"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
What you're doing is the equivalent of barricading your Walmart-shopping (blizz store) neighbor in his house because you don't like what Walmart is doing. Basically just being a hindrance to your neighbor while doing absolutely nothing Walmart cares about, yet still shopping at Sam's Club (subscription), thus still giving Wal-mart Stores Inc. (Blizzard) money. If you don't like how Blizzard is operating, stop using their services and buying their products.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Also, it's should HAVE. NOT "should of". "Should of" doesn't even make sense. If you think you should own a cat, do you say "I should of a cat" or "I should have a cat"? Do you HAVE cats, or do you OF cats?
In my opinion it's just fine that Blizzard added cosmetic items bought through the Blizzard store, because the items don't give any boost to anything within the game. Your DPS will not get higher, you will not gain more experience, you will not get extra % of loot or anything, it's only looks. There are tons of MMO's around where you actually CAN buy items with real money which improve your in-game performance regarding DPS and such. Look at Age of Empires Online for example.
Also, I can imagine Blizzard is trying to harvest more money in other ways, as their amount of subscribers are lowered compared to last years. What if Blizzard did something else to get their wages from their Subscribers, like raising the subscription costs? I'm sure most of the players would prefer the cosmetic-shop tactic instead of it. Blizzard could also just force you to pay more for your subscription, but they aren't. (Again, there are also lots of MMO's which do raise the subscription costs and force their players to pay more.) You're free to buy or not to buy the cosmetic items and it doesn't change your in-game performance. So in the end, be happy that Blizzard added those free-to-buy cosmetic items instead of forcing you to pay more by raising your subscription-costs. Blizzard had to do something to keep their incomes safe, and I think they made a good decision using this tactic.
Where do you pull that myth from? Blizzard doesn't read the EU forums? Where do the blue posts come from, that respond to the EU threads?
And are you even aware that not only do they read their own official forums of all the regions. They also read other forums, like this one here....
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
Or again, more likely blizz either removes or changes the lfr kick since that earns them no money. congrats.
We have felled demon commanders, cowed the master of death, conquered Old Gods, and stopped the Aspect of Death from destroying the very planet. Now, we need to kill this dude who managed to enslave pudding eating panda's, slobbering sauroks, and hilariously inept hozen. Awesome. Really epic.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Also, it's should HAVE. NOT "should of". "Should of" doesn't even make sense. If you think you should own a cat, do you say "I should of a cat" or "I should have a cat"? Do you HAVE cats, or do you OF cats?
Something you may not understand yet. There are people like me who work for a living, pay their bills and taxes, and have some extra cash to spend so they buy one of the transmog helms. It's a vanity item that doesn't give me any advantage over anyone else. When the day comes that they start selling current tier items, then you have a valid complaint. Until then, grow the hell up and quit obsessing how other people spend their money.
The VK could in fact be removed, and if replaced correctly, it would be a huge improvement.
Remove VK, replace with:
check toons against their activity.
shorten the DC auto kick timer.
block spec change while inside the instance.
The only thing left then would be the grievers that are pulling trash and such on purpose to cause a raid wipe. But maybe there's a smart solution for them as well..
"The pen is mightier than the sword.. and considerably easier to write with."
Giving away 3 more items from blizzard store.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Also, it's should HAVE. NOT "should of". "Should of" doesn't even make sense. If you think you should own a cat, do you say "I should of a cat" or "I should have a cat"? Do you HAVE cats, or do you OF cats?