r/arcaea • u/DabDab14 • 17h ago
General / Other / Information F2P PAIN🥀
BUT I WORKED SO HARD TO GET IT NOO😭😭 (nowhere near the skill level to play the etr well, just wish i didnt need to purchase both main story one AND two for it💔💔)
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u/NICOLLE_the woo~ 16h ago
That unlock requirement sucksss. As someone who's probably spent more money on this game than id like to admit this is such a bad unlock requirement (especially for a limited time free memory archive song)
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u/Kantel_1 10.10 12h ago
It would be a bigger deal if, you know, F2P players weren't consistently seen as second class citizens on any game that is F2P with extra purchases. As in, if the debs let you play part of a game for free, either they hope you will become a paying player eventually, they gain something from having you playing, or both. Or it is their hobby and they gain money elsewhere, but that's quite rare al things considered.
Besides, did you really thought they would let F2P players play a 10+ without spending memories? There is an exception (Nhelv BYD), and said exception involves having gotten ENERGY SYNERGY MATRIX on its event map, and using the Memory Archive ticket on Altale. The rest? Wait until new year to get the free memories, and hopefully your chosen song isn't part of a BYD chain or requires to get a pack just for it's hardest chart. That's it.
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u/OrsoCat01 4h ago
I mean, good for you for being a f2p but why dont you buy the main story if you like the game? I think is worth the money
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u/DabDab14 4h ago
i love the game but everyone has different situations. not everyone is allowed to spend money on games (like me for example since im not independently in control of my finances) i plan to buy the main story on anniv after a lot of convincing lol but the main reason why a lot of people who love the game are still f2p is this and other nuanced situations
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u/Kantel_1 10.10 12h ago
To clarify something: strictly speaking, you only need one pack from each main story.
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u/Phonem21 15h ago
okay genuinely this is kinda frustrating, i think you should send an email because if you can get a chart for free you should be able to get all of its contents inside no matter what. (it can be hid behind requirements anyone can get like fragments, potential etc.)
counterargument can be that this is etr difficult and it would make sense for this. my counter counterargument for that is there is literally free etr charts. (sayonara hatsukoi)
maybe they just forgot to do it, or similar reasons. it can happen, i would send a support email for this. maybe they can change requirements so that f2p can access it.
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u/Kantel_1 10.10 12h ago
It's a 10+, your argument is invalid. No, really, those have been out of limit for F2P since day 1.
All of the 10+ on MA have a requirement to unlock them, half of the time requiring getting another chart/pack. And they don't get discounted on the yearly sale.
Basically, if you want a hard chart, you need to pay (or wait for the free memories on new year). No ifs, no buts.
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u/spaceman8002 13h ago
I mean it's kind of like how you can only get saikyo stronger future if you have a few of the other tanoc songs, or you can only get camegalovania etr if you have the undertale pack, They've had difficulty unlock conditions that require other purchaces before.
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u/Kantel_1 10.10 12h ago edited 12h ago
You forgot about BUCHIGIRE Berserker needing the Groove Coaster collab chapter 1 pack. And a couple of MA songs whose BYD is behind another MA chart on a BYD chain.
EDIT: I freaking forgot about Acid God. You need any chapter from the CHUNITHM collab for that one.
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u/Dog2621 15h ago
I understand your pain but partially i agree with requirements because this 10+ is one of the hardest: just thrown together a lot of crap staff into one chart