Korupt wrote:
If items were able to be directly bought with reds they would do 2 things. One make the game pay to win and two basically render the whole system of item boxes completely useless. It is unfortunate you had bad luck with this but all it takes is one stroke of good luck to change it all.
Its pay to win now, because you spend 100 000 credit and more and more for item boxes and maybe you get one or two legendary items, but if you can buy them in the shop you spend just 50 000 for the weapon. So with this item box you have to spend more credit to get good weapons, its more pay to win.
And secondly, if we can buy directly from the shop, that does not mean the item boxes will be useless, because lot of the player bought them becase 1 item box is would be cheaper than a good weapon and they trust in their luck and buy item boxes.
I don't think you understand pay to win. Since the item boxes are a chance and not guaranteed everyone has a chance. Now we can take that further and say you are able to get a legendary item, that does not mean it was necessarily the exact one you wanted or one that fits your build. Yes that can be frustrating but it also prevents people from buying an unstoppable mech and destroying everyone. If every legendary item is in the shop for red tokens I can simply go piece together exactly what I want and never have to worry about it again, that is pay to win.