Got a few pretty much F2P endgame insights today. I got the Battle Pass which is $5, but don't think it's given me that much benefit.
I'm Paragon 23 which is 1 behind server level. I was capped on Battle Pass exp early today so I spent the day doing Rifts and PvP instead of grinding for exp, didn't mind being capped at all as it was a nice change to do the other stuff.
Got the Challenge Rift and Shadow Rift upto lv30 which was really fun and a nice difficulty. Not beat 30 yet as it's designed for Paragon 30. I'm rank 22 serverwide.
Got PvP to Silver 1, I'm rank 17 serverwide but I think PvP is players from all servers in the region? Not really noticed any whales stomping the entire team, main issue for me is whatever Barbarians do to stay alive when they die - maybe it's the Phoenix gem so can anyone enlighten me here?
My build is pretty much finished other than one legendary which will give my damage aura a 30% slow and the 4 set Fallegent bonus from Hell 2 that will be a huge power boost.
So I think all the fuss is based on theoretical whaling and streamers, not really what is actually happening in the game.