this game SCAMMED me! :(

[PenguinJoe]

yesterday i buy 5 SES and it was "ok". i mean 4 failed, 1 worked. but today i buy 5 ancient ses, 3 failed, 1 work and i got 1 left. the ancient ses cost me 1250 RPs and when i check the skill it says it only lasts 1 month? what?.. that's 12 $ only for a month of having a stupid skill raised! and it's not even a good one. so is there a way to at least make that skill permanent? how should i know ancient ses is temporary? there was no description that i could see when i bought it from exchange market. i will not make charge-back on my paysafecard because i know i'll get banned this way. but now idk what to do. i'm willing to pay more just to make that skill permanent.. so that it's not a complete loss. skill is phantom crow btw. i didn't have any other skill raised to 6 before because i'm lvl 20. i thought ancient ses is like normal ses except it gives better chance! wtf

Welcome to Rohan. It has been this way at Open Beta. It has been this way for 8 years. It will be this way until they say good night and shut the doors for good.
SES are permanent. ASES are 30-day. always has been, always will be. There is no scam there. Spirit stones and patterns are 30 day. dungeon mounts (if you can get them) are 30 day. The longest running hunter kits are 30 day. Temporary costumes are 30 day.
EM SES and ASES (dropped in game) have a low (10-25%) chance of success for a reason. Because they are freely available as mob drops. The IM ones - the "Radiant" SES/ASES - have 100% success rate. Perhaps instead of spending more for ingame ses from EM or farmed, you simply buy the IM ones rather than complain about games of chance.

Now rather than rant about how you were cheated, you simply asked questions in here before you spent your rohan points on stuff you were uncertain about. We would have helped you understand the commercial nature of the game.

To your post about permanent costumes further along:

There is no such thing as permanent stones for sockets. All of them have a max of 30 days. Costumes use patterns that you get from the IM.

Bottom Line: This is not TERA or Aion or any other game except Rohan. It's rules of play and business model will different than other games. You need to come to an accommodation with them just like you have to in any other game. In the case of timed items like ASES, spirit stones and PATTERNS, PlayWith has to make their moneh somehow. How else do you expect them to keep this game running if you are not buying items like these on a month-to-month basis?

At the end of the day there is no such thing as a truly free to play online game. Anybody that says different is feeding you lies. However if you are truly interested in playing for almost free, you can farm and sell stuff in the EM to make ecash to use in buying IM goods.