$25 World of Warcraft Mount Launches on Blizzard Store

[The Great JT]

Edit: Also, that thing looks cool as hell. Kinda want.

Algalon the Rider?

Also, no way I'm paying for that. I like my Nether Drake, thank you.

 

[Eri]

When you think about it, the people who got the TCG items probably spent a whole lot more than $25 on their respective mounts.

Edit: Also, that thing looks cool as hell. Kinda want.

Isn't the average e-Bay price for the ghost saber card like $500.

Actually the spectral tiger is about 1200$

 

[gelles]

I know a few that have already bought it. It doesn't interest me because, if I already know a few people that bought it, and will start seeing it everywhere in-game, then what the heck is the specialness of it?

I paid $25 for the plushie windrider cub, though, because I am a sucker for adorable plushie animals. And that's part of it, too... I paid $25 for a real world piece of merchandise that just happened to come with an in-game pet, and that was a fair deal for me.

But I'm not going to pay the same amount of money for something that's a) not tangible, b) will see five trillion of the instant I log-in, and c) getting five gold to get a lowbie mount isn't that frickin' hard.

Maybe if they did a limited (very limited) run of the original unarmored epic mounts (Halfway to 60 when they removed the original palamino ), I'd spend money there. But otherwise, I'll pass.

 

[Eri]

I know a few that have already bought it. It doesn't interest me because, if I already know a few people that bought it, and will start seeing it everywhere in-game, then what the heck is the specialness of it?

I paid $25 for the plushie windrider cub, though, because I am a sucker for adorable plushie animals. And that's part of it, too... I paid $25 for a real world piece of merchandise that just happened to come with an in-game pet, and that was a fair deal for me.

But I'm not going to pay the same amount of money for something that's a) not tangible, b) will see five trillion of the instant I log-in, and c) getting five gold to get a lowbie mount isn't that frickin' hard.

Maybe if they did a limited (very limited) run of the original unarmored epic mounts (Halfway to 60 when they removed the original palamino ), I'd spend money there. But otherwise, I'll pass.

Just because everyone has one doesn't mean it can't be special. Special-ness/beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don't care if other people have one, it does not diminish my enjoyment. Also, the only reason you see so many is because everyone is showing off since they just bought the hot new item, give it a while and you won't see nearly as many.

 

[Simalacrum]

Now, if we could just get Blizzard to put a unicorn mount on the Blizzard Store, I would reactivate my World of Warcraft account in an instant. I would do anything to ride on a unicorn.

At this point I had to scroll back up the page just to check that your not Susan Arendt!

 

[HardRockSamurai]

While it does look like something I could've made in Blender in under 30 minutes, I have to admit, at least it's better than fucking horse armor [http://gameaxis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gam_horsearmor_580.jpg]...
[small]But $25.00??? I still think that's a bit too pricey...[/small]

 

[Psydney]

It's a little sad, though, to read an official Blizzard post last week saying that certain character models (druids for WoW devotees) that haven't changed since they were introduced are on the Blizzard "wish list" but aren't being updated because "art is expensive." I suppose they could charge players to update their character looks...

 

[Eric the Orange]

When you think about it, the people who got the TCG items probably spent a whole lot more than $25 on their respective mounts.

Edit: Also, that thing looks cool as hell. Kinda want.

Isn't the average e-Bay price for the ghost saber card like $500.

Actually the spectral tiger is about 1200$

Jebus, f-(string of obscenities).

I don't actually own the game but I've played a friends and we talk about it, and honestly I think stuff that you get in game is cooler than that. This space horse thing is definitely. Guess it goes to show the blizzard could put the price a lot higher if they had wanted to (though less would buy it so I dunno if that would be the best decision).

But $1200, fuck man, maybe if I had millions in disposable income that might be reasonable. My rule of thumb is if it cost more than the game it's on than it's not worth it.

 

[Danzaivar]

What bugs me is it's basically a re-skin of the mount Arthas drops on 25 man heroic mode (I.e. The hardest fight in the game).

Really kills the uniqueness of the flying horse. =/

P.S. You can get a Unicorn-Zebra if you recruit a friend within the next month or so (Changes to a 2 man rocket after that).

 

[Varewulf]

I'd totally buy this... in fact, I think I actually might. Then I'd have a mount for all my characters! I'd still have to get the training, of course, so it wouldn't save much gold... just... I think it's really neat. And while I'm at it, I'll probably buy one of those Windrider plushies. Damn you Blizzard. >.<

 

[oppp7]

So they're selling prestiege? Or am I misinterpreting this?

 

[John Funk]

In the context of the game, its meaningless. Just a bit of fluff.

In the context of the real world, people have spent more money on stupider shit.

Blizzard charges for monthly access to a game that wouldn't raise anything resembling an eyebrow were it not online. The only reason world of warcraft can be considered a good game is in the context of other mmos. Compared to other games, is a pile of crap... and its about as good as mmos can get before the telecommunications "light barrier" is broken. So we have an objectively bad game that functions as well as something released a decade ago, yet that "mmo" bit somehow justifies the monthly rate. I know all the persistent technical issues involved with running an mmo better than most the people who play them, they just don't do anything for the quality of the game. But I'm rambling a bit...

Judging from the quality of the product vs the money obtained from it, I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner. Now, I'd like to think there are real people working at blizzard. I'd like to think this was a calculated response to the amount of money zygna makes in a year from "200 million" people. As this would certainly prove theres nothing special about zygna's business model.

And... 80,000*25 is 2 million... not 50 billion...

"Objectively a bad game"? Bullcrap.

The boss fights alone are some of the most creative in any game I've ever played.

 

[Poomanchu745]

Its fine. Its certainly not a "money grab". Blizzard already makes more money in a year than half of Europe.

