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Originally Posted by Tecmos Deception
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"it's ok to use RL money to incidentally obtain p99 xp pots, but if you pay for levels in wow "OMFG I CAN'T BELIEVE WOW WOULD DO SOMETHING SO HEINOUS!!!"? Lol.
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I am against both. I do not believe that real life wealth, which is not strongly related to your effort and work, should translate into in-game benefits. The nice thing about MMOs before the F2P model started to build is that everyone pays in their $15, and from there, what you become is entirely based on your hard work. Two people that do the same work get the same benefit. RL money to obtain XP pots, whether it be for a kickstarter, or for a F2P model game, is something I am opposed to because it makes two people that do the same work get unequal benefits based on real life wealth. This may not permeate through the entire game, but it being present devalues the hard work some players will do based on the real world distribution of wealth.
I come to these games to get away from the bullshit in the real world. I'd like for my hard work to provide me the same benefit, nor more or less, than the benefit provided to a person who puts in more hard work. Or, in the same way, for someone to be able to do less work to achieve the same.
They are virtually the same thing, only differing in degree (the point to which you wrote), but they are both shitty systems.
However, to the defense of others who find WoW selling a level 90 relative to a F2P game selling XP pots, is that one model is a subscription, while the other (p1999 xp pots for example) is free to play, so they are not directly comparable without keeping the sub in mind.