02-05-2010, 01:06 AM
Hi Mav,
sorry, I did not want to sound overly alarming.
As far as Lil' KT and the Pandareen Monk go - they have absolutely no impact on the game as it is. I bought the Monk myself 'cause it's cute and it roundhosekicks in Barrens Chat... er, never mind.
Insofar, I do not have any problem at all with Blizzard making money out of things that have no issue on the game as it is - otherwise, I'd have a problem with the trading cards etc.
So far, everythings ok with me. Now for the BUT:
I'm well aware that the Auction House is not as important as it once was - in classic, it was, in BC, it may have been, at the current level of progression, it is supplementary. What I object to is making game features available via paid services even when not being online. I don't own an IPhone or anything similar ( no QQ here), but why should somebody have the option of outbidding me on an item when he's not online - especially when I may not have the option to do the same, for example being at work an not having an IPhone with me? To me, it smells.
Sure, Mav, the rest is pure speculation, as I think I said, but for me it looks like a step in the wrong direction. It's an RPG, not an App-G. Feel free to disagree, but much ado about nothing is not what I'd call it.
Take care,
me
sorry, I did not want to sound overly alarming.
As far as Lil' KT and the Pandareen Monk go - they have absolutely no impact on the game as it is. I bought the Monk myself 'cause it's cute and it roundhosekicks in Barrens Chat... er, never mind.
Insofar, I do not have any problem at all with Blizzard making money out of things that have no issue on the game as it is - otherwise, I'd have a problem with the trading cards etc.
So far, everythings ok with me. Now for the BUT:
I'm well aware that the Auction House is not as important as it once was - in classic, it was, in BC, it may have been, at the current level of progression, it is supplementary. What I object to is making game features available via paid services even when not being online. I don't own an IPhone or anything similar ( no QQ here), but why should somebody have the option of outbidding me on an item when he's not online - especially when I may not have the option to do the same, for example being at work an not having an IPhone with me? To me, it smells.
Sure, Mav, the rest is pure speculation, as I think I said, but for me it looks like a step in the wrong direction. It's an RPG, not an App-G. Feel free to disagree, but much ado about nothing is not what I'd call it.
Take care,
me
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