Patch 4.1/4.2 - Winged Lion Mount?
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Yeah, it's astounding how many people refuse to realise that they're already spening real money on something that isn't "real". It's the reason why a lot of people refuse to play games that cost monthly fees to begin with. Not to mention that any merchandise is useless by nature, so to speak. I have the Lady Vashj figure because it looks awesome, but while it's *tangible* it certainly isn't *useful*. Even t-shirts and something like that - you think "hey, it's clothes so they're useful" but the truth is that you could get clothes of the same qualitiy for FAR less money if you bought something without someones logo on it. So merchandise = waste of money, always. It's all just for fun.Sukurachi wrote:I'm amazed at the vitriol being launched at the fact that this is presented as a real-life money purchase on Allakhazam (the only WoW board I go to, other than here). The funniest thing is people who are critical of spending real-life money on a virtual mount... and yet, are fanatical about spending real-life money on the virtual world in which they play. Some of the people MOST critical at Allakhazam seem to be some pretty major power-players of WoW. People will never cease to amaze me.
This mount looks really sweet and I'm certainly considering to buy it. I like the idea of a BOA mount that scales with riding skill. Unfortunately, I find the sparkly pony completely hideous. No offence to people who like it, but everytime I see someone ride by on it I just think "Why, dear God?!?!" XD So I'm happy there's finally a mount like that that I actually like.
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Do want.
And yeah... people just whine. No one's forcing them to buy this... if they want it, they can, if it's not worth it to them then, well... don't?
You know, I wonder about all those people with the TCG mounts, for that matter. Having -attempted- to get one the "legit" way (i.e. buying boxes of cards)... I spent rather more cash than I was comfortable with and still never got one. Instead, you can go on eBay and fork over upwards of $800 to some Chinese gold farmer or Korean auction-harpy in order to get one for yourself. AND they're not account bound. AND Blizzard isn't seeing any of that money (or at least a much reduced percentage since they just get royalty fees off the card license).
Wouldn't you rather at least know your cash is going to support the game you love instead of lining the pockets of some commodities trader that doesn't give a damn about you except the part that's green, rectangular, and flat? But do people harass players with the black war bear or the spectral tiger? Nope.
We call this hypocrisy, neh?
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Nachtwulf wrote:According to the writeup on MMOC today, the 'Winged Guardian' (apparently its official name) does indeed scale with riding skill like the sparkle pony.
Do want.
And yeah... people just whine. No one's forcing them to buy this... if they want it, they can, if it's not worth it to them then, well... don't?
You know, I wonder about all those people with the TCG mounts, for that matter. Having -attempted- to get one the "legit" way (i.e. buying boxes of cards)... I spent rather more cash than I was comfortable with and still never got one. Instead, you can go on eBay and fork over upwards of $800 to some Chinese gold farmer or Korean auction-harpy in order to get one for yourself. AND they're not account bound. AND Blizzard isn't seeing any of that money (or at least a much reduced percentage since they just get royalty fees off the card license).
Wouldn't you rather at least know your cash is going to support the game you love instead of lining the pockets of some commodities trader that doesn't give a damn about you except the part that's green, rectangular, and flat? But do people harass players with the black war bear or the spectral tiger? Nope.
We call this hypocrisy, neh?
I can honestly say, I found the Black War Bear ("The Red Bearon" card) TCG mount in a pack of cards I purchased at wal mart. It's fun. it's awesome to have a mount like that, but honestly? I've poured A LOT of funds into TCG collecting, and that's the only minipet/mount I've ever found; and I've been collecting since the start.
So heck yeah, I will gladly fork over $25 for a mount I know I'll get XD
Also, I have NEVER had harassment over my Bearon mount, but I did get it a couple times with sparkle pony. People just hate for no reason.
Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. So what if players can purchase mounts/minipets from blizzard store. They don't actually enhance your characters or anything. Hell, you still have to train to ride a mount to use them. You still have to earn WoW gold to actually pay for these mounts to run/fly at their highest potential. So if you don't have a little bit of in-game effort, then you cant even utilize these mounts.
I never understood how people ignore that...
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Because it's the first step towards letting people buy gear.Rikaku wrote:I never understood how people ignore that...
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They wouldn't do that, to many people would quit because those who have more money would be better geared and have the advantage over other people.Saturo wrote:Because it's the first step towards letting people buy gear.Rikaku wrote:I never understood how people ignore that...
I believe if you can believe out of nothing an explosion (big bang) happened then how far fetched can god be?
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They're gonna' do it, trust me. Not any time soon, mind you, but when WoW starts bleeding customers whenever Activision is going to force them to make more money. Rather than making the game more fun they'll just take the cheap way out and let gear and such be purchasable.AdamSavage wrote:They wouldn't do that, to many people would quit because those who have more money would be better geared and have the advantage over other people.Saturo wrote:Because it's the first step towards letting people buy gear.Rikaku wrote:I never understood how people ignore that...
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I believe if you can believe out of nothing an explosion (big bang) happened then how far fetched can god be?
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I'm going to just have to agree to disagree. I don't see Blizzard doing this. They're not stupid. They know such a move would not only call for subs to be cancelled, but incredibly bad PR. That would lead to people not wanting anything to do with Blizzard, and would kill their future endeavors. So I think saying "they're gonna do it, trust me", I'm just gonna have to say no I don't trust you on that XDSaturo wrote:They're gonna' do it, trust me. Not any time soon, mind you, but when WoW starts bleeding customers whenever Activision is going to force them to make more money. Rather than making the game more fun they'll just take the cheap way out and let gear and such be purchasable.
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Rikaku wrote:I'm going to just have to agree to disagree. I don't see Blizzard doing this. They're not stupid. They know such a move would not only call for subs to be cancelled, but incredibly bad PR. That would lead to people not wanting anything to do with Blizzard, and would kill their future endeavors. So I think saying "they're gonna do it, trust me", I'm just gonna have to say no I don't trust you on that XDSaturo wrote:They're gonna' do it, trust me. Not any time soon, mind you, but when WoW starts bleeding customers whenever Activision is going to force them to make more money. Rather than making the game more fun they'll just take the cheap way out and let gear and such be purchasable.
I second the motion.
Blizz have always been quite clear and quite firm about never making anything that gives in-game advantage purchasable with real-life money.
I see no reason to "trust" that they will do differently from their stated long-time position.
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I don't believe Blizzard would ever go the route of selling gear for RL cash to give an in-game advantage.
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I am not talking about potions, I am talking about gear that has some kind of stat increase... and I am not counting gear that is mostly for appearance only but has little to no stat increase.
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I really don't think Blizzard OR Activision will cut off one leg in order to save another.Saturo wrote:They're gonna' do it, trust me. Not any time soon, mind you, but when WoW starts bleeding customers whenever Activision is going to force them to make more money. Rather than making the game more fun they'll just take the cheap way out and let gear and such be purchasable.AdamSavage wrote: They wouldn't do that, to many people would quit because those who have more money would be better geared and have the advantage over other people.
They won't want to alienate subscribers by doing this and if they do decide to do it it will be after most of everyone has already jumped ship to a different MMO... but I doubt it will even happen then because Blizzard is a cash cow and will continue to be one for at least 5 more years if they can get Titan out within two years of Diablo 3.
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let us sit here, together, and revel in our shallownessLupisDarkmoon wrote:Yup. I'm shallow. I'm sitting here going, "I can't wait for that mount to come out!".
I need a life...
'cuz honey, I am SO stoked about this new mount it just ain't funny!
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