I totally agree with ditching a game over MTX, but doesn’t PoE also want to stick its hand in your wallet? Making a game more restrictive to sell “quality of life” is just as bad as selling a character.
Everything is cosmetic last I checked aside from stash tabs, which granted should be earnable in-game, but it’s nothing like an entirely MTX-only class. I do wish the game had a transmog system though at least, even Diablo 4 does, and we all know how Blizzard is.
Personally I’d call it buy to play with an unlimited demo and optional mtx. Back when I played it, the default stash tab wasn’t remotely enough, but after spending 20 euros I had enough tabs for all my needs and I then played several seasons without spending anything more. It’s still the best freemium model that I’ve ever encountered imo.
Hat stores and “buy more space to hoard the loot we design the game to make you need” mtx shouldn’t be given the free pass they get, especially by players that go nuclear over paid character DLC.
I agree, but it’s also true that once you put 40€ in stash tabs bought in sales, you don’t really need more. In sales 40€ should give you enough to buy a premium/merchant tab plus all the major special tabs, and from there on it’s pretty much whatever.
They don’t really make tons of new shinnies each league anymore, and if they do they now usually give you a dedicated tab for free. This league the only issue was foulborn currency and implant currency, but if you had a currency tab those go to the bottom side and you never fill that part in the last leagues we got. I have a premium tab for all the league currencies of tabs I don’t own but have an affinity, and it doesn’t get filled usually.
And take into account that LE is a paid game, people have already put their 30-40€ in LE, now they are asking more just to get the end of the story. We still don’t have a complete campaign and they are asking money to propel that already paid just to see it finished.
That’s how I see it, PoE is a 40€ paid game with a free review (though not marketed like that) while LE is a paid game where they are going to release paid expansions and paid characters. Even Torchlight Infinite (the most p2w of them all) doesn’t do paid characters, the new ones become free in the next season.
I agree, but it’s also true that once you put 40€ in stash tabs bought in sales, you don’t really need more. In sales 40€ should give you enough to buy a premium/merchant tab plus all the major special tabs, and from there on it’s pretty much whatever.
They don’t really make tons of new shinnies each league anymore, and if they do they now usually give you a dedicated tab for free. This league the only issue was foulborn currency and implant currency, but if you had a currency tab those go to the bottom side and you never fill that part in the last leagues we got. I have a premium tab for all the league currencies of tabs I don’t own but have an affinity, and it doesn’t get filled usually.
I totally agree with ditching a game over MTX, but doesn’t PoE also want to stick its hand in your wallet? Making a game more restrictive to sell “quality of life” is just as bad as selling a character.
Everything is cosmetic last I checked aside from stash tabs, which granted should be earnable in-game, but it’s nothing like an entirely MTX-only class. I do wish the game had a transmog system though at least, even Diablo 4 does, and we all know how Blizzard is.
Could be better, could be worse.
Path of exile is completely playable for free, all content, no restrictions.
The stash tabs are a soft requirement. You can play without them, but it’s a less enjoyable experience.
F2P with MTX, got it.
Yeah F2P with MTX, mostly cosmetic, but some that make your life easier.
Personally I’d call it buy to play with an unlimited demo and optional mtx. Back when I played it, the default stash tab wasn’t remotely enough, but after spending 20 euros I had enough tabs for all my needs and I then played several seasons without spending anything more. It’s still the best freemium model that I’ve ever encountered imo.
Isn’t that just the standard f2p mmo experience
Hat stores and “buy more space to hoard the loot we design the game to make you need” mtx shouldn’t be given the free pass they get, especially by players that go nuclear over paid character DLC.
I agree, but it’s also true that once you put 40€ in stash tabs bought in sales, you don’t really need more. In sales 40€ should give you enough to buy a premium/merchant tab plus all the major special tabs, and from there on it’s pretty much whatever.
They don’t really make tons of new shinnies each league anymore, and if they do they now usually give you a dedicated tab for free. This league the only issue was foulborn currency and implant currency, but if you had a currency tab those go to the bottom side and you never fill that part in the last leagues we got. I have a premium tab for all the league currencies of tabs I don’t own but have an affinity, and it doesn’t get filled usually.
And take into account that LE is a paid game, people have already put their 30-40€ in LE, now they are asking more just to get the end of the story. We still don’t have a complete campaign and they are asking money to propel that already paid just to see it finished.
That’s how I see it, PoE is a 40€ paid game with a free review (though not marketed like that) while LE is a paid game where they are going to release paid expansions and paid characters. Even Torchlight Infinite (the most p2w of them all) doesn’t do paid characters, the new ones become free in the next season.
I agree, but it’s also true that once you put 40€ in stash tabs bought in sales, you don’t really need more. In sales 40€ should give you enough to buy a premium/merchant tab plus all the major special tabs, and from there on it’s pretty much whatever.
They don’t really make tons of new shinnies each league anymore, and if they do they now usually give you a dedicated tab for free. This league the only issue was foulborn currency and implant currency, but if you had a currency tab those go to the bottom side and you never fill that part in the last leagues we got. I have a premium tab for all the league currencies of tabs I don’t own but have an affinity, and it doesn’t get filled usually.
Yes but that’s still different from f2p with paid content