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it confuses me as to why some people are more susceptible to paying for in game items where those are not.

as soon as I see in game purchases, it's immediately uninstalled.

I want to pay for a game and compete based on some dexterity or skill gained over time not on the wallet.

Some people have more money than time or interest in spending that time grinding games. I've been level 12 in Battlefield 4 for years. I don't get to play it more than a few times a month. I'd love to pay $20 to have all of the unlocks so that I can actually use the weapons that everyone else has.

Because to me, that $20 is worth FAR less than the 100 or so hours I had to waste getting those weapons.

I don't see it as a grind because part of what makes leveling up fun is gaining more skills, the unlocks are a nice add on and certainly make an incentive.

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