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Topic: Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store (plus some goes to charity) (Read 92395 times)
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Koyasha
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Friend linked this to me thinking it was a 310 mount too. Personally (if I was actively playing) I would totally pay $25 for a 310 mount that applies to all characters. I might even pay $25 for a 310 mount that requires that at least one character, anywhere, on any server, possess a regular 310. But if I have to get a 310 mount in-game on each character in order to enable that character to go that fast, I'm not too interested.
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Selby
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Sadly, I'd pay for 310% flying simply because I don't have the sustained time to raid to get the achievements for a mount.
Ask around on your server, the Uld-10 achievements aren't that hard to get (minus Yogg and Firefighter) and people still regularly do them. I love mine personally. |
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Sjofn
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Fuck! I shouldn't buy this thing, but I am going to. Fuck!
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WindupAtheist
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I still like my armored snowy gryphon. I've never been motivated to get anything else. Once Cataclysm comes and I presumably renew at some point, it'll probably be the only mount I use, what with flying allowed in Azeroth.
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Ozzu
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I don't even play WoW much and I bought this mount. It's worth it not ever having to buy another mount for any character ever again.
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Lakov_Sanite
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position in queue 85000.... jesus fucking christ.
Also, what ozzu said. Remember this also counts as a land mount in oldworld so you never need to buy another mount for any char.
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« Last Edit: April 15, 2010, 07:54:55 PM by Lakov_Sanite »
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Lantyssa
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position in queue 85000.... jesus fucking christ.
$2,125,000 The people buying this are insane. Seriously. It's just not that hard to get a mount. At that price point go donate to a shelter or something. |
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Paelos
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position in queue 85000.... jesus fucking christ.
$2,125,000 The people buying this are insane. Seriously. It's just not that hard to get a mount. At that price point go donate to a shelter or something. Why? Maybe it's tax season that sours me when I look at what people do with their money, but the Bible had it pretty spot on. You either throw your two coppers into the plate or you don't. It doesn't matter how much beyond that you get, people will always find ways to piss it away. |
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Sjofn
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I'm not buying it because it's hard to get a mount, but I figure that goes without saying on my part. :P I like how it looks and I'm going to use it often enough that the price doesn't bug me. I DIDN'T buy the windrider or gryphon pet because I didn't want to pay that much for a plushie that, while cute, I don't give a crap about, so it felt like more of a waste. Everyone has different priorities.  |
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Mattemeo
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Proof positive that the world prefers a magic horse to an iPad.
I actually shudder to think how much money this is going to make Blizzard - they continually strive for achievements no other MMO developer will ever have the downright gall to try, let alone better. $25 on a pretend pony? The sheer audacity blows me away, frankly. Quarter of a million queues to buy one? Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Where's my fucking permanent Broom, you bastards.
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Ingmar
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I'll probably get more gaming value out of this than a number of games I've paid twice as much for over the years.  |
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Sheepherder
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You're just saying that because she convinced you to buy one too.
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Sjofn
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Pfft, like I give a shit if he has a flying pony or not.
EDIT: Also I am pretty sure I would've paid twice this for a fucking headless horseman mount.
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Rendakor
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You think this is bad? Wait til you see how many people buy new WoW boxes when they put in the RAF promo for the 2 seater rocket.
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pants
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The title of this thread reminds me of the true evil genius of Blizzard. Start off doing RMT, but donate some for teh children - and noone can really give them a hard time for RMT since they are helping teh children. Then once people are ok with the concept of RMT in WoW, do more RMT at over double the cost of the pets, without any mention of teh children. Genius!
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Kitsune
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I have the Headless Horseman's horse, and I still got the stupid star horse thing. Why? Well, I don't mean to ever use it on my character with the HHH, because it's going to wind up being much less common than the star horse. But my other, lower-level characters, I can be lazy and never bother with buying or upgrading mounts and just tool around on the star horse. Looks nifty, is convenient, good enough for $25. When any character finds a better mount (for free), I'll just stop using the star horse on that character, easy.
