Cloning our artifacts 200, it's time!

Just some thoughts:

1.) You don't NEED level 200 artifacts to play this game. --- They certainly make things much easier and open up more ways to build your character, but you can succeed in everything without them. Even Elite raids... succeeding in those is more a matter of coordination and responding to the attack patterns.

2.) Artifacts take AWHILE to earn, but can be done free if you take advantage of Bonus Weeks --- Level 200 artifacts can be had if you're patient and store up Nth metal. I think the only concern I ever had was that Seals of Completion weren't available without paying money, but now they are after Episode 41. Because the breakthrough odds at higher levels are very low... It's a daunting task to get three to level 200 without paying money, but *shrug* the grind is par for the course with MMO's.

3.) Cloning Artifacts WOULD be nice, but it doesn't make sense for Daybreak --- It'd be nice to clone my artifacts that I either grinded or spent $150-$300 on for my alts. But I agree with DeitySupreme. Realistically speaking, I imagine Daybreak makes a lot of money from the artifact grind. It doesn't make sense when people ARE willing to pay that price.

4.) The Problem is FOMO: Realistically, you can get three level 80 artifacts in what... a week, two weeks time? To me, that seems like a good starting point because at that point, you can use Artifacts and use the first rank of their unique abilities. Fully maxing them out would probably take a couple episodes of time and that sounds like a reasonable timeframe. I think the struggle about is that some do pay for their artifacts and there's just a FOMO mindset of trying to keep up with the Joneses.

What i dont get in all this is simply using the term P2W as a bad thing.
You like playing the game? Want the game to be around another 10+ years? Yea? Me too, the more $ they can make the better if u ask me. You can grind free or pay to speed up but reality is this game aint P2W lol its P2 Speed up. Even if it were P2W, why is this bad? Wanna play free? Take whats free then…….
I fail to see the issue honestly. They need to make $, the more the better for the game. Dont like it? Dont purchase or dont play. Just cant wrap my head around the sense of entitlement the phase P2W is wrapped up in smh

100% agreed.

All in all... At the end of the day, this game is ultimately FREE and this update expands the options for it being a free game. I spent money to get my DPS artifacts to 160/200, and while I'm tempted to do it for my Controller gear... I don't have to. I'm content to just grind it out for free.

Your Bill Gates comparison doesn't wash, this isn't even close to the same thing.

Hey I have all me arts, and barely paid anything. I was speaking to the gate keepers on this forum and using the "game won't make money" as an excuse. The game seemed to get by just fine without artifacts so that excuse just doesn't fly. A multi million dollar company being protected by the same 5 people in here....

Ok so WHY should they do it?

Yeah, but isn't that kind of like saying a casino in Vegas has enough money...so if I lose they should just me back my money? And unless you know their financials, we don't know how 'fine' fine was. It wasn't long ago that there were layoffs and DBG did get bought out. Generally companies aren't sold when they are doing awesome...it's when they've slipped a bit, or are bought by the competition wanting to squash an upcoming rival.

I really doubt anyone is 'protecting' DBG. I myself have had several thing to say 'not great' about them in the past and recent past with these changes. However I do know they need to make some money or I will lose all this time and effort (and some money) I've put in if the game shuts down.

And don't get me wrong. I'm not a fan Allies or anything they are throwing at us new being locked behind pay either, but as long as they aren't mandatory or carry any feats, I'm not as bothered as I'll just opt out...like I opted out of 200s for a good long while till my Nth built up and 2x weekends were on. If I want that Ally that's locked in a TC, maybe I'll get him/her after the next mega...or the one after that.

It's ok to say things like "I can't afford that" or "I don't agree with the price point". Let's stop pretending that these ideas are anything more than self serving attempts to circumvent paying dues for a digital product.

I'd only suggest cloning an artifact to benefit alt's. So you'd still have to pay x amount in the store but it means that artifact at it's current cloning level (140/160) can be used on an alt. If you want to use it at 180/200 on an alt, you'd have to level it to that and the purchase the clone item from the store. It'd at least make using alt's more likely and would also make money.