Yes. The packs also come with some other stuff besides the Ultimate version, like consumables. So if already have some of the stuff in the pack, the price will reflect that.
I found the gunplay to be good, better than what I've experienced in other shooters (better than Outriders / Remnant, but not as good as Destiny), but some of the sounds are a bit meh. Not as bad as Outriders though.
There will be two things in TFD's monetization that will piss me off; The cost of speeding up production of components (Warframe did this and it was annoying), and the cost of items in the Shop not matching up with the amount of Caliber you can buy (this happens in all gacha style games, and its lame). So for me, I'll dump some money into the game because I'll enjoy it for awhile, but then stop.
Aww, your wallet will remain full then... since there are zero jiggle physics (unless they added them since the most recent beta/test). its unfortunate too since some characters would benefit greatly from having them.
Sure, but the concern is how tedious they make the farming in order to push people to just buy their character upgrades. When they price the items at literally about 100x more expensive than what the equivalents cost in Warframe, it's hard not to think that Nexon gonna Nexon when it comes to drop rates.
TFD installs two different anti-cheat systems so I wouldn't count on being able to alter any files without getting flagged.
Not sure if there is a point to argue for or against the monetization of TFD, it will be ok for some and not ok for others. I currently enjoy playing two gacha games casually (brown dust 2 / snowbreak: containment zone), and have dropped money into each. I am -well- aware of how Nexon will work their Shop for TFD, so its not going to be a surprise. I'll use it til I'm tired of it, but I do know I'll get enough enjoyment out of the game to spend the money on it. I usually end up dropping $60-$250 into a "gacha" game that I like.
If you mean like how you can trade for platinum in Warframe with in-game drops to avoid spending real money, no. Sounds like it's something they're considering in the future though, based on what I saw on reddit.
