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Apex Legends is taking away its support for the Steam Deck and Linux (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I would say you are right, because all the playable legends are able to be bought with the free currency you can get by just playing the game.

I guess some people could make the argument that paying players have faster access to new legends and legendary finishers, etc. I would say this is more like "pay to skip some grinding" than "pay to win".

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, if it's unlockable in a reasonable amount of time (say, 5-10 hours per hero), then it's basically the same as those stupid F2P mobile games where you can pay to "speed up time" or whatever. Or if there's a rapid churn where you lose access to heroes after some amount of time (i.e. even if you pay, they'd disappear).

But if you can grind for a few hours to get the hero you want, then yeah, not P2W.