“Pay-to-win” aka P2W is a term used by online gamers for any game system or mechanic that allows a player to acquire advantages over other players using real-world money.
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The Daily Grind: Is it possible for an MMORPG to offer an optional sub that isn’t pay-to-win?
Last week, in the comments under the Bless optional subscription brouhaha article, I made an offhand comment that apparently got MOP commenter Sally's gears...
Hands-on with Bless Reborn at Neowiz’s San Francisco media reveal
As you probably have heard, there was a Bless influencer event this week, with a couple of media and a smattering of MMO streamers...
The Soapbox: Three augmented reality game problems (most) MMOs don’t have – and one thing they do so much better
I'd like to think that I'm kind of a healthy gamer. While MMOs take a lot of time, the nice thing is that their...
ArcheAge players fear pay-to-win practices will infect new progression server
With ArcheAge's new progression fresh start server going live today, players are raising concerns that Trion Worlds has slipped in pay-to-win elements in its...
Massively Overthinking: How much money spent makes you an MMO whale?
Several conversations I saw after our report on the new RMT mounts in Guild Wars 2 got me thinking about how the MMO community...
SoulWorker Online begins selling subs, responds to outcry over energy system P2W
SoulWorker is technically in open beta on paper; it isn't supposed to truly launch until later this quarter. It hit Steam at the end...
Paladins nukes P2W Cards Unbound, compensates players, and adds seriously crappy art
Once again, gamers prove that protests can work.
Here's the deal: Paladins players have been grousing about the Cards Unbound system for months, alleging that...
First impressions of ‘wizarding world’ MMOARG Maguss
If it weren't for my promise to write this article, I would have given up on Maguss in less than 15 minutes had I been...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the absolute best if you’re a whale?
At the end of every year, I always do a Daily Grind on the most expensive MMO to play at that exact moment, with...
Black Desert players protest lag, bugs, pay-to-win, and lack of account security
Agitators on the Black Desert subreddit are attempting to whip up press and players over a range of grievances players have with Kakao, the...
Bless Online interview: Soft launch plans, why Gamigo bowed out, and avoiding pay-to-win
Bless Online is one of the biggest MMORPGs we're expecting to launch in the west in 2018. Over the last six years, we've watched...
Massively Overthinking: Considering pay-to-win MMO peripherals
MOP reader and commenter Sally Bowls recently sent along a link to an insanely awesome 34" monitor that costs more than a lot of...
Life is Feudal MMO has launched into early access on Steam
Builder-centric sandbox Life is Feudal has officially launched into early access with a buy-in of $29.99, and that's the MMO version, mind you, not...
RIFT pulls pay-to-win packs out of the store — for now
Reacting to massive community pushback over what is perceived to be pay-to-win packs in the RIFT store, Trion Worlds announced that it is pulling...
RIFT puts an endgame currency out for real-money sales
Look, we can all agree that "pay-to-win" is, at the very least, a difficult concept to be certain about. Right? There's a lot of...
Bless Online addresses Steam launch questions, but still has no public monetization plan
Pretty psyched that Bless Online is coming to the west on Steam in 2018? So are we! But there are many questions about this...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online’s free-to-play upgrades are pretty damn generous
You've probably heard by now that EVE Online is giving its free-to-play alpha clone characters a massive boost in power in December about a...
Camelot Unchained’s Mark Jacobs on guilds, groups, and the social systems that make an MMORPG go ’round
Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPGÂ Camelot Unchained released a hefty chunk of its ongoing beta one document, revealing extensive insight into...
PAX West 2017: Chronicles of Elyria’s monetization philosophy, tribe evolution, and the PvP sandbox stigma
What is Chronicles of Elyria? We first learned about the game and its goal to redefine the MMORPG genre back in 2015. Since then,...
Paragon players rage over ‘pay-to-win’ monetization changes and loot crates
No exaggeration: The Paragon subreddit is in absolute uproar over the MOBA's newest monetization tactic. The board is currently covered with dozens of threads angry...
