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I thought this was a joke but it seems like it's actually legit. WoW, which has a subscription and paid expansions, just added a $90 item to their store. This is Korean MMO levels of absurdity. What do you think of this?

Seems like hundreds of people bought it immediately

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

it's selling well too though it's actually 78$. They put Mailbox and Auction House on it which AFAIK the only mount that has both which is incredibly valuable.

If not the fuction I wouldn't mind but because the function is so valuable it's really poor form by Blizzard. I even love the mount and buy it as cosmetic but I'm not supporting this at the state it is currently.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

They put Mailbox and Auction House on it which AFAIK the only mount that has both which is incredibly valuable.

Create the problem, sell the solution.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There was a green mount similar to this one they added in BFA for a large sum of gold. But they claimed to dislike how it encouraged so many people to play the market and removed it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

They did not remove it, people still use them all the time and it's available on the "black market" (an NPC that sells normally unavailable things) every so often. The mount was just an enormous gold sink for people with a ton of money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

they are starting to employ the star citizen model it seems with how cultlike wow sometimes felt im surprised it took that long

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

0 chance this revenue gets reinvested back into the game lmao

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Yes, we get it, your dad has a good job.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Not even a new trend in WoW either.

Can't even blame Blizzard, it's the people who keep buying this shit that are actually the problem.

If these wouldn't sell in the store they could've been items to obtain through in-game activities (which don't require eternal grind).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Can't even blame Blizzard, it's the people who keep buying this shit that are actually the problem.

Por que no dos?

I have room in my heart to hate both groups.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gee, for the same money... a digital brontosaurus for Orc Game that you need to pay a recurring subscription to actually use, can be taken away from you at any time, or one day the servers may simply be turned off erasing not only your "investments" but also your years of "work." Or, I don't know, a CIVIVI Hyperpulse with a groovy pattern welded blade that also happens to be a physical object you can actually hold in your hands and keep forever. Just to pick something out of a hat.

What a tough choice!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sorry but that knife screams “mall ninja.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

CIVIVI knives are generally pretty legit. Trust me, I can go much more mall ninja if you like.

This leaps to mind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Looks like a toy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

People that buy it deserved to get scam

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