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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 8943519" data-attributes="member: 47839">Come to think of it, the fear about micro-transactions is on par with WotC's "fear" of NFT's. Both can be misused horribly. On the other hand, micro-transactions can benefit both consumers and business. Good Example: Fortnite (for those living underground, it is a Battle Royal Shooter on PCs and consoles) and base game is free. There are a certain number of cosmetics that are free. But none of the cosmetics are "pay to win." My brother plays and will not spend a dime on it and after buying his first and only battle pass has got each subsequent battle pass from the in game currency earned on the previous battlepass and basically plays for free. I do buy certain cosmetics (I am sucker for the Marvel/DC, anime, and Star Wars stuff). One of my favorites is the Ash skin from Evil Dead/Army of Darkness. None of it is needed to play the game, it is my choice to purchase them and really are not needed to play and compete in the game on a level playing field. They generated $5.8 Billion in 2021 from their free to play game.Bad Examples of micro-transactions are too numerous to list. Play to win is the worst. The Simpson game on mobile devices can be played for free but to collect all the stuff during a season requires to you to pay to do it, there is no way to grind your way to a complete season's offerings. The whole point of that game is use folks nostalgia for the show to get entire sets so they can show off their version of Springfield to their friends.NFT's can be horribly abused and are primarily scams. The encryption tech behind them could be used for the purpose of having unique stuff in the digital RPG space. I know of one company that is working on the use of NFT/Blockchain tech to power TTRPG rewards earned in game during organized play. Instead of signed certs for items earned in an adventure you could get them digitally and it makes it possible to have unique and customized rewards without fear of cheating and duplication.I think it is a little early to claim the sky is falling. It might, but it might not. I for one will see what WotC will have to offer and make my choice then.</blockquote>

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