Activision's push to get you to buy more WoW tokens is here

[Raven]

I mean, even among the people I spoke to that already own the Brutosaur, there's a split. A few are happy- or gloating. Plenty of them also think this is a ridiculous move. Of course, this is anecdotal, but the fact that I can find people in the groups that would supposedly "benefit" from this change criticizing Blizzard over it says something.

At least, it does to me.

Among the people i spoken to that already have it, no one cares that it will go to BMAH instead of a vendor, among those that want it pretty much everyone is happy that they where warned its going away when its still plenty of time to farm for it instead of just removing it, and no one of them are planing on buying tokens to afford it.

[Very Tired]

I'd wager most people who bought this mount farmed up the gold by taking full advantage of class order hall mounts in Legion, myself included. Where a full class roster of 12 max level alts could net you 50k a day for about 5 mins of easy work.

Was a bit of a kicker they removed that method of gold farming before introducing this expensive mount in the next expansion, where all gold farming methods are total crap in comparison. But not only that, they are saying unless you can earn that gold before BFA ends, you aren't ever getting this mount.

[Caprias]

Someone in this thread said you can make 100k gold farming in an hour. I don't know because I only do professions, but 14k gold a day with professions is not a lot. So maybe stop refusing to deal with professions and the AH?

You can't really look at it in a vacuum, most players can't play daily, it varies heavily on server to server basis and while i think its okay to have to farm a bit 99% of players don't play wow to farm 1-2 hours every day for several months..

If they do this to be able to increase gold sources and having the brutosaur still be a prestige mount they could actually increase the gold needed to 6/7/8 million, sure they will also get sh't for that (like, for everything) but not as bad if they explain their reason.

[Leih]

My first thought was that they've learned their lesson from the Yak and Mammoth - mounts that were pretty rare on introduction but soon enough have become trivial due to gold inflation - and they don't want portable AH access to potentially available to everyone for the rest of the game's lifetime if gold inflation keeps going in a couple more expansions down the line.

But trust MMO-Champion to decide on the conspiracy theory option and decide it's all about the token sales. Never change MMO-C!

[Lolites]

Couple things...

If anyone thinks this is to "boost token sales", then they are dumb. Period. At current prices, it takes 27 tokens to do it. 27x$20 = $540. Only fools would spend that much.

Second, yes this is a stupid move on Blizzard's part. They know some of us save up to buy these things but now they have to use artificial scarcity yto take that away. What has been one of the chief complaints about WoW? Removing things that do not need to be removed. With the exception of the old CM Dungeons and things like the Mage Tower, if they put it in the game it needs to stay in the game.

this, whoever is willing to give over 500 dollars for a single mount deserves to be milked
althought tbh its stupid to move the mount to BMAH

[RainBoi]

I think it's much more likely that the reason they are removing it is because in hindsight, they don't like the idea of everyone having their own auction house with them at all times.

To be fair I dont think they give a rats ass about that kind of balance by now.

[Cosmic Janitor]

Welp, that is certainly a new low.

[Super Kami Dende]

Fine by me, making it a scarcity will push People into buying it for fear of missing out, meaning it will funnel a lot of the stupid amounts of Gold from WoD garrison Farming out the window.

We may actually see a modicum of stabilisation from this.

[munkeyinorbit]

Even tho I appreciate all the optimism from people that are fine with this, it's not.

As a mount collector this is a dream mount and I am actually gonna find a job now and buy wow token. Imagin removing the single most impressive mount from the game. Whats next?- Entire transmog sets for RAF and pre-orders? Wouldn't it be better if we all payed a monthly fee, and had full excess to all the game features? oh wait...
And yes, WoW Tokens are pay-to-win

Here is proof that this change is positive. At least one person is going to go out there and improve themself and get a better job. Blizzard should be commended.

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Guessing they will release a similar mount for the next exp.

Can you even imagine the rage if it was 4.9 million or even 100k? Blizzard should totally do that. 9.1 so it can't be data mined yet. That would be almost as epic as when Ghostcrawler wrote the open letter to the community telling them to git gud n Cata.

[MoanaLisa]

You probably need to keep in mind that $540 is chump change for most working adults.

No, that's ridiculous. It may be affordable but it's not chump change. You are moving in rarefied circles if someone has $550 bucks to toss into a game for a mount. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but that's a lot of money for most people.

[munkeyinorbit]

It's already unobtainable to anyone other than the whales. The difference between 5M gold and goldcap on BMAH isn't that great when you're that filthy rich.

If you don't know what a whale is you probably need to stop posting in threads like this. Tbh it just looks ridiculous.

[Thenatural]

People thinking a multi billion dollar company is removing a mount in the hopes of baiting a handful of individuals into buying a total of a few thousand dollars worth of WoW tokens are delusional. They may be removing it because few people are interacting with the content (i.e. buying it in-game) and believe it has failed as a gold dump, or for some other reason, but people who believe that there was a board room meeting where Bobby Kotick sat the WoW dev team down and said, "Find a way to sell more WoW tokens... or else!" are so fucking delusional they need to check themselves in.

I guess FFXIV must be literally satan incarnate because they remove ALL event and holiday mounts (the holidays are pretty short, too) and make them solely obtainable through the in-game shop.

