Of course they knew that people were going to throw money at their screens for race changes. But would the steep cost keep people from doing it? Maybe. That 30% cut could make them more money in the long run. Seems pretty shitty to me.
Of course they knew that people were going to throw money at their screens for race changes. But would the steep cost keep people from doing it? Maybe. That 30% cut could make them more money in the long run. Seems pretty shitty to me.
I do like the game.
I just dislike the direction the game and company has been going in as of late.
I've said countless times WoW is one of my top 10 games. Doesn't mean I have to accept everything it does or can't be critical.
A good fan knows how to be critical of a product they love. Least in my opinion. Rather than seeing either just one side or the other.
Seems pretty obvious that's the plan.. bit like this post is trying to get people riled up.
But if the OP didn't try someone else would've.
And you don't get to decide what people post on a forum. Deal with it. You are on a public forum. If you take issue with what people are posting then use the handy little feature known as ignore. Otherwise tough luck I guess.
The consumer has every right to be critical. So /shrug I guess. But since you dub any criticism "whining" it's safe to say this won't go anywhere productive fast so I'll just end it on this.
No point trying to have a debate with anyone who dubs anything remotely critical "whining". It's just one side of the extreme that exists on this forum sadly.
Last edited by Eleccybubb; 2019-03-12 at 12:12 AM.
They aren't dumb.
They lowered it just enough so that a $20 token on the AH covers the tax and cost. They want tokens moving and people buying.
Sure they have to make money but to not include a free race change with an xpac all about race changes is pretty insulting. Add onto that the release being perfectly so closely timed to come right after the 6 month runs out on the mount its pretty disgusting. Add onto that the delay on something heavily advertised in the BFA materials not coming until 6-7 months into the xpac... There was a time when the content of the actual game kept the money flowing. Now its the same as any other game. Just enough content to ride you out to the next cash grab.
That doesn't even touch the fact that there is just about 99% markup on these services. The labor is nearing 0 as its all automated by code paid for hundreds of time over over 12 years.
So would you rather everyone who was planning on race changing since the announcement of these 2 races pay full price?
Literally giving a discount to people that have waited months for these races, but yeah, let’s focus on only the negative side of it. Who cares if it’s to get more people to buy a race change? Chances are, the people who were going to still would without the discount and people sitting on the fence and would like to probably will now. Those that don’t give a shit, like myself, aren’t going to race change.
Guess things like Classic WoW, any future xpac, and all future content are just cash grabs, right?
Last edited by Eapoe; 2019-03-12 at 12:27 AM.
There is no way to know if the strat will be effective, because we have nothing to compare it to - any discrepancy between these races and others could just come down to the races popularity.
If they REALLY wanted to be smart they would offer 1 x free race change per account, and use that as bait to get people resubbed in the hope they would stick around.
Personally i think there should be services included in the Sub - 1 free race change, 1 free faction change. Just whatever, 1 x free service per month per account. But thats just my opinion/.
it makes perfect sense for them to do this its basically free money.
People where going to race change regardless of the sale or not but with the added sale it probably pushed a good amount people who where on the fence about it.
Or for people like me i bought a race change just to hold on to it when they come out with a allied race im actually interested in.
This is all pretty accurate. Obviously it is intended to make money, and the fanbois will say "hur dur they are a company they should be trying to make money" but the more level headed will realise short term gains is not the best way to increase overall profits, and customer satisfaction is extremely important. It is no coincidence that as large game companies reputations fall, so do their profits - and blizzard is FAR from the only company seeing this.
If it entices a player to do so, it means the player wanted to rechange to a Zandalari in the first place. This then makes it more accessible to them.
Making something someone wants cheaper to get is not a bad thing.
Someone who doesn't wanna racechange any of their characters into a Zandalari or Kul Tiran because they're not them into them won't do it now either. Meanwhile, someone who is badly into either of these two allied races will have changed one or multiple characters without the discount too.
Last edited by Magnagarde; 2019-03-12 at 12:33 AM.
I honestly could care less about the discounts, since I am just gonna level my Zandalari. I don't plan to switch any of my toons tbh. almost every mmo does this kind of thing. It's called business for a reason. *Shrugs*
wow they release new races and give people race change discount, is this supposed to be a bad thing? people just complaining about anything at this point.
just as the title states, blizzard also has 30% off faction change, and 30% off race change services. sure many will rage, but keep in mind, blizzard did not have to offer these discounts.
i find this well timed, and helps consolidating players with the patch changes incoming tomorrow.
It also coincides with the new 50 char realm cap. The discount applies to transfers as well as race changes.
Is it a shity business practice? Absolutely.
Blizzard knows what they're doing, but they also did not have to discount anything.
Well timed for Q1 earnings, sure.
"May the way of the Hero lead to the Triforce"
"May the Goddess smile upon you."
"Hero", is what they've all been saying. This world, it isn't worth the saving."
why would people rage ?