The point of the $150 Pack isn't getting into alpha. That's just a bonus. If you do the math with everything else you get, if you play the game at least 3 months after release, it's well worth the money. Particularly if you like goodies.
If people didn't pay for these shiny packs in the first place.... Then there wouldn't be any need to charge for them. The price and type of packs companies sell will only keep increasing regardless of the game's progress in other regions. As for AA itself I kind of wish it would of stayed P2P in Korea. Sadly, this is not the case so you must shell out money to help support the game, or wait to play it. F2P doesn't always apply to semi polished testing phases these days.
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