Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11590835-20130808070152/@comment-13094563-20130809102947

I agree with most of the things you say Starscream, especially that they are taking overprices for everything and that the game in-it-self is really boring!

However I have to disagree with you about the "gambling "/ "pay to win" concept.

Gambling for me is where you bet money to try to win some money. Like in a casino.

In this game it is not gambling, rather you buy a set of cards that are randomised with certain (very low) probabilities for highly desired cards. (if not Mobage is cheating on purpose and lower your probabilities or mess up with you to just give you crap cards). They dont promise you to get a certain card if you pay certain amount of money and I think this is fair enough. Almost every game in life involves some random part. This is normal for a game, and it is not gambling. F.ex when you roll a dice on a boardgame it is not gambling. You just have a random chance to get a value of 1-6. If you only want to get a 6 for example, can you buy a 6, in this game not.? In the analogy, Mobage instead of selling you the 6,  sells you another roll with the die (for exorbitant amount of money ofcourse!). Even if you buy 100 rerolls you never be 100% certain to hit a 6. Thats the way probabilities work. Knowing the price and that the probabilities are low, you should make up your mind if you find it worth buying. Once you do you shouldnt complain afterwards you hit a 5.

Whatever you would do with a game like TFL, it would always be "pay to win". Especially if you were selling the cards as they are for a certain price, it would be even more "pay to win".

Now there is some luck involved if you buy the "right" cards. Human nature of competition will always make somebody invest more than the next to try to win. Its just accepting this as a fact of life and just ride along with it.

But I agree totally with you that it mostly sux and that what you buy and invest in this game is not at all worth it. Thats why I play for free, and set my goals for the game low enough as to enjoy it.