Here’s why (in my opinion) store transmogs are NOT a problem.
I don’t know what’s in the store. I don’t care. I have never in 16 years bought anything from the store.
So for every player like me (who doesn’t want to buy things) the store doesn’t exist. It isn’t part of the game. It can’t affect my gameplay in any way.
Buying a new expansion allows you to play the content in that new expansion, subscription fee allows you access to Blizzard’s servers to play their game. That’s it, nothing more. If they choose to release a cosmetic item on the store, it is their choice.
Yep it’s your opinion, and I never said you’re wrong for voicing it. But again, it’s just your opinion. Obviously Blizzard thinks they are going on the right direction, and will continue to follow the money.
That was seven years ago. Like Garosh said, things change.
And you are also speculating that your angry posts will make a company change their business practices.
And I am happy for you. Just please, stop raining on other people’s fun just because you are an unhappy customer.
Idk, but I’m still a little ticked off that they didn’t include boots with the Exiles Reach gear expeditionary mail armor lol.
It’s also just a theory and not an actual fact. There’s no news articles anywhere to back it up. So people are speculating as to why they didn’t add anything in 7 years.
They didn’t include boots for anyone, it seems. 
on the verge of a new expansion and its like someone in the company says how can we make everyone upset what’s the next dumb thing we can do?
Dunno? Not everyone was upset or thinks it’s dumb. 
I wish I could feel the same as you, I truly do.
So creating armor and in-game items isn’t part of expansions anymore? Weeeeeeeeird.
Oh no, you definitely said I’m wrong for thinking the company is bad. Multiple times, in fact. So now you’re lying.
Nobody asked what Blizzard thinks.
Okay? They changed back then, too…what’s your point?
Thank you for stating the obvious? Like, uh…yeah? That’s the whole point of the post, hoping they change their mind?
Who’s fun am I raining on exactly? I’m literally saying we should be able to get all in-game items through fun engaing in-game methods. People can still pay $20 if they want, but they should also allow people to do fun quests in-game to get the same rewards. It’s a win for everyone at that point, who’s parade would that rain on?
Right? If only the original creators of Blizzard never merged and eventually left the company.
I’m very excited for their new companys and studios, though. They’ve already announced they’re in the process of making a new game, it was on WoWhead.
There’s people who said they’d pay $100 for flying at the start of every expansion, so of course not everyone is upset. Some people also can’t comprehend how this is a bad direction for the game.
LOL ok zoomer. 
I mean, I guess trying to insult someone would be my only response too if I got called out for lying and knew it, too.
Sure, kiddo, have a good day.
More name calling, very mature of you…
The transmog items available from the covenant looks light years better than anything I’ve ever seen in the Blizzard store.
I remember about ten years ago I purchased the Hungering Hood. In retrospect, I wonder why considering how hideous looking it is. I laughed it off and realized it doesn’t matter, it’s optional things to purchase.
You don’t even have to pay money to get anything off the Blizzard store. Even if you’re the most casual player in the history of World of Warcraft and have no time to play, it’s seriously faceroll easy to rake in tons of gold.
You can buy a token off the auction house, convert said token into Blizzard.net balance and then use it to purchase the transmog, pet, mount, toy or any other in-game digital items you want.
Blizzard isn’t going to stop making nice looking transmogs just because they are selling on on the shop. They didn’t stop making helms ten years ago when they added the first three helms on there when Cataclysm was current content.
At the end of the day, Blizzard is a business. Their ultimate goal is to try and create content for people to enjoy. Their art team does an absolutely superlative job in creating some fantastic artwork. Not many people can deny that either.
Their job is to maximize profits as much as possible without upsetting too many of their customers. They didn’t create a transmog set to sell online just because they figured it’d tick off a lot of people.
It makes good sense from a business standpoint. You can buy anything with gold. I’ve purchased expansions with gold before via the Token to battle.net conversion. You don’t have to spend a single dime out of your own pocket to buy gametime, cosmetics, mounts, toys, pets, expansions… you can do all of that by farming your favorite raids, dungeons, assaults, world quests, playing the auction house.
As far as I’m concerned, there’s no legitimate reason to be so up-in-arms about pixelated items being put on their website for sale. There is a global pandemic that interrupted every one’s lives this year. From what I’ve heard, the data mining for this outfit wasn’t encrypted like most store items are, so it may have been something for Blizzcon. We all know that was canceled, at least the live version of it.
