Originally posted by MMO_Doubter

Originally posted by coffee

Sadly the majority of ppl in this thread and website are not too fond of WoW so its really not proper to take the comments in this thread to represent the millions playing WoW.

You keep thinking that.

 

Follow this topic on a few gaming sites for a couple of weeks and watch the backlash.

I just logged into WoW.

There are not people running around shouting "the end is nigh", general chat is the usual "LF1M tank Naxx 10", no mention at all of this "cash shop".

I asked the 14 guild mates online, 1 said he was worried where it might go, the other 13 said they dont care.

So I asked Actual players and shortly watched general chat and WoW is just the same.

Blizzard are not a stupid company they know that subscription MMO's are becoming less attractive, the paid4 characters transfers, faction transfers etc seem to be doing well so blizzard are now trialing paid4 vanity items.  Its good business, blizzard dont stay on top by sitting on their hands.

Originally posted by battleaxe

$5 of $10 goes to charity?  For a virtual pet that maybe took all of an hour to produce?  I support the charity idea, but get real Blizzard - you're ripping everyone off with this crap, especially those that actually need the Make-a-Wish foundation.

It's $5 of ONE of the two pets, and only for a couple of months.

Its a bloody pet.  Are you going to get an advantage in game with this????????? NO!. is THE PANDAREN MONEK pet cool? YES!.  iS NAME CHANGE, SERVER CHANGE, RACE CHANGE, affect you? NO its the same bloody thing u monkeys.

Originally posted by neikkio

 

1. No one is telling you to buy it.
2. You can quit the game anytime or not even play.
3. Blizzard is a business they were made to make money.
4. If people will buy it for $10 then they will sell it for $10. Simple Supply Demand principle.
5. No Charity alive sends 100% of proceeds to their cause, to be honest 50% is amazing.
6. If anyone has any other problem's do post them debunking your high school drop up smarts and economic know how will keep me entertained while sitting here in class.

 

You do realize it's the consumer who pays the charity, not a company like blizzard? If blizzard really wanted to be "charitable" they'd simply take some off their own end to give, such as from subs. It's not like there was any real work done on their end to warrant giving them half of what you'd like to donate.

What exactly are "high school drop up smarts"? How do you go about debunking them?

I liked WoW up until this very moment.

I had fun in WoW and I still do, but I do not support item malls.

No more WoW for me.

How can people be so naive to think that charity is the main purpose of this move?

Blizzard ist just testing the water, cloaked as charity -you can be shure of that.

Originally posted by VoIgore

How can people be so naive to think that charity is the main purpose of this move?

Blizzard ist just testing the water, cloaked as charity -you can be shure of that.

And you can be sure that they're not.

Fool.

 How do people not see the big picture? It's only a pet ... No shit , its only a pet. Tommorrow , what will it be? Little by little they take our money and use time and resources to design content I have to pay extra for? I know, I know ... the TGC was more or less the same thing, but this really does it for me. I'm probably better off anyway ........

Originally posted by blackthornn

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Some one has to be the YING to the YANG.

I dont get irritated in fact I have a good laugh on these forums reading peoples responses and seeing them blow things out of all proportions.

Originally posted by wh0astar

Wow, you guys are really evil. I don't see how it's insulting to add charity to it. Good for them. It's not their fault they're successful. It's us people that made 'em successful, ever thought about that, hmm? I guess not. You guys are naive to realize the mere fact that it is just another game that people play, that you used to play... so get over it.

Get over what? The fact that WoW ruined the MMORPG genre by making casual, themepark and linear norms in MMORPGs and bringing in millions of retards that wants everything handed to them on a silver platter and is now milking those retards for money through RMT?

No, I think that will take a while longer....

Blizzard may be out to make money, just like any other corp, but they are solely responsible for ruining the MMORPG genre.

Originally posted by Yamota

Originally posted by wh0astar

Wow, you guys are really evil. I don't see how it's insulting to add charity to it. Good for them. It's not their fault they're successful. It's us people that made 'em successful, ever thought about that, hmm? I guess not. You guys are naive to realize the mere fact that it is just another game that people play, that you used to play... so get over it.

 

Get over what? The fact that WoW ruined the MMORPG by making casual, themepark and linear norms and bringing in millions of retards that wants everything handed to them on a silver platter and is now milking those retards for money through RMTs?

No, I think that will take a while longer....

Get a grip please.

Originally posted by Yamota

Originally posted by wh0astar

Wow, you guys are really evil. I don't see how it's insulting to add charity to it. Good for them. It's not their fault they're successful. It's us people that made 'em successful, ever thought about that, hmm? I guess not. You guys are naive to realize the mere fact that it is just another game that people play, that you used to play... so get over it.

 

Get over what? The fact that WoW ruined the MMORPG genre by making casual, themepark and linear norms in MMORPGs and bringing in millions of retards that wants everything handed to them on a silver platter and is now milking those retards for money through RMT?

No, I think that will take a while longer....

Blizzard may be out to make money, just like any other corp, but they are solely responsible for ruining the MMORPG genre.

..... they also cause cancer and funded the 911 terrorists.

