Another L in the books if you ask me

Absolutely!!! Official discord erupted this morning. Community manager has their work cut out for them. Going out on Twitter and attacking DI’s model and stating they are anti-P2W just to include said mechanics? Terrrrible look for them!

bonus is great and all it's not a game changer the pet also legendary traits can be bought only by hero tokens which us in-game event lock you cannot buy it

There is still a limitation. There are only 6 ranks to a pet. Even if someone were to pull multiples (which you don't need the same pet, just the same class of pet) you can only achieve up to 5 or 6 ranks. A person wouldn't have to devote as much resources or money as you might think. The stats are great, however, my point in the video is that someone does not necessarily NEED it to place on the hero rankings, and there is no PVP at the moment. Now, I am not saying that this is not P2W... it is. The ability to purchase stat bonuses with real money is P2W. How far you can get with that is still a good question. Some of the greatest hurdles to the game isn't going to be fixed with an appropriate pet. Having decent gear, knowledge of crafting system, and a good build is going to get you to the top of the rankings. It is still impossible to buy the crafting reagents needed to be able to do these things. Those same reagents are also used as currency on the market. Therefore, someone does not necessarily have the ability to purchase the things that have a much greater impact to hero ranking placement. The biggest issue to this is the fact that the developers went OUT OF THEIR WAY to shit talk Diablo Immortal (Blizzard/Net Ease) about their anti-P2W stance only to include it during CBT3. Hoping that they are listening to the backlash that this is getting and make the necessary adjustments. We still haven't had an opportunity to really test out the difference between being able to purchase hero traits either. This is new to this CBT and it's awful to think that entire playstyles and potentially game winning builds can be achieved with this paid for advantage.

Depends on the amount that they're giving. Last time we had a maintenance blip, we got .. what 100 jagged primocrysts. When you need 1600 for a decent pull, that's not really all that enticing for non-paying players. (therein kind of lends to the issue). There are other ways to obtain this currency, however, there is a point where this source of "income" will dry up.

Honestly…. I seriously doubt it had anything to do with pets because the grind to get to LV90’s is still there.

I’m not even completely convinced it needs to be the exact copy of the pet. I’ve leveled up my legendary pets in CBT2, but never got dupes.

Well, good. Honestly other than cosmetics and leveling up pacts there’s no need to.

Not the same by any means, but it is understandable if you don’t want the pay for power what do ever. Big difference is obviously the amount of power and impact to fame and other players. Only thing going for TL:I is that. Not much impact to other players. I’d say it is still worth trying for yourself…. I am also right now completely F2P because I have no choice in the matter and performance isn’t impacted

I’m not struggling. I’ve flat out said it was P2W. I just also compare it to the likes of Diablo Immortal, the impact of P2W on community and being transparent on the amount the dollar actually weighs on power. In a nutshell, you’re absolutely correct. However, comparing to the impact of P2W elements in DI versus TLI, it is night and day. It should be understood that going F2P is going to have little to. I affect you you versus someone that drops money to get to the same place faster. Diablo Immortal… you WILL hit pay walls and your ability to progress WILL be hindered. That’s not true with TLI. Understand though, I am not defending it, or condoning P2W elements and have been vocal in their discord about this.

I do agree that the devs lied. Absolutely. We’ve been vocal. They are re-evaluating this concept and I look forward to seeing the outcome prior to launch.