Talk:Free-to-Play Pledge/@comment-7214070-20130316224829

While the company (Nexon) does release silly and "overpowered" weapons that are for sale, it has kept its original promise:  You do not need to pay money to play the game.

That being said, Nexon has released guns for purcahse. Yes, this is its way of making money in order to keep the game "Free-to-Play." And as stated, these micro-transactions are completely optional. There is no real need to buy ANY of this stuff, only wants that we create in our heads.

Now, as for the items that Nexon does release that can be purchased. First off the bat, as already stated above, these new items are completely optional to buy. Nexon isn't forcing the items down anyone's throat.

"But they're completely overpowered and therefore we have to buy them to compete with the other players who buy them!"

This is the gray (or grey) area of the FTP promise. Nexon has seem to have enjoyed making money for themselves (as is expected of any and every corporation). The only way to counter this is to get better at the games. If anything, players that don't buy the NX weapons are at a disadvantage, but the disadvantage is a small one. If anything, it makes the non-NX user get better at the game. Knowing that the enemy is armed to the teeth with these items, the GP user should think twice about what to do. It obviously isn't the best solution up front, but in the long term, it is a helpful strategy.

Granted, I can't answer everything but in summarization, Nexon has kept its main promise of keeping Combat Arms free to play. No microtransaction has to be made. Nothing HAS to be bought. We don't need these items, we only want them.