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pegusus123456 10/31/22 9:21:28 PM #1:	When the WoW:TCG was around, there were rare cards that included scratch-off cards with codes you could redeem in-game for certain items. One of those was a Feldrake mount, a dragon that looks identical to the extremely easy-to-procure black drake mount except with some green flame tints. The TCG was eventually discontinued and as such, the cards with unused codes went up in price. It's gone for as much as 3.5k and just last week, someone bought one for $2,200. Today, Blizzard announced that to advertise their upcoming expansion, they're doing twitch drops. If you're unfamiliar, twitch drops are when you attach your account to the account of whatever game is involved. You watch a streamer play that game for X amount of hours, you get an in-game item. So this mount that people paid thousands of dollars for can now be obtained by having a muted stream of some rando in another tab for four hours. Most people are fine or even happy. Some are not. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/1/AAGadeAAD1nP.jpg --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969107934] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>When the WoW:TCG was around, there were rare cards that included scratch-off cards with codes you could redeem in-game for certain items. One of those was a Feldrake mount, a dragon that looks identical to the extremely easy-to-procure black drake mount except with some green flame tints. The TCG was eventually discontinued and as such, the cards with unused codes went up in price. It's gone for as much as 3.5k and just last week, someone bought one for $2,200. Today, Blizzard announced that to advertise their upcoming expansion, they're doing twitch drops. If you're unfamiliar, twitch drops are when you attach your account to the account of whatever game is involved. You watch a streamer play that game for X amount of hours, you get an in-game item. So this mount that people paid thousands of dollars for can now be obtained by having a muted stream of some rando in another tab for four hours.Most people are fine or even happy. Some are not.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/1/AAGadeAAD1nP.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChocoboMogALT 10/31/22 9:32:37 PM #2:	I have the Magic Rooster mount. Damn, that got expensive. I'd be pissed if they were just giving that out for free. --- "We live in a country Hasire.." ~ yosouf06 REVOLVER STAKE! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/ChocoboMog123/AltEisenRChocoboMog.png <cite>ChocoboMogALT posted [p:969108152] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I have the Magic Rooster mount. Damn, that got expensive. I'd be pissed if they were just giving that out for free.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heartomaton 10/31/22 9:34:17 PM #3:	ChocoboMogALT posted... I have the Magic Rooster mount. Damn, that got expensive. I'd be pissed if they were just giving that out for free. Eeeeyy, so do I. It's not the only TCG loot I have, but it's the only TCG mount I've got. --- https://www.youtube.com/user/Heartomaton Heartomaton for President 2028. <cite>Heartomaton posted [p:969108190] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>ChocoboMogALT posted... </cite><quote>I have the Magic Rooster mount. Damn, that got expensive. I'd be pissed if they were just giving that out for free.</quote>Eeeeyy, so do I. It's not the only TCG loot I have, but it's the only TCG mount I've got.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kim_Seong-a 10/31/22 9:35:27 PM #4:	Meh, fuck em. If you pay thousands of dollars for an out-of-print trading card just for some in-game cosmetic, you're playing yourself. <_< --- Lusa Cfaad Taydr <cite>Kim_Seong-a posted [p:969108213] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Meh, fuck em. If you pay thousands of dollars for an out-of-print trading card just for some in-game cosmetic, you're playing yourself. <_<</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Medussa 10/31/22 9:35:51 PM #5:	man, i miss that CCG. a little derivative of magic, but it had a lot of charm. thanks, hearthstone. --- Boom! That's right, this is all happening! You cannot change the channel now! I choo-choo-choose you... to die <cite>Medussa posted [p:969108220] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>man, i miss that CCG. a little derivative of magic, but it had a lot of charm.thanks, hearthstone.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coolguyjimmy 10/31/22 9:36:34 PM #6:	Game is on it's death throes, of course they're giving away expensive mounts. These MMORPGs always do, towards the end. <cite>coolguyjimmy posted [p:969108229] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Game is on it's death throes, of course they're giving away expensive mounts. These MMORPGs always do, towards the end.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dakimakura 10/31/22 9:37:34 PM #7:	i would def be pissed if I still played and had it. But I don't so I would be happy. --- This is signature Not waste of data at all <cite>Dakimakura posted [p:969108244] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>i would def be pissed if I still played and had it. But I don't so I would be happy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 10/31/22 9:40:31 PM #8:	I should clarify, Blizzard never charged that much for the card/code. It was people reselling it. