Blessings to the whales.Įmbers from the lootboxes can be used to barter for raid gear, but only after having done the raid on whatever tier (and usually the raid barter is released a couple months after the raid or instance cluster). You cant get the best gear out of lootboxes, but you can (ostensibly) get ready to go get the best gear without grinding as much by throwing money at the game. What it is is a pay-to-skip method, which hits different. As does the teal adventurers gear a little later in the cycle (I think like the rings and maybe a few other pieces are currently the pre-raid BIS?).

Most of those games I've mentioned previously that are similar to Lotro only sell stuff in their P2P store like cosmetics, areas & quests, mounts, teleports, etc.īut none of those sell stats, endgame gear and endgame currency, because buying with real money: stats, endgame gear and endgame currency it's considered by many among the MMORPG gaming community to be Pay-to-Win.ĭo you think this makes Lotro Pay to Win in some aspects?Īt the beginning of an expansion pack (last one and this one), the purple adventurers gear in those boxes is useful for a minute then gets overshadowed quickly by dungeon gear. Or Endgame gear (like black steel keys for Lootboxes) and Endgame currency (Embers/motes). I've played many MMORPGs similar to Lotro in the past with similar monetization, like Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Black Desert Online, Final Fantasy XIV etc.įor example, F2P games with Buy-to-Play features (buyable expansions/content/areas), subscription and pay to play currency with store (like farmeable Lotro Points to buy items at the Pay-to-play store).īut none of those games sold players Stats (like might, agility, will, vitality, fate through Tomes) which requires almost 30k LP to buy them all to complete stats (which equates like $260 dumped on LP),

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