IMARANGER wrote on Aug 15
th, 2014 at 8:06pm:
Yes, DDO has gone with full-on P2W. If you think it's not, you are a dumb loser. Reasonable people can disagree about whether or not the P2W model is a good one, but only unreasonable forumtards and basement dwellers argue that DDO isn't P2W. There are more of those in this thread than there are on the entire DDO Vault:
https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/446913-Pay-to-quot-win-quotTurbine seems to have done a pretty good job of easing folks into the full-on P2W model. It won't be long before they can sell anything at all in the DDO Store and the game still won't be considered P2W by some of these forumtards.
So let's start this debate off.
What is your actual point? That anyone who argues against your strong and immutable point of view is wrong?
How does the perceived p2W affect you?
Let me know how you win DDO (other than the buttons)?
To short circuit your inevitable dismissive argument.
I am neither pro or anti P2W. Yes you can buy things from the in game store that make the game easier or more convenient.
P2W is a simple derogatory term to imply some condescension toward game purchases that some believe undermine their l33t status of grinding for 4,000 hours to get a token/trophy etc.
If the store purchases don't unbalance the game, then I don't care. I buy things when I can, and I play when I can.
What Joe neighbour does, does not really affect my enjoyment of the game, so I don't care.
I am neither envious or jealous of those that buy their way to "winning" - whatever that may be.
I also fail to see why this is such an emotive issue - it's a theoretical discussion with no right or wrong.