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969108302] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I should clarify, Blizzard never charged that much for the card/code. It was people reselling it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 10/31/22 9:51:37 PM #9:	Kim_Seong-a posted... If you pay thousands of dollars for an out-of-print trading card just for some in-game cosmetic, you're playing yourself. <_< This, pretty much. It's not like the loot cards came with a contract stating the item would never ever be available in any other way. People just get crazy with their collectibles. Besides, this is a limited-time launch-window event that lasts two days and requires people to link their Twitch accounts. That's $3,600 worth of effort, easily. --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:969108532] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Kim_Seong-a posted... </cite><quote>If you pay thousands of dollars for an out-of-print trading card just for some in-game cosmetic, you're playing yourself. <_<</quote>This, pretty much. It's not like the loot cards came with a contract stating the item would never ever be available in any other way. People just get crazy with their collectibles. Besides, this is a limited-time launch-window event that lasts two days and requires people to link their Twitch accounts. That's $3,600 worth of effort, easily. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Allanon23 10/31/22 9:53:26 PM #10:	I hope they give away a new TCG mount every couple of months. Fuck the secondary black market. --- Attention campers, lunch has been cancelled today due to lack of hustle. Deal with it. Current LP: Grandia HD Remaster <cite>Allanon23 posted [p:969108572] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I hope they give away a new TCG mount every couple of months. Fuck the secondary black market.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 10/31/22 9:55:42 PM #11:	Allanon23 posted... I hope they give away a new TCG mount every couple of months. Fuck the secondary black market. Lemme get that spectral tiger. --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:969108632] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Allanon23 posted... </cite><quote>I hope they give away a new TCG mount every couple of months. Fuck the secondary black market.</quote>Lemme get that spectral tiger.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kingdrake2 10/31/22 10:07:12 PM #12:	Allanon23 posted... Fuck the secondary black market. it was made worse when had to fight 5 other realms every day just to try for something like that. 900k gold to get something. --- It happens with literally every single generation, and now it's your turn. You are the modern version of a grandfather watching old war movies: Lionhartwolf <cite>kingdrake2 posted [p:969108875] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Allanon23 posted...</cite><quote>Fuck the secondary black market.</quote>it was made worse when had to fight 5 other realms every day just to try for something like that. 900k gold to get something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heartomaton 10/31/22 10:12:20 PM #13:	kingdrake2 posted... it was made worse when had to fight 5 other realms every day just to try for something like that. 900k gold to get something. I think he just meant the card selling "black market" on EBay, not the in-game black market. But yeah, that did suck ass. --- https://www.youtube.com/user/Heartomaton Heartomaton for President 2028. <cite>Heartomaton posted [p:969108971] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>kingdrake2 posted... </cite><quote>it was made worse when had to fight 5 other realms every day just to try for something like that. 900k gold to get something.</quote>I think he just meant the card selling "black market" on EBay, not the in-game black market.But yeah, that did suck ass.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Allanon23 10/31/22 10:42:27 PM #14:	kingdrake2 posted... it was made worse when had to fight 5 other realms every day just to try for something like that. 900k gold to get something. I don't mind the in-game black market as much, but it is annoying that EVERYTHING sells for the gold cap. Heartomaton posted... I think he just meant the card selling "black market" on EBay, not the in-game black market. Yes! It's fucking idiotic. Blizz should have deactivated all of the unused codes a decade ago and put ways to earn them in-game. --- Attention campers, lunch has been cancelled today due to lack of hustle. Deal with it. Current LP: Grandia HD Remaster <cite>Allanon23 posted [p:969109557] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>kingdrake2 posted... </cite><quote>it was made worse when had to fight 5 other realms every day just to try for something like that.900k gold to get something.</quote>I don't mind the in-game black market as much, but it is annoying that EVERYTHING sells for the gold cap.Heartomaton posted... </cite><quote>I think he just meant the card selling "black market" on EBay, not the in-game black market.</quote>Yes! It's fucking idiotic. Blizz should have deactivated all of the unused codes a decade ago and put ways to earn them in-game. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lifespeedrunner 10/31/22 11:57:09 PM #15:	No comment but I hate broke bitches. <cite>lifespeedrunner posted [p:969110763] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>No comment but I hate broke bitches. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 10/31/22 11:58:28 PM #16:	Anyone who pays $2000 for a virtual mount deserves to get fucked. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:969110779] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Anyone who pays $2000 for a virtual mount deserves to get fucked.