Talk:Special Investigation: Bunkyuu Tosahan/@comment-175.176.18.36-20190425131450/@comment-28275836-20190425141551

It was kinda understandable with the first SI, since it was a brand new event and no one was really sure how it worked, and then it became obvious very early on that in order to get the additional advertised rewards you'd need to buy the special event items. That said, it's not so much pay to win as it is pay to play. Like really, the best things about the clear x times rewards are the ofuda and the extra copies of the swords, but even then they're only good for one Ranbu level, and that's assuming that players won't just leave them sitting around as duplicates/spares. But if someone really wants them and is willing to spend money to get them, that's their business and I don't see anything wrong with it. It's not really that different from resetting the ECI boxes to get more items from them.

It's just that going at it as free to play, it almost feels like a punishment for not spending money, especially when you roll your dice and get a 1 on both. Having to rely on RNG to even move in an event every 12 hours leads to people getting bored and upset. Of course, there's also people who will enjoy the more laidback pace, but they're likely not going to be as vocal about it. Personally, I wish I could play the event a bit more freely, but as long as new swords obtained through these remain obtainable with just free dice, it won't fall into the realm of p2w to me.