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World of Warcraft: In-Game Store Preview
SBFord
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World of Warcraft site, AdriaCraft, has posted a new video of what the potential in-game store will look like. The video footage was created from gameplay experiences on the public test realm. As the team states, none of this is confirmed and will likely undergo changes prior to the release into the live game. Judge for yourself!
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Video shows only XP pots so far. As if you're not leveling fast enough already in WoW
That aside... Kinda sad that WoW now changes into sub AND grabshop.
Looks polished, and i think it is a good thing to have a in-game store... It catches a lot more impulse shoppers if they don´t need to tab out of the game and log in to a different service.
As for what can be bought in said store, by now would not care if they sold the last tier of gear in there. PvP or PvE. As long as they do not start to sell power items that are better then in-game stuff i honestly don´t give a flying rats arse. Keep the playing field as level as you can is usually a good thing, especially as the game get more and more top heavy. Progression as a time sink is pretty much over with in WoW any way.
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The thing is, if dumb people would stop spending so much in game's cash shop, game devs would stop releasing cash shop in their games. Don't blame the devs here, blame the millions of idiots ready to spend more than a sub price each month in the cash shop. That's where the real problem is.
You know, why not have half of the cash shop earnings be donated to charity or something similar?
I'd totally dig that.
That's why I (and probaby many others) are not so secretly hoping that this is a sign that WoW is going f2p or adopting a hybrid model.
Since when is Tuesday a direction?
They'll probably do special events/sales where that happens. I don't think it'll be all the time though.
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They stated that the EXP pots would be tested on the Asian servers exclusively.
It's not going free to play any time soon. They just stated that a day or so ago.
They already had a lot of things for sale, this is just an addition of an in game UI for them.
or translation for everyone else on the forums, THE SKY IS FALLING HOLY CRAP!
I'll admit SOE made me comfortable w cosmetic cash shops and now they dont annoy me anymore
I have no issues w exp potions - especially for any mmo thats aged longer than a year
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lvl 19->20 needs 20k exp today
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Thouse exp pots will sell good. ppl want level all classes max lvl fast so they can focus gearing in end game.
ofc not all players want level fast but majority want.
gonna be interesting see how much money they make with exp pots hehe.
Its a good thing it isn't then....the people who pay traditional subscriptions wont have access to this.
Every MMO I have played that made the switch to F2P also switched XP gains and any other systems that work on a graduating basis. These developers aren't stupid, they know what needs to be done to entice gamers to make the purchase and to push people's gambling and addiction buttons.
EQ2 got more generous over time from what I saw (example: Vitality revamp in Feb 2011)
http://otherworlds31279.yuku.com/topic/1374/Vitality-experience#.Ufm95m3BPQo
after the ftp conversion in Aug 2011, it wasnt any slower to level
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blizz have had a web shop in blizz store for pets and mounts for a long time now. they said they are just putting the same shop in game for convenience. It would be alright as long as they sell pets and mounts but xp potion, transmorg items is just giving bad vibes. how long before they start selling spellpower pots or attack power pot or pvp enhancement pots or even pay2win gears? this is just bad.
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Why would they do that, they are not exactly hurting for money (Activision recently bought them self free of Vivendi for Scrouge McDuck level of money) so for now i am 100% sure they will stick to fluff items and stuff to let you catch up quicker. Now that being said that could at some point include selling second or third tier gear (especially for PvP) to let people catch up quicker and bypass the grind at the fall side of a expansion.
P2W is a short time gain but a loss in the long run... I do not think Blizzard will be playing a short game.
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