Blizzard did what they could to try and recoup potential lost earnings from Blizzcon purchasers.
Every thing is optional on the store. There’s THOUSANDS of different transmog items to farm for in game… for free. In my honest opinion. to get upset over optional pixels when they offer 99.99% of the entire transmog system can be gotten for free… in-game.
I don’t get it. I’ve read this entire thread and I still don’t get. I guess I don’t have to get it. I’m sure I won’t change your mind or anyone else’s. That’s cool with me. I will state my opinions as much as I can in what I believe to be correct.
I’m off now to go farm some more gold to buy stuff off the store for free now!
Proof that any of the items put for sale in the store were slotted to be released in the game as part of some content. And I said PROOF… not some bs conspiracy story that you like to push forward with. 4 days now you have continued with your blatant lying about your allegations and when people have said where’s the proof you provide none. So… where’s the proof? Or are you continuing with your lying. Again.
They only just started putting transmog in the store just now again after trying to 7 years ago.
It’s easy for you, congradulations. Someone should give you a gold star for being so good at farming gold. Maybe you should start your own site selling gold because you’re so good at it and make a living do it. It’s so easy I bet you could probably because like, a millionaire or something.
You have fun grinding gold because you’re so good at it, a lot of people myself included feel that farming and grinding for gold is a chore. I play this game to have fun and enjoy myself, not slave away to buy stuff. Everyone does enough of that in real life, no need to simulate it as well.
I don’t think that’s a point anyone has said they are going to do. They should all be available in-game through fun engaging methods of obtainment that we’ve been used to for the past 16 years.
So charging everyone $20 for stuff they could have made fun enjoyable questlines to get is doing that…?
100% agree.
Yup, that’s why in my opinion they stopped in the past, as well. Too much backlash…but now we’re supposed to magically be okay with them doing it again? Not me, I’m speaking out against it and have already refunded slands.
Imagine not having to treat WoW like a minimum wage job to buy MORE stuff for the game and spend it actually enjoying yourself? Such a weird concept, huh? Maybe it’s fun for you and that’s fine. I’m really happy you can enjoy treating working to farm gold, I wish I had fun doing that myself 'cause I’d be in agreeance. Farming gold is an extreme chore to me, I play to relax and have fun. To me farming gold is the last thing I’d ever want to do in the game.
Well that’s fine, you can’t see anyone else’s opinion. At least you can admit that, though.
That’s unconfirmed speculation.
So because Blizzcon didn’t happen, we should start making transmog for the cash shop and make more stuff that people can’t get unless they pay money for it or spend their free time grinding gold to get it…? No thank you.
They’re not free. People paid subscription fees and expansion fees. All in-game content should be in the game. We’re paying a subscription fee and an expansion cost to cover that.
Imagine paying for a luxury car, a lamborghini because you love them and to you they’re the best car company in the market. You get in and there’s no power windows, no air conditioning, no cruise control because you have to pay extra for each one of those. Wouldn’t you be upset?
Prove that they’re not? The proof is they’re in-game items. So are you saying they wouldn’t be created at all if there was no shop? SOMETHING would have been created. Those workers would work on stuff for the game instead or they wouldn’t be hired and we wouldn’t have to pay for them and that money could be put into game development.
I mean, the proof is literally the items themselves. They’re items in the game.
Alright, going at this with a slightly different analogy.
You buy a ticket to an amusement park. You can ride all the rides as much as you want, including the brand new one that just opened. That’s what your ticket gets you.
Do you want a burger, an oversized fountain beverage, a t-shirt, hat or other superfluous item maybe? Those aren’t included. Yes, they are being sold by the same people who took your ticket money. Yes, they have been produced with ticket revenue that others have paid. Are you entitled to or deserving of them just by being there? Not so much.
At least in game you have a venue to get said items. It may not be what you want to do to obtain them, but then I guess it really all depends on how important those pixels are to you?
Good news, everything on your list is completely optional.
Yes, paying and playing WoW is optional. Nobody NEEDS to play WoW.
So if you go fill your car up with gas and the gas station offers you free car wash for doing so, but you don’t need or want the car wash. Does the gas station have to pay you the cost of a car wash since you paid for it?
You’re grossly over simplifying it. I can critique your example as I did the park one so that it makes more sense, if you’d like?