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkDaLunatic 10/31/22 11:58:47 PM #17:	nooooooo the value of my worthless digital thing <cite>LinkDaLunatic posted [p:969110784] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>nooooooo the value of my worthless digital thing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shabriri 11/01/22 12:03:46 AM #18:	if you have 4 grand to drop on a fucking skin, fuck you and im glad people are getting it fer free now that's where im at --- MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD <cite>Shabriri posted [p:969110866] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>if you have 4 grand to drop on a fucking skin, fuck you and im glad people are getting it fer free now that's where im at </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RaptorLC 11/01/22 12:04:57 AM #19:	I think I bought that one for 120,000 gold or so during WoD. --- Never trust a snake. <cite>RaptorLC posted [p:969110882] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I think I bought that one for 120,000 gold or so during WoD.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 11/01/22 12:06:27 AM #20:	Lmao, that's great. If you're dumb enough to pay that much for some digital item I'm glad you're being screwed, tbh. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:969110908] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Lmao, that's great. If you're dumb enough to pay that much for some digital item I'm glad you're being screwed, tbh. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
xGhostchantx 11/01/22 12:08:23 AM #21:	oh no someone else might have the same pixels as me I WORKED HARD BUYING THOSE CARDS! the WoW playerbase continues to be absolutely pathetic. --- You haven't set a signature for the message boards yet <cite>xGhostchantx posted [p:969110943] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>oh no someone else might have the same pixels as me I WORKED HARD BUYING THOSE CARDS!the WoW playerbase continues to be absolutely pathetic.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TaylorHeinicke 11/01/22 12:12:42 AM #22:	Who the fuck is paying that much for one mount Absolutely deserved for those who paid for it, but shitty for those who grinded for it without paying real money. --- St. Louis Battlehawks (1-1) <cite>TaylorHeinicke posted [p:969111002] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Who the fuck is paying that much for one mountAbsolutely deserved for those who paid for it, but shitty for those who grinded for it without paying real money. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 11/01/22 12:15:26 AM #23:	TaylorHeinicke posted... Absolutely deserved for those who paid for it, but shitty for those who grinded for it without paying real money. This mount was only available through the TCG card until now, you couldn't grind it. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969111039] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>TaylorHeinicke posted... </cite><quote>Absolutely deserved for those who paid for it, but shitty for those who grinded for it without paying real money.</quote>This mount was only available through the TCG card until now, you couldn't grind it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gremlynn 11/01/22 12:18:08 AM #24:	"waaaah my insufferable need to feel super special lead to me paying scalpers on ebay thousands of dollars for a 50c trading card that has a digital code for a mount on it, they need to respect my investment by keeping this mount rare!" --- "Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized." <cite>Gremlynn posted [p:969111070] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>"waaaah my insufferable need to feel super special lead to me paying scalpers on ebay thousands of dollars for a 50c trading card that has a digital code for a mount on it, they need to respect my investment by keeping this mount rare!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Melzargard 11/01/22 12:18:37 AM #25:	Nice I always wanted this one. <cite>Melzargard posted [p:969111078] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Nice I always wanted this one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 11/01/22 12:22:06 AM #27:	Gremlynn posted... "waaaah my insufferable need to feel super special lead to me paying scalpers on ebay thousands of dollars for a 50c trading card that has a digital code for a mount on it, they need to respect my investment by keeping this mount rare!" Apparently, some people wouldn't even sell the card, just the code. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969111127] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Gremlynn posted... </cite><quote>"waaaah my insufferable need to feel super special lead to me paying scalpers on ebay thousands of dollars for a 50c trading card that has a digital code for a mount on it, they need to respect my investment by keeping this mount rare!"</quote>Apparently, some people wouldn't even sell the card, just the code.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gremlynn 11/01/22 12:22:29 AM #28:	pegusus123456 posted... This mount was only available through the TCG card until now, you couldn't grind it. You kinda sorta could. the code gave you an item that you could either use to earn the mount, or sell on the AH. So until every code that was redeemed in game was used to earn the mount, you could grind out gold to buy it on the AH. I bought a few pets this way, but the few remaining fel drakes were juuuuust out of what I was able to save up after my main source of gold at the time got nerfed into oblivion. At least as of Cata it was something anybody who liked to play the AH could easily have saved up for within a few days though. --- "Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized." <cite>Gremlynn posted [p:969111135] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>This mount was only available through the TCG card until now, you couldn't grind it.