tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post4385923294257299801..comments2024-03-21T23:18:45.644+00:00Comments on Priest with a Cause - A World of Warcraft (Classic) blog: Wrath Classic Adds WoW Token, Community Goes BallisticShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-65579652988895513182023-05-31T00:29:24.885+01:002023-05-31T00:29:24.885+01:00I can understand that attitude on an intellectual ...I can understand that attitude on an intellectual level, I just don't remember it ever being an issue for me. Many single player games I used to play had cheat codes baked in if you only knew them, but that quickly taught me that cheating my way to victory was not satisfying at all. It doesn't matter to me that an item has a real-world value if simply buying it is never one of my goals.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-24825747954486484472023-05-27T23:58:13.904+01:002023-05-27T23:58:13.904+01:00that was my commentthat was my commentKringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128630042421602039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-12908098106041377412023-05-27T23:56:45.788+01:002023-05-27T23:56:45.788+01:00I would never buy gold - it doesn't make sense...I would never buy gold - it doesn't make sense to me to cheat in a game, that defeats the purpose why I play the game. But the WoW token is part of the game - it's no longer cheating, just a shitty game mechanic.<br /><br />The problem for me is that the token immediately adds a real world price to every in game item you buy. Buying epic flying for a rarely played alt is 5000g - or now it is 10 bucks because I could sell my gold and get that amount of money to pay towards my subscription.<br /><br />Farming 5000g for an alts epic flying is fun, because it's part of the game.<br /><br />But paying the opportunity cost of 10 bucks for an alts epic flight feels dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-35675926887523439712023-05-26T14:49:50.985+01:002023-05-26T14:49:50.985+01:00At this point, bringing in the WoW Token has alrea...At this point, bringing in the WoW Token has already crossed that "kinda sorta no changes" Rubicon, so I figured they should have just gone all the way.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-50324571278925224642023-05-26T14:36:13.318+01:002023-05-26T14:36:13.318+01:00It's what they've done in retail, but in C...It's what they've done in retail, but in Classic that would either make loot distribution in large raids a royal pain, or change the whole experience massively if they also made it personal loot instead. Or both!Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-84162051037528392612023-05-26T14:29:11.340+01:002023-05-26T14:29:11.340+01:00Hmm... Something that occurred to me last night --...Hmm... Something that occurred to me last night --but I already had a post ready to go-- was that if Blizz wants to combat botting to the extent they do, instead of introducing the WoW Token why not eliminate Master Looter and change the way loot is distributed? That would blow up the need for gold via GDKP entirely.Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-75148392137110503822023-05-26T12:24:02.830+01:002023-05-26T12:24:02.830+01:00I'm sure most of them didn't, but there we...I'm sure most of them didn't, but there were a couple I was always suspicious of, and after I wrote <a href="https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/2021/12/of-soul-searching-and-eating-crow.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, one of the officers confirmed to me that they knew about it but didn't take any action because another one of the officers was also in the habit of buying gold himself... you never know what's going on behind the scenes...Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-80654692522387509702023-05-26T10:06:40.691+01:002023-05-26T10:06:40.691+01:00Sorry, apparently I replied to the wrong comment :...Sorry, apparently I replied to the wrong comment :)RandomExForknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-55996899288334442182023-05-26T10:05:26.187+01:002023-05-26T10:05:26.187+01:00I did not play much BC but I find it strange that ...I did not play much BC but I find it strange that some Forks would buy gold. Though, I do not know many new Forks from 2021 onward...RandomExForknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-45497740478028158432023-05-24T21:25:36.084+01:002023-05-24T21:25:36.084+01:00It's funny to me how many Classic redditors at...It's funny to me how many Classic redditors attribute anything bad to a "retail mindset" when I've found modern retail to be much more chill in many respects than the Wrath Classic crowd.<br /><br />I'm not sure why anything should happen to the subreddit when it's not officially affiliated with Blizzard anyway. There are other subreddits wholly dedicated to WoW private servers that have been chugging along happily for many years.<br /><br />I actually think that Blizzard doing a U-turn on the dungeon finder might actually be well received by the current Wrath player base, since I still see people groaning about its absence all over. Then again, it's always the unhappy people who complain, so for all I know there could be many who <i>like</i> it not being a thing.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-70319644411206634972023-05-24T21:19:20.129+01:002023-05-24T21:19:20.129+01:00It's interesting how different era is compared...It's interesting how different era is compared to the 2019-2021 version of Classic. I've seen a lot of complaining in the wake of this about how Blizzard are just bad at making a good game nowadays and bad developments are never the players' fault, but I think it's telling that something that is technically the same game can be so different when populated by a different crowd.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-32567514083184151212023-05-24T19:07:04.316+01:002023-05-24T19:07:04.316+01:00Yeah, my comment was intended to be a bit snarky a...Yeah, my comment was intended to be a bit snarky as I'm not fond of some of the attitude of r/ClassicWow commenters. Not that I hate them, but seeing a bit of cognitive dissonance between players who bring Retail mindsets to Classic while complaining about Retail and Blizzard bringing a bit of Retail to Classic was just too much to resist commenting about the situation. (Personally, I'd rather see Blizzard profit off the tokens than have someone get their account hacked by a gold seller.)<br /><br />I agree that there isn't a reason to bring the token to Classic Era unless Blizzard just wants to subsidize folks getting their epic mounts, etc. Though if Hardcore takes off like the blazes then maybe we will? Who knows.<br /><br />I do wonder if r/ClassicWow will get shutdown or have issues with Blizzard due to them allowing mentions of private servers now. That step felt like more of a knee-jerk emotional reaction from the moderators than a reasoned protest. Certainly I can't see Blizzard interacting in that subreddit again (if they every did before).<br /><br />I also wonder if folks will go ballistic if Blizzard (re-)introduces the dungeon finder in the same patch as Wrath Retail did. It would seem that people wouldn't be as upset by something being added that was legitimately part of the original expansion, but again, who knows?<br /><br />Oh, I wasn't in the subreddit when I noticed it. I saw it in r/all so that was a sign that it was likely a volatile topic. I wasn't disappointed. I tend to stay out of the MMO subreddits unless I'm searching for an answer. They make me want to argue when I'm trying not to be that way. :)Pallaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052537793722183657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4659326122793396570.post-47605885587347420202023-05-24T18:10:07.339+01:002023-05-24T18:10:07.339+01:00That's the thing about Era: the playstyle isn&...That's the thing about Era: the playstyle isn't even what it was in Vanilla Classic. The hardcore raiding crowd all moved on to TBC and then Wrath, and the Era playstyle is far more oriented toward the "casual" or "tourist" playstyle. I mean, you <i>can</i> go hardcore, but what for? There's no time pressure before another expac drops, after all.<br /><br />If the WoW Token comes to Era, I'd expect that to be a prelude to a major change in Era itself, such as major tweaks to the content. Otherwise, like you said, what are you going to buy with it?Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com