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I thought this was a joke but it seems like it's actually legit. WoW, which has a subscription and paid expansions, just added a $90 item to their store. This is Korean MMO levels of absurdity. What do you think of this?

Seems like hundreds of people bought it immediately

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's going to sell like crazy. It's not just that it's a Mount, but it also has an auction house and mailbox that you can use anywhere at any time. The only other mount that has the AH is no longer attainable regularly, only on rare occasions for gold cap.

I am going to get it, but I'm going to use my gold in game to convert to bnet balance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I think it’s a terrible decision because of this. The whole point of hubs is to get players together and interacting. Putting AH and mail around hubs requires many players together. Giving folks a mount means the hubs stop being hubs and contributes to the continued decay of the multiplayer aspect.

Take this with a grain of salt. When I last played hubs still mattered. If that isn’t currently the case this is just old fart complaints.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I was going to say who cares if they're selling a mount skin, but if on-the-go access to the auction house and mailbox isn't normally accessible, this seems shitty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's one of the most overhyped things in the game. I can more than afford it (both through $$ and in-game currency) but I just do not care. There's easy to get mailboxes and the auction house is in every main city now.

Not to mention the amount of people who have the original auction house mount and the influx of people with this one - it is barely a convenience.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The thing is, they won't be able to sell a Mount like this again in the future. This is kind of a "break glass" type of situation.