2 Million Gold for the Spider Mount - will Legion have controlled inflation?

[FelPlague]

the bag was unique the last i checked so you can only have 1 not 4

oh well, i dident notice that :P still 500k for 2 extra slots

[Raiju]

Considering that gathering nodes are for everyone in Legion I don't think that's a great idea...The AH will be flooded with materials still..The people leveling up their main professions will still make more gold than gatherers unless you have a strong hold on the material market. I very much plan on making a lot of gold once Legion hits...first time I've had over 100k gold going into an expansion...I will most likely turn my million into 4-5m easy.

Playing profession requires a) sticking to your plan and b) managing your auction house. The whole point of this is methods that don't really require it (and gathering is AMAZING start of expansion without paying attention, just list @ cheapest). The only reason it wasn't good in WoD was the farm/mine and how much they gave you. There is no equivalent in legion and people need double digits of materials for every item until they get their stars up.

[Cæli]

Easy enough to do.. allow flying for say 25k per character at max level. This was the gold sink for most of the past expansions... and should be again.

Not sure if 5k back then is either 50k or 200k now. Gold value has definitely been multiplied by more than 5.

[Deleted]

On a serious note tho, I think this mount should be able to bypass terrain. Not flying, just walking on any slope, even vertilcally up. Not in BGs and dungeons of course.
Like an actual fkcing spider would

If it was like that, I'd consider this a fair deal. An overpriced mount that comes with something special. Like the Yak in MOP which came with mobile reforger (now transmogger).

But it won't be like that. It will be a mundane ground mount that will fall flat on its face if you drop from too great height. You'll still have to put up with annoying terrain.

Even tho i have like 9m gold I'm very stingy about actually buying it. We'll see on Legion Launch. If I have like 25-30 million after initial rush (when ppl are buying crafted items for ludicrous prices) then yea why not. But otherwise, nah. Too great cost for something pretty damn useless. I don't care about epeen value. Even tho i have all 17 TCG and few removed mounts, I just use ones that I like the most, not the rarest.

[Raiju]

Like an actual fkcing spider would

Unfortunately mountains on the broken isles are made of a porcelain like substance.

[socialmaker]

They should reset people's wealth. Like a diablo 3 season.

We found our socialist.

[Deleted]

Ehh you might want to read the thread.

From Ion Hazzikostas
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...5664?page=3#54

but the 2mil price tag for the mount is not likely to change.

Oh right, my bad. It was not included in the original post.
Didn't cross my mind to go sifting through blue trackers on another region's forum.

[Ehrenpanzer]

you can sell pvp boosts if you're good enough and rack up 2 million gold.

sounds like you're barely good enough to pve your way our of an LFR paper bag though.

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What does pve skill, lfr, or even pvp have to do with introducing a mount that is Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game? Honestly, I thought children and the mentally disabled had programs that kept them off the general internet during the day

[Tartys]

Then 2 million gold for a mount is madness. If you can't get filthy rich in Legion then this is Blizzards way to boost the token sales - with a game that has a subscription fee. That would be disgusting.

I'm not shocked for the spider mount price.. is a ground mount and is only on aesthetic use. You got only one ass, so that ground mount will be showed sometimes durting the rotation with all the others. And never used when you can fly.

... I'm shocked for the 1.000.000g pet.

a pet is not only estectical we raise then, we use them in battle.

[Deavane]

Thank you. So as I expected. They will close the rich-vs-poor gap they created with the garrison with inflated gold. Makes perfect sense, they just slipped that under the radar but this mount seller gnome made it very clear.

It's not really closing if everyone can do the quest. People in my guild have upwards of 20 gold caps currently. Those people are not getting any less wealthy if they don't spend that. This mount is pocket change for some lol.

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What does pve skill, lfr, or even pvp have to do with introducing a mount that is Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game? Honestly, I thought children and the mentally disabled had programs that kept them off the general internet during the day

Because you're assuming this is Blizzard's push to get people to buy tokens. Just because you don't have two million gold doesn't mean a lot of others don't. You also have no idea how much money will be introduced into the game when Legion is released.

