You are not paying anything. Someone else willingly spent real money to convert it to in-game gold. This was Blizzard’s response to very commonly used “gold sellers” and it has been remarkably effective.
Edit - Wrong quoted person.
1 Like
I think you responded to the wrong person.
Then what’s your definition of objectivity now? Taliesin gave a fairly critical review of the Azerite system as well as multiple other systems in both Legion and BfA. Or is it only “objective” when they agree with you?
You aren’t the arbiter of objectivity.
7 Likes
Failed to quote twice now lol
They only did that after fan backlash, and after people were turning against Blizzard, before that they were all rainbows and puppy dogs.
That doesn’t change the fact that money is going into Blizzard’s pocket. As for the coin being used to battle gold sellers, that’s a completely different argument that we’re not even discussing.
The fact is, even using Taliesin’s method, SOMEONE is buying the mount. I’d rather the mount be part of an epic quest, or attached to difficult content to motivate participation. Instead it’s attached to a “Buy Now” button.
You are faulting a fan of a video game for trying to view things in a less negative light?
Also people here love flailing around with the bandwagon fallacy, but just because a lot of people are screaming doesn’t mean it’s right.
1 Like
No… They weren’t. But you go on thinking what you want to think.
No, someone isn’t buying the mount.
Someone spent money for in-game currency. You spent that in-game currency to get money. That’s all there is to it.
It makes absolutely no difference how you bought the mount, because someone was going to sell that token regardless. You are just capitalizing off that.
Would it be cool if it were attached to something? Sure. We have tons of mounts already for that. Zeroing in one mount out of hundreds is just the definition of entitlement.
1 Like
Well most people are saying they aren’t happy with BfA, are they right or wrong?
Most people are saying WoW is dying, and on average WoW was losing at least a million subs on average per year, are they right or wrong?
The community generally is very toxic, very chaotic, and very right.
It’s so weird seeing people call them shills for defending the cash shop mounts. It just goes to show how different people perceive the same reality so differently.
Tali even said multiple times he doesn’t like the cash shop and thinks all the mounts should be available in game when you pay a subscription. The ONLY thing that came even close to defending Blizzard was when he was saying people shouldn’t make up reasons to be angry at Blizzard.
It’s a fact you can pay for in game gold for cash shop mounts. Saying you can’t is wrong. That doesn’t change the fact the cash shop is shady, just focus on criticising Blizzard for things they actually do and say, don’t mislead or make up information to get mad about.
That’s what he said. He literally said he would be on the side of the players arguing the cash shop is bad if they argued in a fair way.
Ironic that people are doing the same thing to Tali himself as he complains about the community doing to Blizzard.
7 Likes
Yes… they were. You can actually compare time stamps on Youtube and the general forums, which completely vindicates what I’ve been saying.
I never commented on their statements about the cash shop. The statements I made were about things they did or said early on in BfA.
The vocal minority doesn’t represent the majority, and most people who enjoy the game are too busy enjoying it rather than spending their time on the forums. The forums are mostly there for the very passionate few. The number of users who post here are at most in the hundreds/lower thousands.
If we went by these forums, every expansion is trash and WoW is always dying. It hasn’t yet, so there’s that.
That being said, there are definitely people unhappy with some systems in BFA and there’s data to prove it, most notably warmode participation and azerite gearing.
Lo and behold both got addressed in 8.1
But this is the issue. Hyperbole is rampant and always will be, and for some reason it’s been dialed to 11… probably cause of the massive outrage culture that has dominated the western world the last few years. Everyone’s angry all the time.
I find it hilarious.
4 Likes
I’m speaking generally, not in response to any particular person in the thread.
There are people calling them shills and using defence of the cash shop mount as an example; those people are who I’m talking about.
Ah, I see, my bad.
Oh the irony
No worries. I’m still getting used to this new forum layout, I may have accidentally replied to you without realising.
You mean sarcasm, nice try. ![:relaxed:](https://d38bqls1q93fod.cloudfront.net/en/wow/images/emoji/twitter/relaxed.png?v=6" ":relaxed:")
Nope, irony is the correct word for the statement I quoted. Hypocrisy is another word someone could use to describe it though I suppose.
1 Like