</quote>You kinda sorta could. the code gave you an item that you could either use to earn the mount, or sell on the AH. So until every code that was redeemed in game was used to earn the mount, you could grind out gold to buy it on the AH. I bought a few pets this way, but the few remaining fel drakes were juuuuust out of what I was able to save up after my main source of gold at the time got nerfed into oblivion. At least as of Cata it was something anybody who liked to play the AH could easily have saved up for within a few days though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gremlynn 11/01/22 12:26:29 AM #29:	Melzargard posted... Nice I always wanted this one. Same man. my main from Wrath through BfA was a warlock and that was always the ONLY Drake mount i wanted but it was always out of reach. Will absolutely jump through these stupid twitch hurdles for it. --- "Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized." <cite>Gremlynn posted [p:969111186] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Melzargard posted... </cite><quote>Nice I always wanted this one.</quote>Same man. my main from Wrath through BfA was a warlock and that was always the ONLY Drake mount i wanted but it was always out of reach. Will absolutely jump through these stupid twitch hurdles for it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
party_animal07 11/01/22 12:28:35 AM #30:	To be clear, we're talking 2500 in actual currency? --- https://warpzone.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GRANDIA_-696x509.jpg <cite>party_animal07 posted [p:969111225] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>To be clear, we're talking 2500 in actual currency?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MarcoRubio 11/01/22 12:29:20 AM #31:	lol --- Vote for me, 2016! <cite>MarcoRubio posted [p:969111237] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 11/01/22 12:31:09 AM #32:	party_animal07 posted... To be clear, we're talking 2500 in actual currency? Yes. This guy paid $2100 a week ago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/185621367974 --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969111260] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>party_animal07 posted... </cite><quote>To be clear, we're talking 2500 in actual currency?</quote>Yes.This guy paid $2100 a week ago.https://www.ebay.com/itm/185621367974</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 11/01/22 12:33:35 AM #33:	Kim_Seong-a posted... If you pay thousands of dollars for an out-of-print trading card just for some in-game cosmetic, you're playing yourself. --- "To Republicans, life begins at conception and ends in elementary school." - GranolaPanic <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:969111295] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Kim_Seong-a posted... </cite><quote>If you pay thousands of dollars for an out-of-print trading card just for some in-game cosmetic, you're playing yourself.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 11/01/22 12:36:44 AM #34:	I feel like I should also point out to anyone who hasn't played WoW that the mount is fourteen years old. So it's not even a good looking mount at this point. Compare this: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/1/AAGadeAAD1o9.jpg To a newer one using the same skeleton: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAGadeAAD1o-.jpg --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969111347] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I feel like I should also point out to anyone who hasn't played WoW that the mount is fourteen years old. So it's not even a good looking mount at this point. Compare this:https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/1/AAGadeAAD1o9.jpg To a newer one using the same skeleton:https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/2/AAGadeAAD1o-.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 11/01/22 12:38:47 AM #35:	I feel like this is just the NFT thing all over again. Digital goods do not have real value. They can be produced in literally infinite quantities. There was never any 'real' scarcity. The card itself might be worth something, but the mount is basically one line of code telling the game that you either own it or don't own it. It costs nothing to flip the switch and say you own it. lol, it was never 'rare'. --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:969111380] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I feel like this is just the NFT thing all over again. Digital goods do not have real value. They can be produced in literally infinite quantities. There was never any 'real' scarcity. The card itself might be worth something, but the mount is basically one line of code telling the game that you either own it or don't own it. It costs nothing to flip the switch and say you own it. lol, it was never 'rare'. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gremlynn 11/01/22 12:48:46 AM #36:	Gobstoppers12 posted... I feel like this is just the NFT thing all over again. Digital goods do not have real value. They can be produced in literally infinite quantities. There was never any 'real' scarcity. The card itself might be worth something, but the mount is basically one line of code telling the game that you either own it or don't own it. It costs nothing to flip the switch and say you own it. lol, it was never 'rare'. This "prestige" feeling folks have about limited time cosmetics in MMOs looooong predates NFTs. --- "Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not. Fun, but in no sense civilized." <cite>Gremlynn posted [p:969111493] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Gobstoppers12 posted... </cite><quote>I feel like this is just the NFT thing all over again. Digital goods do not have real value. They can be produced in literally infinite quantities. There was never any 'real' scarcity. The card itself might be worth something, but the mount is basically one line of code telling the game that you either own it or don't own it. It costs nothing to flip the switch and say you own it. lol, it was never 'rare'.</quote>This "prestige" feeling folks have about limited time cosmetics in MMOs looooong predates NFTs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
