3 days early access for 90$ (community discussion and poll)

[Zenetta-proudmoore (Zenetta)]

@Phoenickz-sargeras

I don’t actually understand how it’s fomo to the majority of players, though. Literally less than 1% of the entire playerbase will actually be affected by this.

I suspect more than 1% of the playerbase usually plays on launch day.

@Phoenickz-sargeras

Nonetheless, though, again there’s nothing to it besides leveling up and/or doing baseline professions like herbing/skinning/mining away from the 90% of the playerbase.

That’s all you get with this, nothing more. They restricted access to dungeons, to end game content, to systems, you can’t even do dailies, per their QnA. Like, every system outside of the profession system, will be full on locked once you hit max level.

They’re justifying it by limiting long-term practical value, but you can’t deny that they know it’s still going to sell a lot more copies by putting it in the pack. You have to know there’s a lot of psychological value there. They wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t effective in D4 when they tested it the first time.

@Mitochondria-zuljin

if they make the company money they’re actually great business model changes aren’t they

It depends on the long-term damage you do to your reputation. Also, maximizing profit is only the ideal from one side of the equation.

[Mitochondria-zuljin]

Yeah, doesn’t mean it’s actually bad for the game though

[Innocentnpc-stormrage]

I bought it and would still prefer they just took the 3 day early access out of it. Doesn’t belong in a game where World/Server firsts exist.

[Snikrot-silver-hand (Snikrot)]

I bought it for the mounts and pets. Would love to trade in my 3 day early access for a discount or gold or something.

[Mungadai-area-52]

@Innocentnpc-stormrage

Doesn’t belong in a game where World/Server firsts exist.

Good thing they removed those 3 expansions ago then.

[Mèrédith-pagle]

3 days early isnt enough for the price difference to me. 3 days doesnt even matter when the first raid wont be out for weeks anyway

[Mitochondria-zuljin]

Are you talking about world/server first to level cap? Do people actually care about that?

If you’re talking about world/server first raiding, it’s going to have literally no effect on that.

[Innocentnpc-stormrage]

Didn’t even know they removed them, still doesn’t really belong in the game.

[Skyslicer-steamwheedle-cartel]

3 days extra won’t matter to me because i take my time lvling.

[Innocentnpc-stormrage]

haven’t played start of xpac since bfa, thought they had them in BFA at least, oh well. Still doesn’t belong in the game.

[Mitochondria-zuljin]

Why doesn’t it belong in the game? Do you have tangible reasons or is it just your feeling that it shouldn’t be there?

Ad nauseum we’ve been over the fact that it’s not going to grant any long term progression imbalances or advantages to those who have early access, so what’s the issue?

[Innocentnpc-stormrage]

Why should it be in the game? Or are you just taking up for them making you pay more to play the game on the actual release date.
If it wasn’t an advantage, then people wouldn’t take up for it.

[Mitochondria-zuljin]

Why shouldn’t it be in the game though? Do you actually have any reasons?

[Innocentnpc-stormrage]

If it wasn’t an advantage, people wouldn’t stick up for it

You get a head start, professions, whatever time gated content they have lined up like they always do.
If they keep pushing this same crap you see in other MMOs like this, how long until you can pay to reset your weekly raid lockout

I really don’t care either way, I already bought it.

[Gagent-stormrage]

WoW isn’t the first or only MMO I’ve ever played. Hell, I barely play this game. I just came back after being gone for a year. Anyways, early access isn’t unique to WoW and it’s never bothered me. I’m a casual, so people being 3 days ahead of me isn’t a problem. I bought the standard edition.

[Sevaryn-zuljin (Sevaryn)]

I think the 3-day early access is scummy.

I also think that putting cosmetics that are only obtainable via the pre-purchase is scummy.

But, I want those cosmetics, so I bought the biggest edition.

[Mitochondria-zuljin]

The game launches on its release date. You’re paying extra to play the game 3 days before the release date (among many other cosmetic items you get for the extra cost).

You can not want to pay extra, that’s fine, but understand you’re not the center of the world, so what you want ultimately doesn’t matter.

[Mitochondria-zuljin]

There isn’t any progression content available in those three days.

“The early access period is really pulling in that start by a few days,” Hazzikostas said, “for these people to get a head start on leveling, aimed more at a lot of players who may not have as much free time and not have the ability to take time off work, and therefore miss out on that first week of running Mythic Zero [dungeons], or running max level dungeons with their friends and their guild mates who are able to jump in.”

Some of the things that won’t be available until reset include the best items from rare spawn creatures, Mythic Zero dungeons, Mythic Plus, weekly profession cooldowns and profession specialization points, Hazzikostas said.

[Innocentnpc-stormrage]

So there won’t be any reputations and nothing like patterns from reputations? You won’t be able to farm materials?

[anon74121699]

The US as an example is a hybrid system of Capitalism and Socialism… However, the weight towards full capitalism has been heavily shifted through lobby laws and the economy and land ownership statistics are reflecting that.

By all means relinquish what little control you have left as a consumer…