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First of all, the sillynes of the Credit income.
I understand better than I let on what a F2P game is. I do. I REALLY REALLY do. On Warframe, I have over 2,000 hours and I've spent maybe $50 during my time in the game. On Warframe, I have just about everything there is to have. The things I'm missing are very few, and so rare, they are almost impossible to get (Or not available due being founders items, which I'm not).
Anyone familiar with the game will know that to get to where I am, you'd need to spend quite a bit more than $50, or invest a LOT of time. Guess which I went for?
The thing about Warframe is that, although the grind is just as intense as it is in MWO, at least you can get things you weren't particularly looking for. The gameplay is the same, the enemies are the same, the maps are mostly the same, yet the rewards can be exactly what you needed, or a pleasant surprise. Also, they can be complete crap, and you get rock after rock after rock.
In MWO, you can dedicate your entire weekend and be nowhere near to where you want to be. Some of us don't have the time during the week to grind, and that's nobody's fault.
Some of us don't have the luxury of having disposable income to throw around on instant gratification unlocks on vidya. And again, that is nobody's fault.
The main problem comes with the amount that is paid out per mission, versus how much each mech costs to purchase, and then customize.
And honestly, starting small and going large is not an alternative, since the payout is marginally better. I am pulling around the same amount on a loss or a win (Marauder), regardless if the mech is big or small (I thought I had screenies of my KGC-000 and my JR7-IIC, but the point stands).
The alternative is, of course, to pay for premium. And I would. I really would. If it weren't for the fact that premium starts running the second you log in, and never stops till it runs out.
So, for someone like me, spending $11.50 for premium and only really get to use it 2 or 3 days a month is absolutely not worth it.
So then comes the alternative: Buy mechs with MC. And suddenly, the premise of paying up to $40 for ONE mech seems ludicrous.
So, don't buy MC mechs, buy packages. I don't want 5 variats of one mech, I rather have 5 different mechs, but there are no packages like that. A la carte isn't any better, for the benefit of it is not entirely atractive.
Again, I understand the game needs a money influx to survive. But honestly, the player base is not that big, and trying to force every player to either pay or suffer the grind is unappealing to a lot of people. Out of my circle of friends, only 3 of us play the game. The others who have tried it got bored of the grind and refused to pay money for a game that is, in all honestly, overpriced.
My second gripe with the game is how it disables FN keys' functions. This is a minor thing, but by god it bugs the hell out of me. I like to listen to music as I play games. Sometimes, playing to the tune of "Let the bodies hit the floor" is just right. However, playing to the tune of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" is less than right.
Sometimes, I may need to turn the volume of my system up or down. Can't do it. Sometimes I want to use Ctrl+F9 to start my screencap software, and I can't. I had to remap it to "Q+P" because the game simply takes over all of the function keys, for no reason.
And that's pretty much it. I will not spend money on the game for as long as it tries to force me to, by making the alternative as unattractive as it is. Granted, I may not spend $400+ in bundles and stuff, but I might spend enough in cosmetics and mech bays, instead of recycling bays when I get bored of the same old 7 mechs.
Edited by Erufen, 11 June 2016 - 08:03 PM.
