Allods Online Forum

I would like to discuss the current state of the cash shop in Allods. In my opinion, this is a P2W game for those who don't have A LOT of time to spend on the game. This is because there are things you will need from the cash shop in order to compete with the top players in the game in pvp, and even in order to be approved for raids, astral etc. This is mainly two things: patronage 5 and crystal ships for upgrading your runes.

Now, I know that you CAN buy these things for gold, you can buy crystal ships from AH and you can buy patronage 5 boxes by converting gold to crystals used to buy the patronage box in the cash shop.

However, the issue is that you will never be able to enjoy the game if you're not a super hardcore player with no job and barely a social life, because you will either have to spend all the time in farming gold, or you will have to skip the gold farming in order to enjoy the game and do things like raids, pvp, astral etc.

It's not optimal to have to choose between one or the other of these things, because they both play big roles in the game. When I played Allods actively, I did not have time to farm enough gold, and at the same time be able to enjoy the game. If I would spend all my time to farm enough gold to be able to buy everything needed, I would end up being way too far behind in gear progression, which is really bad in this game.

If you slack behind you'll have a really hard time finding groups for raids and astral and you'll basically get 1 shot in pvp, and then the game isn't really even fun playing anymore, is it? You must keep up from start of a new expansion basically, as the player population in this game is pretty low. There are very few players that actually reach max level, most of the current max leveled players are hardcore old veteran players that were gearing up from the start, or at least early after an expansion.

So the conclusion is: There's simply too much to work for in this game to be able to both enjoy the game and get the necessary items without paying a dime, IF you're casual gamer.

So, for casuals = P2W.

For hardcore players that basically only spend their time on Allods = Not necessarily P2W. Even though probably over 90% of all the hardcore players in Allods payed A LOT of money on this game. It's understandable as this game offers a lot of end game content and therefore who the hell wants to spend 80% of time farming gold just because you need a ridiculous amount of crystal ships to get high leveled runes or a ridiculous amount of patronage boxes in order to get pat 5?

P.S. Worth mentioning is that I myself am no more than a casual player that really like this game, but can unfortunately not spend the necessary time to become something in this game. I have a job and a social life outside of the virtual world.

Quoted from "Pochtron"

Even with basic CS, free Pat5 & lvl 5 runes which is very, very far from OP, the gap is still large enough for those who like to feel their "superiority".
Also don't forget knowledge of the class, which is something that no credit card can buy. So old players still have advantages enough.

Fully agree. They need to make the game more friendly both for newcomers and for casual gamers who don't have 5+ hours to spend on the game every day. The things that are required to get in order to compete with the hardcores should be obtainable in other ways than from cash shop only. You should of course have to work hard for it, but it shouldn't have to take you years, it shouldn't require you to pay real money, and you shouldn't have to sacrifice other fun features of the game.

Let's say they made it so that bosses in astral had a chance to drop crystal ships. Then you get to experience the astral content which is a big part of end game in Allods, and at the same time you farm crystal ships you would progress for new gear. Then hardcore players would obtain both gear and crystal ships much faster than casual players, and would be more powerful during a long time, but casual players would still have a chance to reach the top as well, it would just take longer to get there.

Quoted from "ALLODS-ONLINE-PLAYER"

so i want to end my post with an example of how i would do it nowadays if i would be a new player (i would still use no $)

1st - obviously - level to max
2nd - participate in at least one aod&the 1st BG (x2) every day
i would not gear beyond the strenght i need for doing tkarik
then unlock reincarnation and level another char to max level -> this way possible to participate twice a day in aod

----> gold goes to lootpet, griffon and cheap basic thing slike 2nd green earring green carnifex 1st additional statpoints basic cheap runes etc


if you are less patient or have even less time you could instantly start to gear fully, regarding the 2 keys you get a day, takes ~ 30 min to use them
~ 45 min / day for aod
~ 30 min / day for 1st BG (TC / WH / DF)

would be > 2 hours / day and you would still (slowly) progress

ofc there will be stronger players than you especially at the beginning, but the longer you play the stronger you will get
if you dont like the idea of players beeing so far ahead of you, you can either instantly catch up instantly for $ (expensive) or play on subscription server where the gap cant get so big

Thanks for the tips! If I ever decide to come back to Allods, I will follow your advise.