Justice Online Mobile Controversy: Devs Blasted for Pre-booking IDs for Big Spenders

Recently, NetEase's Justice Online Mobile sparked a major community backlash over a special privilege: the developers were caught pre-reserving character IDs for heavy spenders ('Whales'). When questioned, the official response—'In the Jianghu (martial arts world), one is not master of their own fate'—was perceived as a cynical attempt to justify unfair advantages, further infuriating the player base.

NGA forum users didn't hold back in their criticism. One player sarcastically remarked, 'Truly the "breathing Jianghu" they promised—apparently, you need to pay to even take a breath.' The consensus in the comments is that this is a typical case of the developers playing both sides: granting special privileges to big spenders while publicly pretending to be egalitarian. The community views this as a classic, deceptive corporate tactic to squeeze money from whales while pacifying the general player base.