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[TheMightyWashburn]

You seem to be an *****. F2P games MUST allows money to create TIME shortcuts, not skill short cuts. If you can get it in any amount of time for free then it is not P2W because ANYONE can have it.

I mean, they might as well unlock all the mechs for everyone and make everything free for all. Oh wait, that is ******** because this is a company and there is nothing wrong with that.

[Kristov Kerensky]

NinetyProof, on 22 March 2013 - 01:29 PM, said:

No ... it's called: Pay-For-Power.

And yes, this game, right now, for all intent and purpose, is pay-for-power.

example: Player A vs Player B, both have been playing for a couple of months ... both have never purchased a Heavy Mech ... both decide they want to try heavies. Both have *just* enough CBills to buy their first heavy.

Player A, P-F-P player, plunks down some cash, and buys all the necessary upgrades to make the heavy viable (DHS, Endo, Better Engine, etc). Then he plunks down more cash, and buys the other two variants ... then plunks down more cash and unlocks the skills to master ... then plunks down more cash to get the modules.

Player B, a non-cash player, doesn't have money, doesn't get the upgrades, doesn't get the skill unlocks, doesn't get the modules, doesn't get Coolent Flush, doesn't get artillery, etc, etc.

Player A and Player B meet up in a match ... Player A's mech goes faster, MUCH FASTER, stops faster, twists faster, heat is better, lock is faster, etc, etc, etc. Player A decimates Player B not because Player A has mad skillz, but because player A "Paid-For-Power".

Of course Player B will eventually catch up to Player A in the power curve ... eventually ... like in several weeks/months depending upon different factors. This is what the "Pay-For-Power-Deniers" hang their hat on. The fact non-PFP player could eventually catch up to them.

And that *is* the point of Pay-For-Power. Player A drops cash and beats Player B for no other reason then they opened up their wallet. Whether you consider that Good or Bad is another topic ... but, for the love of pete ... stop lying and not calling this game a Pay-For-Power game.

And, by extension, Pay-For-Power is a defacto Pay-To-Win system .. it's just not blatant about it ... and it can be overcome ... for now. And even that might change in the future.

Would you, could you, please point out the equipment besides the Mech itself, cockpit geegaws and paint/camo that we can BUY with MC? Seriously, which of the multitude of weapons, ammos, engines and sensor gear can I buy with MC?

Oh..that's right..NONE!

Seriously, you are just as bad as zvero and thank the gods neither of you is in Shadow Rat's Marauders, kicking you out wouldn't remove the stigma of having had you in our ranks for even a second...