HaxGamer wrote:
There is no balance in F2P games, those who can afford to spend their money or their parents/relatives money in games to buy OP items or gold from gold-sellers...are simply destroying the "equality" factor offered by the game of everyone making gold and getting gear through sheer effort, time and dedication putted into the game.
You probably haven't played well-done F2P games with no imbalance and a purely cosmetic cash shop.
While not an MMO, Path of Exile is the best example of free to play done right. Their cash shop is 100% cosmetic. Their model can easily be reproduced for MMOs as well.