Sneak Peek: Guardian Cub Tradable Pet

[Deleted]

Hm..why do people scream bloody murder about this, when TCG cards would be on trade for up to 600 dollars. Apparently it is okay for you guys that People not affiliated with the game make money out of it but not Blizzard? oh yeah..and here is to the ones who always cry "Blizzzard never listens to the fans"...."Since the introduction of the Pet Store, many players have been asking for ways to get the companions we offer there without having to spend real-world cash. - Hmmm seems they listen, but you guys might not like it. Ah well...lets see how it works out in game. The shitstorm on forums vs reality.

As usual det, you are a pillar of reason in this forum

[Idoru]

Buying pets, selling pets, buying weapon. Everybody sing with me,

"Obsidium cleaaaaaver, Obsidium cleaaaaaaaver, just $20 at your localllll Blizzard store."

Yeah, that song flopped bigtime on the billboards.
People like you have been singing this song since character transfers were introduced. And we still can't buy weapons and armor for cash.

[Frozenbeef]

so now only one of your characters gets the pet? so it's value is only 1/22 of my other blizz store pets? 0o

[Jagstang]

Hm..why do people scream bloody murder about this, when TCG cards would be on trade for up to 600 dollars. Apparently it is okay for you guys that People not affiliated with the game make money out of it but not Blizzard? oh yeah..and here is to the ones who always cry "Blizzzard never listens to the fans"...."Since the introduction of the Pet Store, many players have been asking for ways to get the companions we offer there without having to spend real-world cash. - Hmmm seems they listen, but you guys might not like it. Ah well...lets see how it works out in game. The shitstorm on forums vs reality.

You really don't understand the difference? Really? Honestly for realz?

[jimlow]

I don't collect pets so I don't think I will buy this.

[Jagstang]

You can buy the TCG stuff on ebay and sell it on the auction house...........yea.............HUGE difference..........NOT

Oh, so you can purchase the TCG rare items directly from Blizzard? I didn't know that.

[paloalto]

Yeah, that song flopped bigtime on the billboards.
People like you have been singing this song since character transfers were introduced. And we still can't buy weapons and armor for cash.

No, but you can now buy pet, sell bet and buy weapons and armor. Without the chance or high prices of TCG cards. Everybody sing with me,

"Buy to winnnnnnn, buy to winnnnnnn."

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I see it now: "Mists of Pandaria: 3/5 tier available for just $30! Visit the Blizzard store, all items BoE."

[Deleted]

Blizzard is cashing out. Less and less content, more and more extras to purchase. Now gold selling made legal and pet can't even be used on all characters on same account, unlike other store pets.

[xskarma]

10 euro --> 20.000 gold.It's better than goldseller's price.

I'd jump at anything below 30k to be honest. I can sell rare pets for 20-25k easily on my server, this one should be even more expensive, costing real money, and thus normally being rare. Though initial market might be somewhat mroe forgiving, with people trying to cash in and, being unexperienced on the pet market, charging too little OR getting caught in an undercutting situation where 2-3 people drive the price down.

As for the implications of buying gold in this way, meh, people that wanted to do this always did fnid a way, now there is a legal way to do it, even if it is slightly risky too, in a way.

[Eis]

This is crossing a dangerous line. Even though they're not allowing you to directly buy items like BoE epics for money, they're indirectly allowing it now. Buy pet -> Sell on AH -> Buy gear. Kinda shitty. I'm really starting to be one of those "Fucking Activision..." grouches. Because real Blizzard understands why this isn't a great idea.

[Deleted]

10 us for SINGLE USE pet thats mix between cub model with added disco lion skin? Wait what? -.-

[Kegler]

Legal gold buying indeed

[Frozenbeef]

players: "free to play with premium options is the future!" *blizzard adds premium features ontop of the subscription*

[Martyn 470]

How stupid are half the people posting here? Seriously OMG THEY ALLOWED GOLD BUYING, ECONOMY IS SCREWED, You guys realise it could sell for something like 100g ?


and because of that, not many people may buy it to sell via AH. 20k gold is £10, this pet is £10, So the pets going to sell for 20k gold on every server? somehow i dont think so.

[Expectations]

It does harm the game. In a game where players depend on the economy of their servers to not only be able to keep up with gold sinks, avoidable inflation like this will harm it. This is just the first step.

The only way it harms the game is that you don't have to rely on professions to make gold. I assume that is what the QQ is about

[TheEaterofSouls]

Im not really sure this is a good idea to post on a site like this. I feel it will just cause a whole influx of turmoil and ranting on the foms.ru But that just me. So let the hours, hours of D3 comparing and pointless rantng begin...... Did I mention pointless. :/

[Eliot123]

The value of real money is a built-in deflation insulator(if that makes sense). It will stabilize to the point where nobody will plunk down 10 dollars just to sell for a measly 1k. I would expect it to vary between 10k-20k-ish. Nobody's obliged to sell for less than they think it's worth. If the price is too low, people will just hang onto it until the price rises again.

You don't know people on my server @_@

[GhostInTheFog]

This is crossing a dangerous line. Even though they're not allowing you to directly buy items like BoE epics for money, they're indirectly allowing it now. Buy pet -> Sell on AH -> Buy gear. Kinda shitty. I'm really starting to be one of those "Fucking Activision..." grouches. Because real Blizzard understands why this isn't a great idea.

I think people are over estimating how much these things are going to sell for in game. There's going to be a lot of supply and not enough demand. Maybe not right away and some people might get rich off these things in the beginning but it's going to pass.

[Jagstang]

I can't wait for the next expansion of Pandaturd Island.

"Panda Hero Class can only be unlocked from the Character Store, for the low price of $29.99. Panda Hero Class will be BoE and can be traded, or sold on your server!"

[xemega]

We will have big economical ( in game ) problems with this