Blizzard needs to F**K right off with Cashshop Transmogs

[Zyrinx]

So this:

https://media.mmo-champion.com/image...bundles915.jpg

The furor is for that mog? In a game that's already P2W?

Ok.

[Caerrona]

Imo the best thing about these threads is that you can immediately tell who has managed their life properly to have disposable income vs spergs living off their moms allowance.

[shadowmatrix]

Imo the best thing about these threads is that you can immediately tell who has managed their life properly to have disposable income vs spergs living off their moms allowance.

You can also tell who only plays WOW, if you tell people playing DCUO that the token makes WOW P2W they would laugh while pointing at real P2W items in DCUO's store.

[Copey]

It's a transmog....it has zero effect on gameplay?
TF does it matter.

[Prothall]

Honestly who wants this?


These transmogs are way more visually striking and most likely will offer more particle effects and other enhancements than in game items. Honestly everyone needs to protest this crap before it gets out of control. These are new appearences that can be used for unique events like Mage Tower 2.0 or other game feats of strength.....


How are people ok with this?

Because once again, people are able to make their own minds up about what they want to do with THEIR hard-earned money, and it's none of your business.

Just like it's none of our business what you do with your money.

[CalamityHeart]

Eh.

Buy it if you want it. Don't buy it if you don't. There's really no higher level to this sort of thing.

Putting yourself on some sort of pedestal because you're a human being with the good common sense to simply not buy something that you don't want to buy is a weird look. No one who's willing to buy transmog off the store gives a shit that you're not, nor that you're mad at them online or laughing at them for being okay with it.

Pandora's box was opened the moment the first cash-shop exclusive item went on sale. Pitching a bitch-fit every single time something else goes on sale as another drop in that bucket is totally meaningless. Speculating why Blizzard continues to perpetuate the cash shop is equally meaningless. The box cannot be closed. Ever. It doesn't matter why you think it's being kept open or what you think "needs" to happen in order for them to close it.

The only real thing you can do is just not give it or the people who partake in it any of your attention. Spare yourself the cringe and frustration.

[Zequill]

So... just like the almighty super awesome rad FF14 is doing but now it's bad because WoW is doing it right?

[Sin of Pride]

So... just like the almighty super awesome rad FF14 is doing but now it's bad because WoW is doing it right?

FF14 made a super awesome and rad game and isn't buckling atm nor selling power...

If blizzard made an amazing shadowlands only the usual crowd would be moaning atm.

[Sencha]

Subs are not enough for Kotick. Let's focus on whales with cosmetics and mounts.

[Eosia]

Unpopular opinion inc: I don't care and complaining about it on a fan forum won't make a blind bit of difference.

If you like it and wanna spend real money on it, that's your choice. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

Personally I think there are better looking sets in-game obtainable from raids and such.

How DARE you use logic and reason on these forums!

[melodramocracy]

That doesn't sound very good. So we pay sub + expansion + MTX now?

The remaining players need to offset the virtual conga line of unsubbers $omehow.

[Amaterasu65]

It's saddening. These beautiful mogs will be stained just like the Phoenix mount. The Phoenix is so pretty, if it was rare it would have more value. Now it lost its charm and the same thing is gonna happen to the mogs.

[Cæli]

one day this will be the only content added in the game.

[Amaterasu65]

This.

People whine way too hard about the cash shop while ignoring the absurd gold costs (which can just be translated into cash costs) of various in-game items.

I mean whining about a €20 mount while mounts costing millions are already in game? Grow up.

This is also insane. Grinding reputations only to have mount rewards cost 30k or 300k is insane.

[Dilbon]

What else other than cosmetics do people want to see in the store then?

[huth]

Haha, you think that was the main goal of the Token? That's hilarious.

The whole WOD table is ancient history, time has passed. What you see now as boosts are all them CC swipes right and left. It's just a reality check thing.

Well, of course. That kind of thing cost Blizzard a ton of money to handle, and contrary to your assumption, they can't just magic up a foolproof detection method and shut it all down by waving their hands very quickly.

Boosting saw a rise, sure, but you've not established any link to the token, either. You're just asserting that's the reason. Boosting more likely saw a rise because it became easier to do en masse with M+ and harder to find regular groups due to a general decline in player numbers, but boost runs have been a thing since long before the token, all the way back to vanilla.

And ancient history or not, i still got millions left over from WoD and Legion. The gold from the tables didn't just poof out of existence. I wonder how much of the gold currently in circulation originates from that era.

[Romanthony]

i mean its literally just 2 (and not all that impressive to begin with) dont like it, dont get it, its just the same as games like ff14 selling costumes

[Nokura]

I dont even know what transmog set you guys are talking about? the sprite darter one? was something new announced?

[Eapoe]

What else other than cosmetics do people want to see in the store then?

They’d rather it be in game only behind achievements that less than 20% of players would have the skill to get so they could then complain that the most awesomest, raddening, highest class of the highest elite designed badass mounts can only be obtained by being good or having to pay to get carried.

[Queen of Hamsters]

I agree that adding good looking stuff exclusively to the store sucks, especially because they clearly put in extra effort on these pieces. But you can fuck right off making it more FOMO-based time limited shit, because just like a 6 month sub bonus - that actually saves you money anyway if you have a permanent sub - that is also just an poorly hidden incentive to coax some game time purchases out of you.

Afaik the 6-month stuff is added to the store at a smaller price, AND available for gold-to-Battle.net balance purchase. No FOMO.

I'm more annoyed with the FOMO shit they throw into the game than what they add to the store.