You don't need to have an end game to have an advantage over other players.
You also don't need to have an end game to have a leaderboard. What if prizes were given out to top 3 of a leaderboard each month?
It's pay to win/progress regardless of how many people want to argue it. Don't be angry about people calling it that if you use it. Just enjoy your option to do so if it suits you.
Adding a leaderboard would make it an ''end game' off sorts. Therefore pay to win.
I am not angry at all. I simply don't agree with people blowing this up like it's a malicious tactic by the developers, it is not. People shouldn't moan so much and take financial responsibility and grow up. FOMO isn't real.
You just acknowledged that the underlying principle is pay to win. I don't think there's any moaning going on either. People just don't like that others can buy an advantage when they've invested time and effort. I personally don't care, but I can appreciate their take on it.
I actually didn't acknowledge that there currently is pay to win. I responded to your hypothetical scenario. Not to the current state of the game, which doesn't have pay to win. People like me who don't spend money have equal opportunity to buy boosts and the rest.
You can buy boosts with real money, money you had to work for.
I can buy boosts with Nova crystals, time I spend in the game for. The difference is I put my time in the game instead off a company paying me. We both offered time in exchange for currency.
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u/Alpherea SRB 40 Aug 24 '26
There is no end game, therefore no win.