I disagree with your easy A Early access was a top selling point. I hate to make Blizz’s case for them but it was.
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Yep, agree. Yet another step in the wrong direction from another money grubbing company.
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Previous expansions using the same 2 top tier bundles being top sellers says otherwise.
At the end of the day 3days is nothing. It could’ve been so much worse. Wow isnt p2w and this doesnt facilitate that. The endgame season isnt live. Some people got some profession progress and maybe max level. And the servers by all accounts work. No launch issues or extended maintenance. Thats a huge plus, when it comes to the rest of us starting Monday. Basic or higher tier we all spent money expecting and hoping to actually get to play when live. Lets stop the doom and gloom and look at the bigger picture and be mindful for how its implemented next time.
It will be worse. It will continue to get worse.
Half the things Blizzard gets away with today wouldn’t have flown 10 years ago. It wouldn’t have flown 5 years ago.
You dismiss the three days now because you’ve been conditioned into thinking it’s nothing. In 5 years, something worse will come along and you’ll say then “it could’ve been so much worse.”
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While I respect everyone’s opinions, I must admit I’m disappointed to see some players supporting this move.
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Facts are facts. Opinions are opinions. You can state a fact (eg the Epic bundle includes certain things) and I can state an opinion about those facts. Which is the type of things I’m sure you do frequently, we all tend to from time to time. Doesn’t invalidate my opinion that is based on those facts.
3, actually 4 days is everything, especially over a weekend.
Everything can be worse. It could have been a week, two who cares. Terrible point btw I have bought epic editions before, but none ever gave me a distinct advantage in the game.
It is P2W as Blizz gated the current content release behind that paywall. Giving people that paid an admittedly minor advantage and degraded anyone who didn’t fork over the money’s ability to experience the release at the same time. This is an MMO not some single player game.
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What really annoys me is this special service to those who play hard then disappear after 2 months, subs gone as well until next patch content, are screwing over those who were actually lore fans and loyal customers due to writers pandering to the few with crass content. ALSO on the 10 anniversary I got a free Horde(never like to play) statue and when I finally after 20 years with no gap loyalty get to own the Alliance one it would cost me in Australia almost $400 au dollars!!. That really angers me. Not free and worse not produced by them but some leeching side company making a killing on their products.
Yeah see? Blizzard nickel and dimes me, so if I follow by their monetization nonsense I’m actually saving money!!!
So great!!!
They aren’t asking people to pay more for early access. It is one of SEVERAL perks with the enhanced subscription package. There’s always a divide in the community - elitists / hard-core gamers and casuals. Nothing new here. It’s not like it is a fortune to buy the sub upgrade either. If you can’t afford THAT but still can afford to pay the sub fee every month, there’s something wrong with you.
huh?
Just epic edition did I miss a memo about the enhanced subscription package?
Edit also this divide isnt the hardcore/casual divide but the P2W divide.
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It isn’t about the goofy crap included in the epic edition, it’s about making early access part of it, knowing that certain people would feel compelled to buy it, when they wouldn’t have otherwise.
Let me breakdown the real worth of the epic bundle for you:
Mount $0
Pet $0
Mog $0
Beta access $0
Other useless crap $0
30 days of wow $15
4 days of early access $25?
But you guys are cool with that and the rest of us are just “poors”, right?
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Just so you know, paying for a few days early access is something WoW is actually behind on. FF14 had that with Dawntrail.
So really WoW is just following a trend in gaming.
Wow is supposed to set the trends
The divide in the community goes beyond just a head start - it breaks apart groups of people/guilds that are used to playing together. If some guildies started playing 3 days before others due to some finding the cost more justifiable than others, they won’t be able to share the experience of expansion launch and exploring the game in the same manner.
Wow is a fundamentally social game, and separating social groups hurts the experience.
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I fear for the future of gaming in that case
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Why do you assume the people that got early access look at you as “poors”? Has anyone seriously called you that? Most adults should already know that you can’t take nearly anything you read seriously on the internet. You just can’t.
I’m not sure why people need to look at it with the idea that the people with early access look at you like that. Some people don’t even pay for their game, they just use gold. Some people are younger and their parents pay for everything.
But I assume (because I can’t know) those aren’t the people you are referring to. Has this caused a divide in the community? Yes, and people have flung mud since early access was put out there.
People with early access also have to deal with the usual early days balls that always comes. The people coming in release won’t need to deal with as many issues. Essentially, what Blizzard did was use those with early access as the final beta testing on the live servers.
And those that got it already paid for normal beta access. The nerve.
I hope you have a good day though, Mr. Garrosh.
Actually it doesn’t. WoW’s strength in the early days was taking trends and improving them, or innovation.
WoW is a longstanding and successful mmo. If newer MMOs aren’t looking at WoW as inspiration, then they’re doing it wrong.
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this is the main reason I didn’t buy early access. Its baffling to me how many people are willing to spend an extra $40 for a slight temporary advantage.
I hope they release early access options for future Patches and future content as well. Blizzard should milk these people as much as possible.
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