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Tyranthraxus posted...

Genshin goes the route of making you want something, rather than holding back progress unless you pay. People pay in Genshin because they want to. Most long time players who are also spenders have completely done all content and still pay, even though there's no reason to pay.

DI is the opposite. You get blocked on progress unless you pay and if you want to do PvP you have to pay a lot.

That's a better assessment than mine. Yes, Genshin doesn't hold any amount of progression back through monetary gatekeeping. But the creep of FOMO does sink in the further you get, as character banners are quite rare (often only once per year at best).

That said, you can literally 100% complete everything in the game, including the Spiral Abyss (the endgame) with only the characters the game literally gives you for free.