WoW Turns 7! Anniversary Tabard now available in-game

OMG Their recycling http://www.wowhead.com/item=19160/co...rd#criteria-of

Is it just me or does the message on the mail letter sound like a cry for help or a cryptic "we're dying" message."This has been a very rough year for the world of azeroth" Implying the subs are dropping exponentially."We need you more than ever"For the love of god don't cancel your sub too.

All the whining in here is the equivalent of going to a friend's birthday party, asking for a present, then crying that it isn't up to your standards.

Originally Posted by methanar

Is it just me or does the message on the mail letter sound like a cry for help or a cryptic "we're dying" message."This has been a very rough year for the world of azeroth" Implying the subs are dropping exponentially."We need you more than ever"For the love of god don't cancel your sub too.

It might not just be you but your interpretation is wrong. They are talking about Deathwing and the Cataclysm that happened to the WORLD of azeroth. There is nothing about the sentences that implies subscription drops or "WoW is dying".

@Methanar: Uhhh... no, they're actually referring to the story in the game... stop reading into stuff too much.

Not sure if it's been said but the in game calendar has the time frame for wow's 7th from November 20th at 2am server to Dec 4th at 2am server.

Cool more spam in my mailbox, I hope I just don't have to type delete in that box to get rid of it.

Rehashed raids, rehashed gear, rehashed tabard... sigh.I was hoping for something better than this.

I like the looking of that tabard

Is it just me,or even the message from mail is lame

ITT : People overacting over the fact they get something for doing absolutly nothing at all. I don't remember seeing anywhere that Blizzard has to give us anything for the anniversary. Chill Out.

Originally Posted by Zergal

ITT : People overacting over the fact they get something for doing absolutly nothing at all. I don't remember seeing anywhere that Blizzard has to give us anything for the anniversary. Chill Out.

I think its mostly that it feels they just don't care anymore. Baby blizzard bear. Ony Whelp. Then nothing. Now a tabard that might be temporary (and reuses a graphic (really ugly one, no less) so theres a bit of half-assedness there). Mostly I laughed when I saw it, because I was going to resub and get my wife to resub too. Now I won't.

This is just terrible. I can understand that Blizz is busy and all but now they are not even trying! This isn't a reward for being loyal customers, a BOA pet like the lil polar bear, or the whelp are. This is just sad. And ugly. And they wonder why they are losing customers, its giving us useless junk like this as a "thank you".

Originally Posted by methanar

Is it just me or does the message on the mail letter sound like a cry for help or a cryptic "we're dying" message."This has been a very rough year for the world of azeroth" Implying the subs are dropping exponentially."We need you more than ever"For the love of god don't cancel your sub too.

... Are you kidding me? Seriously? The fact that you chose to blatantly take it out of context and leave out the first part of the sentence doesn't make it go away; "With the return of a certain very large dragon, this has been a rough year for the world of Azeroth". It specifically refers to in-game lore events and has nothing to do with subscription numbers whatsoever. Holy WoW-bashing conspiracy nuts, Batman! Only on mmo-champ -.-

On topic though, the reward seems rather lackluster. I mean, not only is it limited duration, it's also a reused model? It won't even leave us with a permanent memory or souvenir for being around at this time? Then what's the point of it? :S Well sure, I suppose it's a step up from last year's "no anniversary pet this time, but let's shamelessly release not one but two store pets simultaneously with the anniversary, DERP", but only by a neglegible margin.

Its not free, we pay $15 a month. Its a lame reward to players saying "thanks for playing."

Originally Posted by 00furious

Umm, "Gift".
You didnt do anything for it. Don't like it? Noone cares. It's a gift.
Show some common decency, smile, and leave.

If the worst issue you have in your life is that something you received for free, isn't amazing.. I wish I had your problems.

Originally Posted by Lilithkalar

Its not free, we pay $15 a month. Its a lame reward to players saying "thanks for playing."

Deal with it.

They really don't have to give you shit anyway since you're paying for the game, not a reward every year.

Originally Posted by Lilithkalar

Its not free, we pay $15 a month. Its a lame reward to players saying "thanks for playing."

No, you pay the subscription for the game at 15 bucks a month, genius. Worst argument ever.

Are all you brainwashed???? If this was put into words it would be something like this... "After 7 years of you players giving us money to continue to keep this game alive, we're giving you a shitty tabard instead of finding ways to balance pve and pvp without hurting one or the other... or updating race models like the player base has asked for since TBC... this was much easier to do and saved us money/time, here you go" So glad i don't have to spend anymore money on this crap, 0 respect for blizzard.

Originally Posted by Herethebeef

Wow. Lamest reward ever. You'd think after the debacle last year they'd put in some effort and make a cool reward. An ugly tabbard with WoW on it is nothing special. And only losers will be wearing it. But of course, all the sycophants and blizzard fanbois will be all "WOW THANKS BLIZZARD THIS REWARD IS GREAT"

You realize that they gave absolutely nothing last year??

Wow.
Heres another way it could sound.
"After providing entertainment, every month, for less than the cost of one hours wage, for 7 years, we are also giving you a gift!"

Wasn't that tabard given to the people on each server with the most honorable kills before the introduction of the original honor system? I have a feeling, some people are going to be really mad, if that is the case.