Ashes of alar is cool (in TBC specifically) because its one of the only models different than gryphons/wyverns.
Store mounts add many different and unique things to ALSO set you apart from the gryphons/wyverns. And in doing so, things like Ashes loses that part of its value.
I’m not saying they are selling ashes of alar. But every unique mount in the game (just look at retail) DEVALUES mounts whose only purpose is to “stand out”.
That’s as low of a grade level as I can make this for you.
you don’t need to do that for him. he’s far more intelligent and logic minded than 99.999999999999999999999999999% of classic purists.
Right so the 18 store mounts somehow out shadow the dozens of unique in game only mounts…
And the one mount, which is a ground mount, which might be in TBC Classic somehow makes all TBC mounts worthless? Cry more…
Who is crying? I literally just answered your question on how store mounts affect gameplay.
If anything I’m laughing about how similar that felt to trying to explain something to my toddler.
the focus on “special” that these people seem to have is so odd to me. i don’t care about cosmetics really at all or care about the boost at all. but tier being “special” mounts being “special” leveling being “special” it’s just… wut?
Yes and you also just said that the unique in game mounts in TBC will still stand out. Ashes will still stand out, the sethekk hall raven will still stand out. Everyone will know what the store mounts look like and will know how they were gotten.
So what is your problem?
i’m almost positive it’s the same dude. i wonder, honestly, how many of the super hostile classic posters really exist. of if it’s just one neet with multiple accounts no lifeing the forums.
If you think Vanilla leveling and TBC leveling are the same experience, perhaps you should play another game
So you don’t look even more foolish getting told what’s what by a grocery bagger?
i am starting to feel similarly to the classic player base as i do the muh tree alliance player base. neither ever seem to get in trouble for their venomous personal attacks and seem to run the forums. even when they have an entire thread full of posts flagged they post the next day like nothing happened.
it’s really alarming to me that they do not see us as people. they see us as “retail shills” which in their minds they can say whatever to us and in their minds it seems okay. in online discourse, there should be a certain degree of mutual respect even if there isn’t agreement. we’re dealing with a wall of people who see us as the embodiment of pure evil, lol. this stuff is just… wild.
I’m genuinely curious what his job actually is…
Most people who bag groceries are just doing before they move on to something else. Maybe he is the guy who has been assistant manager for 20 years?
Bye you won’t be missed
Dude, you sound like you’re trying to win a girl that just isn’t that into you, so you’re pulling out all the stops on this wall of text. We get it, slipper slope, greed, you on a high horse, cash shop bad… anything else?
I’m fully expecting the Warpstalker to be a store mount. Whether it is a one-time direct purchase, a 6-month subscription reward, or sold as a “TBC Classic Deluxe Edition” (which is just selling a mount with extra steps).
I also fully expect that they will not stop there. In time, the one-per-account limit for the 58 boost will be removed, other mounts & pets may get added to the store, and I would not be surprised if they went along with name/race/faction changes in TBC Classic, and even the WoW Token.
The whole thing has left a bad taste in my mouth. I cannot believe how tone-deaf Blizzard would have to be to add all these microtransactions to TBC Classic. You know, the version of the game that is supposed to reflect how WoW was some 15 years ago.
The reason why Classic got made into a thing in the first place was the people being nostalgic about the old, grindy, outdated way of playing MMORPG’s. Where if you had a rare item/mount, people would right click to inspect you in awe. When scarcity made the game stand out. The whole store mount system goes against the ideaology of Classic. And Blizzard should not get a free-pass just because “This is Classic TBC, not Classic - which we conveniently now call Classic Era Servers”.
Come to think of it, this is the same company that announced Diablo Immortal in Blizzcon and expected people to cheer them. So scrap what I said, I can totally see Blizzard being this tone-deaf.
The only huge surprise for me would be Blizz removing the 58 boost due to backlash, and replacing it with RaF, and the Warpstalker be a reward from the new RaF. Much like the zeebra. Only then would Blizzard gain our trust back. But honestly, I’m not holding my breath.
Your post is beautiful and so many of us agree with you. Blizzard has no idea what they’re doin
haven’t you said you’re unsubbing like 3 times now? why are you still here?
Its called addiction
Jesus Chris it’s human nature to create and value hierarchies and then to desire to be at the top of that hierarchy. That is one of many places humans get desire from, and so comparing yourself to others for status and to just see if what you’re achieving is meaningful and hard to accomplish is again human nature. That’s why when you see someone on a gladiator mount in t6 you think to yourself “damn that dudes a badass and would probably destroy me in this game. I want to be like him and get those rewards!” Well guess what you start adding rewards that can compete with those into the game or that replace them immediately like a store mount and boosts, and then you will devalue the actually hard-to-get, skill-requiring rewards because people are getting things very similar for way, WAY less effort. You convenient minded players keep advocating for these damn features that are killing the rewards of the game and making it meaningless to play. Keep killing TBC and everyone is gonna quit.
It’s also a Choice not a requirement.
Don’t worry about it