Unpopular opinion: p2w in Aion 2 does more good than bad.....
You're telling me that someone who plays the game can sell in game currency to whales so I can get the battle pass and real money items for free? Count me in.
Aion 2 is really addicting . Good progression, awesome combat and tons to grind for. However I get asked constantly if it is pay to win and to put simply, yes it is. I would consider this game a free-to-try similar to Destiny and if you plan on actively playing it I would recommend buying the monthly membership ($15) and optionally the odyle energy pass ($15). Those are things you don’t really need till endgame tho so it’s totally free to grind to max level and see if the game is something that you enjoy.
The real pay to win however is behind crafted gear which is genuinely so expensive that most player will simply ignore this system. The average cost of crafting a weapon on my server is between $300-$600 right now. Crafts can see you swipe $100 for a 25% chance to craft a piece of gear and fail and you just get nothing and the chance of your next attempt doesn’t go up. I’ve seen people swipe away hundreds for nothing.
The way to engage with this system at least imo is to sell to the whales. Almost everything in game can be traded and whales will spend $60+ for materials that you will acquire just by playing the game. I plan on crafting when demand goes down and for now I can just farm enough premium currency to make sure I don’t need to buy my next membership or battle pass for months. So even though I paid at the start my next months of play are “free” by just playing the game. Pros and cons to the system but hopefully this helps you understand the monetization or Aion 2.
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