Now i've mentioned im unsubbed right now, i tried a token but even for free i havent been able to bring myself to login for almost 3 weeks purely because of how dead the world of dreanor is and i like my mmo to be a world, not a raid as the focus -BUT this is beside the point. Point being right now im unsubbed.
Its not the first time, over the last ten years ive had to drop the game for a few weeks, vacations, university and so on, it happens right?
Well today i get an email from Blizzard, i assume its yet another spam mail to try and get me to install heros of the storm or something but no its not.
What it is is a short paragraph saying "your gametime is about to run out, please decide to continue your adventures in azeroth and follow this link to add more gametime or buy a prepaid gametime card".
I assume its a fishing scam or fake email, we all get them now and again right?
But nope this is from blizzard entertainment alright.
So is this new?
In my ten years of playing ive never seen Blizzard actively send out emails saying "please sub again". No "and check out this upcoming content" no "and continue the legendary questline!" but just a block of blue text saying "please subscribe again".
To be honest i've not seen any mmo i've ever played do this. Were it listing content it would seem like the usual automated ads but -and this isnt meant to be inflammatory brave knights, rein your steeds- it seems like target begging for players who are about to leave the game.
IS it new? or somehow i've just never got on over the times ive unsubbed for a while over the years?