party_animal07 11/01/22 12:50:29 AM #37:	pegusus123456 posted... Yes. This guy paid $2100 a week ago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/185621367974 I try to be understanding of the fact that everybody has their "thing", but this is nonsensical. Even if that amount of money is pocket change, it's just absurd. People also pay that much to have clothes other can't afford though, so shrug --- https://warpzone.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GRANDIA_-696x509.jpg <cite>party_animal07 posted [p:969111507] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>Yes.This guy paid $2100 a week ago.https://www.ebay.com/itm/185621367974</quote>I try to be understanding of the fact that everybody has their "thing", but this is nonsensical. Even if that amount of money is pocket change, it's just absurd. People also pay that much to have clothes other can't afford though, so shrug</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 11/01/22 1:44:13 AM #38:	Gremlynn posted... This "prestige" feeling folks have about limited time cosmetics in MMOs looooong predates NFTs. Oh, I know, but it's still the same concept. Digital stuff can never actually be rare. I think about this Keanu Reeves clip a lot: https://youtu.be/Ywixfd63_Uk --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:969112043] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Gremlynn posted... </cite><quote>This "prestige" feeling folks have about limited time cosmetics in MMOs looooong predates NFTs.</quote>Oh, I know, but it's still the same concept. Digital stuff can never actually be rare. I think about this Keanu Reeves clip a lot:https://youtu.be/Ywixfd63_Uk</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 11/01/22 2:06:23 AM #39:	Jesus shit, when I played I thought 150 gold was a decent chunk. tf is this 150-900K shit --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:969112202] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Jesus shit, when I played I thought 150 gold was a decent chunk.tf is this 150-900K shit</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OudeGeuze 11/01/22 2:08:53 AM #40:	Alteres posted... Jesus shit, when I played I thought 150 gold was a decent chunk. tf is this 150-900K shit 150g was never a decent chunk <cite>OudeGeuze posted [p:969112224] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted... </cite><quote>Jesus shit, when I played I thought 150 gold was a decent chunk.tf is this 150-900K shit</quote>150g was never a decent chunk </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 11/01/22 2:11:35 AM #41:	I stopped playing after the first expansion, so kinda was for a couple years there. --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:969112243] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I stopped playing after the first expansion, so kinda was for a couple years there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KingThing 11/01/22 2:15:09 AM #42:	Damn thats some N64 level grafix right there. --- he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he/he <cite>KingThing posted [p:969112283] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Damn thats some N64 level grafix right there.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lifespeedrunner 11/01/22 2:17:07 AM #43:	So why aren't they dropping the blue one, and not the legendary one? @pegusus123456 <cite>lifespeedrunner posted [p:969112307] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>So why aren't they dropping the blue one, and not the legendary one? @pegusus123456 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gobstoppers12 11/01/22 2:20:34 AM #44:	Alteres posted... I stopped playing after the first expansion, so kinda was for a couple years there. 150g was a bit, but an epic mount was about a thousand even back then, lol Not saying inflation hasn't hit hard, though, cause it has. Nowadays 100k is basically pocket change if you play regularly. --- I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am definitely not a furry. <cite>Gobstoppers12 posted [p:969112335] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted... </cite><quote>I stopped playing after the first expansion, so kinda was for a couple years there.</quote>150g was a bit, but an epic mount was about a thousand even back then, lolNot saying inflation hasn't hit hard, though, cause it has. Nowadays 100k is basically pocket change if you play regularly. