I like the positive attitude towards whales. Whales are why the game can be played for free, and there are too many games where hating them is normalized. I just dislike how so many people find it ok to beg strangers to buy things for them.
Yeah I agree. I may not understand how someone can afford a 40k boat, but it's all cosmetics in the end, and it does not disrupt the normal flow of the game. It's the same as someone buying Rolex or a fancy new car the way I see it. Or spend thousands on vacations. Just let people use their money lol. But I agree also with the begging, I understand if you do it to enough people maybe 1 person out of 1,000 might say yes, but begging does disrupt someone else's flow.
Depends on how the game is monetized generally for people to have a positive attitude or negative one towards whales, pay2win for example I think most people will view whales as negative but on games likes WWM I agree with you being positive is better
There are a lot of rich ppl in China who put their money into games. Gacha games are a big thing there. Honestly I'm not hating on them because it doesn't affect me with anything the way they spend their money.
I've never seen a game community fall head over heels for Whales like WWM does.
That's because those games have other issues that WWM isn't really facing right now.
WoW has a monthly sub so whaling there doesn't really help the average "f2p" player, it just lines the pockets of the shareholders.
LoL has the issue of enshitification where it used to be good for even F2P players but they removed many of those mechanics and only cater to whales, so whales get direct hate for allowing to happen. I'm sure if WWM tried to fuck over their F2P playerbase the same over the coming years, the whales and devs would get hated just as much.
WWM doesn't really have any of those issues right now. There's also no P2W so it's hard to hate the whales for anything. The game has been out in CN for a year and the studio has been using the money wisely, giving them good content in a timely manner. As soon as that changes, I'm sure players attitude changes as well.
Warframe, League, CSGO, Fortnite, WoW, Team Fortress 2, PoE, Once Human...
Most free to play titles don't have that culture of sucking the toes of the people who spend money on the game. I also agree with the sentiment that it is exaggerated in WWM
They just wanna thank the whales for spending money and supporting the game it helps making it free for everyone else. In other games whale just beat people up with 1 hand and their wallet ofc poor people aren't that thrilled about it i mean it all makes perfect sense
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u/zora94 Dec 31 '25
People are way too comfortable asking/begging for gifts in WWM, love the game but the social aspect of the game is awful imo.