Why focus on the life time insurance only? If I get the cheapest account with the cheapest/no ship will I be able to fight and win (assuming equal skill and luck) a fight on day one against a guy with the best ship money can buy on day/minute one? If the answer is no the game is pay to win, if the answer is yes I wonder why people are buying these ships considering they're so terrible.
1) Cheapest ship is a basic all-rounder ship not specifically designed for combat, so you're comparing apple-to-orange;
Because one party gets the apples and the other gets the oranges.... Thats the problem.
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2) Again, combat isn't everything and your definition of "winning" is the outcome of a single dog fight; your Call of Duty mentality isn't compatible with the type of experience this game offers;
We'll just wait for the economic improvements you can buy with real cash. But I have no doubt in my mind that if you get killed 20 times while a certain group of people doesnt get killed that much (and gets their ship back for free) that the second group has a huge advantage.
3) People don't pledge just to "pay-to-win"; they do so to support the development of the game through crowd-sourcing;
Still pay to win
4) I paid $175 for a cargo hauler because I want to experience the trading aspect of the game but you can still destroy my $175 ship with your $45 starter ship; is this "pay-to-win" too?
You will have other (paid for) advantages that make it still pay to win. Can I profit from the trading aspect of the game the same you can on day 1, assuming equal skill?
5) It seems crowd-funding isn't your cup of tea, so I'll leave it at this.
It's awesome. Not all publishers decide to give huge advantages to the high rollers tho. As I said early itt I look forward to the game and I actually thought about pledging but I sadly cant do that considering the p2w nature of the game.
[/quote]Join private server or make your own if you dont like the cash shop and spawn yourself a capital ship and own anyone not paying you to get one i dont know... There is other alterntive its not like they are forcing your hands.