WoW fans are furious at Blizzard over ridiculous store mount and they’ve got a point
- by Dexerto
- Oct 27, 2024
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— Erradic Gaming (@Erradicgaming) October 25, 2024
Don’t get me wrong, a lot of people are going to buy this mount and that is likely more than enough to validate Blizzard’s strategy. But is it the right thing to do for the game? The answer does feel like an obvious no.
It’s the first-ever foray into a pay-to-win strategy that the developer has tried to snuff out by going after gold sellers, boosters and even GDKP runs. That bold direction felt like the right move for the player base at large and they are now undermining their efforts with a big, chintzy dinosaur.
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It doesn’t help that this arrives at the same time as a patch that has busted the current game state. Some classes/specs are now breezing through progression as a result and there are as many winners as there are losers.
Blizzard has rolled out several sweeping, consecutive fixes in an attempt to deal with the worst of the damage and a bad patch can happen to the best of games, but this last week has soured an expansion that has otherwise stood as a remarkable achievement and return to form.
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