pay to win

“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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RIFT pulls pay-to-win packs out of the store — for now

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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...
uh, guys, really?

RIFT puts an endgame currency out for real-money sales

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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

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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

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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

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Over the weekend, the studio behind crowdfunded RvR MMORPG 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

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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

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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...
It's barbaric, but hey, it's home.

Dauntless holds AMA covering free-to-play, Steam, wipes, and Monster Hunter Online

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Yesterday afternoon, the 40-odd-member Phoenix Labs team held a Reddit AMA on Dauntless. Let's run down the highlights! There are no hard dates attached...

Ubisoft on Skull and Bones’ business model, ‘treasure chest’ lootboxes, and live events

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If you thought that Ubisoft's Skull and Bones pirate MMO wasn't going to have lootboxes, seriously, what rock are you living under? (And is...

E3 2017: Hands-on with mobile MMOs Lineage 2 Revolution and Durango

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With Pokemon Go trying to avoid explicitly calling itself an MMO, Massively OP once again has room for a top contender in the realm of mobile...

Academics and addiction experts weigh in on ‘pay-to-loot’ gambleboxes and lockboxes

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"Pay-to-win" is old news now -- game designers' new plan for hoovering all the cash out of our wallets is "pay-to-loot." According to IGN's Nathan...

Black Desert’s South American edition will launch buy-to-play

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Black Desert's South American edition will launch as a buy-to-play MMORPG, Portuguese-language website MMO Vicio reported earlier this week. Redfox Games will host servers...

Chronicles of Elyria limits how many $10,000 monarchs will rule over its lands

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If you decided to eschew the purchase of a reasonably priced car in favor of buying your way to a pretend throne in a...
I really feel like a spirit is being shaped.

Revelation Online players accuse the game of pay-to-win tactics

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Don't look now, but the ugly form of pay-to-win might be slouching its way into Revelation Online. On the forums, players have accused My.com of...

Ten life lessons I learned from the Asheron’s Call series

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As Asheron's Call 1 & 2 are going offline shortly, I thought I might give it a final send-off with a list of things I...

The Repopulation’s new owners say pay-to-win is off the table

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Still reeling over the news that The Repopulation has been acquired by Idea Fabrik and will launch in Hero Engine later this quarter after...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 97: Mailbag extravaganza!

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Justin and Bree empty the mailbag out on the floor for a holiday show, tackling questions on Asheron's Call, console MMOs, chat, server size, tats, music, subs, and more.
Oops?

ArcheAge accidentally implies that it’s a pay-to-win game

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"Pay-to-win" is a really tricky term to nail down; everyone has different definitions of winning, and while the broad strokes of the concept are...
Day, night, whatever.

Is the online pay-to-win situation improving?

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MMO players looking for a hot-button topic often have to go no further than dredging up discussion concerning pay-to-win and its alleged affect on online...

Creativerse is an adorable early access voxel sandbox

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Multiplayer voxelboxes are a dime a dozen these days, but some of them still manage to stand out. Creativerse certainly does that: While its...

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