Why is it now an issue? FOMO

This isn’t how it works. If I want to believe my brothers, the game markets moved too much into the “live service” department, especially Ubisoft, EA and Blizzard. Many games don’t feel like actual games anymore and things are too much of FOMO.

At the same time people lose the concept of reality and justify every bad game system as long as they profit from it. You can read it above: “It’s your own fault if you prioritize your work”.

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So that’s a reason to remove Remix, because people will later complain when its raiding system doesn’t work? You’re trying to pretend that the solo system wouldn’t remain fine and dandy and you could just collect bronze to unlock the rest of the stuff without raiding?

What WoW NEEDS to do, is create scaling that WORKS that is future-proof, that doesn’t break every time the level cap is increased.

That would solve so many problems.

There’s another game out there that did this from the start and it works amazing, old raids work pretty much as they always did.

What tradition?

You wont need 500 alts. Just one.

It’s not becaue:

Everyi time we get new lvls and spells they have to maintain MT that we have. Talking about waste of resources…

It’s called a fad or nowadays, trending.
People learn of something, usually through social media and tied to an acronym, and wear it out until the next thing pops up.
The real FOMO is with them not getting to use FOMO in a sentence.

If you get sick, or have to travel urgently, or encounter any unforeseen circumstances for 6 months, and you miss out on something you really wanted… is that okay for you? That’s wrong. You might argue that it’s okay for you, but it’s still wrong.

Entitlement? Have you forgotten who pays them?!!

If we pay them regularly, I think we have a right to say “hey I don’t like this marketing strategy you have, please stop it”.

They don’t have to listen and they rarely do, but we have the right to say something!

Seriously who hurt you? That you think and tell others that standing up for your beliefs is entitled.

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one time i bought tickets to a concert and then got sick the day before, so i couldn’t go to the concert. that stinks, but it’s life. the solution was to move on, not to demand the performers reschedule the concert or add a date to their tour so i didn’t miss the thing i wanted to see.

also if you’re sick for six months, or in jail, your biggest concern should not be “what about the items i’m missing in world of warcraft” lol

Why do you think it’s a good thing that you missed stuff you would have loved to have?

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they didn’t say it’s a good thing. they said “it happens”. no value judgment there.

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Reminder that all this FOMO whining is from Blizzard trying to give people something to do rather than a year long content drought.

There’s no winning with some people on GD.

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This is not the problem people have, you don’t understand the situation.

So they don’t want those items anymore?

I dont think FOMO is a problem in WoW. Majority of us speedrun the new stuff in record time anyways. Those who don’t have enough time to figure it out.

i don’t get your insistence on assigning “good” or “bad” to facts. they wanted the thing, but do not have the thing. that doesn’t have to be “good” or “bad”. it’s just how things go.

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I don’t get how someone can phrase it “lots of stuff in the past I would have loved to have had” then just not care about it.

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Because you cannot have everything you want, so instead of pining for what you cannot have you move on.

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True for real life, but it makes no sense in a video game.

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and yet here we are, playing and discussing a game where you do not and will not have everything :cowboy_hat_face:

It makes sense depending on your perspective. From the perspective of some one who wants to have everything and can’t stand not having it, it doesn’t make sense. To the marketing team, it makes sense because it makes cents.

People who want the practices to stop but still reward them with engagement are the reason Blizz won’t stop. Your actions and words don’t align because it doesn’t affect their bottom line. Happy paying customers or miserable paying customers are still paying customers.

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Well, OP, if you actually explain which things were fomo prior I’ll answer, otherwise I won’t.