Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-24022733-20131207070726/@comment-11107497-20131208195750

PRAXISZ wrote: T1 play is more involved than this. And of course, T1 play involves spending whether reasonably or exhorbantly. If you are not willing to spend for T1, then T2 or lower for free. Free players and Paying players will separate naturally in the gaming pool even in an ideal model. Paying players will always gain and should gain better rewards for their investment. This is only logical. I agree, but the problem is, there is no purpose to pay any amount of money less than what is required for T1. T1 gets a reward they can use to play the game, T2+ gets a picture they can add to their gallery and the uselessness of this considering I can look at all the pictures online and there is no in-game benefit to collecting means there is no point participating as the ability to accumulate in game resource by playing the game is being taken away.

We all pay. We all pay with combinations of time, money and in game resources. If you pay money you don't always gain better rewards, because the model for this game is gambling. If you invest in cube or chain packs then you can gain better rewards of saving time etc.

My model was oversimplified but not by much. There are also elements of social etiquette for tagging ally seeds and the possible need to buy a deck of raiders. It all comes down to how much resource do you need for the goal, how much do you want to spend to achieve it and things like buying raiders to potentially reduce the amout of resources needed. It depends what is cheaper, buying the raiders or just buying extra cubes.

so it becomes.. can I kill it without using resource? yes/no.. do I have to commit resource because it's an ally? yes/no.. then is the ratio of resource spent on this boss vs the points/rubies I gain, is it worth it for my goal of point rewards/final rankings/rubies I need etc etc. Because whatever tier, you should think in advance how many points you need and how much resource it will take to get there. Currently, there are no rewards worth participating for, for anything less than a T1 finish. The 'rewards' are an illusion. They don't even check/test or care. Master Builders gave a level 2 acid storm with an episode 3 acid storm weapon.