In a datamining, new assets for the trader currencies were found, which are related to the trading post. These might soon be available for real money. The Twitch streamer Asmongold discovered the datamining and got upset about what Blizzard has made of his MMORPG
World of Warcraft.
What exactly was found? In February, the trading post was introduced as a new feature. Through various tasks, you can earn trader currencies and exchange them for new rewards.
However, assets have now surfaced indicating that these currencies could also be purchased for real money in the shop with the upcoming patch 10.1.5 (via wowhead).
How does Asmongold react to this? He is not at all happy with this innovation and is very upset. He wonders how Blizzard can be so greedy, even though there are already costs for expansions and subscriptions.
Blizzard has thrown in the towel regarding the integrity of the game
What exactly does the streamer say? At the beginning of the short livestream clip, he looks at the news from wowhead. And then he goes off: I share your pain, I agree with you, I totally hate this.
It is absolutely ridiculous that you have to buy expansions for a game that has a subscription and microtransactions in it. It is an absolute joke.
Furthermore, the streamer complains that you can even buy gold in WoW nowadays.
By this he means the WoW token, which anyone can buy for 20 euros in the shop. The catch is that the token can be sold in-game for gold. The buyer can then redeem it for 13 euros in Battle.net credit or 30 days of playtime. This way, heavy players can finance their subscription with in-game currency, while other players can legally buy gold in WoW.
Asmongold is particularly upset about the fact that Blizzard has the audacity to market this legal gold purchase as a method against gold sellers
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Blizzard has clearly thrown in the towel regarding the integrity of the game. And it is frustrating to be constantly reminded of this, as can be seen here.
In the livestream itself, Asmongold reminds the viewers that they determine which games survive with their wallets. He says that Blizzard only reacted to Shadowlands when many players migrated to Final Fantasy XIV in 2021.
If every single World of Warcraft player were to cancel the game tonight because of this issue, you would have an apology from Bobby Kotick himself by tomorrow. And it would be a done deal. But that won’t happen. And it never will. Because most people don’t care.
Is the feature really coming? So far, it is only a datamining, and the sale of trader currencies has not yet been confirmed. But even aside from this, many users agree with the streamer. Subscription and shop costs for expansions are too much.
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