New Stuff Coming to the Pet Store!
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
We’ve got some new stuff coming to the Pet Store, and we wanted to give everyone a quick sneak peek. Obviously, the Pet Store has been the place where we sell pets and mounts, but we’ve come up with some new types of cosmetic goodies, including some fun new little toys and Transmogrifiables.

First up: a trio of cosmetic helms for Transmogrification. ( Jewel of the Firelord, Hood of Hungering Darkness, and Crown of Eternal Winter) When Transmog went into the game, people immediately started talking about the possibility of just buying armor looks. So we’re going ahead and forging a few helms and seeing how they fit. They don’t have any stats, they’re just for looks, and you can use them to change the appearance of the helms for any characters of any class or race (they work with all armor types). They’re great for spicing up a Transmog set—or replacing a tier head piece you hate the looks of. No need to check that ‘Hide Helm’ box any longer!




Here are a few images, but keep in mind that these are all special-effecty and animated in a really cool way. You may have even seen these models pop up on Wowhead or MMO-Champion earlier this year.

We’re also trying out something else new. A lot of people have liked the kinds of fun, limited-use items you can get from the WoW TCG—so we’re taking that idea to the Pet Store. Soon you’ll be able to snag two fun new little toys: the Seesaw and Iron Hitching Post!

You can jump on the Seesaw with a party member and relive the childhood glee of trying to slam your friend into the ground . . . or you can have a big ogre named Lunk launch them into the air. Really, though, you’ll probably just look super cute gazing lovingly into each other’s eyes. D’awwwww.


True story: Worgen are exactly the same weight as Ogres.

The Iron Hitching Post is a little different: It’s an item you set down that allows you and up to 24 of your closest raiding cohorts to each jump on your own new unearthly Iron Warhorse mount. You can use it for smaller parties too, and it’s also great for Battlegrounds. Imagine the look on your opponents’ faces when they see a unified front of ghost horses galloping toward them . . . just to ruin everything and capture Snowfall Graveyard. (STOP IT!)




Hyah ghost-steed! Later I’ll feed you some ghost-oats in the ghost-barn.

We don’t have specific release dates for any of these items yet, but you can expect to see them show up in the Pet Store in the near future.

Let us know what you think, and what other kinds of fun and cosmetic items you might like to see in the Pet Store in the comments below!
This article was originally published in forum thread: New Stuff Coming to the Pet Store! started by chaud View original post
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  1. mmoc6765cb3ae1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Feindy View Post
    gg blizz, im done with you.
    S'okay. They can just whip up another mog helmet to cover the loss of income from your sub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    I love how people are raging about how Blizzard are going one step closer to P2W.

    Retards.

    People who buy these transmogs (which have no impact on gameplay) are funding Blizzard which increases the chances we're going to see better quality expansions and patches. Why do people have such a problem with a business increasing its revenue? If you're not interested in this, then simply don't buy it. Stop whining about Blizzard and get a fucking life.
    So you know for a fact how Blizz spends their money and you call us retards? Besides, I thought all that new content was paid for with the sub?
  1. Tommy T's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Pendragon View Post
    So instead of giving us the chance to obtain these items from within the game, they've decided to put them on the store. Brilliant. The main problem I have is more and more items will be made for the store instead of in-game, and I'm willing to bet that entire transmog sets will appear on it.

    I expect to see city/town guard sets, faction sets(Defias Brotherhood, Scarlet Crusade, Bloodsail Buccaneers, etc), themed sets, seasonal sets, and more.
    what's the problem with that?

    Will these sets provide any in-game benefit apart from cosmetics? No.
  1. Farora's Avatar
    Haha, good one Blizzard. I love paying a monthy fee and getting F2P bs thrown at me.
  1. Tommy T's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by madrox View Post
    S'okay. They can just whip up another mog helmet to cover the loss of income from your sub.

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    So you know for a fact how Blizz spends their money and you call us retards? Besides, I thought all that new content was paid for with the sub?
    This is why I said "increases the chance". I don't know what Blizz spend their money on, but time = money. I doubt these helms took too long to create, and their potential income from them is going to be huge.

    Blizzard are a fantastic gaming company and the more money they bring in without sacrificing in-game competitiveness the more chance for their long-term success and our enjoyment.
  1. mmoc6765cb3ae1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    what's the problem with that?

