13k is probably more than I have had in all of vanilla and tbc combined tbh, I don’t have alts, I’m engi and JC / rogue.
I started fresh when tbc hit so I came in with like 200-400g that I made during prepatch and I bought my epic flyer selling dark runes in P1.
I had one main that i was raiding with and had 6 profession alts through the majority of classic vanilla
Yeah so it sounds like you are good with your money and play the game more than I do or at least invest your time into the market and professions. Not a knock on you… but I’ve never really been interested in that aspect of the game… I’ve always been a one character Andy. I usually go professions for PvE or PvP viability reasons.
The only thing I ever paid for with gold from another player were the two diremaul rings
I know, im a degenerate cause i paid to win in that instance according to that other dude
I don’t doubt that there’s some people who legit have farmed that much good but definitely not the masses we agree yay.
Did you buy the gold with cash? If so then yes you did if you bought with gold legit earned then that’s just the game.
Have never bought gold, never even bought a token on retail
Then you didn’t pay 2 win you just played the game…
You can’t pay 2 win in wow.
Yes you can lol if you buy gold with cash and use said gold to get all the gear and get carried thru a raid you paid to win not a hard concept to follow but can see your a troll from one of the trolliest servers so will end this conversation.
You’re the one using the phrase wrong…
You can’t pay to win in the game that allows you to get those same items for free… That isn’t how pay to win works…
You can’t buy any advantages on the store shop it doesn’t sell you items or gear then is stronger than what we can get by just playing the game…
You can use RMT for gold in game and use that gold in GDKPs/Boosts/Achievements/Titles/Gearing as a means for a pay2win scenario. GDKP supports RMT behavior as the people holding events only care about the gold and not where the gold came from. I’d consider the token system in Retail to be a pay2win scenario as it rewards token to gold conversions to pay2progress opportunities with said gold.
The gear you buy with gold is no better than the gear people get for free by playing the game.
If we use your dumbed down version of the phrase all MMos are pay 2 win…
If I took 2 rogue’s who had full phase 5 Bis and told you to point on the 1 who bought all of his gear you wouldn’t be able to, because buying the gear gives you no advantages over someone who got the same gear for free.
No your the one whose brain isn’t functioning…yes you can pay 2 win
The gear you get for “Free” is by either time + effort + skill when it comes to progression or the actions of friends carrying you through content. Nothing is “Free”.
Then EVERY GAME IS P2W…
No you can’t.
The phrase was coined from mobile games that actually had pay 2 win elements from a store.
The “win” part of pay 2 win meant you were “winning” over players who didn’t spend any money because in those games it was typically a competition.
That isn’t in WOW you can spend.all the money you want and you can’t “win” over someone who plays normally…your gear isn’t any better than someone who got that same gear for free.
PTW is used in gaming with the meaning “Pay to Win” to refer to games that allow players to purchase items or abilities (e.g., more powerful weapons, additional health points) that give them an advantage in the game, either over other players or NPCs (Non-Player Characters).
What Does Pay-to-Win Mean?
In the simplest terms, “pay-to-win” describes a game where paying real money gives players a significant advantage over those who don’t spend any money.
You can’t gain an advantage because everything you buy can be gotten for free.
The activities such as GDKP + Boosting is pay2win/pay2progress. The game itself isn’t pay2win unless you’re referring to retail tokens. Classic still has some semblance of no official pay2win options but, the boost itself is repulsive.
Perhaps blizzard should implement a way for people to make more than one character
No they aren’t.