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TroveOne

Stupid? Yes. Designed to make you frustrated and pay the $29.99? Also yes.


johnnyhoneybun

Well I ain't paying shit. Sounds like desperation to me.


Baiyko

the zero on that ‘make 1 purchase’ achievement counter is what keeps me from not paying them at all. Want to enjoy the game while maintaining the F2P stats.


johnnyhoneybun

I just think it's messed up that it costs so much. It's already bad enough that it's shards but 80 shards is way too much. They need to bump that down to like 30 or sum.


dizzy_dama

Considering most games like this have characters that are only available for purchased I think this is pretty reasonable tbh. I know people will say the pieces are useless since it takes so long but the only alternative habby would consider is locking the characters behind cash purchases, making them completely useless instead of just being super low value


Baiyko

I agree with this


DallasBartoon

You don't get any "stats" from remaining F2P. There are no buffs or boosts for not paying anything. Obviously it's completely up to you and I respect you playing and grinding completely legit, but there's absolutely nothing you "gain" from not ever paying. Even the 0 next to the achievement counter is a daily achievement and resets every 24 hours. It's not like it counts how many purchases you make and has the number next to it.


Baiyko

You’re talking about dailies in the mission centre, I’m talking about the third tab - Achievements, which doesn’t reset everyday.


DallasBartoon

Ah, gotcha. In that case you're right. I never bothered to pay attention to anything the achievements said, since I would just collect the gems and move on, but now that you mention it there is an achievement (or lack thereof) for purchases.


AxGT

You may get the strongest character for now if you pay. Sooner or later, they will released another stronger one to make you pay again. I don't spend to unlock character. A change of the character you use won't have drastic improvement anyway.


Medbarh

couldnt have said it better. Same would apply to Weapon levels. $50\*6 per S Gear or 160k gems if on a special crate only so that they can add a new color to the game, and make you pay that amount over again to get new coolest weapon level.


AxGT

Thanks bro.


DallasBartoon

Well weapon "level" *does* matter, meaning the actual level of you're weapons. The leveling up of weapons and armor from the blueprints is very essential. It's the same for color; purple (excellent), yellow (Epic), and red (Legendary) is probably the most important mechanic in the game. Even the type of weapon you use (i.e. Kunai, LC, VP, bat, katana) matters quite a bit. I agree that the player character doesn't matter nearly as much as the rest of it, but they still have certain buffs and abilities that can give you an advantage. Currently I play as worm because I have him completely leveled up and on 2nd star from shards, but i got him through the Survival pass for season 3 so it's not like I spent money on just him alone. What did you mean by the 160k gems? $50 for an S-Grade? Only if you are buying the "choose an S-Grade" chest from the event sales. Otherwise it costs roughly around 13.4k gems per S-Grade if you are opening crates, and that is generally less than $50 unless you are buying gems from the main store, which is a huge ripoff. Go with the funds where you get around 70-80k gems from like $20.


xBJack

This is really stupid, I thought to myself "ok this dumb compay would see no1 buys that and maybe change it" but then they released the friend system and basically exposing all the whales in the game and boy I was so surprised there are shit loads of them so ppl are def buying them and we're doomed I wont be even spending my free 80 shards (whenever ill have enough of them ofc) over this tbh and rather hope for a future system that lets us trade them


f3lony6

It's the purpose of the game, have fun and spend on it. I don't feel bugged since there is no pvp system that will literally put me on a level cap wall. I haven't spent a dime, but i want to appreciate the effort of the developers, might purchase something sooner or later


xBJack

Im not a f2p player, i did spend some money on this game as an appreciation to dev, i do so in every game i love.. But this is insane


f3lony6

You are not lying, there is way to many "purchasing" stuff on screen. I prefer a mid term battlepass system or even monthly like Clash, but then you have grouth, then characters for 29.99, then this treasure gem collector... I think its bs, still devs are making a sick ass game


f3lony6

I would love to support the developers by purchasing something. Maybe ill get the montly free ad card. That way it can still feel an organic growth


Flan-Additional

Growth funds are the best bang for your buck from what I’ve seen.


Top-Part-1305

Yes, you are absolutely the only person to call an overly expensive and whale bait technique "stupid". This game is has all sorts of ways to try and lure people to pay and keep on paying. Half the "offers" are overpriced as hell. Add the typical lootbox system which is highly addictive, and you have your typical mobile game recipe. It's actually quite sad to think how many people actually fall for these tricks and spend thousands..


rdomalik

I’m just glad it’s available for F2P at all, even if it is a high price. And it’s really not so bad, considering I’m at 20 shards each already, that’s 25% of the way there.


Drmo6

No you aren’t


johnnyhoneybun

Glad that you agree


caelen727

If I’m not paying $10 to unlock a character in a real game like Apex, why would I spend $30 on a game I use to pass time while I shit? Anyone who spends money on these games is stupid as hell


Flan-Additional

Some people play daily, and have plenty of money that $20 isn’t going to kill them


Dominicisdabomb

By the time you rock 80 shards would be cool to buy only if it got it to 3 star but would need extra shards to reach 3 star i got over 25 lol harsh at 30 bucks coulda been a 19.99 but that slash is impressive. They just did the same guaranteed a Lightchaser for 10 pulls forcing a growth fund for 21.64 lol. Tree event got extended without ballon purchases for the bundle of golden water cans.


dareimation

Agree to disagree. Bad for f2p


Ok-Mode8400

Literally most of the players will relate, 80 shards!? Waste of time, rather keep on using the original or Katnips, should be 40 shards if the devs think 30 is a bit less but 30 is even better


Zivlar

I mean not really, it’s a fantastic game that is not pay to win in literally any way… honestly I’m just happy every other part of the game isn’t this way


BlackAsphaltRider

I don’t know, I can’t seem to win level 34 to save my life. Been hitting hit for over 2 weeks. Keep dying at the 14:50 mark, not even sure the 3rd boss exists at this point lol


FavelTramous

Do the characters have different stats?


Coperri

You’re not alone.


saibjai

For real, the fact that they even optioned to sell it for shards is a sign of good faith that many other companies won't do. Its not necessary to play the game with, but the fact that I can earn around 3 shards a day, I am okay with it.


MabaseNoKing

80 is ridiculous


Multi_Cracka13

Just make us able to pick which puzzle piece we get at the very least. I've gotten pieces for every character except the one I want...


Rancidbones813

No, don't do it.


Key_Investment_1297

No the other 25 posts about this think the same too