    Will these sets provide any in-game benefit apart from cosmetics? No.
    Why do people still farm BT for the warglaives? Why do people camp still camp Storm Peaks for hours for the TLPD? Why did 4.3 see a rush of people spending a whole lot of gaming time farming old dungeons and raids? I mean they didn't benefit from those actions do they? Or maybe, just maybe, cosmetic rewards account for huge amounts of gameplay? Radical thought, eh?
  1. Farora's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    This is why I said "increases the chance". I don't know what Blizz spend their money on, but time = money. I doubt these helms took too long to create, and their potential income from them is going to be huge.

    Blizzard are a fantastic gaming company and the more money they bring in without sacrificing in-game competitiveness the more chance for their long-term success and our enjoyment.
    Haha.. yeah.. let's give Blizzard more money in the hopes of more and better content! How ignorant can you be.
  1. Archermit's Avatar
    I don't have a problem with things being on the store that are cosmetic but when we pay subs, they should be obtainable in game. Regardless of what the items are, they take time ot develop and implement into the game and the subs are paying fo rthis
  1. Tommy T's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by madrox View Post
    Why do people still farm BT for the warglaives? Why do people camp still camp Storm Peaks for hours for the TLPD? Why did 4.3 see a rush of people spending a whole lot of gaming time farming old dungeons and raids? I mean they didn't benefit from those actions do they? Or maybe, just maybe, cosmetic rewards account for huge amounts of gameplay? Radical thought, eh?
    You've basically just reinforced my argument.

    Those items are highly sought after because they take time / skill and luck to get.

    These helmets don't and the players will know that, instantly taking the satisfaction out of having them. How many people do you see bragging about how they have a blizz store mount? None.

    We spend nearly 100% of our time looking at our characters. We want them to look good no?
  1. mmoc6765cb3ae1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    This is why I said "increases the chance". I don't know what Blizz spend their money on, but time = money. I doubt these helms took too long to create, and their potential income from them is going to be huge.

    Blizzard are a fantastic gaming company and the more money they bring in without sacrificing in-game competitiveness the more chance for their long-term success and our enjoyment.
    I'll just leave this here for you http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/0...9660E720130707. Whatever you thought of Blizzard in the past, they (and us) are about to get squeezed for every penny from a parent company seeking a short term reward with no thought on the long term consequences.
  1. Farora's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by madrox View Post
    I'll just leave this here for you http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/0...9660E720130707. Whatever you thought of Blizzard in the past, they (and us) are about to get squeezed for every penny from a parent company seeking a short term reward with no thought on the long term consequences.
    But but I thought Blizzard was our pal and not a company out to make money for investors??
  1. mmoc6765cb3ae1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    You've basically just reinforced my argument.

    Those items are highly sought after because they take time / skill and luck to get.

    These helmets don't and the players will know that, instantly taking the satisfaction out of having them. How many people do you see bragging about how they have a blizz store mount? None.

    We spend nearly 100% of our time looking at our characters. We want them to look good no?
    And this contradicts my argument that cosmetic constitute huge amounts of gameplay how? And to be honest I don't see many people "boasting" of their Raven Lord these days, but I still see a whole lot of 90s going into Sethekk Halls.
  1. Daeaye's Avatar
    I don't really want to say it but it seems a little cheap. Sure, the helms look great - I personally love cosmetic and useless items - but I wouldn't think they were really worth real-world money. I may well be wrong, of course, and it's not like I'm being forced into buying it, so at the end of the day, if I don't like it I can just ignore it. It's just that these kinds of things, in my mind, would be better released in-game.

    I'm also hoping that one day we'll be able to transmog into seasonal sets, like the Midsummer Regalia, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it if not.
  1. Tommy T's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by madrox View Post
    I'll just leave this here for you http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/0...9660E720130707. Whatever you thought of Blizzard in the past, they (and us) are about to get squeezed for every penny from a parent company seeking a short term reward with no thought on the long term consequences.
    They're a business. Their aim is to increase revenue and maximise profits.

    They're not harming the game whatsoever. They're not forcing you to give them money and they're not increasing subs. They're offering optional cosmetics to their customers. They are churning out quality games all the time. Still don't see the problem.

    If you don't like the company, simply stop funding them.
  1. Feel The Power's Avatar
    This is easily money I coulda spent on Hotpockets, but blizz is forcing me to have to look cool to be able to get into hardmode guilds.
  1. Tommy T's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by madrox View Post
    And this contradicts my argument that cosmetic constitute huge amounts of gameplay how? And to be honest I don't see many people "boasting" of their Raven Lord these days, but I still see a whole lot of 90s going into Sethekk Halls.
    Urgh you're still not grasping the point. I don't have much time now but I'll say it once again.

