Pft. How is that Pay to win? So you get a few extra sp after buying some aurum. I'll say this once, loud and clear, so pay attention.

USING INSTANT BOOSTER WILL NOT GRANT YOU AUTOMATIC GOD STATUS. WE WILL ALL STILL KILL YOU JUST AS EASILY AS EVERYONE ELSE.

Would you agree with people being able to instantly buy as much SP as they would like then?

As the OP is clearly talking about his missions today, it's not all 10 because of the Christmas event.

Some of the top players never spent money on the game. I have spent a bunch and am definently not a top player. All you can buy is less grind. That is not p2w.
If that idea freaks you out buy bf5 complete for Gé¼150 at the releaseday. Maybe that makes you feel more even with the other players.
Nothing is free. Here you get to decide what you want to buy. Stop all the QQ about a game trying to make money.

Money is not what makes you win in dust, neither is your gear or the way you play. These will make the difference sometimes.

Another one.
Hey 'little' buddy. Now listen carefuly. Pay to win means having something for real $ that is better than stuff from game for ingame currency.
Now, go play some CoD. Over there =>

You over here

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It's pay to win because you can't complete the mission unless you pay for it. That is the very definition of pay to win.

Everyone has the access to the same gear and skill sets. Paying AUR doesn't net you a special AR with a 120m optimal range, 80 round clip, 2m splash radius, and no recoil.

Your argument is invalid. Please refrain from shitposting again in the future.

Daily mission:

Savant - Activate Instant Booster 2 times.

Everyone has the access to the same gear and skill sets. Paying AUR doesn't net you a special AR with a 120m optimal range, 80 round clip, 2m splash radius, and no recoil.

Your argument is invalid. Please refrain from shitposting again in the future.

Daily mission:

Savant - Activate Instant Booster 2 times.

Nobody is denying that we all have access to the same skill sets, just that if you pay you have access to more skill sets in a shorter amount of time.

Also paying aur DOES "net you a special AR". They're called officer weapons and you can buy them by opening strongboxes.

Completing that mission nets you nothing useful anyway. All my savant missions have been rewarding me with 1-Day Passive boosters, plus you only have to do three to get the Bonus reward. It's most certainly not p2w, it's more like "Pay to receive optional extra"

Strongboxes aren't the only place to earn officer weaponry and you can earn keys from missions and salvage.

Buying AUR does not guarantee you an officer weapon, does it?

Paying money to have access to something sooner isn't pay-to-win. It's just being impatient. You could spend nothing on Dust 514 and still earn loyalty rank, SP, and ISK. It won't be as quick, but you can make yourself feel better with the knowledge that you aren't paying a dime for this game.

Important note: we are about to have simple player trading in February. ISK-only players can purchase officer gear from other players if they want, further reducing the idea that AUR is the only way to get officer gear.

Nobody is saying strongboxes are the only place to earn officer weaponry. I'm saying someone who buys aurum can obtain a significant amount more than someone who doesn't and therefore can use them more consistently.

You can normally only earn keys in missions if you pay aurum and getting keys in salvage is incredibly rare. So far i have gotten 0 keys in salvage.

Buying AUR statistically DOES guarantee you an officer weapon when you spend it on keys and strongboxes.

Paying money to have access to something sooner is p2w especially when non paying players have no hope to catch up to or keep pace with a regularly paying player. Loyalty rank is a good example.

I have opened 20 strongboxes in the last week. A whopping 2 of them contained officer gear.

2...

The rest was AUR advanced and standard gear in varying amounts. I think I got some proto Caldari assaults once.

Random numbers are a *****. "Significantly amount more" is a bit of an exaggeration.

I've gotten the 'Complete X missions to get: AUR key' several times. It's usually 8+ missions, which is a pain, but I earned them all the same. If I have seen the mission then others have too.

I know mercs who have not spent money on Dust and yet they somehow manage to kill people just fine. Sometimes it takes them a week longer to get into a fitting they want, but at the end of that week they saved money so it's a fair trade.

Everyone's skills cap at V. Once you get to 20mil SP they start to lose their value. You can fit more protosuits, but your core skills are all maxed now so it starts coming down to your gun game and if you are soloing or with a squad.

It should be noted, that an officer anything does not guarantee you a win. My squads take down people fielding officer weaponry... I don't care what officer weapon you have, when six core locus grenades get tossed at your feet, you die.

An officer weapon does not guarantee you a win and it doesn't need to. You only need to get an advantage that you payed for for it to be p2w.

Yeah keys are sometimes given out in small quantities if you complete 8-10 missions too bad pay to complete missions are almost always included. And if no keys are offered in a given day (which is more often than not) sucks for you if you don't want to pay to reroll.

It's pay to win because you can't complete the mission unless you pay for it. That is the very definition of pay to win.

Daily mission:

Savant - Activate Instant Booster 2 times.

An officer weapon does not guarantee you a win and it doesn't need to. You only need to get an advantage that you payed for for it to be p2w.

Everyone has the access to the same gear and skill sets. Paying AUR doesn't net you a special AR with a 120m optimal range, 80 round clip, 2m splash radius, and no recoil.

Your argument is invalid. Please refrain from shitposting again in the future.