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pegusus123456 11/01/22 2:20:53 AM #45:	Alteres posted... Jesus shit, when I played I thought 150 gold was a decent chunk. tf is this 150-900K shit Inflation happened regardless, but the Warlords of Draenor expansion fucked the economy to this day. They introduced a "mission table" system where you could recruit NPC followers and send them out on missions. The followers would each have their own traits, one of which doubled the amount of gold you would earn on these missions. That trait stacked additively, so three 200% gold followers would turn a 500g reward into a 2000g reward. The mission table took maybe five minutes and the missions usually took about a day to complete. So there was nothing stopping you from leveling ten alts, going through the necessary setup, and having every alt making thousands of gold a day. They've added massive gold sinks into the game solely to try and offset this - for instance, a five million gold mount with an attached auction house NPC - and still haven't managed it. --- http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif http://i.imgur.com/Er6TT.gif So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur <cite>pegusus123456 posted [p:969112340] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted... </cite><quote>Jesus shit, when I played I thought 150 gold was a decent chunk.tf is this 150-900K shit</quote>Inflation happened regardless, but the Warlords of Draenor expansion fucked the economy to this day. They introduced a "mission table" system where you could recruit NPC followers and send them out on missions. The followers would each have their own traits, one of which doubled the amount of gold you would earn on these missions. That trait stacked additively, so three 200% gold followers would turn a 500g reward into a 2000g reward. The mission table took maybe five minutes and the missions usually took about a day to complete. So there was nothing stopping you from leveling ten alts, going through the necessary setup, and having every alt making thousands of gold a day.They've added massive gold sinks into the game solely to try and offset this - for instance, a five million gold mount with an attached auction house NPC - and still haven't managed it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 11/01/22 2:29:01 AM #46:	That sounds like a headache, and by decent chunk I only meant more than you would want to spend everyday. I remember raid tanks complaining about repair costs that were less than that iirc. Then again it was a long time ago and I could be wrong. --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:969112417] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>That sounds like a headache, and by decent chunk I only meant more than you would want to spend everyday. I remember raid tanks complaining about repair costs that were less than that iirc. Then again it was a long time ago and I could be wrong.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nexigrams 11/01/22 2:46:14 AM #47:	KingThing posted... Damn thats some N64 level grafix right there. It's still like that for modern items, too. Well, at least if you wear cloth. Plate wearers usually get pretty detailed gear, but as a warlock main, every single chest item I get is just a flat texture with no 3D details. Like something you would see in a game from 25 years ago. It's pretty embarrassing for a game I pay $15 a month for. Here's a set from what's considered by most to be one of the most difficult challenges they've ever put in the game. The robe is all one flat texture. The chest, the design at the bottom, none of it pops out lol. It's so bad. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/0/4/AAMyVcAAD1p8.jpg --- http://imgur.com/SYiqIRC <cite>nexigrams posted [p:969112563] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>KingThing posted... </cite><quote>Damn thats some N64 level grafix right there.</quote>It's still like that for modern items, too. Well, at least if you wear cloth. Plate wearers usually get pretty detailed gear, but as a warlock main, every single chest item I get is just a flat texture with no 3D details. Like something you would see in a game from 25 years ago. It's pretty embarrassing for a game I pay $15 a month for. Here's a set from what's considered by most to be one of the most difficult challenges they've ever put in the game. The robe is all one flat texture. The chest, the design at the bottom, none of it pops out lol. It's so bad.https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/0/4/AAMyVcAAD1p8.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BaphometFlux 11/01/22 3:05:46 AM #48:	Tyranthraxus posted... Anyone who pays $2000 for a virtual mount deserves to get fucked. --- "Shisaanputa" <cite>BaphometFlux posted [p:969112717] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite><quote>Anyone who pays $2000 for a virtual mount deserves to get fucked.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ClockworkHare 11/01/22 3:29:13 AM #49:	pegusus123456 posted... When the WoW:TCG was around, there were rare cards that included scratch-off cards with codes you could redeem in-game for certain items. One of those was a Feldrake mount, a dragon that looks identical to the extremely easy-to-procure black drake mount except with some green flame tints. The TCG was eventually discontinued and as such, the cards with unused codes went up in price. It's gone for as much as 3.5k and just last week, someone bought one for $2,200. Today, Blizzard announced that to advertise their upcoming expansion, they're doing twitch drops. If you're unfamiliar, twitch drops are when you attach your account to the account of whatever game is involved. You watch a streamer play that game for X amount of hours, you get an in-game item. So this mount that people paid thousands of dollars for can now be obtained by having a muted stream of some rando in another tab for four hours. Tough shit. If people were stupid enough to ever pay that much for a discontinued ingame item, that's on them. Blizzard did not set the price tag over $2k. Scalpers did. If Blizz re-offers a formerly exclusive item back into the game, it's their business, their product. "Limited edition" merch and rewards in the game was always something I and many other players were AGAINST, period. New players never get a chance to obtain those items. Older players can brag about having discontinued