Blizzard releases a $90 mount for WoW and people are mad, but...
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rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Those mad don't have it.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Paypigs pay, that's what they do
HeisenbergFX4
Member
When I was hardcore playing WoW to have access to AH and mail anywhere I would have gladly dropped $90 for that mount
Those mad or complaining about just wish it was cheaper
Those mad or complaining about just wish it was cheaper
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Gamers are killing videogames.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Remember when ppl made fun of mobile Diablo? And then it made millions/billions in profit? Yeah. The world is full of idiots.
MMaRsu
Member
These people are addicts so...
Tell us you've never played World of Warcraft without telling us you've never played World at Warcraft.
The Auction House and mail aren't locked behind the mount. They are physical locations in cities. If you want to sell something or check your mail, you'd have to go back to a city. This is called a "MMO". Engineers had a portable mailbox they could build to access mail anywhere temporarily, but the AH has always been locked to the cities.
A while ago they made a dinosaur mount locked behind an limited-time achievement that gave you AH access on the mount, meaning you could access the AH ANYWHERE and not just in the city. It was a HUGE convienence.
This is just a reskinned version of that mount they're now selling to anyone, and it may just be for the 20th anniversary; thus limited time.
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HeisenbergFX4
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When you have whales like me who would buy things I want why not push these type of MTXs?
Just my opinion I would much rather these games offer items in store I know what they are vs loot crates, I never buy that shit
Take a game like World of Tanks, I have purchased many tanks straight from their store and many were higher priced than this mount but never buy their crates hoping for rare tanks
One of the main reasons I had engineer on a few of my "mains" and then they introduced that repair bot, loved that guy
rodrigolfp
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TehGoomba7s
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They certainly aren't pushing it because people on the Internet are complaining about it and not buying it, that's for sure. They clearly have data to suggest otherwise.
Schmendrick
Member
Gamers complain about game design massively suffering due to being more and more microtransaction focused.
Gamers buy 90$ cosmetics.
Gamers buy 90$ cosmetics.
Solarstrike
Member
Disgusting. Absolutely digusti... do they accept Paypal?
killatopak
Member
And they laugh at kids eating tide pods. People are dumb.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
At least in this case the mount is not cosmetic only.Gamers complain about game design massively suffering due to being more and more microtransaction focused.
Gamers buy 90$ cosmetics.
Pejo
Member
Yea that's a huge quality of life for sure. Though back in those days, the devs were actually cool and would have probably made it a max level Engineering recipe that dropped from some obscure enemy at a 1% chance. The way MMOgod intended.When I was hardcore playing WoW to have access to AH and mail anywhere I would have gladly dropped $90 for that mount
Those mad or complaining about just wish it was cheaper
Luipadre
Member
The cities are FULL of the $90 mount!
It's a new version of the dino mount that gives you Auction House and mail access on the mount.
They deserve what they get. People are always mad about cod too and AAA game prices yet the new 80 euro cod version sits at the top of the steam charts. If i were a company like activision i'll do the same.
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MrTroubleMaker
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HeisenbergFX4
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Blitzmangoman
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Only thing that came to my mind.
Esparadrapo
Banned
After all this time has it hit you that maybe, and just maybe, you had a problem?
MMaRsu
Member
I played WoW for a long time starting with Vanilla.
When Activision took over Blizzard, WoW went massively downhill with extra micro transactions.
No need to explain what the AH or mail system is.
Its still greedy pure and simple.
Imagine unlocking this mount for solo'ing a great raid or something.
Sojiro
Member
If this is a limited time mount that is $90 that would be complete bullshit IMO. It's one thing for it to go away after time if it was tied to an achievement during a certain expansion, but after you drop nearly a hundred bucks on it, that shit better be mine for good. Glad I dont play anymore because man it would be hard to turn down AH access anywhere, I would have probably bitched about the price of it....bought it, grumbled some more....and then loved it lol.
The original version was locked behind a time-limited achievement.
It is yours permanently. I meant it's only going to be available to buy during the anniversary.
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Fbh
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Isn't this modern live service gaming 101?
It's all just a balancing act about how far you can push the regular audience without them quitting while getting tons of money from the whales.
As long as there isn't a significant number of people dropping the game over this $90 mount it's a massive win for them as they know they got plenty of whales that will be paying up.
It's all just a balancing act about how far you can push the regular audience without them quitting while getting tons of money from the whales.
As long as there isn't a significant number of people dropping the game over this $90 mount it's a massive win for them as they know they got plenty of whales that will be paying up.
Sojiro
Member
Ah gotcha. I wasn't playing anymore even for the other one so I wasn't sure how it was handled.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
You get to keep it forever, the only thing limited is that it's not going to be on sale in the store forever, just until after the first of the year.
Wolfpact1983
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Kings Field
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Tajaz2426
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Nah, some folks just do not bend over for corporations. Money isn't an issue, being an idiot is.When I was hardcore playing WoW to have access to AH and mail anywhere I would have gladly dropped $90 for that mount
Those mad or complaining about just wish it was cheaper
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Proves that gameplay and content are kings.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
The cities are FULL of the $90 mount!
It's a new version of the dino mount that gives you Auction House and mail access on the mount.
Sethbacca
Member
Alternate take : People get to a point where the sunken cost fallacy just bites them in the ass. They've been doing it so long they can no longer not do it because, well, they've already paid into it this long. I genuinely doubt the average person who has been playing this for 20 years is still having a good time so much as it's just inertia and their life at this point. For a lot of people though it's probably their only social outlet, so I get some of it. I can count on one hand the number of games I've had any interest in putting in more than 100 hours, and Rocket League and Quake 2 mods back in the day are the only ones that have gotten more than 1000 hours, but maybe it's just me.
We haven't had any real innovation in the MMO space for 20 years because people just can't let this game go.
proandrad
Member
Looks like the PS5 pro boycott.The cities are FULL of the $90 mount!
It's a new version of the dino mount that gives you Auction House and mail access on the mount.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Could be true if new contents/expansions were not a thing.
HeisenbergFX4
Member
When I was hardcore raiding and missed some other things I should have attended yeah I may have had a problem managing my time
But not the I would buy a $90 mount for access to game features on the spot and not have to fly back to town
Has nothing to do with being an idiot as personally I feel I am far from being an idiot
People just place value on items that others wouldn't or maybe couldn't spend, that's all
To call others idiots on what they would spend their money on is a bad take imo