Quote Originally Posted by DrStiles View Post
Yes, it is. I play Overwatch religiously. Even bought some loot boxes during events such as the Summer Games and Junkenstein's Revenge. But no one forced me to do so. I could have chosen not to and not been punished at all.

That isn't the case here. New players who don't buy these will be at a severe disadvantage, that will only become more profound as the game ages and they add more expansions. It's not a fair comparison at all.

Plus, if we're going to talk about industry standards, then one of these should be included with the purchase of Stormblood, as it is with other MMOs.
In my and many other peoples opinion it's not. And just like you said noone is forcing anyone to buy this potion or lootboxes in Overwath/CoD.

It all depends on your way to do things. Don't want to/can't play several hours stright collecting lootboxes? Well you can invest some money to help you out. These potions are just like that. You don't want to (for whatever reason that may be) / can't (becuase of low spare time) invest x-amounts of hours to get to to the starting point of a new expansion? Well we have something to help you out.

And btw I'm not talking about industry standards. I'm talking about the general state of current video gaming where mini transactions have become pretty common / it's almost everwhere. Also certain companies force you to buy a map pack which only includes like 3 MP maps for almost worth the retail games price so yeah.