Equipment that forces players to spend money in order to be on par with everybody else isn't the only thing they can sell with plat. Now the fact that its a chance shows nothing but greed from STS, but the recent change removes the necessity of this. But there are still plenty of ways they could make money.Originally Posted by StompArtist
1) Lower pink drop rates, to get impatient/lazy people to buy the weapon (not a lottery ticket, the weapon itself), instead of working for it.
2) They still have energy to sell.
3) Do way more with the vanity system.
3a. Make outfit dyes, and only have some (or none) of them available for gold (this game needs dyes anyways, so that way you can actually combine different sets without looking ridiculous).
3b. Add a weapon vanity slot, so you can have the stats you need, with the appearance you want (and at the same time, add non-dual-wielded weapons). And again, only have some (or no) vanity weapons available.
3c. Add a "glow" vanity slot, that can only be purchased with platinum. As in glow, I mean like the visual effect for things like firebrand, but for your entire avatar.
There are ways to make money without being labeled "greedy", such as with vanity. The great thing about vanity, is that you can offer no free-vanity options, and it doesn't create differences/imbalances between the players. Since its a f2p game, you can't expect everyone to buy plat, but those players are still valuable, and therefore their gameplay experience shouldn't be worsened just because someone doesn't know how to get creative (in a good way) with their micro-transactions.
Without the f2p-players, there is less people for the p2p-players to play with (decreasing fun); there is less word-of-mouth advertising; and its just helpful to have a "big" game. You shouldn't !%*# on the f2p players, then we'd be left with CTF and DM matches that take 30min to start, and nobody wants that.
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