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    Default Balance between F2P and P2P

    Can a balance between F2P and P2P ever be achieved?we have seen it become one of the biggest complaints among gamers and personally,a balance between F2P and P2P is impossible,because if a person spends real money,then why should he be the same as a 10 year old gaming for fun?

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    The answer is B2P with extras such as the recent additions of costumes in Guild Wars as well as the other things such as extra storage space.

    Assuming I understood that original post correctly that is.

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    Xankos caught it xD

    i mean is there a real possible balance between the players of a F2P mmo that spend money and the players that dont spend?

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    Conquer Online.. best game ever.. but cant compete with people who spend $1000

    Anyway.. Tibia doesnt have cash shop but I played like a year before getting a premium account. Theres a lot you can do as a free player.. Runescape also was really fun as a free player with wilderness pking but they took it out.. dont think I ever played a f2p game with cash shop that was balanced..

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    exactly

    if a guy spends 50 dollars on a game,then there should be no real balance rather than a guy spending something like 10,000 gold in game

    so why do players complain so much when there is no reality of a balance?

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    it can be balanced if cash shop items are neutral to the stats and attributes of a character. eg. fashion items, teleport stones, morphing stones, extra inventory storage, etc
    that is, i believe the term 'unbalanced' refers to pvp here. what else? if not, theres no way a noncash user would have the exact same benefits as a cash user.

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    People have different reasons for complaining about balance... As stated before PVP is a big one. For others, we want something not based on real world cash. Not all of us are 10-17 year olds with mommy and daddy's credit card, or the 30 year old who does not pay for anything cause they still live with there mom or dad. Some of us work two jobs to support a house hold and children, and don't have the luxury of spending money. So we just want something we can do in our down time(those of us who are gamers that is) that doesn't take cash to be the best.

    There are many reasons, everyone has a different one to complain for.

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    Companies gotta make money somewhere.

    You play for free, fine. Some people choose to support the company so they can develop further content so people stick around and do not get bored with the game or come back eventually.

    Some people prefer paying a monthly fee where everyone get the same things and you can't bypass the work required to get to a certain point by paying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timeb0mb View Post
    Elaborate before we discuss.
    "Balance between F2P and P2P" doesn't make a lot of sense in and of itself.

    Do you mean a game that is F2P but as good as a P2P, or vice versa?
    Do you mean a game that has parts of F2P and parts of P2P? Would these parts be parts of gameplay, or parts of the way money is spent by the players?

    Your question is confusing and could have multiple meanings. So, just to reiterate this post: Elaborate on your question. Then I will respond with my actual opinion. Thanks.
    I'm sorry to go off topic for a sec, but why is it necessary to dumb down others and try to look smart because someone didn't use proper wording or punctuation? Just by looking at the title and the first sentence I knew what the topic was about.

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    LOL This thread reminds me of my essays back in grade 4

    They never made any sense but I was trying to be smart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Powster View Post
    Conquer Online.. best game ever.. but cant compete with people who spend $1000
    This, +1 for you kind sir.

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    but that $15 will be better for P2P and also allow for a greater advantage to the free to play player using CS rather than the guy who isnt

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