Easier to implement it in TBCC I would imagine, since TCG did exist in TBC, but you can't exactly go buy cards nowadays like you could then.
Meanwhile people who have them in retail are people who already invested in getting one, would probably rub them the wrong way considering the card is $65 alone right now.
More of just rolling it into the next 6 month bonus I'd imagine because it was limited during the first one.
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Seriously... everyone who is paying Blizzard those 6month subs beforehand just accepts that he will get dogshit in return because they already have your money, why spend it all to make good stuff?
Its not a coincidence that Blizzard started doing this scam in BFA... look at the quality of content/gameplay they delivered for your 6month "pre-order", paying for a box not knowing whats inside.
Want to know what the real problem with Retail WoW is...stupid gd mounts and toys...
every time Blizzards adds a store bought mount / toy...or a 6 month subscription mount / toy we get pages and pages of comments on the forums...267 comments in this thread alone over a stupid mount and stupider toy (only in TBCC - the world's going to end now apparently).
Do we get 267 comments regarding important changes / content / game direction - almost never (with the exception of 1000's of stupid threads about flying).
You know why Retail sucks...it's because Blizzard knows they can produce a crap product and that all the majority of the player base will care about passionately is some stupid gd mount or toy...care enough in fact to often line blizzard's coffer with even more dough by falling for the trap and buying them / renewing sub. It isn't World of Warcraft anymore its World of Mount-craft.
I'm still amazed people defend there being microtransactions (not really that micro either really more like maxtransactions) in a game you have to pay a monthly fee on and have to pay for expansions.
They double dip your wallet....how is that OK? You pay them a monthly fee so they can afford to keep producing the game and you pay them for the expansions , then they use that money to make items to sell to you........why do they not just give them to you for free in game, either as presents in mail or via quests, vendors for certain currencies or drops from mobs or bosses.
No one should have to pay for with real money, assets in game that were made with the money you already paid them each month to make content.
Defend all you want but it won't change the fact that it is crazy.
It is optional. It has also been in the game since the start with Collector's Edition and TCG loot rewards. The ship has long since sailed on micro transactions. There is nothing wrong with them when games offer subscription or box prices. It also over looks how many free to play games offer subscriptions and a larger cash shop. It is hardly crazy. Plenty of stuff works that way where you have to still pay for extras even though you paid once.
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You know a community is bad when moderators lock a thread because "...this isnt the place to talk about it either seeing as it will get trolled..."
another one of these. this new blizzard really does suck.
I got a question here. I got the 6 month deal last Saturday for the Lucky Yan mount and for the first time cuz money is not a problem atm And when i log in today i got this new Sapphire Skyblazer as a gift. And i just wonder if that is right and normal?
That's what I just came here looking for. I bought the 6 month sub like 2 months ago I think and today I opened my Bnet app and see I have a gift pending. I had a small panic attack because I thought it auto-renewed and charged me for it earlier than anticipated lol
Yes and yes. If you are currently in the middle of a 6 month sub, you get the mount.
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At least we know how to identify the childish players.
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Blizzard has been doing this long before the pandemic started, so this argument is already dead.
As many as I have seen with it online, its pretty clear this is a popular thing.
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beautiful mount, shit if it were a reward for a grindable achievement I might actually resub and play the game to get it
Unfortunately due to being tied to forces completely outside the game it is completely worthless and might as well not even be in the game at all.
The work put in by the artists is really incredible, yet blizzard finds ways to get as little mileage out of their creations as possible.
Which is kind of ironic because this is also the company that will put the same mount in the game and recolor it as 5 separate rewards.
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Probably first 6 months mount I'll be getting. It's pretty and I'll be playing BC for it's duration anyway.