[stevenho]

Even tho i have like 9m gold I'm very stingy about actually buying it. We'll see on Legion Launch. If I have like 25-30 million after initial rush (when ppl are buying crafted items for ludicrous prices) then yea why not.

WHat's the difference between having 9M rotting in your bag versus having 7M rotting in your bag?

[roninwookie]

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What does pve skill, lfr, or even pvp have to do with introducing a mount that is Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game? Honestly, I thought children and the mentally disabled had programs that kept them off the general internet during the day

What are you talking about? What hard push?
There are multiple ways to get gold for this COMPLETELY OPTIONAL WITH NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT mount.

[JV Chequer]

I don't get why people complain so much for a mount or a pet.
If u want to you buy it, if u don't have a single penny don't and farm some gold.
If u think the mount/pet did not worth the gold, don't buy it.

Some stuff are not accessible to the vast majority of players and that's it, move on.

[SkyTides]

Even as a mount-whore I won't be bothering with this one - because I hate spiders and I'm always poor

[kunta kente]

A mount that desirable belongs in the cash shop

[Raelbo]

What does pve skill, lfr, or even pvp have to do with introducing a mount that is Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game? Honestly, I thought children and the mentally disabled had programs that kept them off the general internet during the day

I laughed out loud at the irony here.

Honestly, reducing the inclusion of this mount to "Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game" is pure strawman at best....

You're either being overly cynical, disingenuous, or haven't applied any kind of actual thought to what you're saying.

Seriously, at current EU rates that would mean spending 500Euro (of which Blizzard actually gets 125Euro since Blizzard loses a normal subscription fee for every token sold). On US servers it's closer to $1000. Who the hell would honestly spend that kind of real money on this mount? (not saying there won't be some, but very, very few indeed)

Normal shop mounts are surely significantly more profitable to Blizzard than a big gold sink mount. Which means that, honestly, the intended primary target audience of this mount are people who have made a lot of gold in this game.

[Demeter]

Will Legion give so much gold during leveling and questing and class hall quests and world quests that 2 million gold would be something even a casual player can reach in a month or so?

If Blizzard hands out much more gold than they did with the Garrisson they would solve the Garrisson poor-vs-rich problem with inflation.

Having 1 million gold in Legion would be equal have 100k gold in WoD (just example numbers).

Can anyone who leveled to 110 in the Alpha tell me how much gold he made doing that?

I think they are trying to correct their mistake with Garrisons and adding gold sinks to rid the game of its excess amount of gold. Right now gold has some severe inflation and I am willing to say that 100K gold presently is 10K back in the Burning Crusade even though I was gold capped back then as well, regardless I am gold capped across 4 characters so... yeah fuck Garrisons? I miss playing the AH the old school way.

[kunta kente]

Most of the people I personally know with that much gold bot, manipulate markets or sell in game services for gold. 2 are bannable and 1 isn't but should be. This mount encourages bad behavior

[Socialhealer]

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What does pve skill, lfr, or even pvp have to do with introducing a mount that is Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game? Honestly, I thought children and the mentally disabled had programs that kept them off the general internet during the day

careful there, don't cry too much you'll mess up your keyboard, keep whining how the game is pay 2 win though, yes 1 mount is winning the game, excellent logic sir.

[Deleted]

Sure 2M may be nothing for you and some of the players but not everyone in the game is garrison whoring or making shitloads of gold every day. Put it into perspective a bit. Just because you and a lot of people you know have a lot of gold does not mean that is the norm.

So what..? The mount isn't meant for everybody. It's meant to be exclusive and unique. It's nice to have at least a few items of that kind in the game. Or do you want raidbosses to stop dropping mounts too?

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What does pve skill, lfr, or even pvp have to do with introducing a mount that is Blizzards latest attempt at a hard push on paying extra for the game? Honestly, I thought children and the mentally disabled had programs that kept them off the general internet during the day

You don't like the price, don't get the mount. The only thing it will do is take lots of gold out of the economy, which is a good thing for those who keep their gold and don't buy it since it will cause deflation and increase the value of gold. Not everyone will get the mount? Tough cookie.