Off-Topic Rants:
The argument made by Cynic was that there are much more effective ways for Nexon to profit from the evan event than "forgetting" to add items that violate their Free-To-Play business model. These books do not only make gameplay inconvenient if you choose not to purchase them from the cash shop; they make gameplay impossible after a certain point and for that reason, are best described as Pay-To-Play content. It is also important to observe that even if you obtain NX from another player, "someone" paid Nexon for your skill book. Even though NX does not physically have to be purchased by "you" it still must be obtained from somewhere.
I personally disagree with any uses of NX Cash that give players a relative advantage in the game (Majority of MTS, Wheels, 2x exp/drop, so on...). Just my 2 cents.
You clearly have not played WoW. These items are earned through gameplay and do not require additional money beyond the cost of playing the game.
On-Topic:
Nexon employees may have little merit in this particular forum, but Hime made the following post Friday:
Hime is frequently misinformed as she is merely a forum moderator, but for now, I would take her word for granted and treat the missing non-NX books as a bug rather than a stab at a new means of profit. Granted, it is a very inconvenient "bug" that will significantly cripple those players who decide to treat the evan event as Free-To-Play.
I would guess that if Nexon did indeed take the effort to correct this book error for evans that they would do the same for all future classes including dual blade.
King Wrote:so you want nexon to release psok and make even more money? I thought you are against Nexon to make ANY money off from players...
And FYI I am a casual player that plays for fun only so I never buy the monthly 2x because I rarely grind...
and I don't see how you are forced to pay 13k NX per month to play maple...I've been playing this game for 3 years and I never paid a cent of RL money, yet at certain point i had more than 200k NX cash prepaid...this means that it is perfectly possible to enjoy the game without paying anything
The argument made by Cynic was that there are much more effective ways for Nexon to profit from the evan event than "forgetting" to add items that violate their Free-To-Play business model. These books do not only make gameplay inconvenient if you choose not to purchase them from the cash shop; they make gameplay impossible after a certain point and for that reason, are best described as Pay-To-Play content. It is also important to observe that even if you obtain NX from another player, "someone" paid Nexon for your skill book. Even though NX does not physically have to be purchased by "you" it still must be obtained from somewhere.
I personally disagree with any uses of NX Cash that give players a relative advantage in the game (Majority of MTS, Wheels, 2x exp/drop, so on...). Just my 2 cents.
King Wrote:you need to buy mounts and pets in WoW too for real life money in addition to subscription fee
You clearly have not played WoW. These items are earned through gameplay and do not require additional money beyond the cost of playing the game.
On-Topic:
Nexon employees may have little merit in this particular forum, but Hime made the following post Friday:
Hime Wrote:Okay, guys. I've have more information about the mastery books in the Cash Shop.
I originally said that the books were earn-able in-game as that was the information given to me. From reading all the discussions about the books, I went to find more information.
The current mastery books in the Cash Shop are only available in the Cash Shop. In the near future, those books will be available through other methods. With that said, other mastery books are available in-game through rare boss drops.
I understand this isn't what you guys want to hear but I found it to be important to share.
Hime is frequently misinformed as she is merely a forum moderator, but for now, I would take her word for granted and treat the missing non-NX books as a bug rather than a stab at a new means of profit. Granted, it is a very inconvenient "bug" that will significantly cripple those players who decide to treat the evan event as Free-To-Play.
I would guess that if Nexon did indeed take the effort to correct this book error for evans that they would do the same for all future classes including dual blade.