B-b-but FFXIV is the better game a-and Yoshi P c-cares about us!

[munkeyinorbit]

Lmao I can smell the fucking greed

Does it Snell like addiction? That might be what you're smelling.

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Yes, but then it's been rare, and it will always cost 9.999.999.

That's makes no sense. If you have 9999999 gold in the next xpac you had the same amount just before it. So you buy it for 5m before. It may cost that much years later but makes no economic sense at all to pay 9999999 for it. If anything it will go for a lot less. Some guy said 3m. He might be right.

[khazmodan]

The entire reason why they added the mount for 5 million was because it was easily affordable for those that farmed gold in Warlords and Legion. It was not designed for people to farm up all the gold in BfA. The fianance people have not taken over anymore then they already existed the past 15 years. Blizzard wants to make money and always has plain and simple.

One of the main reasons why they stopped the TCG loot was because they weren't getting a cut. Same thing with D3 and the RMAH. They wanted to provide a safer place for players and get their cut. Nothing has changed except the scapegoats you and others use for the stupid hate.

Ok, so they only put a 5 million gold mount in the game to sell to people that farmed gold in Warlords and Legion but they have always wanted to make money and this is the only exception to that money making rule...only a shill could make an argument this stupid.

[munkeyinorbit]

that's not just like it is now though, even if the price was 5M it wouldn't be just like it is now. There will be scarcity to it. Currently ANYONE with enough gold can buy it. Once it's in BMAH ONE PERSON per time it goes up can buy it. That's a notable difference.

That's only true in the far future. Anyone with enuff for the bmah has enuff for the vendor. Tokens will mainly be purchased by people close to the 5m before SL. Of course it may not show up for years on the bmah but you can generally say that the cost of it on the bmah should be less than vendor. It's basic high school economics.

[lockybalboa]

It's only $500 if you don't have the gold, that's only like 1/10 of an average folk's salary. Stop whining and get on with it. If you are that poor you shouldn't even be thinking about getting the mount. Stop using your "principles" as an excuse for your incompetency or laziness. If you are poor or don't wanna grind for it, don't think about it. Be realistic.

[Tyron]

Wasn't planning to buy and still won't after this change. I prefer using the AH from a guildie who has the mount or that guy in Dazar'alor/Boralus bragging about it

[Thenatural]

Ok, so they only put a 5 million gold mount in the game to sell to people that farmed gold in Warlords and Legion but they have always wanted to make money and this is the only exception to that money making rule...only a shill could make an argument this stupid.

People thinking a multi billion dollar company is removing a mount in the hopes of baiting a handful of individuals into buying a total of a few thousand dollars worth of WoW tokens are delusional. They may be removing it because few people are interacting with the content (i.e. buying it in-game) and believe it has failed as a gold dump, or for some other reason, but people who believe that there was a board room meeting where Bobby Kotick sat the WoW dev team down and said, "Find a way to sell more WoW tokens... or else!" are so fucking delusional they need to check themselves in.

I guess FFXIV must be literally satan incarnate because they remove ALL event and holiday mounts (the holidays are pretty short, too) and make them solely obtainable through the in-game shop.

B-b-but FFXIV is the better game a-and Yoshi P c-cares about us!

Everyone that has common sense and has had a real job in big a company is a shill!

[RadmaKanow]

Honestly - what you need this mount for? Immediate AH access? You are really that avid AH player that you need constant, on-a-whim access to it? I can bet that those people already have that mount. The rest - either not interested at all or not really in need of one. It's simple - if you're hardcore AH player then you had that money long time ago and Brutosaur is in your stable already.

When i saw this mount for the first time I wanted it. I have Tundra Mammooth (which would suffice since vendor for trash items on the road is very handy) but got Yak as well - mostly for t-mog so I can look fabulous while questing. Having remote AH would make me truly self-efficient. But then again - over the past 2 years I have visited AH... 3 times. After initial hype (that was cooled down by 5M price tag) I realized I don't need it.

Two reasons:
- I don't have such gold and won't have anything close in near and far future
- I don't really need it. If in need of AH I can spare that 10 min and actually Heartstone to one

Lament about Blizz's dick move, removal from vendor and putting it into BMAH - vacal minority that want a show off mount more than real neccessity.

[Lei]

Honestly - what you need this mount for? Immediate AH access? You are really that avid AH player that you need constant, on-a-whim access to it? I can bet that those people already have that mount. The rest - either not interested at all or not really in need of one. It's simple - if you're hardcore AH player then you had that money long time ago and Brutosaur is in your stable already.

When i saw this mount for the first time I wanted it. I have Tundra Mammooth (which would suffice since vendor for trash items on the road is very handy) but got Yak as well - mostly for t-mog so I can look fabulous while questing. Having remote AH would make me truly self-efficient. But then again - over the past 2 years I have visited AH... 3 times. After initial hype (that was cooled down by 5M price tag) I realized I don't need it.

Two reasons:
- I don't have such gold and won't have anything close in near and far future
- I don't really need it. If in need of AH I can spare that 10 min and actually Heartstone to one

Lament about Blizz's dick move, removal from vendor and putting it into BMAH - vacal minority that want a show off mount more than real neccessity.

It's the only brontosaur mount in game as of now. If there were 2-3 others probably noone would bat an eye.