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are blizzard about to open and item shop micropayment scheme ???
googajoob7
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theres been a rumour going around ingame for weeks that blizzard are about to open an item shop where you can buy goods for payment . i ve not given a lot of credance to this untill now because so many people have mentioned it . maybe its an attempt to stop the gold sellers and take the prophits from such activitys themselves . i would nt put it past blizz but i do hope there is not a grain of fact in this .
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If they do I would resubscribe :P
But how would RTM tackle gold farmers? all good wow items are BOP from raids or PvP. About the only reason any 1 buys wow gold is for the epic mount.
so an item from an item shop could nt be bind on pickup then ? i dont know what your logic is there but there are no hard and fast rules . its not real life things can be changed by rewriting a bit of code . also blizzard are a buisness if they did see an oppertunity to make some more money who is to say whats been said in the past will remain so in the future . so your assumptions are completly incorrect on both counts . i would imagine if such a thing as an item shop existed where players could spend real world money rather than spend real world money buying ingame money would effect gold selling . its common sence .
There wont be an item shop, blizzard have said this over and over in public.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=27350
Yes there are gold seller/buyers in WoW.. but you can do very little with that gold, you cannot buy raid or PvP gear, the only thing you can do with gold is buy an epic mount, speed lvl a profession and buy the odd epic that appears ont he auction house.
I have never got why people bang on about gold in WoW, its offers no advantage over an honest player, the tools are there for the community out oust the sellers, the new /report feature works great, a spammer gets 5 /reports within a minute and he's silenced (can only be unsilenced by a GM).
I am completely against item shops in any form, however what would be the difference in WoW? there are so many rtm sites it would just be maybe a cheaper version. Also an item shop in WoW would hopefully stop A LOT of people playing it so I'm all for it
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interesting article but since it was written vivendii games were taken over by activision . so maybe what was true then is nt as true now . no plans in 2007 does nt mean under a new regime that theres no plans in 2008 . nothing is ever set in stone especially in buisness .
i do however hope your right but given some of the recent ingame developments such as faster leveling and doing away with difficult chain quests such as the kara prequests ( you ll be able to enter if one person in your party has the key ) does show that blizzard are aiming more and more at the casual player .
an item shop would be appealing to such players . so maybe theres more truth in this than you think .
There wont be an item shop, blizzard have said this over and over in public.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=27350
Yes there are gold seller/buyers in WoW.. but you can do very little with that gold, you cannot buy raid or PvP gear, the only thing you can do with gold is buy an epic mount, speed lvl a profession and buy the odd epic that appears ont he auction house.
I have never got why people bang on about gold in WoW, its offers no advantage over an honest player, the tools are there for the community out oust the sellers, the new /report feature works great, a spammer gets 5 /reports within a minute and he's silenced (can only be unsilenced by a GM).
people buy epic gear fo rel money aswell..not only gold..meh
There wont be an item shop, blizzard have said this over and over in public.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=27350
Yes there are gold seller/buyers in WoW.. but you can do very little with that gold, you cannot buy raid or PvP gear, the only thing you can do with gold is buy an epic mount, speed lvl a profession and buy the odd epic that appears ont he auction house.
I have never got why people bang on about gold in WoW, its offers no advantage over an honest player, the tools are there for the community out oust the sellers, the new /report feature works great, a spammer gets 5 /reports within a minute and he's silenced (can only be unsilenced by a GM).
people buy epic gear fo rel money aswell..not only gold..meh
No they cannot, you cannot buy raid sets or PvP sets... as i said all the good stuff is BoP. You can buy the odd crafted epic or BoE epic but they are nothing compared to the raid sets or PvP sets.But how would RTM tackle gold farmers? all good wow items are BOP from raids or PvP. About the only reason any 1 buys wow gold is for the epic mount.
Nope. You can use gold to up trade skills. You also need gold for epic crafting items. I am not condoning RMT. I am just pointing out there are many other stuff you can use gold for, not just the epic mounts.
