I dunno, I have no problem with them using an f2p model to pay for full time ongoing development, moderation for events, etc.
And a cosmetics cash shop isn’t more baffling then fortnight or whatever: you basically just took a screenshot, but that still doesn’t let you walk around with it in game on your character.
No, the real problem is that it takes a strong direction for this sort of system to not devolve into selling power, and making the game shitty and grindy for free to play players to push them towards buying skips, and as far as I know, a lot of those Iron Realms muds have failed this hurdle.
And a cosmetics cash shop isn’t more baffling then fortnight or whatever: you basically just took a screenshot, but that still doesn’t let you walk around with it in game on your character.
No, the real problem is that it takes a strong direction for this sort of system to not devolve into selling power, and making the game shitty and grindy for free to play players to push them towards buying skips, and as far as I know, a lot of those Iron Realms muds have failed this hurdle.