I thought this was a joke but it seems like it’s actually legit. WoW, which has a subscription and paid expansions, just added a $90 item to their store. This is Korean MMO levels of absurdity. What do you think of this?

Seems like hundreds of people bought it immediately

  • greedytacothief@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    11 days ago

    Showing off is an important part of social MMOs. If anyone can have the really cool looking thing for some cash then what’s the point of grinding? For a hardcore player, what do they have to show off their prestige?

    It’s pretty important for an MMO to respect its most active players. Not to mention, what do new players have to look up to? To think, what do I have to get that? If the answer is “oh I just have to fork out some dough”. That’s kinda disappointing

      • Rolder@reddthat.comEnglish
        66·
        11 days ago

        What a load of nonsense. Wows endgame raids and dungeons are the best and most active of any MMO available and those are exclusively for the active players

        • ysjet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          102·
          11 days ago

          What? FF14 is currently running laps around wow’s sub numbers, wow hasn’t been the most active MMO available since before bfa and the bootlicking cratered it.

          • Rolder@reddthat.comEnglish
            32·
            11 days ago

            I’d really love to know where you are getting your numbers from. I find it hard to believe that the game where the last expansion is tanking in the review score as compared to prior expansions is beating wow

          • Rolder@reddthat.comEnglish
            11·
            10 days ago

            I’m not. People keep saying FF14 but neither reports their numbers…

            Edit: But the parsing sites such as warcraft logs and ff logs all clearly indicate WoW is more active.

            FFXIV definitely has the edge in the gooner crowd though.

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        45·
        11 days ago

        That is so untrue lol

        End game content - the stuff that “makes” wow - is tuned for active players, not casuals. They are catering to casual players in a way that doesn’t significantly affect hardcore players…unless you think there should be huge barriers of entry to the most basic things?