Comment on Looks like I'm getting into World of Warships

drunkosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  do you have any examples of this game being pay-to-win?

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  • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Plenty from World of Tanks, going as far as match fixing to keep people in the “ideal for monetization” range of winrate. Shots literally going away from tanks you were aiming for. Spotting working differently. The patents for matchmaking they had to specifically foster that environment.

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    • ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The question was about Warships, not Tanks.

      But your statements about the unfair advantage of paying players is just a very wild guess, that has nothing to do with reality.

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      • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It isn’t a very wild guess it’s been empirically proven. Hopping on a low winrate account just makes you a god with impenetrable armour and perfect accuracy. There have been people going through statistics on this. People who say “nah it doesn’t exist” are either low winrate, or haven’t played the game much.

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’d say it’s pay to advance/skip the grind

    If you suck at the game, no amount of money will fix that.just speeds up getting the ships and stuff.

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    • ALERT@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not sure paying for time is paying to win.

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      • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yes, it is.

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• _Atlas_@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I play WOW without having paid for anything and I have felt no effect of pay to win

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