74 [F-N-S] ArnoldSchoenberg Members 567 posts 19,542 battles Report post #1 Posted October 25, 2017 Is this a policy? Yes, I know Black, Musashi, Missouri are tier 9 but you cannot buy these with actual money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,541 [NG-NL] Reymu Members 6,260 posts 10,088 battles Report post #2 Posted October 25, 2017 Actually you can buy MO by converting ship XP from elite ships into free XP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
396 [B808] khorender_1 Members 1,326 posts 7,773 battles Report post #3 Posted October 25, 2017 You can buy your way to t10 now, why make it even easier ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,323 [NERO] TTK_Aegis Members 3,630 posts Report post #4 Posted October 25, 2017 Yes, T8 is the highest tier that you can acquire with only money (no free XP at all converted or otherwise) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,253 [GWG] BrushWolf [GWG] Supertester 27,166 posts 14,749 battles Report post #5 Posted October 25, 2017 Tier 8 for money and tier 9 for the USS Missouri. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
74 [F-N-S] ArnoldSchoenberg Members 567 posts 19,542 battles Report post #6 Posted October 25, 2017 8 minutes ago, Reymu said: Actually you can buy MO by converting ship XP from elite ships into free XP. maybe someone don't have that much XP.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
33,597 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 24,710 posts 19,894 battles Report post #7 Posted October 25, 2017 Tier 8 for ships you can buy with money directly. This is a shared policy across all of WG's World Of titles. Then there are T9 and T10 vehicles which you can't directly buy with money but have to convert XP for (meaning you will have to have played enough games to have 750k convertable XP to begin with) or through other means like campaign or clan wars rewards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3,937 [CNO] Soshi_Sone Members 6,078 posts 18,552 battles Report post #8 Posted October 25, 2017 14 minutes ago, USSRichardNixon said: Is this a policy? Yes, I know Black, Musashi, Missouri are tier 9 but you cannot buy these with actual money. I would say it is WG policy. It's already bad enough that a T1 player can buy a T8 ship before they are ready for T8 play. While you can pay to convert XP to free XP and basically buy your way to T10...or buy the T9 MO, this process at least requires one to have actually acquired the XP to convert. While it still allows someone to get to T9 or T10 before they are ready, it still takes time. And let's not even talk about those who sell/buy accounts. This is against the TOS, but I'm sure it's done. So technically, someone with the money can go straight to T10 right off the bat. I suspect one reason WG has the T8 and Free XP policy is to give folks a way to advance rapidly under the rules, which ameliorates somewhat the urge to buy an account illegally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
426 aethervox Alpha Tester 4,252 posts 9,421 battles Report post #9 Posted October 25, 2017 17 minutes ago, Lert said: Tier 8 for ships you can buy with money directly. This is a shared policy across all of WG's World Of titles. Then there are T9 and T10 vehicles which you can't directly buy with money but have to convert XP for (meaning you will have to have played enough games to have 750k convertable XP to begin with) or through other means like campaign or clan wars rewards. WG earns money from premium account players, from doubloon/gold purchasers, from premium plane/ship/vehicle purchases & from the extra 'chrome' (flags/symbols, etc) purchases. WG allows all these methods to 'buy' advancements so WG can profit. Otherwise, they wouldn't be here & neither would we, the players. As to not being able to buy, directly, T 9 or 10 planes/vehicles/ships - WG has to draw a line somewhere so that 'grinding' a tech tree line actually means 'something'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9,751 [SALVO] Crucis Members 25,485 posts 27,464 battles Report post #10 Posted October 25, 2017 45 minutes ago, USSRichardNixon said: maybe someone don't have that much XP.... Which is why I like the Free XP premium model. A newby can't just plunk down cash and get a high tier ship, without building up a sufficient pile of convertible XP, which essentially requires any person to have had quite a fair amount of playing time (and playing experience) in the game. Frankly, I think that it would be nice if all tier 6 and above premiums were Free XP premiums, just not with the roughly 50% additional cost. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