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Sjofn
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I have the Headless Horseman's horse
Fuuuuuuuuck yoooooooooooooooooooou (My computer died RIGHT when Hallow's End rolled around and I loathe using Ingmar's computer, so my farming was not nearly as high as it would've otherwise been. To really rub it in, my stupid SISTER got the mount. She flies in circles around me when she sees me in game. ><) |
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Paelos
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Where's my fucking permanent Broom, you bastards.
Yall remember when they first did brooms, and the things were insta-cast? I have since referred to it as Insta-broom, and would gladly fork over $10 for one. Life was so much damn easier with Insta-broom in gathering and pvp. |
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Wolf
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Seriously? Have you seen it ingame? It looks like shit :(
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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El Gallo
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I thought at some point they said they we're going to make it so that if you have one 310 mount, all your flying mounts will move at 310. This may be a fantasy.
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This post makes me want to squeeze into my badass red jeans.
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Typhon
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I feel like I should buy the horse just given all the angst in this thread and on the WoW forums. It's hard to buy that much entertainment for $25 these days. Lol, I smile every time I see the horse
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Wolf
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As a matter of fact I swallowed one of these about two hours ago and the explanation is that it is, in fact, my hand.
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Malakili
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I really don't mind the idea of the shop, or fault anyone for buying it who wants it. I've spoken in favor of, or at least, against being against, the cash shop in the Cryptic games, and I don't think its any different in WoW. That being said, I don't really see the appeal of this particular item. The sort of thing I would love, though I don't know if its possible, would be some sort of item that makes me loot like I'm wearing the Stormrage Set, regardless of what gear I am wearing (or, whatever old 1 or 2 set you wanted for your class). I
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Typhon
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I'm definitely biased as to why I like this - I play with a crew of 5 people and none of us have any interest in putting up with guild drama, so 5 man content is the most that we'll ever see. With RMT, I get a chance for some selection of "teh shiny".
So, just like in CoX, I see this as a win/win if this stuff pays for an independent development stream that focuses on "teh shiny" development. In my head, Team Shiny creates shiny that is distributed to achievements and RMT. Leaving the core team to focus on dungeons, items and combat. Win/win. That the items generate nerd rage is just icing.
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Merusk
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The sort of thing I would love, though I don't know if its possible, would be some sort of item that makes me loot like I'm wearing the Stormrage Set, regardless of what gear I am wearing (or, whatever old 1 or 2 set you wanted for your class). I
Know what.. that's how you get the appearance tab in game. E-mail Activision marketing and suggest "hey, why not add an appearance tab for $40 to the cash shop" I bet it'll be in by this summer. |
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Rendakor
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More likely: $25 a piece for shirt-slot versions of your favorite tier sets.
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Ratman_tf
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Seriously? Have you seen it ingame? It looks like shit :(
Yep. Asshorse. Fuck that ugly thing. I have no problems with people who spend that money on fluff, but at least get something less tacky! |
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Fabricated
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I think this horsie just made $2.5 million dollars since it went on sale. Blizzard literally prints money.
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Ingmar
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I thought at some point they said they we're going to make it so that if you have one 310 mount, all your flying mounts will move at 310. This may be a fantasy.
They've talked about it but right now only the druid flight form and maybe a couple other things work that way. |
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Malakili
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Blizzard literally figuratively prints money.
FIFY |
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Lantyssa
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You've been waiting since seventh grade to correct him, I bet.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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Lakov_Sanite
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Blizzard literally figuratively prints money.
FIFY You are literally the craziest person I've ever met. |
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Fabricated
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Blizzard literally figuratively prints money.
FIFY No I was more implying literally. They likely have a mint machine now that prints Blizzard branded money, that probably is worth more than the American dollar by now. |
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Know what.. that's how you get the appearance tab in game. E-mail Activision marketing and suggest "hey, why not add an appearance tab for $40 to the cash shop" I bet it'll be in by this summer.
Given the price of a sparkley horse, expect it to be more like $50. Per item slot, each to be purchased separately. |
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