I hope they have free basic cosmetics to start with, like the ones they randomly assign to squads as of current, but you get to pick and choose what specifically to use.
id say it falls right in to pay to win category, as you can play the campaign but if you want to “compete” then you need to pay for it.
If it was entirely locked for paying customers, much like DLC’s in other games then it would be pay to play.
Anyway, I doubt the game has such huge playerbase that it can separate paying & F2P players in this way.
But we’ll see.
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Actually, making this campaign a more “demo” version to F2P players maybe the way to let them know how this new campaign is selling.
But, 30USD has to be “worth it” to convince paid players to buy future similar “paid for once” campaigns.
Like Stalingrad is suddenly the whole game.
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Well it starts with small steps, next thing you know you will pay for reloading your gun.
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Given that this is Gaijin publishing we are talking about this is not even an exageration. Sad, truly.
But Sebekel is right that there are more campaigns than Stalingrad… of course assuming they will remain somewhat playable and fun.
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That’s the actual problem. The game is f2p, and even if it’s being improved from patch to patch, its quality is still lower than AAA p2p games. There’s literally no point in making campaign p2p, there’s not enough customers, there’s not enough reasons to pay for most of players.
I bought the access, but I don’t want to see experienced players suffering just because they haven’t paid.
(That will also affect lone fighters balance, but not that much since berlin axis/soviets still have the best equipment)
Not really sure about that, seeing how many among the latest iterations of the biggest FPS brands appear to have left players unsatisfied, and even moving back to older games.
But still I get your point.
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I’m mostly talking about visual, not gameplay quality, since AAA games can spend millions on making detailed animations and thousand of props.
And players are coming to enlisted to play a f2p game. Having one of the most famous battles locked behind the paywall will be a huge disappointment for many new players.
I just think they should give free to play players at least one S Tier option, so that they “can” compete.
Like having no access to STG for example is “ok” but then they should have something else that can be powerful… something better than just an MP40.
Like if the payed customer has access to lets say 10 S Tier weapons but the f2p guys can only choose between one or two S tier guns, we wont have any problem, because we would pay for diverse and cool weapons but nothing “OP”…
The thing is according to that list the best stuff f2p gets is MP40 and PPSH with stick mag + sniper STG - but that one is kinda situational, and only available in small squads.
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True, bestestest german LMG in moscow already behind paywall now stalingrad as entire campaign.
( Aka no endgame for f2p palyers )
Given how hard the grind is as F2P, highly doubt the new maps are enough appealing for f2p players to join & stay in stalingrad campaign just IMO, but I suppose gaijin have calculated that there are enough paying players to fill the stalingrad.
But as said, there are other campaigns and skipping stalingrad is fine for me.
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A small reminder that the players, at least a small majority wanted the fremium scammer crap model when Df asked them
And p2p or pw2… looking at the slots you can only buy with gold and premium membership… isnt that already the case here?
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What if F2P players could get ONE sample of each full access weapon, when they unlock the relative level?
They wouldn’t be able to upgrade it or buy more, but they would get a taste.
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Okay well one thing I got to admit, IF weapons get rebalanced, technically my whole S Tier and A Tier argument could be in vain.
The bolt action buffs are gonna be interesting for example, and who knows if these “S-Tier” guns are gonna still be “S-Tier”
Reminder that semiautos used to be a wonderful equaliser against endgame full autos and nobody ever asked for their ROF to be nerfed
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Sure you get 2 tanks / 2 planes with memb but I dont find it as gamebreaking as entirely locking the endgame from F2P.
Obviously you have to get something worth the money for memb / prem squad but id say the locking entire end game from f2p is quite alot too much.
This needs to be reversed, it would fix sooo many things.
Yeah… two bombers/ tanks are definitly not unfair against people with just one tank… plus less inf squads.
Why? 20%of the game will be party paywall-locked and people are like…
Dont like it, dont play it. If Stalingrad dies, Stalingrad. Not like there isnt enough replacement for it ingame. Lets wait and see how the market reacts instead of making therotical assumptions all the time.
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I dont really remember them ever being issue, perhaps back in days when planes had nukes.
Having something slightly better with prem squad, having minor advantage with memb is quite alot less than what they are currently offering aka no end game at all.
Aka not having anything comparable what paying customers have.
Ive got no issues skipping stalingrad, generally this is just pretty shitty marketing which is my opinion.
Well. Image you destroy Jumbo and he comes bac with the premium Junbo or uses two P-47s etc…
- The Panzer IV has HEAT ammo which can pen the whole front of the T-50 (could also argue about the Valentine with is armor being a pain in the ass)
- The MG squads have five men and one of them is a Tier II Engineer with buiilding possibilites of a Tier II engineer squad
- Firefly is one of the two (and the better) tanks which can pen the Panthers mantlet
- BA-11 has a troll hitbox
- Jumbo gives you two Junbos (also has the better and historical ammo)
- StuGs armor is also a pure pain in the ass to pen with 37mm and 75mm cannon
Especially the Panzer IV and the Firefly are… questionable in their effectiveness compared to their f2p variants.
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