While this doesn't seem like much, tons of F2P were able to tag along with whales and do it on week 1 but there was more than 90% who waited weeks more. ( yes you get insane amounts of upgrade mats and you can be on all of these simultaneously, i know because i was in it and maxed out my set items within the first month, while others were barely halfway in one gear )Įarly access to lassal and vitaath or any raid boss. Single player challenge rift leaderboard rewards (I believe there may be a higher tier battle pass with cosmic items)įor PVE you'll be locked out from rewards of : If you want to be a light spender then the Empowered Battle Pass and the initial offers are probably the best value. So to wrap it up F2P is a valid option if you just want to enjoy the game and take part in 95% of the content at your own pace. The rest of the legendary gear, set items, charms, scoria, helliquary trophies, blacksmith upgrade materials, etc can only be earned via playing so spending on its own is not enough to get you a massive advantage, it only raises your power floor. Legendary Gems are probably a little bit too strong though their power is a on a hockey stick curve + you need to run rifts so large amounts of money and time need to be invested leading to diminishing returns. Outside of challenge of the Immortal which is endgame shit anyhow with top players, I think the Shadow Vault raids are the only other chance where you might come upon being smoked by a spender, but it can be avoided if you don't trip the alarm. The PvP Battlegrouds is also 8v8 so there is an equal chance you get spenders on your team the same as the other side. So blasters and big spenders will be fighting each other, not really a big issue for most people unless you were looking to be at the top of the leader boards. Those crests have limited places where you can get them in game normally (I don't believe there is any directly farmable drops for them) doing bounties and daily quests will give you some resources that can allow you to acquire them. If you are looking to just become a well gear players you should have no problems.īased on the Beta the biggest advantages for paying seem to be Legendary Crests which turn into Legendary Gems via running rifts. I guess this depends on what you mean by competitive? If you are looking to be 'The Immortal' or get 'Server First's' it will likely be very challenging as a F2P only, but keep in mind even if there was no pay option to get some power that would mean you need to blast 18-20hrs a day for multiple days.

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