I guess you’ve got a different definition of f2p / c2p friendly … but okay
I will try to explain to you the way I see this:
First of all, as some of you may know, I have 2 accounts which I play.
My main account will hit lvl 61 tomorrow and is vc2p (VIP, PoV, small deals like valentines or something like that …)
My alt account is lvl 52 and is completely f2p (zero spendings).
So I guess I can speak as a c2p guy and as a f2p guy at the same time.
For me, in either way, it is about fun while playing. If it was no fun to play I would have stopped already.
Fun means to me:
- I can do like every PVE stuff in the game
- I can compete in PVP Raids to stay in diamond league
- I can help my alliance in killing titans and be able to reach A/B rank most of the time (11* - 13* on main, 8* - 10* on alt)
- I can help my alliance in wars and be able to get round about 4 kills in almost every war
- I want a variety of cool, strong, helpful heroes in every star section
At my level and the time, effort, ressources, money etc. I already put into the game I do no longer care about S1 heroes at all. With around 400/200 pulls from TC20 I already got several copies of each S1 3* and 4* hero. Of course I got some 5* heroes out of my TC20 summons which still can help me. But at some point, good ol* Richard, Thorne, Azlar, Quintus, Obakan, Leonidas are just not enough to make me happy.
I mean come on … It is no fun to play with Azlar and Khagan at all. They suck. And it is not much fun to pair them with Gormek and Kelile in a red stack … Those heroes are old and crap which is logical because they are S1 heroes. They got introduced and were cool long before I started to play this game.
So when the costumes were introduced I really hoped for a chance to make those heroes great (or some kind of great) again. And yes, many costumes are really helpful and cool because they really improve the heroes and give a new feeling of gameplay.
BUT
What if you do not get those customes? Then they are worthless or even worse, they weaken you in a brutal way because you must fight against them.
Since the customes were put into the game (was it January?) I made several pulls on both accounts (keys and gems) and I managed to get 1 (one) 5* costume (Quintus), which of course was with my main where I do not need it at all.
I even do not have many 4* costumes (Rigard, Tibs, Boril , SS on main / LJ, SS, BT, Sonya on alt)
So yeah I was not very lucky with my combined around 100 pulls for costumes. But this is just the result I was expecting with the current system. And I really don’t see where this system is f2p/c2p friendly at all?
Yes this game is all about RNG in every of its aspects but that is no excuse at all.
If your definition of f2p friendly is “have some “free” pulls so you maybe get a hero/custome which helps you” then ok… this game is very kind to all those f2p c2p players. but this is not my definition. And I only talk about the customes (which should have been helping those players primary).
So to round this up: I don’t like the current system at all. It is not f2p friendly to throw out 2 pulls per event (which you have to earn first) so that you get a minimal chance for a costume which improves your roster. Neither it is f2p friendly to get a chance to trade in your S1 5* to get a 5% chance for a hero which could eventually help you (imagine you get Toth-Amun, Bosswolf or Guardian Owl with your 5% chance lol) but this is another topic.
In the end it is all about the rewards of this game. For me (as f2p or as c2p) it is NO reward to get keys. It is NO reward to only get a chance for 5* costumes or even 4* costumes. ZERO reward.
Here is my idea of how it could have been:
If it was f2p friendly you would get a costume in addition as a reward.
Stage 1: Keys
Stage 2: 3* Costume
Stage 3: Keys
Stage 4: 3* Costume
Stage 5: Keys
Stage 6: 4* Costume
Stage 7: Keys
Stage 8: 4* Costume
Stage 9: Keys
Stage 10: 5* Costume
With that every player would be able to upgrade their dusty S1 heroes and costumes would be a major help for f2p / c2p players to improve their rosters (which mainly contain S1 heroes).