Recently we all know about the Cash Shop that is on the PTR & such.
But it got me to think with the way Data Mining is it litterally finds anything that Blizzard puts out there for testing even if it isn't meant to go live, but just something they wanna test for the future or for other projects **wink wink **nudge nudge.
Like Defense of the Ale House or Stormrgarde Scernario, also If it wasn't for data mining of the potion this whole WoW is going F2P or P2W wouldn't be as big as it is now. Maybe when it actually showed up on the PTR than people would maybe understand what the potion was actually for (China). Its like the internet loves to blow things out of preportions & makes things sound worse than they truly are as ya from what I seen on the PTR the Shop was basically a port to the Blizzard Store.
But the main point for this thread is "What do you think Data Mining does for you or for the game in general?". Do you think it causes problem for Blizzard when they wanna try new things even if they are never intended to go live or using items as bait to see how the community reacts ??
Post your thoughts (Be Civil or Mods will have a good time).
Edit: I don't care about Spoilers, its more about when something is Data mined, people blow up like its the end of the world or when something doesn't make live people they wonder why it was there in the first place.