Since the mount cost structure was reversed (training used to be cheap and mounts were expensive) so that the mounts are cheap and the training is expensive, this isn't much of an advantage at all. Essentially this mount is the equivalent of paying 200 gold for a gryphon (though substantially more awesome looking).

When was the last time a company said to themselves, "Hey! We have ENOUGH money! Now everyone sit back and relax while we rake in the steady profit stream!" No, this is a pure money grab to make more money because there is no such thing as too much money.

Well, regardless, it's not like its some horrible greedy thing. Don't want/need it? Don't buy it. Simple as that. I for one will be paying for one ASAP, better than spending $1000 on a spectral tiger (Yes, that is what they go for on ebay).

Im just saying that if you wanna give blizzard money for this mount because it will make your gaming experience more enjoyable then go for it. But just realize that blizzard can make an artificial supply and demand curve and this is just a way to make more money. So if blizzard is doing something that makes them money and makes its players happy then everyone ends up happy.

 

[ionveau]

In the context of the game, its meaningless. Just a bit of fluff.

In the context of the real world, people have spent more money on stupider shit.

Blizzard charges for monthly access to a game that wouldn't raise anything resembling an eyebrow were it not online. The only reason world of warcraft can be considered a good game is in the context of other mmos. Compared to other games, is a pile of crap... and its about as good as mmos can get before the telecommunications "light barrier" is broken. So we have an objectively bad game that functions as well as something released a decade ago, yet that "mmo" bit somehow justifies the monthly rate. I know all the persistent technical issues involved with running an mmo better than most the people who play them, they just don't do anything for the quality of the game. But I'm rambling a bit...

Judging from the quality of the product vs the money obtained from it, I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner. Now, I'd like to think there are real people working at blizzard. I'd like to think this was a calculated response to the amount of money zygna makes in a year from "200 million" people. As this would certainly prove theres nothing special about zygna's business model.

And... 80,000*25 is 2 million... not 50 billion...

"Objectively a bad game"? Bullcrap.

The boss fights alone are some of the most creative in any game I've ever played.

All the bosses are reskined

 

[ethaninja]

Haha, man Blizzard are going to rule the world if they keep making shit like this. Which begs the question, why aren't their thousands of cool novelty shit and stuff in the game. They would make a killing (although they wouldn't need too).

I'm just glad I stopped playing this before I got roped into this stuff

 

[John Funk]

In the context of the game, its meaningless. Just a bit of fluff.

In the context of the real world, people have spent more money on stupider shit.

Blizzard charges for monthly access to a game that wouldn't raise anything resembling an eyebrow were it not online. The only reason world of warcraft can be considered a good game is in the context of other mmos. Compared to other games, is a pile of crap... and its about as good as mmos can get before the telecommunications "light barrier" is broken. So we have an objectively bad game that functions as well as something released a decade ago, yet that "mmo" bit somehow justifies the monthly rate. I know all the persistent technical issues involved with running an mmo better than most the people who play them, they just don't do anything for the quality of the game. But I'm rambling a bit...

Judging from the quality of the product vs the money obtained from it, I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner. Now, I'd like to think there are real people working at blizzard. I'd like to think this was a calculated response to the amount of money zygna makes in a year from "200 million" people. As this would certainly prove theres nothing special about zygna's business model.

And... 80,000*25 is 2 million... not 50 billion...

"Objectively a bad game"? Bullcrap.

The boss fights alone are some of the most creative in any game I've ever played.

All the bosses are reskined

Huh, really? Wow, I wasn't aware that XT Deconstructor and Lord Marrowgar were just reskins. That's a really good reskin.

 

[Kogitsune]

I bought one. I think it looks cool. I'll have it available for all of my characters, current and future. I won't have to buy a mount again. (I know the training is the expensive part.) If it was just for one character, no, I wouldn't spend that much on it. But since I'm an altoholic and this will be with me for all of them? Yeah, I dropped $25 on it.

 

[Poomanchu745]

In the context of the game, its meaningless. Just a bit of fluff.

In the context of the real world, people have spent more money on stupider shit.

Blizzard charges for monthly access to a game that wouldn't raise anything resembling an eyebrow were it not online. The only reason world of warcraft can be considered a good game is in the context of other mmos. Compared to other games, is a pile of crap... and its about as good as mmos can get before the telecommunications "light barrier" is broken. So we have an objectively bad game that functions as well as something released a decade ago, yet that "mmo" bit somehow justifies the monthly rate. I know all the persistent technical issues involved with running an mmo better than most the people who play them, they just don't do anything for the quality of the game. But I'm rambling a bit...

Judging from the quality of the product vs the money obtained from it, I'm surprised they didn't do this sooner. Now, I'd like to think there are real people working at blizzard. I'd like to think this was a calculated response to the amount of money zygna makes in a year from "200 million" people. As this would certainly prove theres nothing special about zygna's business model.

And... 80,000*25 is 2 million... not 50 billion...

"Objectively a bad game"? Bullcrap.

The boss fights alone are some of the most creative in any game I've ever played.

It really just comes down to personal preference. Personally, I can only play WoW for a few weeks before I get extremely bored and cancel my subscription(this is after 2 years playing it hardcore). I have quit 2 times now and have not played it in 1.5 years and don't plan on going back because I know I'll get bored after a few weeks. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, although Im not sure there is anything objective about reviewing a game, its all preference and opinion. While we all know you are a big fan boy for wow, and that's fine, not everyone feels that way so its pretty pointless arguing about it because opinions aint fact.

 

[Liberaliter]

Looks like MW2 isn't the only game with crappy overpriced content for purchase.

 

[technoted]

I'll be ordering mine once everything gets sorted, mass problems over a lot of the EU servers since the mount launched though.