I can undesrtand that you want to support this game and i cant say that this is a bad thing but what you saying does not stand.
As i said on my first post i also have aransu 9 3 accessories at awakened level ultimate pet 1 etc. without paying anything.
The real problem is the soul/pet/heart/talisman. If you dont pay real money you have zero chance to catch up, because they add new weapon stages, new accessories, new soul stages, new pet stages, new heart stages every about 3 months.
What the hell will you grind first when you can make about 300 gold tops per day?
If you grind events with 10 alts for 2 hours you dont have time to make 300 gold per day, if you dont run events you wont get the oils you need to upgrade your soul.
Even if you play for 5 hours per day which are many you wont make 300 gold in 3 hours. Because most of the gold comming from battlegrounds and battlegrounds are dead because the pvp is broken.
I talked about numbers not who makes damage with Gems.
If you trove you reach my AP in less than a month when i played for 2 years.
Also i am at 1.500 AP if i had full triangular or square gems the 1.500 would be around 1.700 is this a big difference or not?
As i said will you upgrade your soul? The weapon? Or the gems?
Lets say you focus on gems/pet for 2/3 months, after 3 months new weapon stages will get in game so you will left bahind.
You talked about Grand celestian 6 do you know that they will put new stages that will outdate grand celestian weapon and you are still at aransu 9, that means you are 9+ stages bahind from the new weapon dude. What about the players with Raven or storm dragon weapons? How they will catch up when they have to upgrade accessories which need 2.500+ gold each one to be maxed, soul which is only obtainable threw p2w and all the others>?
You said you dont need max soul anytime soon in game. . .have you ever played battleground or you are spreading lies here?
Any class with max soul + good badge can one shot others. Either from pull lighting draw like the Blade master either by aerial combo from blade dancer / gunner / warlock.
I've seen players with +10 pvp accessories and 450.000 HP fighting with another guy with max gear and the guy who will make the first hit is the winner.
You get cc you are dead no matter your gear. (if two people with the same gear fight).
"Blade and Soul is "Pay to get ahead" or "Pay to spend less time grinding your ass off" but certainly not "Pay to Win".
Seems like you have no idea what p2w means. . .let me tell you what it means : an item that cannot be obtained by farming and can only be obtained via cash shop is called p2w item.
No matter how many hours you grind you cant get sacred oils, you can only obtain them via events and trove.
Read what i said just now about the pvp then come and tell me it is pay to go ahead.
Make the freakin calculations how much Gold you need to upgrade "JUST" your soul and tell me how many days it will take you to max it.
You are full of BS my friend, dont spread lies.
I am sorry if i offended you, i dont have anything with you, i am just saying that your comment does not stand.
There are many broken classes in PvP first is the KFM perma resist // Warden CC immune, x2 the HP of every other player, the piercing damage is very high // gunner with good soul, one aerial combo and you are dead "YOU CANT EVEN TAB AERIAL CC" // Assasin perma invisible // Destroyer freeze to heal + perma spin, if he has Max soul with low cool down he can 1 v 6 easy.
But no matter how many facts i give to you, you will always find something to say that will make me look bad because you just cant accept the truth.-