an F2P game where you have to pay to win ?? what on earth is going on with the world ?!??!
Reputation: 25an F2P game where you have to pay to win ?? what on earth is going on with the world ?!??!
Reputation: 13It's not that bad, if it was a % then that'd be pay to win for sure.
Hence why everyones in such an uproar over the 50% perfume stacking in allods.
Though I haven't read about all the cs stuff in aika, hopefully it's not as bad as allods
Reputation: 22To be honest, if 800 HP and two additional enhancement slots are all you have to worry about in Aika i might just be moving to it once it goes OB and such. Because truthfully, you have to keep paying to keep that going. As opposed to be able to do it one time and one time only in the game and having it for life. Essentially it's actually a downside for anyone who uses the CS. If they want to keep their minor buffs they have to keep paying for it. That's far better than being forced to pay for major buffs to be competitive as it's going to stand right now in Allods.
Yea, really dude, it's not that big a deal. F2P games have basically been like this for quite some time, it's about which cash shop is fair to players who are poor...er players who do not want to pay, and those who do, it's about which one has the least amount of bias.
Reputation: 22Yeah. If Aika is only going that far with their CS then I think you're going to see that game really shine. Even if they sell armor in the CS. Allods is doing that to. So, don't fret. It could be just like Allods in that regard. You can buy chests from the CS in Allods that give random armor and such. You can't guarantee what you get so it's basically just a way for people without common sense to waste money.
I wonder how can some games make nice money from CS and not sell any kind of item that debalances pvp at least a little. Look at Dekaron it's a PK/PvP heavy game and they don't sell anything that changes the balance in the cash shop, they did once for about 2-3 weeks there was some ring which gave insane dmg and crit chance but the community went crazy and they removed it. So if they can make enough money without de balancing CS then so can other companies too, but they just decide it's easier and faster to make their games pay to 2 win.
Reputation: 22That's more the fault of the community than the game, to be honest. P2W works because we, the players, continue to let it work. There are still far too many of use that would rather spend a few bucks than actually learning how to win on our own. As long as we keep paying for it, the companies will keep dishing it out. Sadly, there are too few of us trying to fight those types of Cash Shops for it to ever be changed.
Now this is what I was hoping to see. Some other points of view. Thanks guys, your comments have made me rethink things, maybe it won't be as bad as I fear.
But why the hell can't this be discussed on the official forum? What is wrong with gpotato? Are they really so paranoid?
I'm not flaming the game, I'm just concerned about some things, but I'm willing to listen to other people's opinions and I'm more than willing to to be proved wrong.
In fact, I hope I am wrong! Cause I've really been looking forward to this game.
I am also had been waiting for this game to come out. It's kewl and huge! I don't mind the Cash Shop. It's always the same with all the games I've played. As long as you spend little and your character is strong, it's good. People always complain about Cash Shops when they know it needs cash to run a game. If you can't afford it then play at your level of game play but be thankful you can play free games such as this. Aika is one of the best f2p games out there.![]()
Dont compare Aika cash shop to Allods. First of all we dont even know how the cash shop of Aika will exactly look like. Allods just released their cashshop, and its even worse then I expected it to be. 15$ for 10h of competitive pvp, 20$ for 6 more bag slots. A complete joke imo.
Since I have close contact with a friend that plays TAika with a lv61 paladin. I will say this. Cash shop is NOT overpowered at all. Sure, it helps with exp, item upgrading, mounts, etc. Every f2p cash shop have these things. You cant compare it with Allods at all. At 60+ some classes already have 20k+ hp, so you think a few hundred more hp will really matter? A cash player should always have a small advantage, over people that want to play for free. So a skilled free player with unique gear(hell difficulty dungeons), will beat a skilless cash player with "good" gear easely in pvp. Then again, its hard to compare. Since even in 1v1 pvp, certain classes just do better then other classes. Like rock, paper, scissors.
Another Topic just like NeoSteam Atlus where You Pay to Win too. With a game as good as AIKA, I'm sure a lot of willing players will bite their CS System. Unfortunately, we don't know how their system works as of this time but We already have the idea basing on other CS dependent games out there.
Reputation: 20That's really not that much figuring the games stats are ridiculously high.
Atleast it HAS in game mounts.
Reputation: 10
Reputation: 24I don't think the mount is the thing to worry about. I skimmed through the CS list and I saw an item that prevent armour breaking when upgrading. If that's anything like flyff if will cost 1K+USD to max out your armour.
Reputation: 10hmmmm.... with the cute pran for money, i am willing to spend
for OP
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