    Mounts / objects obtainable in game = Satisfaction when obtained. Feel a feeling of achievement when flying through Orgrimmar or running around with a rare transmorg.

    Mounts/ objects obtained in Blizz store = No satisfaction. Used merely to make your character look better (generally anyway) to yourself. People will instantly recognize it's a blizz store item (the majority) and come to the conclusion it was bought with money therefore the player has not shown any skill or luck in getting it.

    People act like Blizz are putting everything on the Blizz store. 99%+ are still obtained ingame.
  1. Naposim1337's Avatar
    well i just hope that they will keep adding stuff like this also as ingame rewards. I dont mind the pet/mount/tmog shop too much but it is bullshit in pay to play game! and selling xp speed items and shit like that in the future? FUCK YOU at that point really
  1. Skorpionss's Avatar
    I don't understand ppl who defend this shit... I mean I didn't really care when it was a few pets and a mount or two, heck I even bought 1 pet(panda monk)... but they are starting to push it ... Especially with the 100% exp boost... that shit is fucking outrageous... how long before they start selling Heirlooms and stuff that offer advantage(they already add elder charms too in asia...)... It's already happening that it's not only cosmetic... this time next year we'll have heirlooms giving 50% exp bonus or some bullshit like that in cash store... how long untill they start putting rare mounts in store? or grab bags that cost 1$ and have a chance of containing a 0.1% chance mount like Ashes of A'lar or Mimiron's head...
  1. mmoc1448edff70's Avatar
    Hahahahaha can't stop laughing even though I'm completly against this, it's just too funny, ''oh guys it's only a xp buff, it's no big deal! It's already available in game with RAF! And it's only for Asia!!!'' Well this doesn't look like it's only for Asia
  1. mmoc6765cb3ae1's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    They're a business. Their aim is to increase revenue and maximise profits.

    They're not harming the game whatsoever. They're not forcing you to give them money and they're not increasing subs. They're offering optional cosmetics to their customers. They are churning out quality games all the time. Still don't see the problem.

    If you don't like the company, simply stop funding them.
    Well, thanks for stating the bleeding obvious that I can stop paying a company money. What that article was saying was nothing about "increasing revenues". Vivendi -who own Activision-Blizzard-are in deep financial troubles and have been trying to sell off the only part of their company worth anything-Activision Blizzard- for the past year. Thing is, they grossly over valued the company and noone bought Activision Blizzard leaving Vivendi still in severe financial dire straits. Now a clause put into the contract at the time of the purchase has come to fruition allowing Vivendi to "High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e93f9df4-e...#ixzz2YuktoEfQ

    The games maker has net cash of $4.6bn. But some analysts believe Vivendi could look to raise the games maker’s borrowings to as much as $5bn and compel a leveraged dividend payout" and place Activision-Blizzard through no fault of their own in debt. The Blizzard you know will be gone as it has to do anything it can not to "increase revenue" but to survive.
  1. mmoc142a69d787's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Skorpionss View Post
    I don't understand ppl who defend this shit... I mean I didn't really care when it was a few pets and a mount or two, heck I even bought 1 pet(panda monk)... but they are starting to push it ... Especially with the 100% exp boost... that shit is fucking outrageous... how long before they start selling Heirlooms and stuff that offer advantage(they already add elder charms too in asia...)... It's already happening that it's not only cosmetic... this time next year we'll have heirlooms giving 50% exp bonus or some bullshit like that in cash store... how long untill they start putting rare mounts in store? or grab bags that cost 1$ and have a chance of containing a 0.1% chance mount like Ashes of A'lar or Mimiron's head...
    Why do you care how fast someone levels? SO sad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankLampard View Post
    Urgh you're still not grasping the point. I don't have much time now but I'll say it once again.

    Mounts / objects obtainable in game = Satisfaction when obtained. Feel a feeling of achievement when flying through Orgrimmar or running around with a rare transmorg.

    Mounts/ objects obtained in Blizz store = No satisfaction. Used merely to make your character look better (generally anyway) to yourself. People will instantly recognize it's a blizz store item (the majority) and come to the conclusion it was bought with money therefore the player has not shown any skill or luck in getting it.

    People act like Blizz are putting everything on the Blizz store. 99%+ are still obtained ingame.
    Exactly. Great summary for people with zero brain cells.

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