Trader’s Gilded Brutosaur $90.00 Ripoff!

[Daedrathis-wyrmrest-accord]

The way I see it isnt simple.
On one side is pretty and is useful and if people can afford it and like it whats the problem right?

Well the flipside is, I dont like the time limit, sounds very scammy being the only possible AH mount to get realistically. And 90 usd more than the cost of an expac or a lot of games for something that is a reskin of a mount sounds quite absurd tbh.

I do get a little aprehensive thinking that if a lot of people buy it, in a way is enabling the exorbitant mount price, but then again you do you . I think the whole “rich vs poor” nonsense or envy or pride are the dumb ways to go at the discussion.

There are legitimate and valid concerns and people who dont share them. Instead of attacking each other over pixels, we can just bring perspectives and make it productive a discussion.

[Moused-cairne (Moused)]

Have any of you thought that by selling these mounts and battle pets in the Game shop helps keep the cost of your sub down now ? We pay the same price for our sub each month that was same price back in 2004 now…that is 20 yrs right there…sub price is $14.99 since 2004 and hasn’t gone up one cent since 2004…that is quite surprising now in my book now. Seen many of never thought of that now …it shows.

[Katrazenaz-khaz-modan]

They have added kultiren, mechagnome, and now another dwarf. They are basically only adding ugly races too the game.

[Narleen-kelthuzad]

@Dorfpriest-living-flame

@Annie-gilneas

Denying players game content unless they fork-over real world cash

It’s a mount. It’s not content.

Buy it.

Don’t buy it.

Those are your choices.

“Selling digital mounts for more money than the game’s expansion it’s all fine. Stop hating on the multi billion dollar company, they did nothing wrong!”

[Maizou-proudmoore (Maizou)]

@Annie-gilneas

gatcha mobile game on pc

I don’t think you know what gacha means.

[Shiftydruid-area-52]

@Moused-cairne

Have any of you thought that by selling these mounts and battle pets in the Game shop helps keep the cost of your sub down

No they havent

They complain either away. Complain about store mounts. Yet Blizzard removes the store and raises sub fees they will complain just the same

[Sarasina-gilneas]

It’s unbelievable how the defenders of Bliz’s decision to rip-off it’s customers, with a reskinned mount that doesn’t even fly. Come in to say that this is nothing to complain about. This should of been a mount you could of simply achieved by doing some quests.
Incredible that people who are getting ripped-off defend the company’s price gauging money grabbing new policies.

[Seianna-proudmoore]

@Annie-gilneas

Well people. Now this proves that World of Warcraft is becoming a gatcha mobile game on pc. I guess Bliz hopes that there are enough Whales that will throw their real world money at this idiocy. Gone are the Wow days that people would earn through in-game effort the things they wanted. That is the purpose of an rpg game. The player does quests and missions and tons of fighting in- game to achieve success. They earn rewards that way. Now the game has devolved to the point that those players that have plenty of real world money can afford to spend it on virtual digital goods. While those that don’t have a lot of money to throw at a game can’t.

It use to be when we bought a game either on pc or console. We received the complete game experience. Now the game makers exploit the cash shop. Denying players game content unless they fork-over real world cash. How sad.

I’m a whale and I’m ok with that. I earned my money and you can’t tell me how to spend it. Go cry in somewhere else.

[Shiftydruid-area-52]

@Sarasina-gilneas

It’s unbelievable how the defenders of Bliz’s decision to rip-off it’s customers

First off all its not something you HAVE to buy. So your statement holds no water at all.If you had to buy the mount or you lose acces to a part of the game then yes you would be 100% correct but thats not the case.

If Blizz said ok you win no more blizz store items and shut the store down tomorrow sub fees would go up.

So pick your battles. Do you want OPTIONAL store mounts or a rising sub fess. You choose

[Seianna-proudmoore]

@Annie-gilneas

@Sabetha-turalyon

If this were a true gatcha game we’d be spending money on loot boxes that contained anime waifus.

Then 6 months later they’d introduce new versions of the same characters that wear 20% less clothing.

Yeah, well. The way Bliz is going I wouldn’t be surprised if blizzard introduces a new race of waifus bunny girls and cat girls with bikinis. Only obtainable threw the cash shop priced at $100.00 each.

I bet my next whale purchase that you would buy the waifus bunny girl

[Sarasina-gilneas]

@Shiftydruid-area-52

So pick your battles. Do you want store mounts a rising sub fess. You choose

I will choose to continue supporting Wow with my monthly subscription. I expect what is in the Wow virtual world to be included in that subscription. The bliz store and token practice are the worst thing to happen to the game. Keep in mind that there are a lot of free mmorpgs out there.

[Seianna-proudmoore]

Free mmorpgs are free to play for a reason, the games don’t have the same quality and don’t have the same support. Even so, there would be microtransactions.

[Shiftydruid-area-52]

@Sarasina-gilneas

Keep in mind that there are a lot of free mmorpgs out there.

They remain free by having a in game shop like Blizz does only theirs is more “forced”.

The differance is the ONLY place to get cool looking mogs in those “free” games is the in game shop. Also your raid lockouts and what not would be stuck behind a paywall also.

Ill take the low cost sub model + Optional shop items over that any day of the week.

[Sarasina-gilneas]

@Shiftydruid-area-52

Ill take the low cost sub model + Optional shop items over that any day of the week.

To a certain degree I will agree with you ok. But for crying out loud! $90.00 for a mount!
Are you kidding me?! Don’t you think that’s a gross overreach on Bliz’s part!

[Shiftydruid-area-52]

@Sarasina-gilneas

To a certain degree I will agree with you ok. Buy for crying out loud! $90.00 for a mount!

Ignore the price. and just say “its an optional item” You dont need it. You clearly dont want it so why do you care what the price is? Look at it as those who ARE buying it? are keeping you sub cost at the same things its been at since 2005.

Thank them for doing so and move on

[Sarasina-gilneas]

@Shiftydruid-area-52

Thank them for doing so and move on

You want us to thank the company for trying to rip us off. Funny, very funny.

@Seianna-proudmoore

I bet my next whale purchase that you would buy the waifus bunny girl

That was even funnier. Imagine thousands of Wow bunny girls running around. Knowing Bliz they would all look like Bugs Bunny wearing tutu skirts and red lipstick; “What’s up doc?”

[Shiftydruid-area-52]

@Sarasina-gilneas

You want us to thank the company for trying to rip us off. Funny, very funny.

You keep circling back to that exact statement

Ok so now its clear you want the mount but cant afford. Who are you really mad at here? Blizz or yourself?

Lets be real It can NOT be called a rip off. You do NOT have to buy it
The only way that statement holds water would be if say the only way you can access the anniversay event area is buy buying the bronto

[Sarasina-gilneas]

@Shiftydruid-area-52

Who are you really mad at here? Blizz or yourself?

I’m not mad bro. Just saying.

[Breadisfunny-turalyon (Breadisfunny)]

lol no it wont.

[Moused-cairne (Moused)]

Nope not really…you can buy the mount with gold if you can…no no cost out of your pocket then…buy 6 wow tokens and turn them into Battle Net Cash balance and buy the mount …no money cost to you at all…now you can only do this if your have about 2 million or so gold…but hey 2 million gold for a mount that many of us back in BfA paid 5 million gold for …its a bargain really.