One of the most praised aspects of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is the Nemesis system, which makes it so that each player has their unique personal stories through procedurally-generated enemies and potential followers who remember every encounter and are differentiated by their personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Middle-earth: Shadow of War expands upon this in a few different ways, including a newly revealed featured called the Market, which is an in-game store where we can purchase:
• Loot chests: contain weapons and armour of varying rarity. Equipping and upgrading these weapons and armour enhance Talion's character abilities. They can also contain XP boosts (more on that below).
• War chests: provide orc followers of varying rarity to help forge a strong army. They can also contain training orders to level up and customise orc followers.
• XP boosts: are consumables that help level up Talion faster.
• Bundles: package up loot chests, war chests and boosts at a greater value.
Now, we'll obviously need to pay for these things, and can do this in two different ways: we can use Mirian, the same currency as we used in the original, or Gold, a new kind of currency. Mirian can be acquired by defeating "Treasure Orcs", destroying gear, destroying orc followers, and finding it in stashes spread around the world, but Gold (what we'll have to use to get higher level loot chests, war chests, boosts and bundles), is most easily obtained by purchasing it through Steam, the PlayStation Store, or the Xbox Store. It's also possible to earn smaller amounts by reaching certain milestones and participating in community challenges, so it sounds like we can get the higher level stuff by spending more time in the game, and it's not limited just to microtransactions. We still can't say how much our time is worth, though, as Monolith don't want to say how much Gold will cost in real-world money yet.
Is this a big deal for you?