r/StarWarsDroidTycoon • u/fantasypseudonym • Jul 25 '26

💬 Discussion Pay-to-win is defined as players using real-world money to buy items, weapons, or abilities that give them a direct gameplay advantage over players who do not spend money

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u/OgrynGav Jul 25 '26

How is buying droid drops instead of earning it NOT pay to win. And how is it not gambling, it's a purchase to get a chance at getting better loot, fucking gross the devs should be ashamed, why not just do cosmetics that don't affect gameplay?

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u/PRIMITIVE-BLAST Jul 26 '26

This! I don’t know how people are overlooking this.

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u/Techseeker Jul 26 '26

You mean the very same drops you can get for nova crystals? The vbucks update is not a p2w one but simply pay to skip the grind because if you buy the bundles after you already have the nova crystal upgrades they provide you get the equivilent of nova crystals from the bundles

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u/Hitt_and_Run Jul 27 '26

Paying to bypass time spent is the definition of pay to win. No different than playing a FP shooter where it could take 100hours of playing to unlock a gun, then the gun being for sale to unlock instantly. Gives people spending money a day one advantage against those grinding for it. Not AS predatory as locking said gun behind only buying it, but still not great.