But how would RTM tackle gold farmers? all good wow items are BOP from raids or PvP. About the only reason any 1 buys wow gold is for the epic mount.
Just like they said many times that WoW would launch with siege weapons and hero classes..............
Well this thread just went off topic, bottom line.. blizzard has no plans for RMT.. untill they say otherwise its pointless to speculate.
But how would RTM tackle gold farmers? all good wow items are BOP from raids or PvP. About the only reason any 1 buys wow gold is for the epic mount.
Nope. You can use gold to up trade skills. True its good for that You also need gold for epic crafting items. Well not realy, most epic crafted items need BoP mats such as primal nethers I am not condoning RMT. I am just pointing out there are many other stuff you can use gold for, not just the epic mounts.
It just far far easier to run a few 5man heroics over the week than spend money on gold.
I think you're mixing up an item shop with their arena tournament realms that will be up soon. You will have to pay $20 to enter the preliminaries and have access to many items. These realms won't be up forever, so there is nothing to worry about.
no i d not even heard of those . i did mean an item shop . the arena tournements are new to me . i dont like the sound of them either . if thats true as well as an item shop i think lots of people will up sticks from warcraft and head to another mmo .i know theres a invitational in paris soon organised by blizzard maybe something will announced then . as i ve said theres a lot of buzz in game over this issue .
It's not going to happen. Blizzard has given a clear answer. You're the only one "buzzing" about it.
Maybe this is a rumour going around the european servers. I play on the Aerie Peak pve server .and have seen people in trade chat talking about it a few times in recent weeks . I doubted it but given some of the ingame changes that have been made over recent months and some of the things i ve heard about patch 2.4 i wonder if theres something behind this . i imagine we shall find out in the coming months . Has there been any mention of it on the american servers ?
You hear something in chat like "yeah $20 and you can get Session 3 gear".
RMT is only put into games that cannot survive off monthly subs (western regions), WoW is going just fine.
it could be that . but it sound that if they are doing that with season 3 arena gear that its an item shop of a sort , all be it a limited one . offering gear for money outside the game world already breaks the statement they made in the earlier link on this forum in my opinion . who is to say that once this president has been set that an item shop is not the next logical step .
your right thus far item shops have only been available in games that dont offer subs or arnt popular enough to make money in any other way . thats not to say if a company like blizzard see an oppertunity that they arnt going to take it .
could it be that its a possible reaction to a percieved loss of revenue from them over this year , in the wake of games such a conan and warhammer ?
There is no precedent being set here. They are setting up a couple servers for the sole purpose of the PvP Arena Invitational. The only people allowed to enter said servers are the ones who pay the entrance fee. The purpose of the server is to run the tournament and nothing else. Therefore no characters will be able to transfer to or from the servers, meaning the free gear will remain on that server to be used in the tournament. I'm not sure how this is getting so complicated to understand, but it seems very simple if you just use a minimum of common sense.
No.
i have had a look at the arena tournament realm information , i can see that how that could have given rise to these in game rumours . i still maintain that if blizzard felt they could make money out of an item shop without losing players that they would open one . the one thing i am certain of is that they have at least looked at opening one . all it takes is a slight shift in company policy for an idea to turn into a reality.
on a side issue to my knowlage this arena tournament is the first time blizzard have had something that requires additional payment to take part in an in game event .
Actually having an entrance fee for a tournament is not new. This is just the first time Blizzard has held a tournament that gives actual prizes. Therefore, not an ingame event. It is also restricted to a certain realm that only people in the tuornament can access. Therefore, not an ingame event.
I'm sure they would do it if they thought it would pay. But, imagine all the subs they would lose when the gold sellers are out of business.
Wow.... 2 pages about a rumor we all no isn't true... nothing else worth chatting about? Where have all the good times gone?
I could see them adding it to the version sold in China, as item shop games are more accepted there.
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Wouldn't see why they wouldn't. Not like the items in game require any effort anymore. The raids are a joke, and you can practicly buy your way to a good pvp raiting if you have the gold to pay someone off.