Only time will tell what their “goals” are with housing. We’ve clearly reached the point that a lot of people see no problem with any of it though.
I think it’s troubling that a 90$ mount is even offered on the store. That’s as much as the epic edition for the expansion.
Considering this was their stance for removing the OG Bruto…
I question what Blizzards real motives are and what they can be swayed to do for a dollar.
I feel like I’m part of the problem for participating in the token fiasco that happened when it dropped. Whatever “market” they’ve got going on with the token does not function well at all when buyers in the AH > sellers that bought a token for real money.
If it went F2P I’d assume the cash shop would explode with cosmetics while the game would decline and be maintained worse than it already is. I love certain elements they’ve added (like delves). I hate other elements like scaling, one shot bugs, latency issues etc… I do expect for my “sub fee” that the game is functionally sound. If you take away my “sub fee” and give me access for free, I’m assuming the quality will sink to an all time low.
I was probably one of those people…
Back then it was just “a couple of things” mostly a few mounts/pets with a “bundle” every now and then. Now there are mogs, toys, “bundles” all the time, “charity” causes, token inflation caused directly by additions to the store. Kind of a mess and it’s a mess that has no rhyme or reason along with Blizzard making massive profits for really low effort.
I have no problem affording it or understanding how any of it “works”. I didn’t know it even existed until looking at all the shop items recently. I don’t think I should have to play the token game to get it, it could have been a really cool reward in game that a majority of people who participated in anniversary content could purchase… but no. How sad, basically no one knows about or gets to actually use the Magical Murkmorpher toy in game.
The logic in what appears on the shop, in the trading post and in game are starting to become questionable. There are two recolors of the sky witch mog. One in the trading post and one in a bundle… in December.
I could, but I probably won’t be around to see it happen. I could even see this game not existing at all. A lot can happen in 20 years.