Allods Online Forum

in allods you can buy many things for $ instead of playing a long time to get certain items
so you either invest $ or time to get stronger

however there is still a lot to do, even if you use a lot of $


since you can get everything by playing, even if it might take some time, i would not call allods paytowin (there is a NPC that let you exchange gold for BC)
"pay to boost" would be the most fitting term since those who pay usually have things earlier than those who do not; they boost their char
on the long however it gets more and more even anyway
personally i play free myself for some years now, and although there IS some difference to those who play "full cash" its not THIS big
also, there are not so many ppl who really have 6 level 13 runes

what matters MUCH more is gear, which is gained by playing and cant be bought directly (there are some ways to make gearig faster through $ but you still need to play and do a lot)


those who call allods a full p2w game are most likely those who are frustrated and / or bad players and instead of admitting they fail because of their attitude / skills they search excuses for their bad performance in the payment-system
since there is a subscriptionserver where noone can get anything faster by $, everyone should be happy since those who do not like a free to play system can stay away from it, however those who complain all the time will stll complain since they complain for the sake of complaining

reality is that this game has improved various times a LOT and is worth playing more than ever before
you wrote you left at patch 3.0 so you will be over whelmed by the amount of new improvements in thisgame
the only flaw right now is that there is a silly new kicking system in battlegrounds, there e other topics regarding this, but its possible to deal with that

Quoted from "jinjer"

so is what they are saying true ? has this game turned into full on p2w like they say

Yes.
There is no other way to say it.
You can beat around the bush all you want, but the answer to the above question is: YES.

making a reincarnation is an excellent idea
there are also many treads on this forum which are relatd to the changes of the game what is new and so on, so if you enjoy reading there is a lot of content here

yes servers got merged

actually all non-russian servers got merged i think

german
english
french
polish
turkish

northamerica
southamerica

italian
arabian

worldchat sometimes shows foreign languages, but in general most players know WTB / LFG / WTS
also if you shift-click an item its posted in chat and thus written in the according language for every player, this makes selling / buying a lot easier

for me personally, the noteable result of the merge was that there are much more players standing everywhere, BGs pop more often and exchangerate went up, along with more items avaiable in auctions & more potential buyers

Hmmm i started playing this game towards the end of patch 4 at which i only managed legendary gear before reset for patch 5.0 (took me nearly a year for max level LOL)

I would consider myself a player who is slightly above the average cash shopper while not full on "cant be bothered to farm... will cash shop everything" kind of player.

Since 5.0 and what we are now 6.2, i personally acknowledge the game as a p2w game but would not agree to saying it has got much worse than it was during late 4th and during 5th patch.

Well each to their own :p

going to level 8 runes without a penny is a good thing

next mount that will come in a strongbox will be the "lightning" (i hope this thursday)
best "regular" mount would be the pegasus from shop, always available

Has good mount

Quoted from "jinjer"

Is lightning this one ?

yes!

its the highest rank mount and rumors say there will be no better pvp mounts in the future

here is a video in russian language that shows the skills of this mount in detail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvaeAmfZvW8

the most amazing part is where it destroys a "rumble" (moloch) with 2 hits and also almost kills its rider

That skin shown in the pic is the skin awarded for MoS (or AoH as it is) just for the additional info :3

p2w is way worse than in 3.0