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You can buy new Descendants directly using the premium currency (Caliber), but you can also farm for materials and build them yourself without many issues. The battle pass, for example, has both a free and a premium version. The premium can give you some items and boosters, which could significantly decrease the grinding required, but none of these are required to progress through the game at a decent pace. There are also plenty of cosmetics, some earnable in the game and others you can buy for real money. Based on the final technical test, The First Descendant seems more like a pay-for-convenience kind of game, which I don\u2019t necessarily consider pay-to-win, but I realize your opinion may differ from mine.\u00a0 What can you buy with real money in The First Descendant? Here\u2019s everything you can buy in The First Descendant: Costumes Makeup Color pallets (they have a gacha system behind it) Weapon Skins XP boosting items Descendants Time savers Premium Battle Pass If you think looking your best means winning, then The First Descendant is definitely a pay-to-win event. If you consider leveling your Descendants the fastest means winning, The First Descendant is pay to win.\u00a0 Otherwise, I dare say The First Descendant doesn\u2019t seem like a pay-to-win game (yet). 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You can buy new Descendants directly using the premium currency (Caliber), but you can also farm for materials and build them yourself without many issues. The battle pass, for example, has both a free and a premium version. The premium can give you some items and boosters, which could significantly decrease the grinding required, but none of these are required to progress through the game at a decent pace. There are also plenty of cosmetics, some earnable in the game and others you can buy for real money. Based on the final technical test, The First Descendant seems more like a pay-for-convenience kind of game, which I don\u2019t necessarily consider pay-to-win, but I realize your opinion may differ from mine.\u00a0 What can you buy with real money in The First Descendant? Here\u2019s everything you can buy in The First Descendant: Costumes Makeup Color pallets (they have a gacha system behind it) Weapon Skins XP boosting items Descendants Time savers Premium Battle Pass If you think looking your best means winning, then The First Descendant is definitely a pay-to-win event. If you consider leveling your Descendants the fastest means winning, The First Descendant is pay to win.\u00a0 Otherwise, I dare say The First Descendant doesn\u2019t seem like a pay-to-win game (yet). 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The First Descendant<\/em> just had its final technical test, giving players a glimpse of the battle pass and the shop. While opinions differ, some wonder whether this upcoming F2P looter-shooter will be another pay-to-win game.<\/p>

Here\u2019s what we think.<\/p>