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Ive never hated WoW.. Ive always repected Blizzard for the good games they make..

But this is a sad day for the MMO industry and it sickens me that some WoW fans are defending this move :(

$10 for a  pet when you are paying $15 a month already????

Originally posted by Papadam

Ive never hated WoW.. Ive always repected Blizzard for the good games they make..

But this is a sad day for the MMO industry and it sickens me that some WoW fans are defending this move :(

$10 for a  pet when you are paying $15 a month already????

What are you on?  Its a sad day for the industry when blizzard sells 2 pets????  nEWSFLASH THEY ALREADY sell, server moves,  for years, faction changes, race change etc?  This sickens you lol????  hell then everything Soe does with EQ2 and vanguard must sicken you because they sell reall ingame items that affect the game.

Originally posted by Papadam

Ive never hated WoW.. Ive always repected Blizzard for the good games they make..

But this is a sad day for the MMO industry and it sickens me that some WoW fans are defending this move :(

$10 for a  pet when you are paying $15 a month already????

Your right I MUST buy that pet cause if I dont I will not get invited to raids.. oh wait,its just a vanity pet.

I could of cause get the some of the 140 ingame vanity pets already in game, over 100 are free (no part of TCG) www.warcraftpets.com/wow.pets/index.asp But thats silly I must have a min lich and panderan.

Originally posted by Yamota

Originally posted by wh0astar

Wow, you guys are really evil. I don't see how it's insulting to add charity to it. Good for them. It's not their fault they're successful. It's us people that made 'em successful, ever thought about that, hmm? I guess not. You guys are naive to realize the mere fact that it is just another game that people play, that you used to play... so get over it.

 

Get over what? The fact that WoW ruined the MMORPG genre by making casual, themepark and linear norms in MMORPGs and bringing in millions of retards that wants everything handed to them on a silver platter and is now milking those retards for money through RMT?

No, I think that will take a while longer....

Blizzard may be out to make money, just like any other corp, but they are solely responsible for ruining the MMORPG genre.

The millions of retards existed long before wow released, but the problem is now "everyone" is dabbling in direct RMT.

There is no excuse for a cash shop from blizzard, none except they want more money for the same effort they were putting into the game last month.  It isn't like they hired extra developers to create these pets.  The pets are something people quest for in game.  Oh well. 

Anyone advocating support or apathy about this needs to rethink their positioning and look at the precedent being set.  If a company can ask for $10 for a cosmetic pet that used to be part of the normal free updates, there is no reason to think they will not do the same for a sword, spell or a dungeon.  They will continue to push and push until they make more money from the "premium" members and eventually push the "standard" members out the games.

Sure it is just a "few"  "cosmetic" items now.... Think about where it will be in the future.  We are making our own beds and don't even realize it.

Originally posted by blackthornn

Originally posted by Ruyn

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such hate for me, come... sit lets talk this through like adults.  FYI I aint paid a wow sub for almost 8 months. Scroll of resurrection FTW!!! /flex

Originally posted by Yamota

Get over what? The fact that WoW ruined the MMORPG genre by making casual, themepark and linear norms in MMORPGs and bringing in millions of retards that wants everything handed to them on a silver platter and is now milking those retards for money through RMT?

No, I think that will take a while longer....

Blizzard may be out to make money, just like any other corp, but they are solely responsible for ruining the MMORPG genre.

And people like you kept the MMO genre in your parents basement, nerdraging over stupid shit such as this, bitter because WoW brought real normal people into your fantasy worlds, making you just as inferior there as you are in RL.

It all balances out, really.

My bank just sent me a notice that they offer multiple types of insurance for almost anything I need.

They also offered Remote Digital Storage to help back up everything important to me for a low price.

Looks like my ISP has the same offer...

Oh, and let's not forget that USPS is offering holiday deals on cards, special boxes, and ribbons...

...

Every freaking service in the world is offering extra items for purchase... particularly subscription services... and you are upset that Blizzard is now introducing this?

Subscription-only services are dying... this is the next step for them to increase profit... and in some cases save themselves.

Quit acting shocked, insulted, and apalled. You should have seen this coming 5 years ago.

Pull your head out of the ground and start paying attention to the rest of the world.

This industry is now officially in the sewer.

Any more crap and the the puppy gets it. Oh BTW this is one of the new pets beeing added in 3.3, and its FREE! to ago along with the 100+ other FREE ingame pets.

Collector's edition included a pet. People paid an extra for that.

By almost every official event, codes for pets are given out to attendants, which have to pay the entrance ticket.

Many of these codes are sold in ebay between others against the EULA for more money than that.

So the news is...?

Now that the precedent has been set, where do you think the genre will take us?

Originally posted by Pedrote

Collector's edition included a pet. People paid an extra for that.

By almost every official event, codes for pets are given out to attendants, which have to pay the entrance ticket.

Many of these codes are sold in ebay between others against the EULA for more money than that.

So the news is...?

 News is, its the last straw? News is, they pushed the envelop too far? They will more than likely make more money, most people don't see the big picture or don't mind being milked like a cow. But I wont be a part of it, but Im probably better off ...been playing wow for a long time. Maybe its tieme for some new scenery.