merc doesn't have smokescreen, so I get pwned half the time anyway from blocks. I am trying to do npc'ing, but the battles take so much longer because of the health and damage they can do.
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