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Why is it that F2P players always shield themselves with "the community". I mean its nice to have a community and all; but "community" doesn't pay the bills, doesn't make the game better, doesn't allow to increase budget to make it better. I mean you could not go out to eat, cook at home and spend whatever you were going to spend out in the game for "the community" right?

All for community as long as it’s free 😉

Its like those family gatherings, you always have someone who didn't even bring a drink complaining about the food.

Why is it that F2P players always shield themselves with "the community". I mean its nice to have a community and all; but "community" doesn't pay the bills, doesn't make the game better, doesn't allow to increase budget to make it better. I mean you could not go out to eat, cook at home and spend whatever you were going to spend out in the game for "the community" right?

All for community as long as it’s free 😉

Its like those family gatherings, you always have someone who didn't even bring a drink complaining about the food.

What is this logic? So only spenders are allowed to play the game? That's what you're saying right now.

No, but spenders keep the lights on. Without them there is no game. This is something that I think some ftp players fail to grasp. They think they are the pure players because they play the game the 'right way' and the spenders are cheaters essentially. The reality is it's the spenders that allow you to play the game for free at all, and this game in all honesty is one of the most ftp plays out there in what it offers that part of the community.

True, but a never-ending supply of high progression F2Ps is necessary to keep the whales happy and engaged and spending.
F2Ps are the cannon fodder that whales pay to dominate, the bodies that fill the matchups, and the audience that makes their flex worth anything.

Is it though? Most of the whales are probably comparing themselves to their surrounding whales, not F2P players.

The whole point of a massively multiplayer game is in fact we're all playing the same game. Comparisons are inevitable, and actually encouraged. A little envy is a good thing when it comes to such things. But the mega whales aren't comparing themselves to the free to play players, that's completely worthless. I doubt most give it a second thought, because that would be like Valiant players comparing their rosters to Proven players. That's interesting for all of two seconds. Valiants compare themselves to other Valiants, or sometimes to Paragons.

It is important to remember we do not need to guess. We know what a game comprised of nothing but spenders looks like. It looks like every MMO before about 2010. And games where everyone spent and spent a significant amount did perfectly fine. Spenders can support a game with zero free to play players. But free to play players cannot support a game all by themselves.

There is a virtuous reinforcement between the free to play players and the spenders in an F2P monetized game: it is better for both sides when the game reasonably balances the two. But make no mistake: a game with all the free players gone is smaller, a game with all the spenders gone is dead.

Just want to document this for myself for future reference (and for anyone else who might find an idea or two useful).
Only did the first quest so far; will update when I get to the later ones.

1. Gorr: Isophyne; probably restarted like 10 times until I did two things: (1) realize I didn't have my 5/5 MD mastery loadout active and (2) learn his SP2 dex. After that, I was able to get him down pretty easy.
2. Dazzler: Knull. Just used SP1s and only baited SP1s.
3. Lady 20 minute fight with FAM. Just used SP3s. Dash back when the power drain timer is about to expire.
4. Enchantress: Onslaught; easy fight because you benefit from her power gain and can special her constantly.
5. Thor Rags: Chee. Just bait specials constantly. Don't risk being aggressive.
6. Arcade: Vox. Easy fight because of undermine, poison immunity, and huge degen damage.
7. Leader: Attuma. My first time using Attuma; it went fine. Just stay close, bait only SP1s.
8. Bullseye: Sinister.
9. Torch: Spam. Need to read the nodes here to avoid dying, but otherwise easy if you're patient.
10. Serpent: Easy with R1 Spiral. Had never used her before, but I think she's great. That's the one benefit of this quest, made me realize that I need to rank up Spiral and put her in my BG deck instead of Isophyne.
11. Dust: Easy with R1 Ironheart. Another champ I had never used before, but really like now. Not sure I need or can afford to rank up another tech champ, but she's (or it's?) definitely a great attacker.
12. DThanos: Jean. Would've been a long and annoying fight without her.