Here’s an odd question from a Massively OP reader: What’s the best pay-to-win MMO on the market?
I know pay to win is a dirty, dirty slander in the MMO community. However, as I’ve gotten older and real life concerns like owning a home, holding down a 50-hour-a-week, mentally taxing job, and maintaining a marriage take a lot out of me. I don’t have the time or energy anymore to min/max my gear, grind up levels, and devise clever boss strategies for raids. I want to come home, give a developer a portion of my disposable income, and instantly be allowed to kick ass and/or obtain the best pixels. So what are my options?
To me, the interesting question here isn’t how to define pay-to-win but how to define best. I mean, people were trading Ultima Online and EverQuest accounts back in ’90s, and that was technically pay-to-win — you could buy fully built characters, castles, the works, all from other players. And yet it never seemed to truly wreck the game for everyone else the way cash shop-based P2W games seem to be ruined. Clearly, it can be done. So what do you think? What’s the best pay-to-win MMO on the market for someone who doesn’t recoil in horror at the thought of P2W?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
