I have to go with this. You people are all acting like they are selling full T16 sets. Even thinking they will ever do that is just silly. If your into the game that money I don't think it would be a big issue paying for faster leveling up. I think its an awesome idea and I am sure a few people will come back because of this.
" The fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom, Therefore he who has no fear of god has no wisdom "
People saying we are in the end-times really don't know anything. Such as there's going to be 7 years of world peace before it happens and as long as china and russia are still a thing its safe to say its not going to happen anytime soon.
I would like if you can buy it ingame (at the heirloom vendors) for let's say 1000 Gold when you already have a level 90 character. or something along those lines....not that new players just buy that stuff and don't even complete quests anymore and learn to play the game.
I think a lot of people blathering in this thread have missed where the item requires level 85.
I would have done that 2 expansions ago. Nothing wrong with it.
its also only usable at 85 so its pretty much just an extra boost to get to end game
Right? I mean despite there being no precedent for it in the eight years the game has existed, regardless the infinite amount of opportunities and the extremely successful implementation in Diablo 3 along with the multitude of statements by Blizzard saying plainly they will not introduce micro transactions nobody would be surprised. So yeah, besides all that, can't say I would be surprised either.
Yeah... They don't actually, at all. One of the perks of owning the most financially successful title in the genre is that you don't have to "gotta" do anything.
People don't seem to understand.
When it comes to expectations for raiding guilds, they expect players to speed level there characters to max level ASAP. They need them at max level and fully geared for there raid setup, and don't want to waste time with them leveling, so players are pressured into doing this.
Guild leaders will expect players to buy this if its for real money, to power level though asap.
And if this is the case, the devs know this, and make use of it. So, its not a simple case of 'don't buy it if you don't like it', its a case of guild masters saying 'you will buy this and power lv or else!'.
Tell me again why its not ethical?
#boycottchina
For certain values of "improving", sure. I'd argue that they watered it down significantly and further cemented the very real issue that nothing you do at lower levels matters. Nothing carries over to "the real game" at max level. The levelling process is insignificant and unimportant because that's what Blizzard has designed it to be. Instead of making it better - or even optional - they choose to charge players for the privilege to pass it quicker. And people defend this.
I'm sorry. I know I'm coming off as abrasive. I just really, really wish people would have higher demands from developers and publishers - I think the game industry (and the MMO industry in particular) would be far healthier if we as players stopped throwing money at everything and were more discerning and demanding.
How exactly would YOU improve the leveling process? slogging through 1-level cap is only going to get longer and more boring as future Xpacs are released. I personally think its really about time they added something to speed it up.
It's amazing to me how people can see slippery slopes everywhere and still function. It must be a very scary world for you.
But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands.
Warlorcs of Draenorc made me quit. You can't have my stuff.