In my wife’s other mobile MMO games, they always cost money ( they usually have ticket somewhere in the name ). It is a way to monetize server load ( see notes )
==Notes==
==Loot tickets==
Loot tickets cost energy because of how the load on the server ( which costs real money) works for F2P MMOs (see HOT lane example ). Loot tickets can be bought for real money for the same reasons as energy refills ( see above recouping server costs ). Yes, this means you are paying twice, but as the HOT lane example above shows, that further reduces load by make a player think THREE times before using a loot ticket which substantially spikes server loads, server storage needed and increases server code maintenance costs.
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