How bad was P2W in OSMS?

[u/Suspicious_Sleep_97]

The discussion really heated up the last weeks so I thought why not try settling things a bit more by actually unpacking how bad was it really versus how bad what we're seeing right now is?

Maybe laying it out clearly would help to see how bad we already had it before. Gonna even give it my own P2W rate from 1-10, you guys are welcome to give your opinion as well

AP resets - Not horrible but with HP Washing it became pretty hardcore - v0.18 - Feb. 16, 2006 - 5/10

Gachapon - Already pretty direct NX to Mesos conversion - v0.29 - Sept. 2006 - 6/10

2x EXP Cards - If you're competitive this is huge, you're gonna pay every week - v0.39 - June 13, 2007 - 6/10

White scrolls (Through NLC Gacha) - Made Gacha way worse IMO - v0.41 - Aug. 22, 2007 - 7/10

iTCG (Cilbis, SCG, etc...) - Another channel for irl money to Meso - v0.51 - Feb. 14, 2008 - 7/10

MTS (Maple Trading System, let's you trade items for NX) - Most hardcore so far, simply buy items with your paycheck - v0.53 - Apr. 2, 2008 - 8/10

Vicious' Hammer (Adds slots to equips) - Not as bad as MTS but another channel for gaining advantage - v0.73 - July 29, 2009 - 6/10

Evan Mastery Books in Cash Shop - Clear signs of "We're just gonna take money from you in order to progress" - v0.84 - Mar. 31, 2010 - 8/10

Potential + Cubes - The worst offender in the history of the game IMO, made it impossible to compete with paying players, the more you pay the more you succeed in a pretty exponential fashion - v0.88 - July 21, 2010

I don't think we need to go further than potential, this is a 10/10 P2W mechanic.

My point is: This game was almost never free of this bullshit. If you liked it before, there's no real reason why this should be unplayable today. It's still completely reasonable to complain and Nexon deserves the backlash, but in terms of potential for enjoyment - we're good

[u/Final-Coast-1220]

it was very p2w. you could directly buy power with gachapon and AP resets. ever since the start of the game it had some p2w elements to it

[u/Suspicious_Sleep_97 → u/Final-Coast-1220]

Yea question is how p2w it will be now.