Nope, mobile games are garbage.
2 Likes
I wouldn’t bother with Zerde, he can’t and won’t accept anything that even thinks about breaking away from the narrative black hole known as Stormwind
4 Likes
Not all of them. There a lot of good games out there that go unnoticed by most people
Technically there are a lot of mobile games that have strong background lore.
1 Like
Those are games that exist on their own… not as addons to a standing franchise.
And? It has been 20 years and you still think the night elves will be their own faction? Not likely going to be. At least with this Arclight it seems even more unlike to do so.
More like people can maintain their uniqueness while not always trying to go off on their own.
Hot take, everyone is a damn punching back in WoW, or did you not get the message when you saw the Path of Glory/The Ruins of Lordearon or having Varian get turned into fel dust?
Nah, I prefer the Alliance as a whole. Sorry but not sorry, glad the night elves didnt get their own faction. And my hope is they remain permanent members until the end of the Warcraft franchise.
Thats a valid position, but Blizzard would be stupid to ignore the mobile market, as the vast majority of gamers prefer mobile gaming. WoWs market share is a tiny fraction compared to the mobile game market.
2 Likes
I think genshin impact is a wonderfully executed mobile game.
Most of my face to face friends that I talk about warcraft lore with are hearthstone players.
3 Likes
There really isn’t narrative or gameplay room for them to be otherwise. For the same reason that the Exodar, though supposedly repaired, isn’t going to lose it’s cracks and take off.
1 Like
well the undead faction seems to be modeled off of scourge rather than forsaken.
1 Like
Zerde is like Bizzaro Dreadmoore, where instead of an empty obsession with getting rid of the Night Elves there’s an empty obsession with keeping the Night Elves.
2 Likes
GD is having a field day. Field week. The jokes almost write themselves.
I laugh when people bring up the whole “insert coins” imagery that was a bit more telling than Blizzard may have considered. I didnt think about it at first, but after I read a few jokes about it, it did seem appropriate in the worst way possible.
Chinese Five Elements theory, (yin-yang personality emotions), and Faction Leaders as follows…
Earth: (peacemaker/concern) = Alliance
Water: (courage/fear) = Horde
Fire: (joy/reckless) = Blackrock
Metal: (pride/grief) = Undead
Wood: (confidence/temper) = Beast
Ah yes. The 5 genders.
1 Like
I mean… it’s a F2P mobile game. It will have monetization. I’m not sure what people are trying to joke about here.
It honestly feels like people have been simply waiting for an opportunity to present their latest “zinger”, waiting for their moment similarly to the “April Fools joke” guy. It’s kinda sad, tbh.
1 Like
Yeah. This is important to remember.
I have lots of criticism for Blizz and the WoW team, but it is the longest running MMO to use the ethically superior subscription model. If blizzard made an arcade game I would expect it to take coins. That wouldnt diminish the fact that WoW’s monetization is among the least toxic in MMORPGs.
1 Like
I don’t consider WoW’s model toxic, but I’m still surprised how it manages to get away with a sub, a b2p model for expansions and an in-game cosmetics shop. Like all of that together.
Tbh, I have quite a few friends who are interested in playing, but don’t want to pay a sub. Makes me think if a battle pass system would work better.
Use gold?
it’s what i do.
I don’t even have 200k gold across all my characters. Expecting a newbie to be able to make 100k+ a month is silly.
Expecting anyone to be a lowbie when buying the expansion gets you a level up token is a little silly.