Originally Posted by
Huoyue
Just starting off by saying, I've always defended WoW's actions. More so than most people I know. I've stood by them and have had reasons for just about any of their questionable decisions. But, I can't do it anymore. I can't care about something that the devs themselves don't care about.
Those behind WoW are putting in the most bare minimum of work; the game is now comparable to a facebook microtransaction game. They don't care much about what you think of the game, so long as they can get the most money out of it.
Examples abound of this: they are putting bare minimum work into player housing (Garrisons), something requested since launch. No customization, forced tier upgrades, you are building an effective base, not the one you want.
Mounts, we've seen about as many new mounts models from 5.1 on in the cash shop, as we have in the actual game, including one that's been wanted since launch: a bat mount. This is inexcusable, especially since many of the new mounts are very unique, while some of the in game ones (like the two SoO mounts) are not at all. Cash mounts are fine, so long as you can get something comparable in game: which you can't.
Re-adding stuff thats been formally taken away and acting like its the best thing ever (skirmishes).
Re-doing the player models, but not offering a player re-customization
Even little things stick out, like the stupid restrictions placed on mog (Oh, want to mog your 2 hand sword into a polearm? haha, no.). Or how they couldn't just go and recolor the elite pvp for a new season. Heck, they changed the chat client for the sheer sake of screwing over a popular addon, so people would use their own (poorly made) version of the addon (they killed oque).
WoD is a prime example. What's new with WoD? A bare bones player housing? Updated player models with zero new customization (that wont be done for all races)? Other expansions gave you reason to want them outside of "new raid tier and new armor!". WoD is essentially a raid patch with a few extra zones tacked on. And they'll charge you just as much as former expansions (potentially more, if the survey's they sent out a few weeks ago are any indication).
People shouldn't stand by this. People should expect MORE out of blizzard, rather than LESS. Each new batch of content is getting lazier than the last. Don't support this: don't buy from their item shop. Even if you're getting WoD, don't pre-order, let them sweat out their less than expected preorder amounts. Let people know you're dissatisfied and make it clear -WHY- you are. Pose questions to dev twitters about real issues in the game, and don't let up just because they don't answer.
I know what people will say: its a business, they should be allowed to make money. And yes, this is true. But they shouldn't be making it at the expense of their players. They shouldn't get away with bare minimum. The "They are a company" excuse gets us crap like Bioware releasing important story characters as day 1 DLC. Or Diablo 3 having a money shop. Or EA.... being EA.