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kage_53 posted...

Because its too hard to quit. Its borderline addiction. Its pretty much gambling. If I dont pull the unit, I attempt to force it with money and a lot of times I chase dupes.

This month alone, I spent just under $600 and this is actually my lowest amount in the last 12 months according to BoA app.

Its not like i can give my account away since its linked to my appleid anyway

It is addiction. It's decently well documented that unusual quantities of in-game currencies take your mind away from the fact it's spending money in the first place, efforts to make f2p appear fair when it is in fact not are there to make the paid shortcuts all the more tempting, pity systems keep you spending by pretty much directly telling you that if you keep spending you'll get a good chance. Dailies make you come back, early spurts of progress condition you to long for that kind of rapid progress when your progress has plateaued and the temptation of paid shortcuts does the rest. Gacha games are the bottom of the barrel and they rely on addiction.

Are you even enjoying it? What fun is derived from repeatedly paying to spin the wheel? There are better formulas for a video game than I wonder what's in the box!!
These things you're getting aren't being in any way earned (You may work hard grinding the points but the luck is out of your hands) and there is no accomplishment here. You spin the wheel, find out how luck works and then in defiance you fall for the dev's trap and decide you're the sly one here by trying to brute force it.

What are these characters you're trying to collect and what compulsion does it sate when you get them? Getting 100%? Beating other people with P2W? A waifu? I want to know what you get out of this exchange.