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Oubliettes posted...

where are people seeing that immortal has a gacha? or are we just using gacha and freemium interchangably ITT?

It's an assumption based on the developer (NetEase), interviews with game director, and how most f2p mobile games are monetized. It's not unreasonable to think that a game that is all about getting new items and weapons would have a gacha for items and weapons that guarantees some higher level of rarity than what you'd find naturally. So they'll say "everything you can get, you can find in-game" and then someone on reddit will do the math to show that you'll need to grind like 500 hours for a legendary drop that you can reliably get with a few 10-rolls on a gacha banner.

Here's the interview, BTW. It doesn't explicitly mention gacha, but you can see how the systems are designed in a way that would perfectly complement them.
https://www.gamerbraves.com/diablo-immortal-deep-dive-putting-gameplay-over-monetization/

Of course, the big question would be how Legendaries work. In Immortal, Legendary affixes will directly buff skills, meaning youll want to make sure youre using the right Legendaries for your build.

This works out thanks to the Reforge feature, taken from Diablo 3. Here, you can use your salvage to reroll affixes on your items, meaning youll be able to keep trying until that shiny new spear buffs the skills you want to use.

While rerolling can be dangerous, Diablo Immortal plans to help you make better bets with the use of Family Rune Stones. These will limit the number of skills you can pull from for your skills, meaning youll have a better chance of getting the affixes you want.

Of course, while playing the game is free, that doesnt mean the developers wont charge you for shortcuts. The previously mentioned Family Rune Stones are an example of this, where improving the odds of reforging is ultimately going to cost you if youre impatient.

Theres also the games Battle Pass, another staple of the free-to-play genre. Buying into the Battle Pass will get you various rewards, but only if youre diligent in completing everything the game has to offer. They hadnt mentioned pricing structures for these, but clearly theyve found a way to make sure to preserve the spirit of the game while still making sure the game has money coming in to support its planned updates.