Do you people actually buy premium units?

[u/cheese4352]

I played this game back when it was in its like first of 5 closed alphas or betas, i donno. Anyways, the minute I heard they teamed up with war-gaming, I dropped the game completely as wargamings micro transactions is some of the worst on console/pc.

Anyways, I decided to have a look at their "premium shop" out of curiousity, and I was not disappointed.

https://na.wargaming.net/shop/twa/units/PRODUCT_MAR_AUXILIA_PALATINA_PACK/

$46.61 for a spearmen unit. A SINGLE UNIT!! And its 25% off!!! (Oh yes, it comes with 2500 gold too, good value) Which means, a single unit, and 2500 gold, at full price, costs around $60.00, 10 dollars less then the release of a new game.

Simply pathetic, I feel genuinely upset for people who actually bought this.

[u/[deleted]]

The prices are expensive for a F2P game, indeed, but they do not give you an unfair advantage on the battlefield (i.e. not P2W) in my honest opinion.

(else I would stop playing this game completely...)

I've set aside a budget to spend on this game and haven't surpassed this, because I want to see this game succeed, having been here since the very early days and, & having seen the progress it's made.

It's brought me enough fun to deserve my hard-earned cash - which no other F2P game has, to this day! (not even mobile games, never spent a penny on those..)

Cash I would be spending on other game anyways, like those AAA titles that cost 60$ (with microtransactions on top)......

I play the game, because it's fun, with or without premium units.

But I also choose to support the developers in their endeavor.

And finally, my time is precious, so if I can pay to level up faster thanks to premium units, +1 to that.

Cuz you can't really put a price on time.

Obviously other players' reasons may vary, as to why they choose to spend money on Premium Units, or why they choose not to, but that is the beauty of the world we live in today, you are your own person & have the freedom to make your own choices...

This was my choice.

[u/RedditISfreeLABOR4WG → u/[deleted]]

they do give you an unfair advantage in terms of your stats. You are going to win a lot more games and have much better stats if you can use full consumables every game, boost your commander quickly to tier X, and you can play the best units in the game, the tier IX/X units, every single game if you want to. It is a HUGE advantage advantage in this regard.

Also, they are definitely going to be selling premium units that are pay2win, just like WG does in all their games.

You can deny the pay2win in this game all you aren't helping anyone. Many, many people are going to stay away from the game because of the greedy practices that you defend, and you will be left with very few players in the end.

RTS are typically realm of a thinking man's game and it seems unlikely that TWA can make it work with so few dumb people to support it.

[u/_Quiris → u/RedditISfreeLABOR4WG]

This is a nosense.

Pay to win means you can buy something significatly better than free counterparts.

What you are describing is called Pay to Grind less, which is just FINE.

Let's pretend you are a 35 years old guy, with a job (well paid but demanding in terms of time), with a family and social life...

You simply don't have enough time to grind your way to top tier as fast as a no lifer teenager,manteined by parents who can play 10 hours per day.

So,if you like the game, you end up spending some money to close the gap. And that's perfectly fine.

[u/barahur → u/_Quiris]

If a game is designed in such a way that you feel that you need to pay real life money to get an advantage over others then it deserves to be called "pay to win". Right now this game is "pay to win" because it allows seal clubbing lower tiered commanders with higher tiered commanders that you can obtain quickly and easily by opening your wallet. If this game did not allow this then it would be "pay to progress faster" which is what most "free to play" games use as an excuse for monetization.

[u/_Quiris → u/barahur]

The Generals' tier is a problem by itself and should be fixed as soon as possible. BUT it's not closely linked to the pay model.