ER - Still 100% Free?

Day 754, 20:05 • Published in USA USA • by mcgivey

I find it interesting that on the log-on page of my favorite online world, it states "It's 100% free". It certainly doesn't feel that way lately here in ER. Now they have added to ability to pay to increase your strength! Truly this eworld has more and more of a feel of the richer folks win out.

In the past that sentiment has been more for the folks who had a lot of e-money, mostly gained within the game. However with these new developments it really seems that months (or even years) of work for players attempting to reach higher and higher military achievements can be quickly and easily bought our with RL money by newer players. And we can be assured that we will see more of these play to upgrade scenarios in the near future.

Now some may say that this will help even the playing field. Not everyone was able to join (or had even heard of our ER world) in the beginning and this allows them to catch up. I can understand that sentiment, but at what point does a game stop being a game when players can buy there way up the ladder?

I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions.