If WoW had Loot boxes would you..

[Aphrel]

If Blizzard would have introduced paid loot boxes in WoW, would you think it’s a new low and stopped playing the game overall?

Nothing will ever be lower than their fees for character transers.

[Niwes]

Don't you mean Suprise mechanics?

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True. But the prices and obscurity of the BMAH keeps it out of the mainstream.

Which reminds me I don't know where the BMAH is in bfa :/

muhahaha. that video. great.

imagine myself how Ion is sittin there and explain the same with his Ion mentality. super funny.

ps @Savant: where is the poll? you ask a yes/no question, so why the hell there isnt a poll ?

[DemonDays]

We're already getting lootboxes - from emissaries, from assaults, from weekly mythics.

Exactly. You used to get a currency that you could use on a deterministic piece of loot. One you chose from the vendor. That had the right stats on it. For the slot you needed.

Now you just pull the slot machine.

DING DING DING! Have a small dopamine hit! Welcome to the casino!

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No matter how often you say it, boosting is no where near pay2win. It gives no advantage at all which is about the bare minimum requirement for pay2win: giving an advantage. The "Win" part.

Blizzard selling tokens is the exact definition of Pay 2 Win.

You can pay a guild to carry you through Mythic raids for a mount that less than 5% of the playerbase owns. A prestigious mount that you didn't earn through gameplay. You can also pay to get the best gear in the game too which gives you an advantage over other players in PvE and PvP.


What is hard for you to understand about this?

Prestige is gone.

[Super Kami Dende]

If Blizzard would have introduced paid loot boxes in WoW, would you think it’s a new low and stopped playing the game overall?

Don't really care if the game is fun.

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Exactly. You used to get a currency that you could use on a deterministic piece of loot. One you chose from the vendor. That had the right stats on it. For the slot you needed.

Now you just pull the slot machine.

DING DING DING! Have a small dopamine hit! Welcome to the casino!

You still do get currency you can use to buy deterministic Loot. And every creature you ever kill in WoW has the chance to drop something. How are lootboxes from doing content different from loot you randomly get from a Mob kill/Dungeon boss.

[Flarelaine]

Exactly. You used to get a currency that you could use on a deterministic piece of loot. One you chose from the vendor. That had the right stats on it. For the slot you needed.

Now you just pull the slot machine.

DING DING DING! Have a small dopamine hit! Welcome to the casino!

I don't even mind random rewards for low-effort content, it's just the way it is. It would be nice if you could at least target a boss for mythic+ chests, though.

[WraithKingOstarion]

if Blizz is smart, and wants to avoid any more direct and vindictive criticism from their consumers (in wake of a lot of the bullshit that has gone their way in the past year and a half)... they will not do this.

good god i can already imagine the shit storm if they did lol

[DemonDays]

I don't even mind random rewards for low-effort content, it's just the way it is. It would be nice if you could at least target a boss for mythic+ chests, though.

Yep.... Such a large pool of items.

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Don't really care if the game is fun.

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You still do get currency you can use to buy deterministic Loot. And every creature you ever kill in WoW has the chance to drop something. How are lootboxes from doing content different from loot you randomly get from a Mob kill/Dungeon boss.

Because a mob or boss has a small pool of items for your spec. The boxes quite often contain 15+ items in them. How is this so hard to grasp?

Recent expansions have dialed the RNG up to 100.

What currency do I get for loot? Titan residium? In this season it takes literal months to be able to buy a TARGETTED item. The ones that take a decent amount of time are once again...... RANDOM.

[Gnasnimadan]

If the game goes F2P so that other people can finance my addiction sure

[Cosmic Janitor]

That would be the final straw for me. Blizzard is already one of the scummiest by quadruple dipping into our pockets. Implementing gambling is the line I won't tolerate them crossing.

[Dommie530]

I agree with this. The boosting is ruining much more than people realize.

It realy isnt, theirs no game on this planet that does not have a boost/buy service. Doesnt mean it ruins a game.

[Beefhammer]

If Blizzard would have introduced paid loot boxes in WoW, would you think it’s a new low and stopped playing the game overall?

Could care less as long as they would be just cosmetic stuffs. I would never buy them to begin with. If they needed new ways to support the game financially, and cosmetic lootboxes are it, it's good.

[Daedius]

I avoid any games with monetized lootboxes like the plague... disgusting practice that I will not support. Even cosmetic. If I want a specific look I should be able to buy it directly, not this RNG bullshit.

[klaps_05]

I would buy as many as i need to get what i want. Bring on the loot boxes for $!

[Toby451]

If Blizzard would have introduced paid loot boxes in WoW, would you think it’s a new low and stopped playing the game overall?

Yes.



I absolutely despise loot boxes in other games. That would 100% get me to quit the day they are announced. Immediate, 100% no doubt, cancel my sub on the spot and never look back, quit WoW.

[shise]

If it had an effect on performance, it would be the end and I am not one to easily quit.

[crusadernero]

Loot boxes are cancer in the gaming industry. Can't wait for more countries to declare them as gambling.

Pretty much this. Aslong as the gaming industry gets to do this on a wide scale with no regulations its only going to get worse and be put into every game genre there is.

Cause why shouldnt they? People spend money on this, ALOT too. Is it morally good? No, not really. Atleast not in the format it is in now.

If you said to people 15-20 years ago that loot boxes and features that comes along with it would be normal, you would be laughed off. So why is it weird thinking it would come to wow?

end of the day, if Blizzard did, there are lots of people out there that would spend money on it.

[czarek]

Ill quit totally and burn all blizz stuff i have. For sure.

[Drusin]

Na sorry. The amount of gold you need for a specific good piece of armor would cost you hundreds of € or $... i don't think there actually are many poeple who do this.

end of the day, if Blizzard did, there are lots of people out there that would spend money on it.

Don't mind me.

[tru]

They already make Bank on their "premium" services I'd be shocked if they actually went that route. Another declining xpac tho I wouldn't put it past them if shadowblands bombs.

[Drusin]

Nothing will ever be lower than their fees for character transers.

I think those fees exist as a form of preventing players from hopping around willy nilly. I suppose they could lower the fee and put a 1 year CD on transfers per character.