#'ooooh its a gacha game' listen i'd rather pay what feels appropriate for bonus items and a better chance at rounding off my collection

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alright, just for clarity: genshin impact runs on unity. you're still welcome to be concerned for Whales(people spending 1000+ a month or otherwise beyond their means), but y'all don't get to make fun of us for just buying stuff in our game anymore. it was already dicey when it's a free to play in-development game we might want to support. now that we know every installation is going through that ridiculous charge, Lay Off.

#'ooooh its a gacha game' listen i'd rather pay what feels appropriate for bonus items and a better chance at rounding off my collection #than pay 60+ for a shitty game full of ungodly glitches that locks ALL the good shit behind a paywall #i'm not sure y'all understand how much stuff is in place to ensure that genshin is fully playable at ftp #the pity system + rotating catalogue means your only real obstacle to getting a character or weapon is your own patience. #the constant flow of minimum-effort primos and freebie characters means you are guaranteed a viable team #if you don't play for 2 weeks and then log back in they give you a special catchup event #the majority of the game's content is completely available to you at free and paying won't actually erase the effort needed to unlock stuff #i don't deny it has the same potential to hurt addictive folk as any other lootboxes and i do not recommend it to everyone #nor do i deny its writing and design flaws - particularly in the way sumeru was designed and how hilichurls are handled #but it is SO much more respectful to its playerbase than a LOT of the other systems i've seen