Max Schaefer put out a blog entry regarding how they will be monetizing Torchlight Frontiers.
https://www.torchlightfrontiers.com/en/news-article/11014403
While I personally would have preferred the game being B2P, I do understand the angle they are shooting for in terms of lowering the barrier to entry into the Torchlight universe which is not as widely known or as popular as Diablo.
Off the bat, they are committed to “non-abusive payment systems (aka pay 2 [win, convenience, progress faster, make other players jealous]) and exploitive gambling mechanics (aka lootboxes)”.
I also spotted a line that remains Max Schaefer’s core beliefs in ARPG’s; “We want you to be who you want to be in our world“. This is why I believe this will be the first actual MMO-ARPG where the ARPG side will have those elements that many of us who once enjoyed, have been missing and looking for.
Myself, I’m not exactly a huge fan of the Torchlight aesthetics but just as I am finding MapleStory 2 to be fun in its own way (despite me also not being fully into the chibi anime style character and voxel based world), it is offset by the amount of things you can actually do.
The company is also beginning to send out alpha test keys (since this is an alpha “technical” test, there is an NDA covering the sharing of media such as video and pictures but talking about it is fine).