items, but most of it just gathers dust in their collection. It's dumb. The Mage Tower content is a prime example. Certain character appearances are straight up no longer obtainable to newer players no matter if they repeat the same game achievements now. Diehard mouthbreathers who played during the Legion expansion before 2020 get offended whenever someone suggests making those items available again to new players. They treat it like the developers would be stealing something from them because they did the achievements during the original event. Whooptydoo...they still got their reward, which was having the items all this time. Making those items available to new players is NOT taking that away. It's allowing more players to enjoy earning those rewards too. I'm saying this as a long time player who did the original Mage Tower event and earned the rewards. I got my kicks out of having them. I had my time to show off exclusive looks on my characters. My reward was having those Mage Tower rewards unlocked earlier than other players. That's it, THAT was the actual reward. Now it's time to let new players have a shot at them too, it helps promote the game. Catering to greedy old players who just want to gatekeep content has always seemed stupid to me, period. Shelling out over $2k for a fucking ugly out-dated wad of pixels seems equally dumb. And that's on the fools willing to pay it, not Blizzard. There's a ton of better looking mounts still obtainable in game right now. --- Bite me like one of your French rolls. https://tryimg.com/u/2020/08/11/1tZ1gcH.jpg <cite>ClockworkHare posted [p:969112868] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>pegusus123456 posted... </cite><quote>When the WoW:TCG was around, there were rare cards that included scratch-off cards with codes you could redeem in-game for certain items. One of those was a Feldrake mount, a dragon that looks identical to the extremely easy-to-procure black drake mount except with some green flame tints. The TCG was eventually discontinued and as such, the cards with unused codes went up in price. It's gone for as much as 3.5k and just last week, someone bought one for $2,200. Today, Blizzard announced that to advertise their upcoming expansion, they're doing twitch drops. If you're unfamiliar, twitch drops are when you attach your account to the account of whatever game is involved. You watch a streamer play that game for X amount of hours, you get an in-game item. So this mount that people paid thousands of dollars for can now be obtained by having a muted stream of some rando in another tab for four hours.</quote>Tough shit.If people were stupid enough to ever pay that much for a discontinued ingame item, that's on them. Blizzard did not set the price tag over $2k. Scalpers did.If Blizz re-offers a formerly exclusive item back into the game, it's their business, their product."Limited edition" merch and rewards in the game was always something I and many other players were AGAINST, period. New players never get a chance to obtain those items. Older players can brag about having discontinued items, but most of it just gathers dust in their collection. It's dumb. The Mage Tower content is a prime example. Certain character appearances are straight up no longer obtainable to newer players no matter if they repeat the same game achievements now. Diehard mouthbreathers who played during the Legion expansion before 2020 get offended whenever someone suggests making those items available again to new players. They treat it like the developers would be stealing something from them because they did the achievements during the original event. Whooptydoo...they still got their reward, which was having the items all this time. Making those items available to new players is NOT taking that away. It's allowing more players to enjoy earning those rewards too.I'm saying this as a long time player who did the original Mage Tower event and earned the rewards. I got my kicks out of having them. I had my time to show off exclusive looks on my characters. My reward was having those Mage Tower rewards unlocked earlier than other players. That's it, THAT was the actual reward. Now it's time to let new players have a shot at them too, it helps promote the game. Catering to greedy old players who just want to gatekeep content has always seemed stupid to me, period.Shelling out over $2k for a fucking ugly out-dated wad of pixels seems equally dumb. And that's on the fools willing to pay it, not Blizzard. There's a ton of better looking mounts still obtainable in game right now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kloe_Rinz 11/01/22 4:31:19 AM #50:	I honestly dont give a shit. Its even good that previously inaccessible mounts have a newer method to be obtained. Ideally it would all be attainable in game but this is a very small victory at least. <cite>Kloe_Rinz posted [p:969113325] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I honestly dont give a shit. Its even good that previously inaccessible mounts have a newer method to be obtained. Ideally it would all be attainable in game but this is a very small victory at least. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bottlecap76 11/01/22 4:43:38 AM #51:	I think rare and limited items in games are stupid to begin with tbh. Its an ego thing for people. Whats wrong with just letting everyone play the way they want? <cite>Bottlecap76 posted [p:969113407] in Blizzard g... [t:80217203]...</cite> <quote>I think rare and limited items in games are stupid to begin with tbh. Its an ego thing for people. Whats wrong with just letting everyone play the way they want?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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