tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post458148513472864452..comments2024-01-18T14:59:03.628+00:00Comments on The Dàchéng Diaries: Plexing WarcraftDàchénghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-63759639786433041202014-12-22T14:23:12.357+00:002014-12-22T14:23:12.357+00:00I don't think that WoW has previously had much...I don't think that WoW has previously had much of a pay-to-win attitude, at least as far as earthly riches are concerned. Sure, it's possible to buy Azeroth gold by selling TCG mounts or the guardian cub pet, both of which can be acquired with dollars. And it has long been possible to trade with illegal gold-sellers. But those are really marginal sources of gold, I think.<br /><br />However, once this is available, everyone who has a pile of gold in Azeroth will be buying wow-plexes as soon and as often as they can. I certainly will. And every plex I buy will be giving a competitive advantage to sellers. Their characters will be able to buy competitive gear without any in-game mechanism to explain how they got it. For me, these worlds are at their best when they are immersive worlds that we enjoy living in. This is another step in reducing that immersion further.<br /><br />Dàchénghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994982502333811797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1233897446046688337.post-22834980424420250422014-12-22T12:08:03.560+00:002014-12-22T12:08:03.560+00:00That will kill off a certain amount of gold farmin...That will kill off a certain amount of gold farming, but it will merely confirm the pay-to-win bias that some feel is extant in the game.<br /><br />I'm kind of meh about it; normally I'd be against it but I'd like to see a lot of the gold farming sweatshops disappear. If nothing else, it will mean that the amount of subs will more accurately reflect the real players in the game vs. the gold farmers.<br /><br />That said, I still see gold farmers hawking their wares on SWTOR, where all it takes is Slicing and a couple of days of diligent farming to get the amount of credits they're selling. (Hell, just farming Nar Shaddaa will net you a ton of credits.)Redbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306063084983025771noreply@blogger.com